The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-02


h. the president end general msuaEsr
81 Capp3a Blue star Navigation
company Aliha retired. 'app1 uur
def protest q ysyagg sr1und ths
uuriu for pleasure, has been, in -
aHsy chrskiHz up en Mates nrvlF
established round the worid weight
and passenger service.
NEAR MATT. A. advised By wire.
~ I landed here yesterday slightly
disngured but sin la tho ring and
while the matter ia still on ms mind
/ wish sou would kindly hold over
your head till / hit A. Naturally,
u order 20 save expense, ! came
homo on one OF our own ships
no. one 81 your ships. ennfound
your picture, because refuse 20
have anything 20 do with ship
operated tho way you appear 10
be- operating our Il mean your 3 3
Nancy Kicks
You should have drydocked this
ship on her last voyage and you
didn't Tho result was that she
was three days behind her schrd.
ule. due 20 the whiskem on her
keel which slowed her up.
or course. know you will claim
that the delay was due 20 head
winds and mountainous seas. but /
have talked wlth the chief engineer
and have tho low,down on YOU. 30
don't attempt 90 crawl out until
Two had my ay. You've got 10
dock these ships 81 ours Il mean
yourHl every second voyage around
the world n you expect TO ride on
them hereafter,
OF course I admit We had hor.
rihle crossing and / was seaaick
all tho way, but due 10 your care.
lessness IN permitting those whlsk.
ers 10 accumulate on her keel.
was drcadfully ~ three days longer
than was necessary.
In fact AZ present. I am laid up
In bed in my hotel here with my
stomach still as jumpy as Il Los
Angeles Thermometer.
Due 10 the uuwonted exercise 20
my acHophsgus. have for tho
present lost my voice. Consequent.
- | am unable TO dictate this let.
ter and arm forced 10 write Il In
shorthand, which hate TO do be,
cause Il affords you an excuse 10
dodge this ealldown by allcginE
that you cannot read Persian or
sanserit writing unless It's printed.
NEW YORK II cold and fun O,
" snow, and would have persisted
had !, not been for Harry atru,hers.
OF the struihcrA Barry Steamship
company, who noted my arrival and
brought me over n bottle Of Old Pri.
waite Stock which he alleged came
from his pre- war cellar In san Fran.
cisco. II tasted like cooking whisky
TO me. but then beEEars can't b
chooaSra
The hotel physician gave me Pre-.
scripIlon, hut the drug store brand
Was even worse. and l suspect II was
made overnight
rs you know. Matt. I have, all
my life. been an extremely tenn.
perat. man. I never could seo
the sense Of getting up In the
morning feeling that this life "
dclusion and snare. and a
tssio In my mouth as II my ton.
sils had spoiled overnight
~ tho same time. never had 80
little faith In my own viii power
or 50 little courage tina, ! feared TO
oil my neck when felt like !, and
knew from experience that need
/ ed ~.
The Lord wasn't above drinking a
| little wine and neither am /. and at
my Rso a little heart stimulant Is an
excellent thing.
Even the prohibitionlsts have been
forced 10 admit that whisky has a
certain medicinal value. otherwise
doctors could not prescribe IL. altho
have never been able TO alter my
/ belief that every time "A Himon.purc
| prohibltionist sees anybody take a
drink prescribed for him by doctor.
he feels that II the souso could but
know the truth. death in It's most
horrible form would he preferable TO
tho ncpenthe.
As grow older and. from time TO
time. in order not to appear hide
bound or ungracious. occasionally
accept a small nip from friend who
assures me his liquor viii neither
| KIN nor blind because he got II from
his own boo,leggcr who. he knows
Tor a fact. deals IN nothing but first
class goods and serves only the very
best families. must say that gradu'
ally I'm beginning 20 agree with the
rabid prohibitionist!
I'm for strict law enforcement
or n return to good liquor, alibo
I suppose that by the time we
return TO good liquor the secret
Of its successful manufacture
will be one with the fossili,ed
clam and the saber-toothed tiger.
Matt. II didn't have n fairly good
prewar cellar al home and am faced
with the responsibility OF getting rid
OF il before I die, I'D go on the
water wagon and stay on Il. How
ever. in view OF the fact tsat I've
compIeted my travelling, with the eX.