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Dear Captain—Being as you are an etiquette expert, I would like to ask if it is a gentleman’s duty to approach a young lady and tell her that her eyebrow is on crooked and that she has a speck of soot on her right ankle?—Inquisitive Andy.
A gentleman is not supposed to notice the details of a lady’s attire. He is supposed to be in a state of rapturous admiration of the tout ensemble.
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Captain Billy—Is a sallow, pale skin always affected by weak people?—I. M. Payle.
Dear Payle—Not always! I know a chap that was very dark, but he found a pair of dice and right from then he began to fade, and fade and fade.
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Dear Skipper Bill—Why is a ship always called “She”?—M. T. Beane.
Probably because the rigging costs more than the hull.
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