Show HOWLING SWELLS IN WAR It isnt tbe coat that makes the man according to the proverb nor yet the pants as the clown declares There are i heroes In every walk of life and cowards > too There is nothing in rank or dress or style to mark the real worth of man The rank is but the t guinea stamp the mans the gowd for a that But there are tbose who look r down with a pitying contempt upon the t illdressed and the unlearned while on i i the other hand there are rugged men I of toll and hardy men of action who feel and show and express for dainty i dressy men of social culture or parlor predilections the most withering Want < of confidence and respect At San Juan this mutual aversion t vas partially dispelled The regiment of rough riders to which the honors of the assault were assigned hy common I com-mon consent was an exemplification of the truth so tritely expressed by Sent Sen-t ate Depew that outward appearances f ore 2mt the veneer of the manhood beneath be-neath There were New York dudes rand t Arizona cowboys hard fisted miners r min-ers and soft fingered clerks in that wonderful aggregation The son of luxury and the son of toil fought side t > y side and fell together on that bloody hill They found each other r out They like each other better t Dewey is somewhat of a dude himself t him-self so far as immaculate linen frequent fre-quent changes of apparel and finicky I l notions of social proprieties and personal per-sonal apparance are concerned His l rellow officers have ever regarded him r as a howling swell Rear Admiral Howison said when he heard off of-f Deweys victory We all knew hed light but who ever thought hed climb f so high He has always been the dude much atten of the navy He pays as tion to clothes as does J Waldere Kirk1 His valet declares that Including I cluding the six kinds of uniforms prescribed t pre-scribed bj the naval regulations Dewey i has sixty separate and distinct suits j pf clothes While this adds nothing to I r his greatness it shows that a man may indulge such a fad as personal precision pre-cision ana vanity without being destitute desti-tute of the best elements of greatness John Paul Jones the great founder of the American navy was himself the I dude of the profession in his day interview recently printed In In an tjhe Washington Post a well known II t naval officer gave It as his opinion shared by many others that with one exception Dewey is the best small awordsman in the navy This exception L excep-tion is Lieutenant Commander Lucien i Young vell known in Utah whose skill imL with the colichemarde or threecorner f ed dueling sword is a matter of note all through the service The aamiral is not so agile as he was I once but his comrades describe him as i being quick of eye and lithe as a cat He has a liking for the sword It has I the par excellence of the r been weapon knight and the gentleman for a thou of I r sand years he once said talking the arms blanche to a comrade With it kings bestowed the accolade It is the knightllest and noblest of weapons I i With Its record of chivalry the white arm comes down through the ages the I last legacy of the dead days of romance t and beauty to the twentieth century But with all his fastidious notions of ores and chivalry and knighthood the great sailor never lost sight of duty f never failed to rise to the occasion never wavered in the presence of danger never disappointed the hopes of his friends or the expectations of his countrymen A man is a marvel indeed i in-deed who can give so much thought to the romantic and picturesque of life and still remain equal to the gravest I I responsibilities men are ever called upon to face 4 10 |