Show I Nautical Novelties Novelties' No vet Are you jon informed that During Nelsons Nelson's time e e custom sworn worn orn by sailors consisted of a a. short blue Jacket white trousers and sand a n around around round hat tarred and oiled Brilliant Brilliantly ly colored waistcoats were worn over open necked shirts of blue or red or blue with white s stripes This bras vis w s the s seamans seaman's going store rig or on at least his best b For work day purI purpose ose oset t toey oy wore frocks Crocks of serge or duck tucked lucked Into blue or w white ite trouS trousers t and headgear of woof wooP or fur turf The lair was worn in a u. queue or pig pig- mid Laid from whir practice doubtless originated the wide collar that is so distinctive a feature of or t tie te e modern uniform J I here is a widely widey held belief that the tho edging of ot b c Teo narrow stripes S 'S of white tape lape on the tho blue collor represents Nelsons Nelson's three great victories Nile Copenhagen hagen agen and J In the fitness of thing things tills lt to be he so hut but it is known chit chat in the early sixties of the last century the tho ships ship's companies of some ships wore two stripes while ois jj-ois J wore four lour Earlier still the COI o of tho the collar had rested mainly with 1 tie Le e captain who follow i i. i h. h individual ual fancy There is no foundation for the u-eory u that tho the black silk necker- necker j under the collar Is worn as per perpetual perpetual perr r mourning for tor Nelsons Nelson's death A A hundred years before Trafalgar It tt was a au common item in the s seamans seaman's it being bound round the forehead in action to prevent sweat running into the eyes like the bandeaux of modern tennis players players' So Soar far ar as can be bs ascertained no reason has been found for the the two stars on the sailors jumper The They ap appear appear ap- ap pear on all aU uniform Jumpers since 1820 1320 The same s-ame is true about threads for neckerchiefs Recently a new submarine depth dept I mark of ot 33 G feet was established by bythe bythe bythe the Nautilus Tube The test lasted three hours during which the submarine was was always In touch with the U. U S. S s S S. S F Falcon b by listening devices Navy tests show slow that lung equIpped equipped equipped equip equIp- ped crews can make escape front from sunken submarines and make ascent to the surface at a a. arate arate rate rate of feet foot a minute without suffering the bends or any other serious ill effects The old armored cruiser Pittsburgh Pitts burgh recently stricken from the Navy register and advertised for tor le during her time of commission t lad ad flown her flag in the tho ports of very nery European country of ot the tho ports of ot the Mediterranean of ot many Mexican Mexicali and South American ports After being relieved as ns flagship of or the tho Asiatic fleet last February she was sas sent on all ona 3 a farewell cruise This raise included visits to ports ports' In Indo French C Cina ina Siam the tho straits Settlement Sumatra Bali Ball Java Jaya j nd Br British Ush Northeast Borneo I |