Show A SAILORS MASCOTS CoUe cllon that he tabb fron abc short jack is notoriously Im providen t and most of our seamen when they get ashore spend their money be U more or lees with a lavish band shore leave ie limited to twenty four hours ant in that brief time the anro i strained bailor monagean torun th about all the cash he carries with bin plunges into a whirl of dissipation and la chea tedor robbed of a good share of his ready but percentage of the latter la alo apt to go for anything that happens to strike hia almost childish fancy mascots are the seafarers delight and whatever i be may come across which seems to him to have a te property be Is bound to buy it it he can the pier jumpers those on abare leave are technically called return in well filled barges to the shin and under direction of the master at up to the deck they arc lively to bring with them a miscellaneous collection of goats doss parrots era etc one sailor on the Ker sarge either in or out of his denees at the time went so far aa to purchase ae a I 1 mascot a colored baby froni le for the sum of 40 cents and came aboard with it in his arin alle wa not allowed to retain it howe reri and the child was eventually lo 10 alts repentant and hysterical how many of the mascots be on board alpa within the of the captala cap talu liberal policy 1 pur euca this but manifestly here la a li mitto the number of how that can be ilus Is bent alboro deli when tue are lined up while the ships writer colja the roll to discover the it Is one of the moet perplexing duboe of the officer of the deck to decide what dumb creatures sany or napo t I 1 added to the vessels menagerie 1 on her way homeward froal the tropics she usually carries a lar variety of living presents tov the boia friends of the sailors but ate only temporary tenants 0 the hold and would not be permitted to remain ot board long lesliea Le weekly but you say her to you turned out better than waa expected much better lie spent sw than halt her money when abated brooklyn life f |