The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-07
WOMEN OF THE SEA.
These Have Followed lite on the
Wave from Choice.

These Have Followed n Atte On tna
Wave from Choice.
The sailors superstitious fears that
a woman'a Pre- ence on nhipboari In
yites il-mck. has failed TO deter wom-
en- whose hearts yearned ior the sea
from gratifying this desire. The pages
OF the maritime hisioi5 uf the world
contain the names of many mairons and
girls IN various periods MO. disguised
as men. have followed n llic on the
ocean wave. The majority of them not
only proved excellent sailors. but even
fought brayely With clillafa, pike and
pistol against ihs foes OF their native
land.
They did not oven shrink irQnl sail
Ing under the black nag! Tor the En-
gllsh women. Anne Bonny alhl Mary
Read. Joined the buccaneers. the tip
lcaI pirates or the Antiilsa. IN order TO
gain booty 70 their honrts content
4 German writer givcs anambtr OF
names Of women win haye cone b sea.
among which the following are inter-
cstlng'
Jean de neilevllle. TO avcngo her hus-
band. who was murdered In the year
isis In Paris. ntled out a squadTon o.
ships aud fayagea the c0asis ~ Nor
mandy. bulnea caHtles aro illuminated
the sea at night with the glare OF biaz-
ing villages. Jean dc Bellovll,e vas
famed In her are as one OF the most
beautiful women In Europe. -.
Sometimes iealousy has sent young
wife to sea in isailor fafh. The ballad
Of bold Hannah Smell is known by all
sailors. This woman was born In Lon
don in 1923. aud, In Tho course Of time,
married a German sailor raiued Jacob
summs who squandered her little
property and then deserted her. TO
seek this faithicss fellow. Hannah
| donnod male attire and went TO sea.
Her eypsrlenecs during her quest would
all volumes grave and gay. tragic and
comic incidents alternated. She
4oryed only on English men-of-war.
took part IN numerous battles and re-
ceIyel seyerai wound tftcr many
wars she Ina the news thn laeDb. In
nunlshment for a serloos ednie. had
been put into a sack sud thrown into
the sea torneVhere b france From
that Time shc W, me royal service.
where her Disguise had never been dis
covered. and returned IN woman's
clothes TO London. The government
granted her an annual pension Of 10
pounds sterling for lifes she ~ said to
have gone on the stage ufterward and
acquitted herseR adiairably "A sailor
/ chanonn.
There arc also mgh hearted women
who have performed many brave.
heroic deeds With sailing the seas
| With their husbands Among them
Louise Dittmar. Ne wife OF the captain
Of she prnmlan steamer Edgar. de-
serves ne highest praise On the way
home the entiro crew. except the cap
tain and the helmsman were attacked
with serious Illness TIE two men UNI
doriook TO attend 10 the engine. while
the woman stood az the helm and
s.ccrod the ship aud this was done day
end nlght. aimusi without relief. Tor
goeksl The steamer Arrived In port
rafely. after seven OF the crew had died
on the passage IN tbs case tue yalu-
ibs wfsel bid actaally been saved
aol,b by The capialn's wife. fof II Is
fmcuit TO estimate what the two men
could have done without her aid Cap
tains whose shlpownofs forbid them "a
take their wives with them might ap,ly
cite as an opposing argument the cx-
ample OF Louise nittmar