Evening star., 1927-04-03
NINE. BRIDGET Tires
Of OLD IRONS|DES.
Ships Cat Removes Family
to Tug. as LandIubbers
Begin TO Bore Her.

{ Nine. Bridget is a retiring soul; she
hates the glare of the spotlight. She
wouldn't give two pins or even su-
perficiaI scratch for all the publicity
shat Hollywood and Broadway has
supplied its darlings. TIL recently
she was sitting pretty" sharing the
interest of the public with guns that
used to boom the glory of Columbia
over the Seven Seas.
But from now. on Nine Bridget will
devote her days to her little family
under the deck of tugboat. The tug
only recently acquired fame, but it's
fame can never compare with that OF
Nine. Bridget's home OF yesterday.
For almost seven years Bridget has
made her quarters on board the
L. S. S. Constitution. In the shell of
Old Ironsides all OF her children have
been born, and in seven years there
have been many children. But of re-
cent years Old Ironsides has been at
tracing altogether too much public at
tentfon TO suit Bridget.
Liked Seafaring Men.
She's been thinking it over She al
ways liked seafaring men. They don't
say "Oh, the poor thing must be
meow" Then, again, they don't
want to slobber you all over with pats
and baby talk every time they see you.
But Old Ironsides has had more
than its share of landlubbers recently
lust staring visitors. They gurgled
over the old guns and they gurgled
over Bridget. No wonder she got sick
and tired of it and left Old Ironsides
fat.
The sturdy tug Nottoway, proud as
any hard-working tug can be, pulled
alongside Old Ironsides for an hour
or SO the other day. She's carrying
the tribute which means the acme Of
economy, efficiency and engineering TO
carry the "E' way up where every
body can see it in tugdom.
She wasn't there very long when
Nine. Bridget, without asking any
questions and without the least noise
about it, leaped gracefully over the
historic rail of Old Ironsides right
on the upper deck of the Nottoway.
In her mouth was one of her three
week-old quadruplets. She found a
place below the deck and then made
three more trips to get the rest of
her family aboard.
Expressed No Regret.
At dinner time she just walked into
the cooks pantry and demanded
food, and when the Nottoway's en-
gines churned away from the side of
Old Ironsides, she didn't express the
semblance of regret in the form of q
meow.
OF course, Chief Boatswaira's Mate
r. e. Prest of Brockton didn't have
anything to say about the transfer,
but last night he was of the opinion
that Mime. Bridget and her family
can stay just as long as they desire,
for Bridget is that kind of a cat.
Rear Admiral Andrews, comman-
dant of the Boston Navy Yard and
chairman of the national committee
of the Save Old Ironsides Fund, said
that the fund is reaching such pro-
portfans that it is hoped TO put the
Constitution in drydock for the be-
ginning of the reconstruction some
time in May. The reproductions of
Gordon Grants painting of Old Iron.
sides are being sold all over the entire
country for Is cents each, and the
proceeds OF the sales are rapidly
swelling the fund
1t may be that Nine. Bridget felt
that Old Ironsides was no place to
rear a family. for with all the hustle
and commotion of the rebuilding go