The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-06
Margaret Has Made Two Voyages Around
The Horn and One Around the World.
LITTLE STAR is A GREAT TRAVELLER.
fom IN November Lssl She Has AIrsady Covered
$4,000 Miles Sea Ar Az ess WI h Babies,
Mrs. Rogers Dscats.

New York, July Ga little bfue-eyed
baby girl was crawling ON the cabin
deck under an awning aboard the iron
bark star OF the East today as that
vessel lay moored at pier 4. East River.
Her mother, the vine OF Capt. George
Norman Rogers who commands the
bark, was with her child, whom they
had named Star Cameron Rogers. Be-
side the baby was her sister, Margaret.
who is two years and six months old.
! Little Star was born aboard the bark
! while the vessel was humming along
near the island OF Tristan de Acunha,
| IN the South Atlantic on Nov. H. 1898.
| There never was a healthier child
| than is star. Since she was born she
| has been aboard the bark nearly all
| the time. with the exception of "A short
stay ashore at Auckland, New Zealand,
where the child was introduced TO her
| grandmother.
reporter went aboard the Star OF
the East today. Star had just con-
Guided her afternoon sleep, and after
her mother had put a white silk dress
on the baby she was held up for in
spection. She greeted the visitor with
smile. she has rosy complexion
and Is the picture of health. She has
travelled more than 10000 miles since
sha was born and has been around
Cape Horn.
Star never slept i'm a bed. When she
was much smaller than she is now her
mother took her into her bunk at night
BUT on the voyage home the child
slept in a canvas hammock in the af-
ter cabin. The more the bark rocked
and rolled the better the baby seemed
TO IKE II.
The sailors OF the bark are proud of
to sl., t. sl..s..
cot.
Margaret can walk and talk. She is
a regular little sailor. She has been
around the Horn twice and has made
voyage around the world
Margaret is different from shore"
babies. She does not care for boys.
She has some blocks and other little
things with which to play. but she
likes best of all to be permitted 10
stand at the wheel.
How does she head?" Margaret
would sometimes ask the man at the
wheel.
Northwest" she will say when you
ask her the course the ship is steer
ing.
Margaret also sleeps i'm hammock.
IL IL only during rough weather that
her mother takes her into her own
bunk.
This sea air agrees with the chill
uren, SAID Mrs. RogerS, who is the
daughter OF a New Zealand pilot. 'Ba-
bies never are i'll at sea. / have been
on the sea ever since | was married. |
| don't care TO go ashore now When
L go ashore | am always anxious to |
get back 20 the ship. The ship Is our |
home"
Margaret celebrated the Fourth of |
July by eating her first orange and |
her first dish of Strawberries She did /
not know whether she actually liked |
the fruit or not.
Margaret has not been ashore in New |
York yet. Neither has her sister. They |
will be taken to Central Park some |
time this week. Grandma Rogers. who |
is expected here from Yarmouth ~ s
will be introduced to her new grand
daughter upon her arrival Margaret
says she Will show star 10 her grand
mother IA soon as sne comes aboard. |
In about four weeks the Star OF the |
East will sail again for New Zealand.
with Capt and Mrs. Rogers and their
two children.