Show FIRST IN PEACE AS IN WAS admiral george Der dewey tact wit and abd courtesy Coor teay every story that travels across the pacific about admiral dewey presents presenta the hero of 0 manila in a more attractive guise and heightens the interest of americans in their beloved idol the oriental hotel in manila tas has long been the favorite abiding place of the wives of army and navy officers stationed there naturally they have their little all important set in their eyes the cream of aristocracy this set has a rigid outside it does not include any woman of less aristocratic position than theirs any woman whose money is the result of her own honorable labors there was one of the latter class of women staying at the oriental hotel during the months of af the war wa excitement a miss thompson who was the correspondent of a syndi syndicate cate of american newspapers she was a woman of ability she did her wor work k well vel and won the respect and esteem rf of everyone who knew her she was universally ver sally liked except by tho the officers wives who could not condescend to know her they made their attitude pronounced they drew the social line 0 on n whose safe inside they congratulated themselves upon being admiral dewey undoubtedly has a sense of humor as well as many other things that go to make up a capable officer and charming man he evidently smiled perhaps in an amused way at first then a little grimly and ironically when it came to his ears that the wives of his subordinates had entered into a crushing social ring to ostracize and persecute the newspaper woman miss had an unexpected visitor one day admiral dewey sent up his card he paid a long call he and miss thompson found much that was interesting to talk about in the enjoyment of their talk they were apparently oblivious that the rest ol of the oriental hotel had gone mad the world had quite came to an end in tha th teapot district with its self righteous ideas of the fitness of things the admiral had called on a working domant they were made to appear in tha wrong perhaps it is better to draw a veil over the subsequent wailing and gnashing of teeth the tears and ragi rag of the would be leaders of manila society but dewey was characteristically relentless he rubbed in th lesson he had given he asked miss thompson if he might lunch with her the next day and again the whole oriental hotel knew it and was aflame the woman who had been humiliated by the pettiness of petty people was waa honored by a great man and no one can doubt that behind the iron commander with the eye of an eagle the brain of lightning and the will of steel there exists the very tender heart of a gentleman of the old school |