Evening journal., 1919-10-21
FAMILY TREE GROWS
AROARD THIS BARK
Alejandrino Captains Child
ren Born at Far Corners
of the World
SHIP IN PORT,
ON REEFS 20 YEARS

NEW YORK. oct. 2i-NIoorcd at a
sar-or pler IN south Brooklyn, WIN
her white ngurc-head overloohlns y
sort of No Mans Land OF clhuers "','
scrap iron, lies the Chilean fouf-iil
cd bark Alelandrino. The lone-slarIe',,
chilean flag flies at the peak ait ana
there seemed TO be some KIND oil sele-
braiion going on around the Dls steer
ING wheel on the quarterdeck.
woman carrying one little girl
was pursued by two other little ilaNeh-
haired girls who were making neiiec-
tual leaps at "A fancy box TIE woman
also carried. There was a great toto
and iproar. especially when the box
droppcd on deck and shower ot choc-
olates rolled around until divcd upon
bv The senior little girls, aged, respec-
lively about and 3.
According TO an explanation offered
by The chief mate, hlond-haired
llthe-muscled German by the name OF
Bchrens. hailing from The once impor-
tant port OF kiel. but who has spent
the last few years In Chile, The uproar
on the pOop-deck was nothing less
than a birthday pariy-thc liillcsl girl,
in fact. was Just / year old today.
An these little girls were the daugli-
iers of Captain Gerisen, The Norwegian
skipper Of the ship. and tie woman
irving Go control their activities was
their mother. And the Captain? lie
had gone ashore 10 celebrate, presum-
ably not knowing that fcelcbrat-
ing" was decidedly out Of order In this
and other American ports. Rut the
show was going big on The quarter
deck with a good daal Of skedaddlins
arount the high. brown charthousc
and sliding around the skylighis.
Little Borchel, The one whose birth
day it is. was born a year ago at
punta Arenas" hays Behrens, whn.
Ike many another German chief mate,
bubbles with statistics. "Mlnna, the
The next one. Is years old. She was
born in Shanghai. AMI Marie, the eldest
little girl. she was born IN Melbourne,
I think the skipper said
After giving these few basic facts
about lhls seqfAing family tree, The
German chief mate told one Of the
Younger German officers 70 strike two
bells. / o'clock so that the crew would
Turn 10 again and help got up the bales
Of wool from the hold For the Alejan-
,lrino. besides being the scene Of sea-
going family festival, also has c0nsid-
cradle commercial Importance.
I'VE have 7,22j bales Of wool on
board. worth about Si75O,0OO,' says
ile statistical Behrens who seems al
most bursting with efficiency and ilg-
ires "Tbs cargo was brought from
punla Arenas. Chile, in the Straits OF
af..~.lf.r .pI ..1tft, upl ammo ora akNutfI
by illc famous Menendez firm OF Punta
Arenas, the members Of which are
Known as The wool kings OF Patagonia.
"Thcy own tremendous ranches down
there, some with as high as 100000
sheep. Young Aleiandrino Menendez,
ihe present head Of the flrm, is In Lon
don but believe he will soon arrive
here on The Orduna. / believe
The Teuionlc CHIEF male was inter-
iaiplcd at this point by an officer who
asked question about the cargo
This gave The reporter a short time 10
look about the main deck Of This re-
markable ship, which, after lying on
Tie beach near Cape Horn for 20 years.
was fnally salyaged by wreckers. sent
soulhward by TIE Chilean nrm Of Punio
Arenas.
She VAS a tlne old type Of British
Steel ship, q vessel over 300 feet long.
with top gallant masiheads towering
2O0 fcet above the deck. with heavy
spars and Yards solid boat platforms.
heavy standing rigging and long Lying
bridge reaching from poop to fore
castle head,
Built at SOUTHAMPTON. England. In
i~s6 hy oswald Mordaunt & Co fhc
Ness'il Was Then named The Andrina.
While ON a voyage around the Horn
Will q general cargo she went ashore