Evening star., 1921-06-19
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ABOARD THE MIDLAND.
Sunday, 1903 AM.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ABOARD THE MIDLAND.
Sunday, 1903 AM.
Dear Folks:
AS set here in the fo'castle of this
floatin' palace, part an parcel OF the
Merchants an Manufacturers Aaso-
cations 1921 booster jambouree. rec
freshed by zephyr-like breeZes waftin'
softly from lu'rard: drinkin' in sweet
strains of Hawaiian melodies; listenin'
to the swish of the waves an the spin
of teetotums. an note the boyish
merriment of more'n 200 care-free
business men, the thought comes to
me, why can't all the rest Of the world
cut out the rough stuff an be happy
like us'n! Oh, sixteen men on aeao
mans chest-Yo-Ho an a bottle o
pop! ,,
wasn't down to the lii old 7th street
wharf yesterday afternoon to bid pom
VOYAGE to this cargo o human JOY
BUSINESS as it made Its getaway on on
what promises to be one OF tue moSt
by a District organization, just femme
say, you lose!
kissin' Of Hands, Etc.
To the wavin' Of flags an kissin, OF
hands to wives an sweethearts LEFT
behind, the pride Of the PotonaI
pulled anchor at O'Clock shaIP %.
as her mighty prov sMseeu O.; =
turned in the direction OF Alexaurdd ~ s;n.ar I'd rd
all formalities was throWeo " "'h a.
an the big frolic was on!
Rarrin' a. slight jostle at the purseI I
office. where. dolled in full na"ai AZ
tire. yattin' cap an everything, cnuoDS
Chris Columbus haa PeIchet aaa
self sos to give give "a al twfoe RS,ee over. not
wncomfortable minute has marred tne
eASi. SIidSin. hither'n thither. maxim,
everybody comfy, I. L. Goldheim. LIE. cn.sl
cook an bottle washer ren OF .ns % had
no more'n finished tellin' OF the Dig
features to be pulled, when we easeo
nast Alexandria, an jedgin' from tne
! pverfiow crowd at the docks the
toodly folks of that ancient an Hon
orable commonwealth musta oeen put
wise as to who was IN Inc POI
i Treeee-mendous cheerin! W.T..
The same happened at River view;
Giesboro Point, Marshall Han an as,
other river landjn's-populace cneerlh
AM small craft a-tootin'!
What About Others.
Once past Marshall Hall. a serene
stiffness gradually stole over the
! vessel an the meerymakers begun 70
settle in clusters-some laushin'' some
talkin', some singin', an others-well'
never mind them others!
Then, suddenly. like q cry in the
night, the dread shout Of Man the
| rails!" pierced every ear Of them in
the OUTFIT! Twas the voice OF Martin
Leese, the big Settin' Bull OF the
arrangements committees; an toiks.
uuicker'n I can scribble it. every
mothers son aboard was standin' at
attention, payin' silent tribute to the
greatest booster Of 'em all-fOfks, we
was at Mount Vernon! Oh. say-can-
you-seeeeeee!
Well, as the return pilots just bel
lowed the ten-minute warnin' for dis
patches, all L can do now is outline
our program for today, an relieve the
minds Of anxious ones at home by
! sayin' that up to this hour all On the
big joyride are alive an playin--l
mean kickin'!
At $3.50. o'clock this am. we're
due to drop anchor at Yorktown. on
the York river. an capital o. York
county. Va, fifty-one miles east
sou'east O. Richmond, where, in 1871,
the British, under Lord Corvallis
got bottled up by the allied Yank and
French troops commanded by Wash
by the fightin' sea craft Of De Grasse,
an where after one or two red-hot
scrapfests. on October 10. same year,
about 5000 iii John Bulls finally
throwed up the sponge an his lord
shin turned over his Sticker to tt