Eureka Reporter | 1906-03-30 | Page 6 | Called for More Explaining

CALLED MORE explaining admirals labor saving scheme made matters worse admiral henry irving U S N v as tor three years previous to his pro motion as a commander stationed as captain of the portsmouth navy yard in one ot the panels of the door to his room in the administration build ing was a pane of glass treated with some sort of preparation which ob strutted ted the view to the room but ad bitted the light on this pane ol 01 glass one of the office men who was something of an artist drew the pic ture of a cat and on account of tha neatness of the work and the peculiar but the cat came back ity of the picture in such a place the then capt irving was bothered to des aeration pe ration with explanations of who the artist was and how the drawing was brought about finally with a view to putting a stop to the questions and relieving himself from repeating the details so frequently he instructed his chief clerk calvin L hayes now a resident of kittery to write the following words under the picture drawn by wash ington brown thinking that this would save him from wasting his breath as it bad been since the picture appeared on the panel capt irving settled back to his work with considerable satisfaction and confidence the first visitor to the room after the words had been put below the pic ture was the admiral of the yard in stead of passing the door without no tice as he had done usually he gazed at the drawing for several minutes read the writing under it and turn ing to capt irving said who the h 1 Is wash browna