The sun., 1918-10-20


think-in brotherhood. 1t has been responsible for
so much cant and insincere sentimentality.
''And the war has shown how much of the fdel-
ty of lords and vassals there is in the world after
all Certainly the OILY epitaph which is worth
having is Gf l may use religious language: lie
has fought the good fight, he has kept the faith
"And man can t keep faith except in something
outside of himself, nor two men come INTO re-
lation except through third something else. he
who cannot say to his intellect This far shalt thou
go and no farther will always end by making
scraps of paper of his pledges
Some Aspects of Two Passages.
All of which may appear highly metaphysical,
but what is metaphysical ashore is merely mystical
aioat The mysticism of the sea is expressed In
astonishing oaths as we'll unforgettable chanteys
But on the land since the sixteenth century, swear
ing has been continuously degraded from its fine
and high estate until it is either filthy or quite
meaningless On the sea this has not happened the
incandescent mate is simply performing rite;
speech that is actually filthy is not tolerated at
sea because it brings head winds and with them
trouble. Some have laughed at this as sailor
superstition the same persons will laugh at Mr..
RKsENBERG's account of how Kitchen cut cross
in the nanmast in order to bring breeze. But
to be superstitious you have to believe In some
thing and the laugh comes i'll from those who have
long ago lost the capacity to believe in anything at
all, condition that follows hard upon the effort
to "believe in yourself"
A distinguishing feature of life on deep water
sailing vessels is the food. Mr.. RIEsENBERG does
not neglect it, does he shrk the task OF accurate
description Young FELIX and his shipmates SUBJ
sisted on salt horse and salt pork, weevilly hard
tack and tea favored with drowned cockroaches.
They had their tots of lime juice and their imita-
ton of coffee. DAVID MARTIN doesn't remember
white worms in the bread, though the cockroaches
baked or boiled-were regularly on the Way
farer's menus. But remembering what he heard
of the good grub on American ships (good grub
and hard blows were the fixed reputation of Amer
lean ships) he is distinctly surprised by young
FELIX'S experience. The aged negro who cooked
for the Wayfarer's crowd was but doubtfully popu-
lar; on occasion he had kid "a tin vessel much
like dishpan) thrown at his head Chow, a China
man, provided for the men of the Fuller. On both
ships it was, when lacking, "all hands, and the
cook at the fore Sheet; but the Wayfarer it
was also all hands and the cook at the fore top
gallant ballard
A Dual Renaissance; the Fight
This dual Renaissance is delightful to DAVID
MARTIN at least. He intends to pursue it further.
FELIX RIESENBERG saw a hght on the snip a. d.
Fuller, described in the fourth of his thirty-fve
chapters. The man SooUsE had become something
of bully and JOE resented it. Stumbling he
stepped over the sill of the fo'c'sle door, JOE
doused the bully with hot tea That was pure ac-
cident, but what followed was no accident. Aloft
the next day the lanyard of JoE's tar pot was I'M
hitched and big black greasy splotch defled Mr..
Jerks sacred deck.
The fight took place in the first of the night
watches. JIMMY MARSHALL, who afterward joined
the Salvation Army at Honolulu, made the ar
engagements The ring was the space bounded by
the fore pnra to leeward, the fife rail, the knight
heads and the fore side of the fo'c's'le. The
batants weighed 200 and $50 pounds, SCoUsE being
the heavier. There was only one round and a sud-
den roll of the ship came to the lighter mans
assistance. The roll came just as "a blow from
JoE's right landed on ScoUsE's nose, toppling him
backward against the fife rail- An iron pin the
one used to Delay the chain sheets of the lower.
tops1, caught ScoUsE behind the ear and, with
grunt, he was 'out. :"
This is much more satisfactory (for JOE and