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Show 00 JR l WHISTLER AT WEST POINT. IW "At West Point was Old Joe, the Ofjj negro cadet hair-cutter. He was nev- 1 j er known to smile or to deviate from 1 1 'regulations.' Once a month cadets I pi were obliged to have their hair cut I by him. This w-as a great worry to : . jj Whistler, who disliked to part with j his pretty locks; so he would try by j cajolery and flattery to have Joe let P up a little on the length of his hair. , M But in this he was never successful. 1 11 Joe would stop his shears In the midst jL j qt a remonstrance and say, 'Mr. Whist- jj S ler, do you want me to cut your hair JFj according to regulations or not?' Of It' course this put an end to the argu- 3 1 ment, and Whistler would como back a j to the rooms, look in the glass, and I n swear about Joe. I 5w "He loved frankness, truth, and hon- 3 M or. Cards were forbidden in cadet jj barracks, but we had a pack, and one w j j night long after 'taps' (ten o'clock) j we had been playing, and the cards felj laid carelessly aside, when we were jj surprised by tho entrance of tho m- jij spectlng officer, who spied the cards. Hlj We know that the offense was a ser- fit' ions one against discipline, and con- l sidered whether we could properly E ra ask that the report should read, 'cards l ! in possession,' a lesser offense, ln- mm stead of 'playing cards,' as we were IJ not playing when the inspector saw s i ' us. Whistler said, 'No, we had been Bl playing': so we faced the music, and mfi as punishment lost our cadet fui loughs for the summer' m jj |