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" Eight Bells" -Pam/ing /..1 1f',I:,I."" Hom,' July 1930 The Lookout ~ The LOOKOUT VOL. XXI JULY, 1930 NO·7 PUBLISHED MO THLY ~ by Ihe SEAME "S CHURCH IN TIT UTE of EW YORK The roungefl War Hero at 25 SOUTH ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. (l'fEPHE~ WILLIAM HAR­ als, including the Medal ;'dili­ Telephone Bowlinll: Green 2710 EDMUND L. BAYLIES #J VEY, who at the age of taire, the Croix de Guerre and President thirteen served in the fron t-li ne the Cross of the Russian Order C. G. • nCHALIS Firat "ice· President trenches, and who has of St. George. FRANK T. WARBURTON Secretary-Treasurer the distinction of be­ He enlisted with THO~IAS ROBERTS Assistant Treasurer ing offici all y recogn­ the 13th Battalion of ized as t he youngest the Royal High­ Subscriplion Rain One Dollar Annually, Postpaid soldier of the allied landers of Canada in Single Copies, Ten Cenu armies during the 1914 and served until Add,u, all <Df7I".. ,nication, 10 orld War, was a re­ 1919 with the 3rd ARCHIBALD R. MANSFIELD, D. D. Superintendent cent guest at the In­ Brigade, I st Division, or )'IARJORIE DENT CANDEE titute. 1st Contingent com­ £elitor. The Lookout For several years manded by Lieuten­ tephen has been fol­ ent Colonel F. O. \"\. lowing the sea in the Loomis, C. l.G. and En/~r~d OJ ucond dau capacity of steward D.S.C. mailer July 8, 1925. 01 ,,',v.; and has traveled three Following the war, York. N. Y., 1I7Idrr tht a(t of March 3, 1879. times around the he served in Arch­ world on various pas­ angel with the North senger ships. Russian relief forces Because of his ex- ofthe.-\merican army. ces ive modest)' his He was captured by hipmates are 'una­ the Bolsheviks and Ware that he is a held prisoner for nine celebritv who has months. It was at the been ell't t' d b S/r ph' It lI 'illill," I/IIIW), er a1l1e y time of his imprison­ t he K' the p'~g and Queen of England, ment that he received the Cross W'1s rtnce of Wales, Woodrow of St. George, h J on, Herbert Hoover and a He also saw service in the ~ of other notables. trenches at t. Julien, Ypres, arve}' holds numerous med- Somme and Passchendale. He Tht' painting reproduced all this monlll's cot'er is entilled: "EIGHT BELLS," by em .fmerican pain/cr--ll'inslow Homer. It is owned by the John Leoy Galleries arid is reproduad here thl'ough the courtesy of i a/haniel pouselft­ Dart. was decorated with the Croix de bergh is something of which h . 1lBomain of jl}eptunu5 ~ex Guerre for rescuing Captain J. extremely proud. e 1\ Ross, platoon commander, in the "Yes," explained Stephen ff ~uler of tbe l\aging ~ain face of heavy machine-gun fire. met Lindbergh at the Ascot' I Captain Ross had fallen, wound­ meeting last year. I had dro;at e ~ all 1tai!or1t tubereber pe mal' be anb to all ~ermaib1t. 55>ell 55>erpents. Ulba!es. ed, several yards away from the into London very quietly Ped rll" Jlorpoise1t, Do!pbin1t, 55>Uate1t. ~e!s, ](obsters. ((rabs. t'lolptuogs anb orber trench. Risking his life, Harvey was staymg. at a c h eap handotel.13u t=nll ¢!lings of tbe 55>ea. crawled to the captain and drag­ along came Captain Dougl t Inll' : ltnotu pe: 1!l:bllt on tbis 26tb blip of ~ugust. 1929, in ](atitube 000"00" anb ged him to safety. He received a King, M.P., with a communi as ~tulJe 165 30'm tbrre appell.ub tuitbin rbe limits of (9ur .napa! Doma!n, tbe ~. 55>. a .... II ' scalp wound which troubles him tion from the Earl of Cro",c . · M' , h b u.er '"'" jje 31t ~emembeteb to this day. H IS aJesty scam erlain c' roe 1taib Ve1tse! anb ®mcers IInb Qi:retu tbereof, bllb£ been inspecteb anb pa1tseb on bp , lOr ""t Stephen was born in Seattle on me to be presen tat .the trooping ..r n lf anb (9ur .napa I 55>tlllI. November 19, 190I. He made of the colors on HIS Majesty' ,JIb J!e 31t ltnotun: jLlp 1111 pe 55>1Ii1 ors. ~arines. ](lInb ](ubbers anb otbers tuba 111111' be flDllDrell bp bis pre1tence tbat his way to Canada in order to birthday. And then later I wa: ~tepben ~atbe!, enlist. commanded to attend the Ascot 1ll1Ii8 11 been fo unb to be numbereb as ~ne of f&ur Q:;rustp 55>bellbacus bas been gatberell to From such a distinguished meeting in the royal enclosure. lit folll anll bull' initiateb into tbe young man comes the following "Well, everybody was there in ~oIemn .m!'~terie~ of tbe ~ncient ®tbet of tbe Deep tribute: "In all the places I have tall, silk hats, and when I saw ..C JI jTurtber ~nber1tt o ob: 1!l:bnt ill' birtue of tbe potuer inbesteb in me. ,;J bo IJerebp IIIIIJIIInb all mp 1tubject1t to 1tbotu but bonor anb respect to bim tubeneber be map enter fOur been and all the hotels and room­ another lad in the royal enclosure Bellm. ing houses I have stayed at," he wearing a light, felt hat I felt :i3isobep tbis orber unber penaltp of fOur .nopa! Di1tplensure. said, his blue eyes lighting up better. He beckoned me over. 6iiben unber our bllnb anb selll tbis 26rb of Sugust, 1929. with enthusiasm, "I have never 'Where's your silk hat?' he JOIJt:S Ncptunu-s Rex Hu Majtsty's Scribe ~fatson R"ler of the Raging Main found a place that I like as much asked me. 'Same place yours is,' ~AVJGATION COMPANY as the Seamen's Church Institute I answered. 'You don't know me of New York. It is so friendly do you?' he asked. I said, 'No)' and so homelike and a sailor here and he said 'I'm Lindbergh.' We feels happy and comfortable. The had a lot of fun talking then place is so clean, the food is so about silk hats and monocle. good that I intend to stay here Lindbergh is a fine lad." between every trip." * * * In spite of several offers to But of all the naval, milita~y work in the Stock Exchange and and social invitations pasted In in other remunerative positions, young Harvey' sin teresting sc~ap: he still loves the sea and will not book, the thing he really p~lzes forsake it for any other work. most is the certificate he recerved In his spare moments he is from old Father Neptune when writing a biography of his inter­ he crossed the Equator for th~ esting life, although he has only first time. Here it is, reproduc~ lived twenty-nine years. wi th all its nautical terms, for Harvey's friendship with Lind- the edifica tiol1 of Lookout readers: A Cool Pic/urefor a Ir ol July Jay, . lake" by one oj/hI' IPu tilut,'s seamen wit ;) Iwsjust rrlu'"r!d from an ice patrol trip. 2 THE LOOKOUT THE LOOKOUT 3 Standing Vigilance Unclaimed HE stood at the top of the home for thousands of seamen. ...... HERE is hardly a man lost at sea, or has just been stairway leading from our Fearful lest she miss her boy by or woman who, at some busy to claim his baggage too main entrance: a lonely, going uptown to spend the night, nd the mother had slept out all night time in life, has not the precious novel con tat forlorn, bedraggled figure. Stier flushed cheeks and shining in the Ford, parked across the harbored a secret am- therein, we do not know • ~~dVYe bi tion to wri te the Grea t Ameri­ have placed his name on th eyes betrayed that she was labor­ street from our main entrance. can Novel. Some have progressed Missing Seaman list and hop e ing under some terrific strain. Until night settled down on the to Each time the door swung open, harbor, even after the Institute as far as the first chapter and fi n d h1m· or h'IS reI' atlves. e doors were closed, she sat up­ then, realizing the vastness of Without a doubt, the novel' and a seaman moun ted the stairs, the Herculean task, have aban­ her eves followed him and then, right in the automobile, watching. worth publishing. Bits of i~ss doned it. philosophy reveal the broad ex with 'a look of despair, turned For two days she maintained What was our surprise, then, pansive vision of the seafare:: - away only to focus her attention this nerve-racking vigilance. The officers on duty tried to talk to on opening confiscated baggage "I use d to go to sea, " says his on the next incoming sailor. (that is, unclaimed baggage) to leading character. "I loved it All da y long she wai ted wearil y. her, to reassure her, to cheer her. find inside a sea bag a full-length but I detested engines. I loved One of our officers spoke to her They brought her food. Then novel with 565 pages of neatly the sea because of its clea nness and brought her a chair. But came news of her boy. He had most of the time she paced to and slept in the Institute the night typewritten sheets! The author's and its st~en!?ith a~d its cruelty. fro, watching the doorway with before and she had missed him! name is David Gordon Thomas, The sea IS lIke lIfe- continual and the ti tie of the novel is motion, moving onward, ever an unwonted eagerness.
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