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. ¥ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923, Soin BRITISH WHIG 4 1m : :2 By GEORGE McMANUS p, 5 S . ! ' p i Disappearance re COST YOU A DIME of Figureheads re a BOO Pir iD Seis 509 The ships of His Majesty's navy no _ longer bear, as once they did figure. | heads" emblematic of the vessel om | the bows of which they are plaged. I In the days of the old wooden three-deckers the ships' figureheads | were carved out of timber and paint- { ed and gilded by men who were ar- | lists in their craft. One may still judge oftheir skill by the specimens : z NS ! | : WANT CIT a that survive. -not afloat, and uot gn F TIS ; -- A \ x Hi 2 py the bows and under the buw-gprits of | | 3. p y i - YA A) y D ' . vessels, but ashore. Kept us curiosi- | . : ? a h, sop odd . % ties in the dockyards at Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport they sur- | vive, while thé ships they decorated | have long since been broken up. | No one who has not stood at close quarters to one of these old naval figureheads is likely to realize the ! large size of them, The classical god- | | { : An © 1D wv mre Praruns Sewvicn, hee desses, the Ariadnes, the Arethusas, and the martial heroes carved out of wood are all on the heroic scale, and generally they are very well done indeed. THERE'S A MAN FROM IT'S CORNED | PHONE OINTY AN TELL © [ GET LUP-D DINTY MOORES WITH BEEF AND DOWN: DO You HIM TO BRING THE GANG | | ET oR A BONOLE - Sane | IN EAY UP FER A LITTLE GAME | GOING TO : OLT OF YO AN WHEN THEY COME - ot aioe Byureiiead of the) iF alip. and | 'B ((GIVE THE GENTLEMAN HAND - HORRY OF SHOW THEM INTO THE | SLEEP ALL Painting and gilding it to, a degree SOME 00D CIGARS : PARLOR - far beyond the Admiralty allowance i AN'OPEN THE Captain and crew alike were proud p 2) : A 0% of paint and goldleaf. i 4 : 1 wa £7 Among the figureheads of famous \ ( ) ships still preserved at Chatham Dockyard is that of the Chesapeake, the United States frigate defcated and captured in the day-long fight with the British ship Shannon in 1818. The battle was fought within sight of Boston bor. Captain Sir Broke took home the Chesa- ®. The fighrehead of his ship on, became his perquisite, and | was housed in his country seat, Broke | SotTotRe. Sraiesd Is esapeake re a | fine specimen of the art. The head is crowned with the North American- | I head-dress 0f feathers, f name Broke, given to a small veapel of the navy at the time when | the.Oreat War of 1914-18 broke ou, | uoukine equally distinguished as that of gallant commander who de | : featéd the United States frigate. E wELL DON'T STAND SAY WHAT'S In an 'action off Dover with Ger- MR JIGGD- 1D FINE J wie THERE LIKE A THE MATTER? man raiders, the young commander LIKE YO RAVE || WILL BF GLAD YAP. TAKE THE ARE. YOU DEAD? of the Broke -laid his ship alongside YOU COME QUT || TO KNOW | GENTLEMAN'S HURRY UP WITH a German veswél and boarded her | TO MY HOUSE WITH THE HAT AND CANE ? THAT FOOD OR with his mien, defeating the enemy TO DINNER * PRE DIDENT 5 VLL GO OWT in a hand-fo-hamd cutless fight, as in 1iiz, TO EAT! the glorfous old days of Nelson. / el 3 , Nelson's Victory was the sixth ship » » of that name in the navy. The fifth Victory met with a terrible end. She foundered in a storm on a night in Octaber, 1744, only a few years after being launched, Ske is supposed to have struck on a reef of the fatal : Cusguets Rocks, off the coast of Ald- . Not a soul of the vast com- pany aboard, including Admiral Bal- chen and over one thousand officers and men, escaped. { Nelson's Victory, now being restor- | ed, had owned no fewer than four figureheads. The first was knocked | to pleces in an engagement off Ushant; the second survived the Bat- | tie of 8t. Vincent; but a third was in at Trafalgar, | This. vas not-onk a very fine, but | & Very unusual ome. It was a strik-| ing desigw of: é satlor and a marine | YOU wis i supporting the royal arins. The fig- MR JIGGD- AT D0 Nor rNEa oH 0 SEE ME + i er ures were lifesize- and colored nat- JUST DROPEED | | TIME - YOUR WiFe ANNOYING ME WHEN MR Je, THIS urally, with the uniforms in their OVER FROM THE 1% ON. THE PHONE BUSY SHUT UP WHEN I'M . S MEDAL Proper tints. | BANK TO T j TALKING YOU WAIT UNTIL FOR BRAVERY This figurehéad suffered in the 0 YELL THEY TOLD HER Battle of Trafalgar, for the Jegs of | You = AT THE BAW / Wi, h\ the soldier and the arms of the sailor THAT YOU WERE a k Ce bo were carried off by a shot. The story | COMING HERE - Ww: afterwards was t that all who Jost . SW, arms in the action were sailors and . A all who lost legs were soldiers. | gr When the figurehead was repaired, | Cupids replaced the sallor and the marine. In the 'Naval Exhibition at Chelsea, in 1891, a replica of the Vic- tory was built, and the Trafalgar | figurehead properly appeared on it | It has been ed that this de- | sign should now be reinstated in the | place of honor on the real Victory. | is would certainly be both fitting | v and graceful. ° | . Bl pours Yard, at yauzhal Bridge, | \ . ae some fine old figureheads, includ- r ; ing that of the Highlander, once be- as : ©1923 «ov ter _Pparune Seve. tee, 1 to H. M. 8. 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