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Show Provide Chil) House for Jackics ; 1 I "Hot Dog" Restaurant Popular , I Amerkan sailor, (he kind serving ith (he figMing : fleets. I .v ' V v ' , 'A i K 1 ' , , I ' ( - v. ' ' 0 ' ,v - ' 1 ' V ' J 'X 1 . ' "i 4M r . i - I S , 1 i s'- i :,ie, .,. . -j 'i.' .v -...'.'. -o - " r'.. '. v .: .'t- .vr ..a. , J. h i r ' , ko..:, ' -.. - H.ffl'iK ;-.. . v .' ,-s : - ' . 'w v , .. . . . :''-:v .' " . ) . :.-. . x - ' Y- ' ' V . . . v1..- : .,... .-.v' .v y ' . " - - - : , - if o ; : - " - : vl-: 'V v y ' 1 ! w' . xt 1 - k t - v r . f " . '; 1 ! ' . ...... -.. . v - J .'. i " - . .. ' . .. :' ' . t . ." ' ' ' ' ' ,1 n' ! - . .: -t . ..... r. . --x , : .: . . '. - ' . ...-. . .. : : V" . 1 . - . v--. ... v . . : ... v . . . . " ; ruv-- --- : I . : . . . '1 "THE FIGHTING FLEETS." By EAlrH D. PAIXE. Copyright, 1915, by Ka'.ph I). Paine.) pec:.U arrar..rr.tr.t with I-Ioijtthton M f.'li.n Co.) ; American Residents of Lon-' Lon-' don Furnish Shore Home ' for Sailors. j INfTALLHCNT T. i s SCOX as the street larr.:s T-ero I A lighted, squads of the American r?.7 patrol berrAn to Etroil abcut. t X JL rvire'r.p short, heavy sticks with p. loon at one end and rli.rluyini; I no sTT.pnthy whitver for the 6r..pn".ate ! who steer-:'! a zl.cza? co'jrs in imitation of a cieitruyer vorV.ir.cr offbhorp or who ioudly announced that he could whip any three "Limies" thAt ever trod a British deck. Aloe, for h.a dedlre to start soniethir.tr. He was smothered be-I be-I fore he 'Rot under way. The town police merely looked on. for the navy patrol mobilized with ceierky and the occasional offender proceeded under forced draft to a secure hav-;n. American residents of London wire quick to realize what the navy needed j and generously subscribed twenty thou-i thou-i sand dollars for a club house and equip-! equip-! mer.t. Jt was not for officers, but for the ' enlisted men, to bo conducted under their o?.-n management and named "The United States Naval Men's club." There was not the srichtest flavor of charity or patron-are. patron-are. It was an enterprise which won tremendous popularity from the start. There was a stae and a large inovinpr picture theater, a library, baths, a dormitory dormi-tory where a man mifiht gleop ashore, a restaurant which drove a terrific trade in "hot dos," doughnuts, sandwiches, coffee, errgs, real .steaks, and unlimited p!e, and served as many oa foi:r hundred hun-dred meals In ?. day. The band and the orchestra from the flagship payed on two evenings a week, all the musicians beinic enli?rpd men and amateurs. They dipnlaved remarkable talent, and it ia stirring- to hear them lea1 a chorus five hundred strong in the .songs that the sailor love. Glimpse of Program. Th'- priii'"i prrjtrrn.m of one of the Sat-1 Sat-1 urdr.y riiht enL'-rL';inment a fiords :i plin;p- of the riavy during i's infrqvsnt I hours of lilrly In a foreicn port. On lh.c first l.'t;e -f the leaflet are these Mcritcj er. js which aro strictly after the fact: THK rESTROYKR. j By d--ty and r.i-ht she makes her way Throurh se.:s that crash acrtds her 1 M T -h'.irh sh hurls the driving spray, j Through n'.o-jriirt :n wavt 3 she pIouKhs. About tiT as (l.T.h- M-, A thoi'PT.rd d.tr.iTh lurk unseen. Vh''le inlne." lie hidden frorn the eye, V hore alis the sjbn:fi.rir".e. S::! on fh drives across the Fa, 1 he r..rt t Utihint; wind an3 wavt: S sn.Ml', so fr;.ll a craft la she The i''i-pe?T's Taih to hr.tvo! Forth, without f-:.w or call for refit. She i;oes to draw tlio foeman's fu-nga, While on the- i-ue of ht-r quest The fate cf nations han,T5! J. H. VATE3. There foliows on tho program this diverting di-verting asserr.blairo of artifitry: Overture, Hattle Sons' of liberty, the orches; ra; Lus;m Farnum in five-rel fratnre, Davy Crocket: selection, My Surishiriii Jan-, fConjurer l.ance-Coi-poral Hortopp , th orcheBira; Scotch reel, tho Bt;-k W'atfh ; slnsrinq1, by all hands: Klurstint: Into Society, ono reel; national Anthems, the orchestra. Professional Magician. Ianoe -Corporal Horlopp was pro-faioiial pro-faioiial conjurer before he enlisted in the Blnck Watch, a battalion of which is stationed not far from the port. A ecore of his comrades have come to see him do his turn and they poclably mingle with ibe crowd of jovial American sailors. Sprinkled here and there are men of the Royal navy find lu the gallery- sit officers of the Rhick Wat oh, wearing tartan bonnets nnd kilts, and lieutenants Irorn iritlh ship-of-war with the gold loop on their hU pvps. Tho British admiral himself enters unobtrusively, un-obtrusively, having stipulated that the men should not ris or otherwise pay attention to his presence. He has boen promoted since the destroyers first crime to Qunensiown and is no longer a vice- i admiral, but a full admiral of the British navy, with another guttering1 stripe that carries the hrond bands almost from cuff to elbow. When the honor came to him the destroyer captains called at Admiralty House, as many of them were m port, to present their enf h us! as tic congratulations. congratula-tions. He received them with a demeanor ur dismayed, but later c:onfe?Fed that such IhiriKH wtre really move tryinc to a man's courage thnn h-.-nliij a fleet Into action. The Blaek Watoh is putting itw best ! foot forvard for the saflormen s club on I this particular night. Lance-Corporal Hortopp's trained und nimble finders have not been spoiled by rifle drill and his tricks with c;irds ?re thunderously applauded. Then four other kilted non-coms non-coms dance themselves breathless, with all the nile flourishes and graces of the Highlands, and their own pipers furnish the music. A flec-tinfr interlude of war! Soon the battalion of the Black Watch will be crosstnif to join the British line in Flanders Flan-ders and Ihe destroyer crews must turn sea ward to run tho gauntlet of the unseen un-seen torpedo. Restaurant Popular. The club restaurant f n an excellent place to talk with the American sailor about his impressions of men and things In this service that seems so remote from home. When he first cam over he regarded re-garded the British bluejacket with a certain reserve, not unfriendly, but. critical criti-cal and ready for trouble if it had to be. In other days when ships of the two navies na-vies met in port th.Te was the probability probabil-ity of a ruction. The feeling was not so much a Krudge as a tradition, and it may have harked back to Bunker Hill. "Whatever the reason was, we were H-nhU H-nhU to mix It up." said a chief petty officer of the destroyer fleet. "Maybe thrre was no excuse at all. The Britisher s;tid we were all bluff and brair, and we thought the same t them, both nations j being chesty by nature. Over here it's j different. We pot well acquainted with r.ch other for the first time, having to live by Zl'te luii hUXti busy on 1 irri"'nTTTir"J-l"t! "v - " M "m '' """ r 1 - l tlie b.'tmrt Jub. They nre easy rnmiKli to Ct fthtiiK with h-n u lire.t .( untler tn iTtif-t. and thry found wv did stnr-thlntf stnr-thlntf br.ldcs bluw jiii.uit nut-el 'cv Thry rirliwr the (nods ami you tirvrr find thrin sliirstrppiiiK a y t I'rc.nihf it's h.ud. v'ro huoKrtl up faM Imk.-i h r until we trim tho Hun ti h frii.zlr." When ll rum To f rater !t 11 n with tha Irish nut l es cf t h jmrt. the A hut Iran sullur nuffert d di.Mlltr itite. :ind hN VW'WS I'f conditions, pohtkiil and mtLiI, w en radially chanK'tt. Tin-r e itc hundreds of lrlh-Amrrlr:ins in th do-Mroycri, do-Mroycri, (n could nut tin ikIdo a fighting fight-ing ship without thrm. tut tln-. tK. l.i ,t much of that synuwi.h" r d'lwn-tit'd-den. martyred Ireland which had hn ub-fired ub-fired at h"nir. It would br f-..ii-h to ploss the Mtuation ovi-r. Th" Am.TUan f.ret was tnultrd. Jren-d. and rn;;rdid as a hustllr force be .vm-" it imd ) acrofts the to help Knit .and m tho lunimon cau.-e against the enemy. Attitude Resented. This altitude wa natumKy recent, -.1. nor did U lirip matt-r.t v. hen puMlciy. from lh pu!j' it of the cat hedrn I, t In se officers and Miilois were dfi..urt'ed as dissolute ruff tans vh- h.d lux adrd -land Ilk vulturei, ready to corrupt tie- i young men and ravish tl. youns women. Such monstrous f;ilseiio"ds us ihe.- ttiii' romm"nIy behaved. Thy -re snrr:id j deliberately, flaming the spirit of t h I Ami-ri'Mn visitors into ren hostility. The ! Irih problem w.is none of 1 lo-tr affair, but they tien!anded .1 scuare deal. Th Htrert. w err filled with you:R Irli-hmen who refused to volunteer (! tie war and defied Kngiand to r.-.n-cript tht-m.. They i-iradci .nij drtld Mill Sinn Fein banners and talked of nriic-d rebellion, idlers and asters, v. hi!e tin- 1 ret of the world M rove in blood a:id team to save democracy and hum:- miy from obliteration. Her w.is tlu si(;:ii-fic.int si(;:ii-fic.int apect of it, that these American satiors. rnndid. piniple. or.en-rmr.di-d mm. had hitherto felt no great love for Fn -gland, but rat her a r e nt i mental leaning toward the wrongs of th Irish. A few weeks in Ireland s ports and waters and I they could be heard, discussing it in this j fashion : "Could you beat It 7 Fm Irish mynelf, and yet I'd give a mon'h's pay to cr;n n the head of n Sinn FMner. And they won't let me at him. with a navy patrol pa-trol at every corner and no chance to get out of town." |