ROSWELL GOT
SHAVED
a eT
By GEORGE C. GARDNER
(& by Short Story Pub, Co.)
HE Hon. Rutland P. Roswell |
was In a bad humor, and he |
had reason to be rufiled. To |
begin with, even for a man |
whose worldly cifefimstances are such |
that his vacations are purely a matter |
of personal inclination, it is exasper |
ating to have tham cut short, The |
Hon. Mr, Roswelt was™such a man, |
but he took his vacations none the less i
sparingly on that account. He valued |
them highly, for they cost him in lost |
time at eight hundred dollars a |
So he cursed outwardly and In- |
at the cipher telegram which
«1 him at his camp In the |
tht before, calling him im- |
tively to his office. To save time |
he had thirty miles that morn- |
ing over a mountain road, made chiefly |
| rocks, Instead of journey- |
and cor down the lake
by his accustomed ute, The driver!
and owner of the h carried
him demanded twenty doll
least
driven
of mud a:
ing in ease
team whi
, and got |
team within
and now that |
hed the rallyoad
1, the traln was
wid wired down
Was none
we his day
und that
1 P
sieeper
i
iis was the only
There
m the train
day. He
fust, and,
ime and his
rided him
worn
r. Boswell stood.
ald he
1
swell,
your grip up In
‘ou won't have to
f the platform
various pa-
bag, It was
and the flies
was one of the
ts
it,
he became, If possible,
mored than ever,
up into the village,
there, and he didn't eare to know
but the street
more
:
He declded to walk
from the station
one,
and started.
The
station
station.
shaved,
first person he met was
agent on his way back
He had evidently
looked as cool and com.
heen
ard
anna
Her,
fifteen minutes,” he explained: "goin’
for a stroll?”
“Yes.” sald Mr. Roswell,
“Just as well leave your grip with
me in the office's not.”
“No, I'll carry It." An idea came to
Mr. Roswell, and he asked: “Is there
a decent barber shop here?”
The agent looked at him narrowly.
“I never heard nothin’ against Lije
Barrus, ‘nd he's been shaving folks for
thirty years. Right up the rad, where
you see the sign; he runs the drug
store, too.”
Mr. Roswell
half an hour,
went on. He had still
and if he could get
shaved decently here it would add
greatly to his peace of mind next
morning. Clean linen he had in his
bag, the porter would make his clothes
and shoes presentable that night on
the train, and with his beard gone he
would be able to appear at his office
in his normal condition.
He followed the agent's direction and
entered the barber shop. The win-
dows were screened, it was dark and
cool, and the odor of bay rum, cam-
phor and ether was refreshing.
The barber put the worn Police Ga-
zette which he was reading on the
table, and his feet on the floor.
“Can't youn get me shaved before
the train goes south?” sald the Hon-
orable Rutland.
“Train's gone, ain't 1t7’ said the bar-
ber,
“No, it's late.
hour.”
“Did ron mean shave or a trim?”
“1 #24 shave.”
The harber hesitated a moment.
“Why, ves, I can, Yes, they's plenty
of tina”
ue Honorable Rutland settled him.
self in the chair. “Take eare of my
ech.” sald he; “it 1s tender”
* “Ain't had a beard long?” remarked
You've got half an
the barber as he lathered coplously.
His customer grunted for response and
closed his eyes,
“Makes a considerable change In a
man's face, takin’ off his beard,” vol
unteered the barber as he began shav-
ing. “Generally a mangooks younger
that way; sometimes It ages ‘em,
though, Take a man of your age, now,
take out his false teeth, 'nd he'll look
ten years older without a beard than
he does with.”
“I'm paying you to shave me before
my train remarked Mr. Ros-
well. "Suppose you stop talking and
do It."
The barber had just finished one side
He smiled at
Mr. Roswell, au smile shrewd and cun-
ning, which imply a deep
knowledge of human nature, “Speakin’
of payin” ybe 1 forgot to
say that shavin' beards is extry.”
“Well, I'm willing to you =a
quarter,” sald Mr. Roswell: “go ahead,
man, you time to
spare”
The barber stopped relathering the
picked up und
leaning over Mr. Roswell said, with a
wise smile, “It'll take about three hun-
dred dollars to this
whiz! Lay still; I 'most cut you."
After the convulsive jump which the
barber's remark brought forth, the
Honorable Rutland lay back weakly In
the chalr, the s
comes,”
of his eustomer’'s face.
seemed to
sald he, “ma
jrLy
haven't got any
other cheek, his
razor
finish side, Gee
} heek whiter than
aven «
» unshave me. For
fi moment
but only
vent on
I Crazy
» barber
» worried, |
Kinder
them Kinder
spoke about you—Ahe
but I ain't pryin’;
to tell me nothin’:
» money now,
If you wa
feel 'sif 1 wi
Il arrest you
find yon
" In finswer
1 dollars:
dicker: three
r £0 as you be
d thought rap
success as a financier
isility to think
He couldn't take the train as
He © prove his identity
to this idiot If he lost his train he
! than three
perhaps a thousand
He was cornered, and he
respected corner
him. He unwrapped six fifty-dollar
roll and fifteen min-
th-faced and redolent
the south-bound
idly. His a1
was largely due te his
rapidly
ouian't
he wns
would lose—certain!y more
hundred
times more,
dolinrs,
the man who could
utes later, smo
of bay rum, boarded
train.
“Abel,” sald the barber that evening
as they sat together in the little office
counter, “the thought
me that that money he had
might not have been come by honestly,
Thinks I, he may have wrung it from
widders and orphans and I'd be takin’
it from them, but I didn’t think they'd
suffer for fifteen dollars, Abel—that's
what he offered me-—and I promised
to give you half,” and he counted out
seven dollars and a half from the well-
worn cash drawer.
Strength of Steel
Shown by Spark Rays
It has been shown that the spark
rays made by the incandescent par.
ticles thrown off from iron and steel
when put upon an emery wheel afford
a means of testing the composition
of the metals. Carbon steels, manga:
nese steels and steels containing
tungsten and nickel each give a char
acteristic spark of different forms and
colors easily distinguishable,
The form of the spark picture
changes with the quantity of carbon.
Even so slight a difference as 01 per
cent of carbon can be detected In this
manner, Pointed, branching lines de.
note carbon steel, tool steel shows the
appearance of “blossoms” on the
branches, tungsten steel gives red:
streaked rays and shining points, with
little balls thrown out of the forma-
tion, and an explosion appearance in
the articulation denotes the presence
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Argentine Hide Production
A total of 208,008 packer hides was
produced In Argentina during May,
while the production for the first five
months of 1925 amounted to 1.611.850
in the corresponding period of the pre
ceding year. Figures on the output of
abattoirs are not available. Stocks
are reduced and prices are a litle
firmer. Commerce Reports
ABOARD THE ITTAYFL OWNER.
By JOMN DICKINSON SHERMAN
HEN read cbout
oh
Coolidpe on the
yacht” Mayflower—and
much In the press
what Impression do yo
you President
Presidential
she in
NOWHWAYS~
veuse] provided, of COUrse,
have picture of het
and read a
description of her and do not k ¥
Your impression
probably Is pretty vague. You
doubtless craft big
enough to be safe and to make the
President and his guests comfortable. And you, as
a good American, hope it is good-looking enough
to be In keeping with the dignity of the office.
Well, the Mayflower Is quite satisfactory in ail
respects as the Presidential yacht. She is not only
sightly, fast, safe and commodious, but she is up
to date In all respects. And this is as it should
be, since the commander in chief of the army and
navy of the United States of America-—the richest
and most powerful nation of earth—should go in
proper style when he puts out to sea. “Jeffersonian
simplicity” was doubtless all very well in its day,
but times have changed and we change with them
or should
We get the word “yacht” from the Dutch
YJacht"-—pleasure boat. The Mayflower, to be
ture, was designed and built for a pleasure boat,
but she Is considerably more than that. She is
one of the “miscellaneous craft” belonging to the
United States navy. She was bought in wartime
for war purposes, has done service of many kinds
and has a history, She is the Presidential yacht
because she is assigned by the Navy department
to the use of the man who occupies the Presi
dential office.
It was President Roosevelt who had the original
inspiration and put it into effect with the consent
of congress. In the officers’ wardroom on the May-
flower hang the autographed portraits of the five
Presidents who have used and enjoyed the yacht—
Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow
Wilson, Warren G, Harding and Calvin Coolidge,
President Coolidge appears to have a special
liking for the Mayflower. President Roosevelt was
devoted to the “strenuous life”: he was a hunter
and explorer and In the White House was fond of
boxing and tennis.. President Harding thoroughly
enjoyed golf. President Coolidge apparently has a
dash of salt water In his blood. There's nothing
odd*about that. It's doubtless inherited from some
old-time Yankee forbear of the days when all
New England was sea-going. And he need not
feel lonesome on that account. The United States
Is full of such. For the Revolution-—with all due
respect to Gen, George Washington—was largely
won on the sea by the American privateer, In
the War of 1812 it was the Constitution—designed
and bullt by Americans—which beat the Mistress
of the Seus at her own game and revolutionized
naval warfare. It was the American clipper ship
of a later period that astonished the world, It was
the America that won “The Cup” and it is the
American yachtsman who has since defended that
cup dghinst all the world. Every little harbor on
our const has its yacht club--and every fresh.
water lake bigger than a mill pond; even Grand
lake, 9,000 feet up in the Colorado Rockies, has its
annual race for a Lipton cup. There Is no smarter
sailor than the American on all the Seven Seas,
Press reports from White Court, Swampscott,
Mase, the “Summer White House” of the Presi.
dent's vacation, have shown that the Mayflower
Was quite as much In use ns was the mansion
itself, Of course, the President had to take his
office with him and from all’ accounts the May:
Dever seen =»
have not detail
her
history?
visualize a
; i . * i. Fg “al "a
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CLL
CARL? ADOLEHUS ANDREWS
flower much
White House,
When the President is in the White House at
Washington the Mayflower is in such frequent use
that it is quite gr nerally known as “White House
No. 2" or the “Mayflower White House.” Satur.
days are rare in any sort of decent weather when
the Mayflower isn't fiying the President's flag
of the time the real summer
was
of the President's guests would be a pretty com-
preliensive list of people of the hour in American
political and official life. The Mayflower has been
the setting of many Important conferences of the
Coolidge administration.
There is another side to these week-end trips
on the Mayflower. The President may take his
office with him, but he does not leave his home
behind. Mrs. Coolidge goes with him always—and
seems to take equal enjoyment In the yacht and
her voyages. She usually takes along friends who
give the political conferences a wide berth. And
when President and Mrs. Coolidge go aboard they
lenve behind them none of the comforts of the
Executive Mansion. When they Invite guests they
are assured of their comfort. It would convey the
wrong impression to say that the Masflower is a
dream of luxury. Nevertheless, her appointment
Is first-class In every way. The principal rooms
on the Mayflower ineinde these: reception room,
dining room, library, smoking room. There are
bed chambers for the President and his wife
and fourteen guests,
dn fact, there are all the comforts of home,
transferred to a different setting. Muslclans from
the Navy band are frequently taken. That means
a eoncert as often as desired. The Mayflower has
powerful radio equipment—which means that the
best the studios have to offer Is at one's command.
There is often a picture play at night. The May-
flower sees many a film before Broadway does,
Every Sunday moming Chaplain BR. W. Shrum
conducts services—on deck If the weather is fine:
in the state dining saloon If the weather fs bad. So
at least once a week this 1925 Mayflower Is reml-
niscent of the Mayflower of 1620. And In anothers
way, too, 1s the Mayflower of 1025 suggestive of
the Mayflower of 1620. You will recall that the
Pligrims before landing drew up and signed the
“Mayflower Compact”-—establishing a body politic
to be governed by the will of the majority. Quite
an experiment in democracy! Well, In many ways
there is the same atmosphere of democracy on the
part In these religious services—President and
guests, officers and crew. And when there Is ¢
concert or a moving plcture—why, that is for “all
hands” too, ‘
The Mayflower Is twenty-nine years old, but she
was well built In the first place, has received good
care and bas been brought up to date. So she's
us good as she ever was—and better,
George L. Watson designed her. He's the fa
ii] hoki d
J Y 4
WHITE FOSE
mous liritish yacht designer
Thistle in 1887 for the America's cup. She
defeated by the Volunteer In two races in’ Septem-
ber of that year
the Mayflower
who brought
was
Watson's design produced in
an appearance of grace and speed
For the May-
She i= 273
rarely
found in vessels of her size
flower ia of quite considerable size,
feet long and 36 feet beam and her displacement
is 2.600 tone. During the Harding regime the Nav:
department converted her from a coal-burner to
an oll-burner, gave her a new teak deck and made
her modern in every respect. Her valuation to
day including appointments Is about $1.500.000.
The Mayfiower is in command of Capt. Adolphus
Andrews, U. 8, N., who Ig also senior naval ald
to the President. She carries a crew of 165 men,
including a detachment of Marines under com-
mand of Lieut, Edgar Alfen Poe. ‘All are picked
men, from engineers to sallors, from carpenters
to Filipino mess-stewards—the United States navy
gaves the Mayflower the best It can supply.
Ogden Goelet, American millionaire yachtsman,
bought the Mayflower in 1806 upon completion at
a famous Scotch shipyard March 17. 1808 the
Navy department bought her for $430,000 from his
estate; she was needed In the Spanish-American
war and the king of the Belgians was negotiating
for her. The Mayflower's first assignment was
that of a despatch boat in the blockage off Cuba.
In 1000 she wae ‘on duty at San Juan, Porto
Rico, relieving hurricane victims, In 1002 she
was, for a time, the flagship of Admiral George
Dewey with the North Atlantic fleet. The year
1903 saw our recognition of the independence of
Panama and the diplomatic beginnings of the
Panama canal} the Mayflower was oa the scene
with = naval contingent under Rear Admiral
Coghlan,
In July of 1905 the Mayflower returned from a
European cruise and took to Portsmouth. N. H.
the special envoys of Russia and Japan, who there
drew up the peace terms terminating the Russo.
Japanese war, through the mediation of President
Roosevelt. In 1907 she went on permanent duty
as the Presidential yacht and was especially in
evidence in 1008 when President Roosevelt re.
viewed the “Great White Fleet” upon its return
from its memorable cruise around the world.
This suggests that it Is the duty of the Pres).
dent, as commander-in-chief of the navy, person.
ally to Inspect the United States fleet during his
tenure of office. It is an Inspiring occasion when
the Mayflower, flying the President's flag. stands
by as the long line of fighting craft steams by,
each In turn firing the Presidential salute. Yes:
there Is considerable pomp and ceremony about it
all. But there Is n good big patriotic theill in
it for all good Americans. And it's a fair gfess
that everyone of them Is pleased that the May
flower worthily fits into the occasion. :