Show j 1 Gorgeous Splendor r j 1 OF OU OUI I I 1 Imperial Yacht t 1 i New York Herad Herald Or Our frt first colonl has an om official cial yacht maint maintained ne at the expense of te the people h rivals in ma if cence te the of the Geran German emperor and the Y yachts ch oJ o s several verl oter other cr w ed heads heads some of which are in indeed deed dee d inferior to her In size ad and splendor I Just aust why the governor of Porto Rico should have an official yacht when even the president ha has none is a m ter in the na navy to which she blong belongs She is defended however upon the ther theory that that Porto Porte Rio Rico is s separated parted from us by bywater bywater water and that its governor must take frequent trips around hs his colony This gorgeous vessel Is the Mayflower lying last week at the Brooklyn navy yard Wih With her fun full complement of of ofIl cern cers bluejacket marnes marines electrician steward chef valet for Governor Alen Allen and maId for his lat last two colored Mayflower car carries ries some forty souls Just what It I cost costs to keep the governors official I yacht in commission i Ic hard to tell teU but i I it m must st mount up into the of thousands While the federal gover govern meat ment did not install the tree three mar marble marble ble bathtubs nor the costy costly furniture It maintains them fittingly T TIn In the Mayflower the late Ogden n Gee Goe Goelet let known the world oter a as an enthus enthusiastic yachtsman reached the acme of luxury Nearly a million del dol dolI I tars r was spent by him in eager lavish lavishness lavishness ness upon the hun hull the engines the fur furnishings and the fittings of the boat boat Fat Fast stanch luxurious she must be said the millionaire and fat fast stanch and luxurIous she was Tade At the beginning of tue Spanish war warthe warthe the heirs of Mr Golet Goelet sold her to the government for nearl nearly half a million dollars The hul hull and the machinery wee were the main things desired and the costy costly fittings cut no figure in the pur purchase chase Indeed the handsome mirror mirrors that lined the wals walls of the main haI hall hallway way were QuIckly removed when the Mayflower assumed her Quaker earb for war service and the exquisite sik silk I lace curtains which draped the mirrors I were paInted a a sooty hue too But the beautiful parquet floors and the solid sod marble bat bath tubs were left lefta a as they stood gns guns were mounted on her Quarter quarters and one In between n Altogether nhe he cried carried twelve guns gun and a crew of 19 men As a converted torpedo boat de destroyer she was attached to Sampsons squadron In Apri April 1898 under the corn com command mand of Commodore MacKenzie This swift greyhound of the seas did admirable duty as a a scout and on several occasions drew the fre fire of the Havana batteries though she did not have the good for fortune ne to participate In Inthe inthe the victory lc or of Santago Santiago as did the Gloucester But the Mayflower held up and sent to toKey Ker West Vet under a prize cre crew the Spanish ship Pedro and on only July ly 19 9 1898 while on blockade duty I chased and hove to the British steam steamship ship Newfoundland under suspicion of carrying of war The New Newfoundland Newfoundland was sent to Charleston In Charge of a a prize crew also The war ended what to do wih with the beautiful craf craft was a problem When a federal overseer for the island of Porto PortoRico Rio Rico wa was decided upon and nd the as assistant assistant secretary of the havy drew the biet billet at once it was sen seen that no state statecraft craft for the safe and speedy convey conveyance ance of our new dignitaries ivas a a part of Uncle Sams national in pediments Somebody suggested reconverting the Mayflower into gise guise of a floating palace for Sybarite Presto done but not soon enough to ser and the old time government yacht Dolphin was impressed into ser serI service I vIce and frt first carried Governor Allen AHen of Porto Rico U S A A in state to the scene of his labors Though te the laj May Mayflower fower flower cOuld not waft GOVernor Alen Alenin AlIen in regal magnificence there was pomp and circumstance nce aplenty at at this in initial Ital colonial government function for several real al war ships conveyed the new and belched forth adequate salute salutes as the populace bowed low and cried Salve Work rork was rushed on the l though and by Ju June 15 she wa was o mit t of dr dry dock and eight days later ater she left New York for Porte port Rico to await the gover governors rs pleasure leasure A few days later she bore him back to the states in all the glory of glinting mirrors polished I I silverware waxen floors whirring alec elec foor furni furniture furniture trio fans glistening ture and a of a able le and ing servants True it was so war warm senant the gulf stream that coming ip p athwart hImself Governor Alien did not avail AIen enameled state b bed bedroom d of the virgin white hite te dressing room and bath suite but room slept on a tufted leather divan in the room on the main spacious reception te deck Still the munificence was an all tere there thereat SUl side and at his command On the port adjoining the suite dubbed Is Lud suie boudoir with ba bath bathroom h shins is another wih room attached similarly done in dainty wh white te set of off by pink broce brocade wal wall hang hanging imported from inga ing and velvety rugs the Orient that Is known as Mr Mrs A Al Allens Orent the while abaft baft lens Quarters sir suite the starboard side is governors on still another confection i white ont sti and ed 3 the obliging distinguIshed 1 looking French steward as Allens catcher a Here too Alens the wash basins are of solid marble with nickel nick l fittings the J ouis wih XVI chiffonier and dressIng table of hite enamel the war wardrobes robes wih with mir mirrored mirrored door doors the cos cosy S nor ner of soft in inviting dark velour velOr and the wal wall green te covering pink geen am and white striped sik silk wih with n smal small fower flower pater pattern through it The writing table is bar har harmonIously it white te the beide beside It Itis itis of is snow snowy too a as ar are the draperies cou couch h In al all te the bedrooms wicker furniture in the natural color with has been in or wih green for geen the summer The dozen Kazak Iran and weaves from the foor floors of the library reception room dining room and smoking room ar are roIe rolled up and pied piled In the halway hallway of the grand slon salon in picturesque opulence The bathroom at present looks bare The faucets are labeled hot salt cold salt hot fresh cold old fresh and the fancy nozzles for plunge wave sprinkler shower or douche baths beckon the spectators spectator alluringly the attentive steward remarks that te the thermometer ees ces vel ver hi h chuckling Back in the mahogany ft library wih with it its brad broad fat flat toped desk type typewriter writer cabinet and book shelves all done wrier in beautiful dark red are aU all the most recent Charles and volumes on China monographs on the Boer Beer war Kipling Ford Mar Mary Johnston Church Churchill i ill and al all te the popular author authors of the day daj Pearl leather pier mantel mirrors wicker chair chairs and wel well adjusted electric fans conduce to te the fortunate officials enjoyment enjoyment The dining room Is palatal palatial Running the ful full width ship like the re reception room it contains an abundance of worthy table sideboard china closet buffet linen The closet aU all in choice mantel and grate ae are Mexican onyx The electrIc lights are ony modified with translucent bulbs The I skylight shades is d a with effective In the rec reception room ver very photographs of the New York York Oregon Texa Texas Brooklyn and other prides of the nav navy neaty neatly framed in plain gold set of off te the wal wall panels Danels A mahogany upright piano and music rack ador adorn one corner A generous sofa piled high with cushions fills a aside aside side wal wall Round ad and kidney shap shaped tabe tabet ar are scattered about about with hassocks conveniently placed The wals walls like those of the other rooms have hae Grecian half pillars and panels of white enamel to match the ceiling The foor floors are aU all parquet and scrupulously shiny ad and slippery Up on the promenade deck is the smoking room also done in mahogany wih with ted tiled fre fireplace lace corner writing ta tables bles movable smoking st sets wicker easy chairs maple panels with a pr pro profusion I fusion of square mirrors plenty of elec electric l lights ht and fans I The dek decks are well screened b by new white awnings The modern gns guns glisten here and there along t the e sides The spacious gangway Is guarded by byan byan an orderly in spotless white Th rigid marnes marines are posed at their roer din dis distances A Ah Lee who was wis Dewes Deweys cabin boy on the Opia Olympia stands smil smiling ing hi his inscrutable smie smile at the door of the captains cabin A savory as ascends ascends from the galley and altogether official life seems a decorous and en enviable I I viable affair to Governor Alen Allen of I Porto Rica U S A l |