The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-06

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the same way she followed her husband
10 China, bat she was nor allowed even
10 s. him there for the shin had returned
on its hor1ewar "a trin before the stear,e,
upon which sae sailed reached mort
What then. can be the charms Of suoh
hfe?" cried one of her listeners. as
il worth I.ving9 Do tell us soma NJ the
pleasant sides of a. Surely there must he
some. else all the navy would retire ia
private life"
The charms - she said 'are enoueb To
brighten all the dark side Of n. To begin
with you may be orettv certain that vour
husband loves YOU too much 10 live with
GU; you else he would not have married
YOU. for he has not the same incentive
10 establish = homo tbat otber ,,oo, 49,,
His home is on the sea. Then there is
the very opportunity 10 travel and the
experience of life in foreign countries IN
der The happiest possible circumstances.
AS soon as the officers wives arrive I'm a
foreign port they receive calls from the
members of the most distinguished fami-
lies in the place They are treated as rem
resentatives of the government from
which they come. and at once enter the
highest social circles.
This means all sorts Of receptions and
dinners az the home of interesting peopIe-
and The consequent return of hospitality
by the officers. on board the man-of-war
II SHAH never forset how lovely our shin
looked at some OF our receptions In Homo
ulul You know the flowers grow so
thicky down there that you can hardly
walk without stepping on them, and when
Il was known that there was to be a re-
ception on board ship our friends sent us
flowers by the bushel We twined these
around the ratings, covered every avail
able inch on deck and with the flags and
lights i'm dress parade it looked more like
tairyland than stern and sturdy battle
ship. We gave eight receptions that win
ter-all on deck, of course for it was sum-
mer there-not to speak Of the dinners and
informal affairs for the officers families.
which were possibly more fun than all the
rest.
of course, all these entertainments were
given at the private expense of the officers.
for there is no government provision for
returning hospitality which is extended to
its representatives at foreign ports. 1t
seems little strange in view of the fact
which the!r pay should be less than that
which army officers receive. Army officers
are quartered in their own country, with
no responsibility of keeping up appearances
before a foreign people. Their families are
usually quartered with them, so there is
not the expense for a separate establish
ment which comes out of a naval officers
pocket. ,-
All the same" she went on, would
rather be in the navy than in the army
When 1 wasinItle West last summer met
an old friend, whom ! had not seen since
she married am army officer some ten years
ago We compared notes on the advant-
ages of our different modes Of living. and
she did not hesitate to say that mine was
the happiest-not as some say. in lest.
because I could get rid of my husbands
society when i was tired of IT, hut because
my life led me into pleasant places. while
she had been practically buried for a de-
cade. There she was in the middle of the
plains, away out between the civilization
of East and West without the advantages
of either. She looked as if she had been
buried Her clothes were all out of style
and she was so quiet and behind the times
that l hardly knew her-yet she used to be
a society belle whom many a girl of her
set regarded with envy
But ships are often sent to unpleasant
and unhealthy ports" objected a young
woman in a military belt
ITO be sure they are" was the navy wo-
mans reply, "but in that case you don't
need to go there. and since Won have no
home ties you have the choice of the world
to live in. or YOU can pursue anv life of
study that you choose.
"Of course when YOU have children If
is different. especially when thew begin
to grow old enough TO go to school When
NV daughter was little I took her aronnd
with me. and she enioved il as much as 7
did. Now she must go to school so. OF
course. that means that we must stsv
more in one place. There is no DENYING
the fact that. navy officers children GET a
rather haphazard education Though the
opportunity to travel is an ADVANTAGE
even to the very Young. which should NOT
| he overlooked Some women nut tha;r
! children in boarding schools. and then fol-
low their husbands ships alone Others
simply give IN their lives 10 their chill.
| 0ren. only seeing their husbands when
| thew return TO the home port. have dome
a. good deal of both
,'sTbe disaster to the Maine must have
| cast a cloud unon the gavat1- Of naval CO.
| cietv did II not %
"Oh YES. everything of n social nature
was Dostnoned or dronr,ed entirely
"Of course in the case of the Maine
| EVERYDAY both in nublic and in nrivate
life Ynonrned that terrible catastron,e
! ,,o,t thot uealT bnt Of course +. ras
put off That was the third hop which
| had hepn TOStDOpp1 because the shin Wc c