| Show A A New Yorker At Large Br Dr GILBERT Sn SWAN AN SOMEWHERE AT SEA aboard tho S. S S. S France Francc Feb 14 Upon 14 Upon tho the fourth da day a as if 11 by magic the stowaway wa makes VEI his appearance I I This time Its It's a rather good lookIng look- look 1 Ing inS young oun lad b bj by the name of Joe C Nelson Nelson Nelson-at nt At least 11 that hat is the name I I that thai appears s in j j his passport passport and and r he was discovered ered II occupying a room f II in the tourist class t For two days day ho he PT ic had pone gone without food He had stood tood hunger as lon Ion as ns asic he ic could AUdI And nd then he had sneaked into Jito the dining tUning room claiming that he had load bce been seasick in the interim He lIe was as asked for his ticket and couldn't produce one Instead he hc flashed lashed his passport Under Question question ques Ques- tion he had to admit he had no tick tick- pt t. t And then he lie told a Q rather strange story He was a New York lad Ind he said with a It sea urge One day he had been wandering about the Battery Bat Bat- Battery tery wondering where he might go and then started a tour of ot steamship office windows A stranger came up to hint and asked if he didn't want a Mediterranean cruise Of Ot cour course e he did Well Vell said the stranger er that could be arranged For 25 5 one could be slipped aboard a liner and the rest was a matter of a few extra dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars to a steward So said Eald Nelson he had been shown a cabin and gone In Jn The l c story reeked of fabrication and he was as taken to the brig brit There Therea a few days clays alter In a grand gesture to attract attention he seemed to ha c made a suicide attempt At l least leasta a rope was found about his neck but no one knows how serious might hac ha be been 1 the intention And Arid so er c everyone had bad plenty to chatter about over their evening cocktails and the hero may learn s some n da day that that he was quite the talk 01 trw me ship for several hours O 0 J 1 t tAnd And theres there's Boar Bou a boyish dec steward Boss is going to be a artist or know the reason why His father is in charge of B dec And Bo Bosa was given a. a minor chor of or wrapping rapping feet in blankets H was to follow in the footsteps of oC hi father But took his sketch boo and his pencils and began drawings of passengers While 01 OJ the thc Lafa Lafayette cUe he made pictures o 0 fighters and actors and mere merc chair users And now he lie has several ser sev eral hundred and so good arc are the thc that he has attracted the att of famous ones who wander back bRck an am forth and stands a good chance o 0 finding friends to help hJ him O 0 C O Q Characters stand out upon a a. boat for It is is alter after all all all-a a tiny world ir Jr which intimate inspection is ble There are the groups who ho will pla ilal bridge hour upon hour when th beauties of a sunset are creeping upon them And one wonders wh whey they ey ever decided to take a trio Theres There's the looking good-looking athletic girl who is always at ping pong 01 OJ at deck tennis All she needs nerds is Js s ukulele and two college lads on side to make her completely ly happy Theres There's the old lady who is having havin her first sip of champagne And theres there's the callow lad who sa says s 's h he knows the and upon meeting sparkling wine for the first time marches about the deck ded In ID ecstatic eulogy Theres There's the time old-time lone drinker who no can be found leaning against the bar Theres There's the mother with children children chil chil- dren who gets get the frowns of the elders because she didn't travel with her husband and is inclined to drink drinkWine drinkwine wine with the boys There arc are any number of backgammon tyros teaching teach teach- ing each other ether some new play Theres the millionaire who doesn't want to be known And there arc any number num num- ber bel of phonies telling the world 0 NEM EM that the they are arc artists artists art art- 4 t E writers and AA what not There are the two gals from an exclusive school pretending to be so worldly wise but actually intending to study tudy Italian art when they reach Naples There are arc the tile men who have left their wives es ives behind for lor forthe forthe the first time in years and are cutting loose Theres There's quite a 3 little section cross-section of life such as you ou run into in dearold dear dearold dearold old New York which thank heaven is now many hundred miles away And tomorrow Station SWAN will lea leave cave ve the boat behind and take his patient listeners to Teneriffe In the Canary Islands Signing o off t now Copyright 1931 NEA A Service Inc |
