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Show IN SELF POSSESSION Thtrs It, ri Mallar llamrixrh, an Ira-rlanl Ira-rlanl naalllj, Tho man who makes public appearances appear-ances must have selt-possceston, says Walter Damrosch I havo learned by great experlemo that this quality la all Importsnt There havo been times whin tho slightest perturbation on my part would have mado my orchestra orches-tra play out of tune Tho musicians In an orchestra place. Just as much faith In their conductor ns do soldiers In their general Tho best cxamplo of this quality I ever witnessed was aboard an Atlantic liner. The second day out wo ran into violent weather. Tho 'propeller shatt broko. nnd wo er drifting helplessly. Tho wave flttxhWi ndj general scare ensued. irySterrMtsworoenMraiiMliIlheiJfanii; thither nnd lhTmcIr"weVrlewand, eerroui. The officers, not knowing what bad happesed, at first, were obviously ob-viously frightened A pandemonium seemed Imminent In tho midst ot It all a young man whom I remember by the iiamo ot Stono who was making his first voyage, camo out of his stateroom state-room In an Imnuiulato jiuhtlng suit, ho was cool and collected A man who had been racing up and down, clad In one of two scanty garments, seized llm by tho shoulders, Jammed him against tho rail, and frantically said: "For Heaven' sako what Is tho mat-tert mat-tert What Is tho matter?" "Go and uk the captain, please." replied Stono. Have you any Idea of what la going onot" Stono pulled out liliwatch, looked at It snd said, ns he puffed his cigar I suppose It Is something that bap-pens bap-pens every Tuesday morning This Is my first trip over, and I'm not running the ship this time." In live minutes order was restored, becauso other excited ex-cited passengers bernmo calm at the self-possession ot tho young man. Success. |
