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Civilization while you wait would be
an appropriate motto for the prison
stockade at Camp Long. The camp is
on Seavey’s Island, part of the Navy
Yard, which on the map appears in
Kittery, Me.,and on official documents
at Portsmouth, in New Hampshire.
Two days before the St. Louis
steamed into the harbor with 692
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able to sit in the sun, or at least out
of the rain, and discuss why it.was
that Admiral Cervera did not utterly
destroy the American fleet. To be
sure there are sentries and deep water
in front, and sentries with a high
board fence, backed by barb wire and
Gattling guns, in the rear. What
would you? Shall sane men runaway
Spanish prisoners of war on board the | from good food, good clothes and a
camp ground was not much better than | good empany to lose themselves in a
a desert.
bound with rocks which stick up
This end of the island is |strange country and starve?
The landing of the prisoners and the
through the blueberry bushes and | establishment of the camp was ac-
scrubby grass on knolts and hillsides. |
‘Within thirty-six hours from the ar- |
rival of the St. Louis in the lower har- |
been equipped !
bor the village had
‘wvith all the creature comforts de-
manded by a free born American citi-
zen.
The landing of the Spaniards was
without ceremony or display. Two
black, flativon shaped barges were
brought up, one after the other, from
the big liner, about 2 mile away, and
made fast to Lieutenant Greely’s land-
ing place, at the foot of old Fort Sulli-
van, now used as a reservoir. There
were a few workmen and a few ladies
and children from the post on tho
shore, and a cordon of pleasure boatg
cn the water, but no official demon-
stration of any sort. There was not
an officer, nor even a marine, in sight,
and no indications that the island was
garrisoned.
On the first barge Lieutenant Cat-
lin, a survivor of the Maine disaster,
brought with him Captain Moreu, of
the Cristobal Colon, to act as interpre-
ter, and about ;a dozen American ma-
rines to take care of a bootload of four
hundred Spanish prisoners of war.
Lieutenant Catlin had a navy revolver
in his belt instead of a sword, but
went at his work without any fuss or
feathers. =~ When six marines had
scrambled ashore and were strung
along the bank, the gangway was
opened to the prisoners, who went off
the barge in an irregular straggling.
They were defeated and shipwrecked
sailors, and they showed it. Bare-
headed and barefooted, with straggly
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QUARTERS OF ADMIRAL CERVERA AND HIS
OFFICERS AT THE ANNAPOLIS NAVAL
ACADEMY.
beards, and only a couple of dirty gar-
ments in most cases covering legs and
bodies, they passively obeyed the or-
ders of Captain Moreu, and were
gathered in ship’s companies by the
calling of the roll. Hardly had a hun-
dred men been landed before the sick
began to drop groaning upon the dusty
roadside.
After the mustering was over the
first shipload of prisoners was sur-
rounded by marines from the garrison
anc marched into the stockage, the
barefooted ones being chiefly anxious
to avoid the nettles that lurked in
some of the grassy places.
After one day in camp these same
hungry looking prisoners could hardly
be recognized. The day’s rations of
beef, bread, coffee and pickles were
devoured at one meal, each man eating
more than a pound of meat. They
found hammocks, comfortable hair
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the whites of his eyes heavenward,
and stood expectant. Scores of ko-
daks snapped, and the colored sailor
triunphantly rejoined his comrades
on the shore. A lady in one of the
boats threw a bunch of flowers into
the water near the shore, and
stantly twenty or more of the prison-
ers struggled for the possession of
the trophy. The Spaniard who cap-
tured the bouquet was generous, how-
ever, and divided the flowers among
his comrades, who proudly held aloft
the mementos, bowing and smiling
to the lady who threw them into the
water. :
After the dishes had been washed
many sat in groups on the bank, some
of them singing the songs of their
native land, some playing cards, others
writing letters home, and all of them
apparently pleased with the situation.
It was a scene never before witnessed
in the Harbor of Portsmouth, but its
repetition is likely to happen every
pleasant day in the weeks to follow.
So much for the humbler prisoners.
Those of higher rank, Admiral Cer-
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UNCLE SAM, HE PAYS THE FREIGHT.
(The cartoonist of the New York Herald gives his idea of how the prisoners will be sent
home to Spain.)
complished without the slightest hos-
tile demonstration on the part of the
Spaniards. Some of the men passive-
ly object to being clean, but they can
put up with cleanliness if only they
get plenty of tobacco.
Colonel Forney has in the barracks
at the Navy Yard and on duty at the
stockade about two hundred men, but
Surgeon Parsons says that if the
Spaniards only understood that they
were to have their three square meals
a day a marine guard would be re-
quired, not to keep them on theisland
but to drive them away from it.
Two Spanish chaplains, two sur-
geons, an apothecary’s, steward and
five junior lieutenants have had a
building built for their special accom-
modation, and have been fitted out
with sailor’s clothes from the navy
yard storehouses, Their wardroom is
fitted out with bunks and abundant
furniture.
The civilizing influence of a short
piece of rope is still to be seen 1n
Camp Long. In the olden times the
rope was used to cow starved and ill
treated prisoners. To-day it serves a
different purpose. The members of
the officer’s mess hardly got new
clothes before they began devising
amusements, and jumping rope has
become very popular. Two of the
more sedate officers swing the rope
while the others take turns jumping.
The horrors of war already seem
far away, and the mostimportant things
in the world seem to be the delights’of
good living. Admiral Carpenter, who
is in temporary command of the Navy
Yard, has closed the island to eurious
visitors, who are not annoying when
they get long range views from the
New Castle and Kittery shores.
The scene on shore of the prison
front on Seavey’s Island on & recent
afternoon between five and six o’clock
presented a most novel and interest-
ing picture. The prisoners had just
finished their afternoon meal and had
swarmed to the water’s edge to wash
their bowls, plates and spoons. The
clatter of the ‘dishes and the laughter
and animated conversation of the pris-
oners made such a babel of noises that
they could plainly be heard on the
Newcastle shore on the other side of
the Piscataqua Raver.
Hundreds of boats gathered in front
of the Spaniards on the beach and
watched them at their work and en-
joyed the animated scene, for the
“Dons” seemed happy as larks and
evidently greatly pleased at the atten,
tion shown them. Many ladies in the
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BARRACKS ON SEAVEY’S ISLAND, PORTSMOUTH HARBOR.
(Where the rank and file of the Spanish prisoners are confined.)
mattresses and government blankets
provided for them, and after a few
pufls from borrowed cigarettes the
well Spaniards slept long and sound-
ly. More meals followed with sur-
prising abundance ard regularity, and
great wazon loads of clothes were
hauled over from ithe Navy Yard and
dumped at the feet of the prisoners.
The few industrious spirits volun-
teered for camp work, and their work-
ing made a pleasing spectacle for those
who were not industrious. With
warm, new clofhes and “a comfortable
fulness under one’s belt, it is agree-
boats had provided themselves with
kodaks, and hundreds of pictures were
taken of the prisoners that will prove
valuable souvenirs of the American-
Spanish war as time goes by. The
Spaniards enjoyed having their pie-
tures taken, and’ many of them -gath-
ered in groups and posed in pictur-
esque attitudes and waited their turas
for the camera:
A colored prisoner, black as Erebus,
waded out into the water up to his.
knees, and, striking bis bowl
plate together 7 to attract attention,
placed his hauds. by his side, roiled
and ;
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vera and his captured officers, are
held at the Naval Academy, Ann-
apolis, Md.
Admiral Cervera would be taken for
an English merchant by ninety-nine
out of a hundred persors who didn’t
know who he was. He is prosperous-
looking, well-made, and wears a gray
beard. His son, Lieutenant Angel
Cervera, is tall and handsome, and
wears a coal-black beard. Altogether,
the Spaniards are quite a distin-
guished-looking group, and when
they are fitted out in appropriate gar-
ments will doubtless make much
social progress in Annapolis, as nearly
all of them have given orders for
visiting cards.
The parole signed by all the prison-
ers except Admiral Cervera, who
waved it aside when presented, with’
the remark that his sword of honor
was sufficient, and Captain Eulate, of
the Vizcaya, who declined to sign it
because be declared the other officers
should be permitted to give their
word as well as the Admiral, is as
follows:
“IT do pledge my word of honor
that during the period of my retention
at the United States Naval Academy
as a prisoner of war I will not go be-
yond such limits as may be pre-
scribed by the Superintendent of the
Naval Academy, and freely agree to
abide by such regulations as said
Superintendent may from time to
time establish.
“The limits now established will be
the grounds of the Naval Academy
and the city of Annapolis from 8
o’clock until sundown.”
Adpiral Cervera’s house, which is
A GROUP OF SPANISH PRISONERS ON STA-
VEY’S ISLAND.
known as No. 17 Buchanan row, is an
old brick painted a dark drab, with
brown outside shutters, and its front
windows overlook the oak-shaded
grounds of the academy. The com-
mandant’s house is two doors distant
at the corner, and diagonally across
the lawn to the left is the superin-
tendent’s office. A fine marine view
is obtained from the rear windows,
with the parade grounds in the fore-
ground.
+ The whole house except the hall,
which is approached by a flight of
stairs from the road below, is heavily
carpeted. © The parlor is supplied
with comfortable furniture. Opening
into the parlor by broad doors is the
dining room, which is carpeted like
the parlor and contains an oak dini
set. The passage chamber, whiqa
communicates with the bed room, i8
the Admiral’s private office. lt :8
provided with a desk, chairs, goed
lights and writing material. All tke
mail matter sent and received by tie
prisoners goes through the office yf
the superintendent, and is censorel.
The Spanish officers are not beitg
| pampered with luxuries. They are ce-
{ ceiving the same focd that is given {i
the naval cadets.
Aduiral Cervera has a house whiun
lig ceenpied by three or four others
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cook and the steward of the Santee
have been placed at his disposal, and
a servant to attend to his personal
wants, The last occupant of the
house was Lieutenant Gove. The
other prisoners occupy the old cadets’
quarters on Stribling row,
COOKING FOR SOLDIERS.
German Army Inventors Pay Much
tention to the Subject.
At.
The interest shown by all classes of
people at present in the matters of
military manceuvring and equipments
is so great that a recent exposition of
ee ear meri en ae
COOKING APPARATUS
SMALL BATTALION,
FOR
army and camp furnishings was a gi-
gantic success, as demonstrated by the
throngs of people which flocked to the
place day after day. Evidently the
German inventor has been working on
the theory that a full stomach is the
best equipment for a fighter, and
cooking ‘implements were displayed
in the greatest variety. = A clever
cooking outfit is shown herewith.
The stove for a battalion is designed
for use in the open. It is formed of
several iron chests arranged in the
shape of a cross, with a chimney in
the middle. A smaller one
to accommodate a squad of about,
thirty men, and for use where there
are no general cooking provisions
made for the men, each one looking
after the preparation of his own ra-
tions. |
It is gratifying to note that the sub-
ject of caring for the dead and
wounded has received a great deal of
attention at the hands of army and,
navy inventors. A large variety of;
devices was shown, having for their
object the care and comfort of the
wounded warrior.
People Who Live in Trees.
Of all the islands of the South Seas
New Guinea is in some respects the
most peculiar. With its towns built
on the water, its native castles in the
trees and its strange native inhab-
itants, who have been steadily dying
A TREE TOP HOME.
out since the advent of the white man,
it is an intensely interesting bit of the
world. The natives are gifted with
such remarkable powers that they can
see into distances far beyond the vis-
ion of the white man; they can trach
the wild beast by signs that the white
man cannot learn; they can find food
and drink in deserts where white men
would perish of thirst and starvation.
The accompany picture represents
one of the tree houses built by na-
tives of the island. Among the sav-
age tribes are warriors who are known
as the ‘‘head hunters.” The aerial
houses are built as refuges from the
head hunters. When the ery is raised
that the head hunters are coming the
feeble and the women flee to the tree
huts and the able men arm for the
fight.
A Natural Sun Dial.
An immense sun dial, certainly the
largest in the world, is at Hayon
Horoo, a large promontory extending
3000 feet above the Aegean Sea. As
the sun swings around the shadow of
this mountain it touches, one by ona,
a circle of islands, which act as hour
marks.
Magnanimous.
Jimmy (the terrible scrapper)—
“Say, me young friend, I could chew
ver up an’ neber know dat I had fed,
but I'll refrain!" An’ now go home an’
tell yer beautiful sister dat I spared
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A Pretty Style for the Feet.
Women with pretty feet to show
below their short duck skirts wear
ties of black, highly polished /veal
skin, having tops of sapphire blue
dressed leather. This veal skin is
the hide of the very young calf, so
treated that it is as soft as dog skin
and assumes # high polish. With blue |
uppers on these smart ties blue heels
are used, the rather heavy extension
soles are stitched with blue, blue silk
ribbons run through the eyelets, and
throughout the shoes are lined with
blue satin.
The Teeth,
in babyhood. As soon as the “milk
teeth” become loosened they should
be extracted. If the second teeth
have to force the others out they ap-
pear uneven and jagged. Nuts should
never be cracked with the teeth. This
is ruinous to the enamel. Tooth
brushes should be replaced often, and
in the meantime must be treated to a
bath of ammonia and soap suds,
There should be several kinds of
brushes on the toilet at once, since to
cleanse the back teeth thoroughly a
curved brush is necessary. After
every meal the teeth should be
brushed. The bristles need not be
stiff, or there is danger of cracking
the priceless enamel. This can never
be replaced. Science can only give
new teeth, not rebuild enamel that so
many people stupidly allow to be de-
stroyed.
Sailor Hats,
The stylish sailor hats are of rough
straw, natural color. with an exten-
sion top. An inch width of the braid
of the height of the season’s trimmed
millinery. Tt is bought by those who
cannot abide entirely plain head cov-
ering. In ‘sailors’ there is much op-
portunity for individual taste in
choice. Fashion approves the
with low crown, narrow brim,
colored hat band.
dium brim and crown of finer straw,
and the sailor of Manila, with loose
band of ribbons in half a dozen har-
monizing tones, and quills in one or
two more. One recently noticed had
srimmings of navy blue and
one-
lessly, then twisted into a big knot on
the left side, from which sprang three
high, wood colored frills.
no means confine themselves to
ors with shirt waists. Many think
that a rather elegant hat takes away
the inevitably negligee appearance of |
a wash blouse.—New York Press.
The Bustle Coming Into Style.
The busy little bustle is at it again,
painstakingly trying to creep into
favor and always finding a certain co-
terie of women willing to put it
probation and their backs.
little lnmp of wire and mohair, close
up to the waist line. Women
fetish wear strange boned petticoats.
The bones run in casings from the
over dress most staunchly, they do
not fail to add tremendous weight
about the hips. To avoid wearing
these boned under draperies a num-
ber of the thoughtful and inventive
have run hoops of thinnest steel, no
wider nor thicker than a baby ribbon,
through the rear widths of their skirts.
This is rather a more hygienic solution
of the bustle problem than any plan
yet attempted, but dressmakers who
know a thing or two insist that with the
coming in of princess fashions bustles
must and will assume an important
place in every wardrobe.
The Russian Society Woman.
A Russian society woman knows
only one thing—fashion. Artis a
stranger to her. She loves admira-
tion and flirtation, but her heart re-
mains cold, though she may be burn-
ing other hearts with the fire of her
eyes. Nowhere is woman more. dan-
gerous than in Russian society. To
begin, a Russian girl seeks a husband
only for the position he gives her.
Matrimony is only a question of fash:
ion, and if a Russian girl cannot find
a husband within a reasonable time
she can fill no place in good society,
and she is ridiculed by all her ac-
quaintances; thus, she watches with
agony the approach of the end of her
youth. Every tentative is thus made
to win the grand prize of matrimony.
Even her friends are as anxious as she
is, and as fearsome lest she become
an old maid. Then, when all efforts
have failed, when no more hope- re-
mains, she takes advantage of the sole
remedy left to her, ‘‘maiden wid-
owhood.” She travels. She goes tg
Paris and Nice. She stays away three
or four years, maybe, then returns to
Russian society, no longer an old
maid, nor even a wife, but a widow.
Nobody asks whom she married, nor
how she became a widow. Sheis a
widow; that suffices. And as a widow
she is received everywhere and is—
somebody. —Chicago Times-Herald.
Fashion’s Dictates for Mourning.
After the first six months of mourn-
ing a widow may put on the pretty
turn-over cuffs and collars of white
linen lawn which nowadays can bé
worn by any one in mourning. Most
of mourning gowns are now lined with
soft materials, either in silk or light
weight wool, so as to avoid the rustle.
The plainest of black shoes and gloves
should always be seen with mourn-
ing costume. No suspicion of a white
vetiicoat should be seen with mourn-
ing dress. Never be guilty of wear-
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The care of the teeth should begin | !
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green wide taffetaribbon, put on care- |
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the present date it is no larger than |
one’s two fists and is worn as an odd |
who |
have not yet bent before the bustle |
while for toques
ing a mourning veil with a shirt waist
of washable material. The white ruche
in the bonnet belongs distinctively to
the widow's weeds, and should never
be worn by a woman who is wearing
mourning for any other but her de-
ceased husband; but when once taken
off the ruche should never be put on
again unless for a second husband.
Allow the band of black on your
stationery and cards to correspond in
! avidth to the degree of mourning habi-
liments. The extreme widths are in
any case vulgar and ostentatious. If
you attend the theatre or any place of
public amusement while you are in
mourning —and that is your preroga-
tive—never wear a mourning veil.
Either go bare headed or wear a fancy
bonnet made of mourning materials.
Women sometimes make the error of
wearing longecrape veils at the theatre
When you
feel you wish to dispense with mourn-
| ing, be guarded, and let its retirement
be slowly and gracefully marked by
quiet costumes.
Sensible Short Skirts,
A marked feature at Lakewood, New
Jersey, during the early fashionable
season was the short skirt used by
women for walking and all general
out-of-door wear. The short skirt’
was not confined to bicycle riders or
tennis and golf players. In the streets
of the town, along its promenades or
in the parks and woods one met every-
where smartly dressed women -wear-
ing this convenient and comfortable
walking skirt. Its vogne was so great
as to show something more than a
particular preference for neatness and
convenience in walking. ’
The skirt most worn was somewhat
longer than the bicycle skirt. It
comes just below the shoe tops, clear-
ing tlre ground by about four inches.
It hangs in even folds and is of me-
dium width. Many such skirts are not
| bound on the bott but face ith
stands up around the edge of the top | Jounus 10 hihnat, hut feed
of the crown, giving the hat something |
a wide piece of the dress
and finished with many rows of ma-
The skirts are of
of mixed cheviots of dark
A very smart costume in-
cluded such a skirt of gray cheviot,
with a scarlet jacket of smooth-faced
cloth, plain linen collar with tie, and
a gray felt hat of round soft shape.
For sea side and mountain wear by
visitors, or for traveling, or for gen-
eral wear in the country by those who
are much out-of-doors and on foot,
these short skirts are valuable. They
have always been comfortable and con-
venient; but to preach common sense
on the subject to those who follow
style more than their own ideas of
time and
material,
cloth or
breath wasted.
But if the use of the short skirts
has been stamped with the approval
of fashionable society people their use
is likely to increase this season, and
it would be a wise plan for every
| woman who wishes to do what is cor-
rect in such matters to see to it that
a well made short walking skirt is
among the ng¢cessary articles provided
her summer outfit.—Harper’s
Bazar,
Fashion Notes.
A yellow straw hat trimmed in black
may be worn with a dress of any
kind. .
Guipure and similar heavy cream
| laces are much used for the all-popu-
Eh ? : le | lar yokes.
waistline to the hem, following a bias |
inclination, and while holding out the |
Not foulards and Indias only, but
surah also is promised great popularity
for the warm months. ¥
Inexpensive ornaments are small
steel or rhinestone buckles, or large
buttons imitating jewels.
Black gloves would not be as dressy
as white to wear ‘with a costume of
black, yellow and heliotrope.
Sashes make important features of
the season’s gowns. Ribbon, silk,
mousseline and the material itself are
all in use.
The newest skirts flare out sharply
around the feet. The generai effect
seems to be modeled on the plan of
an ordinary feather duster.
Violets are worn with dark blue and
every other color, as are flowers of the
burnt orange shades; no one flower
can be said to predominate,
The patriotic bangle is a band of
red, white and blue enameled silver,
hung with charms in the shape of can-
nons, flags and tiny men-of-war.
White veils of circular shape, with
a patterned border, are very popular,
and something still more pronouneed
is a rose colored net spotted with
white chenille.
In neckwear white tulle bows are
almost invariably worn; feather boas
ave also popular at present. They are
of a light fawn color or white, and
reach to the waist.
Piques and welts, ornamented with
irregular designs, are much in vogue
for seaside wear abroad. American
mills have produced goods of this kind
equal, if not superior, to those im-
ported.
Lace will be worn for hat
and capotes
will have the preference. In lace veils
blue will be the choice shade, but
cream, black and white will still be
popular.
The craze for deep yellows and
orange bids fair to run to extremes.
Like many another good thing, the
deep, rich colors are delightful used
in bits, but become oppressive and
overwhelming en masse.
veils,
tulle
Bangles for the athletic girl are
made of fine silver fishing pole, of
golf clubs bent to form a circle, of
ropes with an anchor clasp, and even
in the shape of bicycle tires and ten-
nis rackets with elongated handles.
Sleeves are decidedly smaller. Those
in a blazer jacket of pique must follow
suit, though they must be sufficiently
large to pass over a silk or cotton
shirt waist. Whatever fullness there
is should be gathered at “he top, as
i only heavy cloth looks well plaited.