Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-05 | Page 3 | Sailor Days of King Haakon

DAYS OF KING HAAKON broyal pr nee lived identical life of t other apprentices norway s new king was once an apprentice in the danish navy in the mess to which he belonged he was called by his first name that is karl in danish and he had to eat the same grub and stand the same hardships as all the other alpren cices tices although everybody knew him to be a prince of the realm no differ ence whatever was paid him as such on the contrary he was hazed and made miserable in good old man style he took his medicine bravely enough on board ship he had to mend his own clothes darn Us socks sew on buttons and keep his weapons and in order he slept in a regulation sailor hammock with his clothes rolled up under his head tor a pillow without a nightshirt and wearing only a sail ors woolen striped undershirt and bundled up in a woolen blanket some lines his sea boots dangling by he hammock rope he used to make he big brass binnacle flash like sil ver mall he could never quite get used to chewing tobacco which in the eyes of every rue apprentice is one of the cardinal virtues and when ever he was seasick which often hap bened he used to sit in the gangway on a bucket and chew rye bread