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Show Navy Tulkt rs Not Popular. A numher of naval olllcors worn tnlklpg the oilier nlht at the clnb of the launching Of the Wl&uunMu. end from, that lite tail; drifted into roenl-lections roenl-lections of iieblenis on warships Just UoImi? Into coiiiinlj'slon. "This hahit that boiiio cnnininiitllns ofllcurs hnvo. of niaklug a rq-hiiarsed, rq-hiiarsed, wabbly lltle spt'cch to all Imnils wliim tho jack goes up on a ihip mid she U formally put in eommi'Slon 'm'ay.bo all rlglit." said ono of the tots of the quarter deck, "but I don't bit-Hove bit-Hove any clement of the crov, nllleers or men forward, talcr-s much Block In such spo' chc. Tho men forward dou't like a uarrlluus commanding ol11i,er. Thoy rth' likely to fusiep tho appulbi-lion. appulbi-lion. 'mnn"u'-w.r chaw,' on a skipper who makes a practice of haranguing them. Captain Joeoph Fife "lo of tho old school of maji-o'-war skippers and n man who had the respooi, ennll'leucu and alTt'Cluii of all the unified ' moji Ihut over served on ono of.hls shlp?, had a grua" eontenipt for nUinOvytrs no the part of n sklppor pfut wttrV.btp, Ho was a plain, blunt, J$jt' ;imi, and every oflicor nit ,tiuu.i,.Arpn waa a Hhipmaio with Captain lfe know that ho was bound to jtf tjijLthnt was coining tojtlm. I y,nrf cnsln, at. taohed'tpm 0tiqM)Vlbat Captuin Fife PUfijOiifi' C0IU"iSffiU w,,on a,J was itjjylie'-niitglcer pssscd tlm .VvbnlSsfl'nv'o all mirmT mustered "ft. ' tVjiratwOfUSual ceremonies. Cap.-tnlu Cap.-tnlu I'HfflfflRMPill to tho mast, cIonrud his llirdnlfnstoad of indorliig" oft Into n speech, said ho.' lu an(ndl-ajrfnversi,tioual an(ndl-ajrfnversi,tioual Umo; Bllni Joe Flftt. You all know me. KTlldt's all there was to hb speecb, tt.!ll, tho smne. it wns the moct eirucittwi ono of tho sort I ever h'-nrd. It iWfo a bit with the men. They wore so much taken with tho straight, direct, on ihe-level litilo speech that i hey prove)! themselves the Unest cn-w of bhifjitckets I was ever Bhlpmate With. Woshington Post. - |