The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29

thrown on the dump. He made hotter ,,...
u theh by giving them to highly antra
clallVe young women, who honored him
WIN thelr company on visits about the
snip The girls tied little ribbon bows
10 me wrist irons, and valued them highly
90 implements that had been used for the
torture OF poor sailormen. The skipper had
the yeoman at the mast for his nervv dis
position or government property, but the
man was not punished for his offence re-
iieNed as II was by such amiable gaIlantry
CIncefs art hang on to the anchors and
other silver and gold devices attached to
the collars OF their blouses as long as
possible but most Of them, sooner or later.
mp them Off and hand them over 10
young women who like the workmanship
OF the devices. The cleverness of Ameri-
can girls In thus hypnotizlng sailors of
al nations Is remarkable. A splendid Rus
slan Dattleship steamed into New York
harDor Few years ago, and when her
gangways we're spread for visitors the
Ne" YORK girls went aboard the Russian
mah-ot-wa In droves Part of the uni
form equipment of every Russian naval
oincer IS dagger. The daggers are beau
TRULY devised affairs. the hits of them
heaviiy wrought IN gold. There wasn't a
dagger on that great Russian ship of war
TWO days after the New York girls began
10 visit the Cars vessel, but there were
hanging by little chains in the boudoirs
Of the New York girls
On a ship-Visiting day In a American
port d barrel of round hardtack standing
open in man-o'war alleyway, is a sight
the young women can't very we'll resist.
Inc navy bareback is circular In shape
and about four inches in diameter The
girls all get a handful each of the biscuit
and carry them ashore to paint ships ana
seascapes on their rough surfaces An
other article of uniform that the bluejack-
cts of our navy cannot hang on to when
the girls get aboard their ships is the
neckerchief, The United States bluejack-
cts neckerchief is a handsomely woven
affair of the finest black silk II costs the
bluejacket close to $50 Nevertheless,
there is general unloosenlng Of necker-
chiefs when the young women are aboard,
ana the skipper. when he inspects his
neckerchiehess crew at quarters on the
following morning before the men have
had time TO draw neckerchiefs from the
paymaster, doesn't punish the men for be-
Ing out Of uniform. but mutters something
about the power of beauty. There is a
saying in the navy nowadays that ''if you
want jackknife ask coalheaver for the
loan of his" There's a lot of truth in the
saying. The deckhands among the blue
Jackets resign their huge knives to young
women visitors time after time in course
toned down below are immune from
plundering by the girls. A deck bluejacket
just about finishes a fine knife lanyard for
himself that he has been plating and
weaving for several months to wear with
his mastering uniform for shore visiting
when a girl from ashore comes along and
Looks IL away" from him. That is the
way the sailors express it--"looks il away
from me" the idea being that when a
girl gets her eye on any article in the
makeup Of the man-o'-war's man she con-
verts it TO her own use by that process
When a bluejacket hasn't much left in
the way Of small gear to dish out to the
young women visitors he races AFT and
yeoman for her. The girl likes to get
these big bricks Of tobacco. which they
beribbon and preserve. for tho navy to-
bacco, of rock-like hardness. Is an endur-
ing souvenir