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[[pre-printed]] 80 [[/pre-printed]] is the training school for future officers. Seems to be a rather exclusive lot. Thames barges have a long bowsprit which can be pulled up vertically so as to get it out of the way in crowded quarters. Their sails are boomless either with a gaff or a sprit sail. In either case the end of the gaff or the peak of the sprit is steadied by two vangs. The lower mast is stubby with a tall and slender top mast on which the topsail is hoisted. Went to see a play "Jack Straw", where Hawtrey had the principal role and where English snobbery or society and newly rich was [[end page]] [[start page]] [[pre-printed]] 81 [[/pre-printed]] the subject. Hawtrey has become stout and coarse, and clumsy in appearance and careless about his English. _ a very different man from what he was when about 20 years ago he played in the "Messenger from Mars" in New York. May 22. Paid ₤2-18/ or about $14.00 for a carryal at a little shop where everything seemed more expensive than elsewhere + and the owner was cock sure nobody in the world could make as good articles as he in which he was much mistaken. [[strikethrough]] Bought [[/strikethrough]] Paid 11₤ ($55) for light overcoat and a small [[strikethrough]] coat [[/strikethrough]] cravenette coat (the latter $25.00) at Burberrys. Most of the clothes they keep are too heavy and ill fitting. For their dark blue
Transcription Notes:
A sprit is pole that extends diagonally across a fore-and-aft sail from the lower part of the mast to the peak of the sail.
A vang is a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
Hawtrey was a well-known actor on the London stage.
A cravenette is a waterproof coat.