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Show No Whistling on Board Ship. A civilian on tho quarter deck of n battleship was waiting to bod an officer, offi-cer, and to beguile the tedium of wait Ing began to whistle a popular air sottl Ho had not gono far when ho Mra requested to desist Hooking a reason for tills rule, he was told that whistling would Interforo with boats wain's calls "It Isn't our single whistle that would cause tho trouble ' ' he was told, "hut If whistling were al : lowed, thare would bo a chorus of It going on most ol llm time and then the boatswain's 'stl" would stand n poor chance of be In heard " |