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Show So Simple When You Know. There Is reason to believe that the lady mentioned In this bit from the Cleveland Plain Dealer knew more about cooking than about navigation, or, to put It iiRuiieatly, was morf $t hfine In the juUVy ihaa oo tta oar- " terdeck. The lady fas reading a nautical novel. She struggled along bravely for a few minutes, but Anally bad to appeal to her husband. "Gerald," she said, "the author says that the boat was sailing 'wing and wing.' What does that meant I've been on a yacht, but I never beard that before." "That means." answered Gerald, rejoicing re-joicing In tho fact that, he, too, bad spent several hours on a tailing vessel, ves-sel, "that means that schooner had ber mains'I out to port and her fores'l out to starboard or vice versa." "Oh, I see!" cried tho lady. "It's just like a chicken a wing on eacB side. Now I understand why Ibey call those little Kills In the middle 'jibs.' It's short for 'giblets,' of course. Isn't sailing Interesting?" Youth's Companion. , |