Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-16 | Page 11 | Teuton Prisoners Woo Lady Nicotine

v TEUTON PRISONERS 13 lkoiiie Ban Against Smoking in Barracks Has Been Lifted by Authorities. The ban placed on smoking inside the war prison barracks at Fort Douglas when the German prisoners from the formoran reached the prison, to guard against possible fire danger,' has been ' raised and now pines and tobacco are ' the order of the dav inside the stock ade. People of the city have donated a 1' large quaiuity of tobacco for the Ger man prisoners, and practically all of the prisoners had their "hods'' with them, so that now they arc smoking : to their heart's content V The sailors can he seen moving about i :f inside the stockade puffing smoke with ' the evident delight of seasoned smok-i smok-i ' ers, and it helps preatlv to while away L'r the long hours of confinement. ; Officers of the crew are spending i'-'. much time in the sunshine and air of It the prison streets, and the eorvet cap- i tain is fond of sitting on his favorite j chair in front of the officers' quarters . and whittling. The captain is said to be something of an expert with the pocketknife when it comes to whittling out sandals and other little conveniences conveni-ences about cam), and he spends considerable con-siderable time at this unique occupa-ti.-'j. re;:cefully whittling upon wood is considerably different from commanding a German raider in the Pacific, but when one is confiued behind barbed wi.'e fences with armed guards standing stand-ing watch over him, and there are twenty-four hours a flay to be put in in this manner, whittling helps a whole lot to maKe the time pass. The warm weather makes the white duck sailor uniforms of the prisoners mosi comfortable , costumes, and most of the sailors have "chopped off" the sleeves of their shirts and their very brown, bare arms are a. striking contrast con-trast to the shining white of their costume:; cos-tume:; as they work on the roofs of the brrracks and about the prison streets. Those who are not carpentering every day are hauling away rubbish and idling idl-ing it up in a corner whence it may be rcnioed from the camp, and others are laying out walks and flower beds to improve the appearance of their new homes.