Show Dont Quote M Me MC- By United Press Pm These words are the ones most frequently heard by ton correspondents correspondent Items which never appear in the thc r regular S patches and little Intimate pictures of public Wili appear In tub this column from time to time rs WASHINGTON Feb 5 5 It If one feels the need of a pleasant fifteen minutes In the quiet unperturbed company of a New England aristocrat aristocrat aristo aristo- crat who will treat him wen well and not burden Durden him with information a call upon Secretary of the Navy Adams is recommended For adroit handling of visitors who come to learn what the navy is doIng do do- Ing lag Adams has no superior He makes them feel at home learns all they know about subjects that interest interest inter inter- est cst them and tells them nothing Of all the members of the cabinet he lie probably is the easiest to sec see Newspaper men can always alwa's talk with him provided only that some navy officer doesn't want to see him first Then they must wait for the naval officers who see sec him in accordance with rank That is is an on admiral can have an appointment with the tary ahead of or a captain a captain I ahead of a commander and so on The newspaper men follow the en en- si signs ns No matter how many times a day one goes to see the secretary Adams always greets the visitor with a handshake hand hand- shake If there are arc several in the party he shakes hands with all of ot them Then he sits comfortably In his swivel chair swings his feet up onto the window ledge puts the tips of or his fingers together and usually begins to ask questions He insists on oil looking a visitor squarely in the face He has an old fashioned telephone not not the French or hand type type type-on on his desk and it is always getting in inthe inthe inthe the line of his vision He moves it When a conference with the Is over and tho the pr Pre newspaper hae finished r men h ring answering oil all of A questions he bids everyone pleasantly Come again he says wh n v want some more erroneous Uon tion Adams the I aristocrat und the leveling influence i. i just as the liS- liS and the captains in the tho department cafeteria Th There re fa is naVy rank there The secretary no Pratt or any other ranking SS has to take a place in line lic and dUir SS his tray just like gobs or og carry ers They are in one line first line first served Sl come Adams appropriately for tor a p Bos tonian and a naval man has a ness for baked beans He pays his own check oit Often Otten V. V eats alone Other times he wUl nj j join a party of or naval officers who wio ri rise w is he approaches Dont get up gentlemen he c sa and seats himself But he is not averse even to sit ut t ting down at end one of the p press t blo ble a 4 Taking a hint from the thc senate nate eu tU- tU torn tom o of ringing a bell when whenever vote on the floor foor is impending a t th e navy information service now son Sounds sound an alarm whenever it has a dispa from the far cast Unable to find a bell H. H Thurber dug out a lovin loving loing CUp av to the crew of ot the U U. S. S s S. S Brooklyn in 1899 He thumps thump it wiS wits with a metal paper cutter and the report come n |