Evening star., 1922-10-05

anchor at the Moo Willard Hotel, and
was boarded by Secretary of the Navy
Denby, the noblest skipper OF EN- all!
With guns chokeG and colors
hyin'. pree-ciesly at 1:2o O'Clock. Cap'in
William Knowles Cooper ordered all
Shipe beloved for 'gangway," Boern-
STEMS orchstra cut loose. and as the
big chief, recently returned from tour
of the east, clumb the ladder, every
blessed able seaman aboard made the
maSts tremble with the ketchy strains
O. ''Sailin'"'
Absolutely befuddled at the sight Of
his feller Rotarians all dolled out in
spotless white undressed navy scots,
the head Of our Incompatible Navy
stood for fully three minutes on the
upper deck Of the ship before he could
speak, and it was not until Cabin Boy
George O'Connor squeaked out. Il have
the honor to report. sir. that we are we'll
within the three limit and alls
weIl'" did he smile and wave his hand
to show his appreciation.
Twas a big night for Rotary, folks.
and never once durin' the entire
evenin', from the time six stalWart
sailors and marines performed the
impressive "troopin' of the colors
ceremony. until the Secretary himself
told his 175 admirin' clubmates some
of his experiences on his trip to the
east. did the enjoyment lag.
Upon boardin' the vessel in COM
pany with the ships immediate past
skipper. Charles w. Semmes. and his
own aide. Captain Hayne Ellis, Secre-
tary DENLY was placed at the helm
by Capin Cooper. and from then on,
buh-lieve me, there was doins!
Twas no easy job to keep pace
with them two unmatchable song
leaders. the aforementioned cabin
boy, and Ordinary Seaman Robert
Lawrence, and il any song written
in the past fifty years wasn't rem
dered last night, then it wasn't worth
renderin'. In addition, several little
volunteer quartettes would break loose
unheralded every time their was a
lull. and all told sweet harmony
reigned supreme from Fanfare to
taps
One number, composed especially
for the occasion by George OConnor.
a parody on his well known "Ukelele
song almost scuttled the ship and had
the guest of honor a-holdin' his sides!
The chorus of this outburst went
somethin like this:
Just because they order out the flying squadron
every time you heave in sight.
And hoist You up in an arroplane then drop you
They may decorate you with cleaning medals
till you shine like the RotsSy bus.
And the Japanese may call you what they
please, but you're still Ned DENLY to us!
Matt Horne done the piano playin'
for this!
Not to be outdone in the solo line.
nous keep On A-Fightin'" jool.
much to the dee-light of the as
sembled gatherin', after which the
stage was cleared. and old ships
carpenter Roland Robbins shooed on
a couple of the best numbers playin'
- ay,1
for the next half hour Russ Brown
and Jeanne Whitaker with their
"Clown Topics" and Joe Browning
with his Timely Sermon" had all
hands in Mysteries!
Lecture on Rotary.
Time was took out at this juncture
Rotarians who celebrated birthdays
and blushfn' to their earpieces, Col.
Leroy Heron, DR.. ]. Reverdy Stewart.
Harry (Honey Boy) Evans and Sam
]. Venable arose to be pansied!
Here the unmanageable cabin boy"
suggested that the ship be steered
to celebrate the birthdays, but deck
scullions Eddie Johanson and Johnny
Gheen reported that barnacles had
appeared on the vessels keel, and to
move it would be hazardous!
Declarin' that all could not be play,
Skipper Cooper then raped for order,
publicly thanked Messrs. Semmes.
O'Connor and Frank S. Hight for their
untirin' efforts in arrangin' the big
blowout, and straightway launched into
mastery address on the spirit an
purposes Of Rotary!
He read a letter from the superin-
tendent of the Baptist Home for Chill
dren, thinkin' the club for the use Of
the bus, pointed to the splendid work
bein' done for the deservin' Of the city
by the vehicle. and, after enumeratin'
many public services Rotary is PERFORM
in all over the world, presented Secre-
tary DENLY with a beee-autiful Rotary
button, and then called on him to say
Just what he keered to!
I've heard spontaneous welcomes in