Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

By gad gentlemen this seems to be an cpl
demic. Step into my office ct once please
Disgusting secret grins, the SIX fled in. Be-
hind closed doors the surgeon, adjusting his
spectacles and his most professional air, began:
This may be serious gentlemen. Wen see,
we'll see.' He extracted a musty volume from
his Shelf murmured over some elongated Latin
terms Greek to the patients who were rap
idly growing anxious M-m-m let's see; here
it is. I tlink-it's quite common in the tropics,
but don't know ever saw case here be-
fore. M-m-m. Apt to spread rapidly II not
isolated. Isolation, gentlemen, that'n check
this thing. Your pulse? Yes feeling the first
ones wrist and nerves all upset. Yes, these
the symptoms all right
HE pushed button, scrubbed something on
q bit of paper and handed it to an orderly with
orders to fill it at once-Six glasses.
when the orderly returned-'Now gentle
men (handing each wine glass full Of raw
castor OLD, down she goes-one, two, three all
together. That's fine You'll be all right in
say, 48 hours gentlemen; meanwhile, you'll be
genuinely on the sick list. These tooth paste
tongues are dangerous. Good day, gentlemen;
good day"
Admiral Charles Dyson (83), who makes his
home in Washington also now, relates tale Of
overzealousness which proved a boomerang to
one Of his classmates.
Many times in our zeal to prove ourselves
coed seamen." he recalls I'VE would succeed
only in earning few extra dement's or other
penalties. One of my classmates during q
Summer cruise on the Constellation suffered
an attack of overzealousness that we've often
laughed over since. We had captain who was
light sleeper-much too light. He had a way
Of waking up almost before dawn and ordering
surprise quarters and fire. which meant that
we had to man our quarters on the ship and
fire the guns with all possible speed. This
classmate of mine-Bob' weu call him-was
captain of the gun crew. He decided that his
crew was going to prove they were the fastest
crew in the Navy. So, when it seemed about
time Tor the captain to cali another early
morning surprise quarters and fire. he told
MS men to sleep with one eye open and their
clothes at hand for the next few days and when
the skipper broke forth again with his favorite
order to make dash for it and get their gun
nred hrst or die in the attempt. They agreed
and one gold, gray dawn the order came. Bob's
crew did its duty. No. gun roared out min
uCeS before the rest. The captain was Inn
mensely pleased; beamed upon the proud Bob
and praised his work openly
Then came the blow. At inspection he
looked hard at Bob's gun. He looked again
severely Then. Where's your rammer, Mr.
Blank?'
Bob stared. He gazed wildly about him.
1t doesn't seem to be here, SIR
No, 1t doesn't sir You're perfectly right
sir; because you fred the damned thing, sir
You can pay for 1t out of your allowance SIR"
Admiral Charles F. Hughes present chief Of
operations Of the Navy, and Admiral s. S. Rob-
ison superintendent of the academy at An
napolis, were members of q once famous NAVY
base ball team which played q memorable
series in the '80s with Chinese team no doubt
the only Oriental nine then in existence
1t seems that about 40 young Chinese stu
dents had been sent to America through the
generosity of China's grand old man, LII Hung
Chang, and here they learned the Western art
OF playing ball. Following their graduation from
Harvard, Yale and other colleges, they returned
to China and some 20 of them found themselves
in Shanghai with their brand-new degrees and
their knowledge of the great American game
Including all of the slang that goes with It.
by the way, which rolled drolly from their
Eastern tongues So they organised q base BAN
team, tucked their long, black queues under