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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., , 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

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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. The clerk at the hotel desk found "RUDDERLESS." What pati­ onward along the cycle of evolu­ When Mother Roper came in it out. The boy had come to the she stopped, and with her usual building very late, had registered, ence and diligence and hours of tion. Look at those waves COI11- work it represen ts! The story ing irresistibly ashore. Aren't friendly sympathy, learned the and had gone to sleep in one of deals with an ex-seaman, who they like countless generations of poor woman's story. Her boy the seaman's rooms, all unknow­ forsakes the sea for a land job, people advancing forward, always had run away from home ten ing that his mother slept in and of his adventures in life. As forward ?" ~onths ago, and during all that the car just a stone's throwaway, time she had had no ·trace of him. In the morning he checked out. acharacterstudy i t isin terestingl y EDITOR'S NOTE:-As The L ookout goes to a.nd convincingly told. Descrip­ press we are happy to report that the author Then, au t of the blackness of her When the news was broken to of "Rudderless" has returned to cl aim hi s anxiety, had come a picture post­ the mother, only a cold heart tIOns of the hero's experiences in novel. He intend s to "rewrite it manY times jail are vividlv realistic. before submitting it to a publisher. " He has card from France, in which the would not have been touched. had several stories printed and a book boy stated that he would be in At last, after waiting another Whether o~ not the author is entitled " !\ Twentieth-Century H obo." h~w : ork for a few days before day, with a gesture of infinite IPPlIlgOllt again. weariness, the mother climbed ft 0 the mother had left her in to the rickety old car and drove hock of nine children at home away, There was nothing that Fad taken the old ramshackl~ anyone could do, but if ever that rn~[d and had driven six hundred thoughtless young son of hers I es from upstate to come to comes again to the Institute, he ewy polic ark to see her boy. A kind is going to get a long talk from in .eman suggested that she Mother Roper, who will see to it qUire at the Institute, the shore that he writes home to mother.

4 THE LOOKOUT THE LOOKOUT 5 'Playtime for fact

IF you ask any Institute sailor versus a Filipino, a Spaniard what his favorite sport is, he'll Irishman, an Englishman a~da~ surprise you by replying, "Kid­ Frenchman. a die Polo." No, this is not a new Another pleasant form of kind of deck sport. It IS played . h'l ree reatl?n t~ w I e ~wl ay SUlhllle; in our auditorium every Satur­ e.ve~lngs . lOr our sal o.rm ~n is the day evening (except when the singing In our audltorIulh . . h f h on weather is too warm) by teams of movie 11lg ts 0 t e Stein So seamen. From the illustration on with the following words: ng, this page you can see that the game is played with kiddie cars, SAILORS' STEIN SONG Fill the steins to the dear old Sea or tricycles. Hockey sticks, Shout till the rafters ring! shortened, are used to hit an Stand and drink a toast once again The Game of Kiddie Polo indoor baseball. A generous Let ev'ry loyal seaman sing· donated twelve kiddie Drink to all the happy hou;s Write that letter today to Mother During July and August, on cars, painted green and buff, and Dr~nk to the careless days, , and say Monday nights, Jeannette Park DrInk to the ships we sail in You've had a good day today. a fence to match. is crowded with seamen who are The pride of our hearts alwa~s. She'll tell Dad and he'll tell Bud assembled to listen to the Ci ty The field of play is 65 feet long II and Sister, by 30 feet wide. The object, as in To the sea,-to the ships, Slip in a few bills that also will band concerts. On Tuesday and hockey or polo, is to hit the ball To the men who are brave and assist her, Friday nights, the Auditorium is past the goal line. There are five fearless, So give yourself a pat on the back filled to capacity to the number Pat on the back, pat on the back, men on each team, and it is their To the youth,-to the fire, of nine hundred men gathered to To the life that is moving and call· When you have finished the letter job to stay "horsed," while hit­ You sure will feel better see such movies as "Disraeli," ing us! "The Green Goddess," "Noah's ting the ball. On a recent Satur­ To the Gods,-to the Fates, And you've done a good job today. day night there was a champion­ To the rulers of men and their The generous con tri b u tion from Ark," Halleluiah," "Dynamite," ship match between two teams of destinies; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gordon "My Man," to mention a few of sailors: the Cohens versus the To the lips,-to the eyes, B~bbageof anew Steinway Welte the pictures shown. To the girls who will love us some Until some generous friend Kellys. I t was a hard-fought, day! tgnon player piano, is now en­ long-drawnout battle, resulting tertaining the many seamen who provides the funds-viz. $12,000 in a draw. The two teams of Another fa vori te song is .one use the third floor game rooms for the "talkie" equipment, we Hebrew and Irish seamen were which Mother Roper revIsed and officers' rooms. We need shall be compelled to show the then allowed ten minutes of extra from a popular hit to sui t th~ Illore piano rolls of up-to-date silent versions only of pictures. time, and the Kellys won by one" sailor's needs: popular, sentimental and dance Our seamen are hoping for the goal. Another grim battle was GIVE YOURSELF A PAT Illusic. Perhaps some of our time when we shall be able to an­ nounce "All Talking Pictures the international match, com­ ON THE BACK readers will help us out in this prised of a Belgian, a German, Give yourself a pat on the bac\ Illatter. We also could use some Tonight!" Will someone help us two Hollanders and an American Pat on the back, pat on the bac , UP-tO-date phonograph records- to make this hope a reality?

6 THE LOOKOUT THE LOOKOUT 7 The lJJok2ut- "ufll's Well!"

The Institute may well be compared to the is administered by men of experience and lookou t, who in the old sailing days stood integrity. It does not duplicate the work of watch in the crow's nest. any other philanthropy. It is supported by contributions and bequests. It is in no way His was an important job. He had to shout connected with any other _ ew York agency the alarm when rocks or shoals were in sight. for seamen. He had to signal to other ships in the distance. He had to strain every muscle of eye and Understanding the need of sailors for some body to keep sharp watch for signs of storms ou tIet for their energies, the Insti tu te supplies threatening on the horizon. without charge all manner of entertainment: concerts, vaudeville, lectures, moving pic­ In the waterfront life of 1 ew York, today, tures, games of every description, books and the Institute is "the lookout." It is the job magazines- something to meet every need. of this great shore home for seamen to sight the rocks and shoals that beset their course Were we not burdened with our Building ashore, between voyages. Fund debt of ~I,4°°,ooo on which we must pay quarterly interest, we could do much, I t is our task and privilege to recognize the much MORE for the thousands of sailors who problems, the pitfalls and dangers which sea­ cross our threshold daily. The sooner this men unwittingly confront. debt is liquidated the sooner we can develop our program of progress, expansion and in­ Serving the boys and men of the Sea, our creased usefulness to merchant seamen. new Annex provides an anchorage and a safe haven for these lonely wayfarers. We can assure you that your contribution will bring happiness to many sailors altogether In the many appeals for contributions to out of proportion to the cost to you. worthy charitable causes, one is frequently at a loss to know where the need is keenest and Please make your check payable to: the opportunity for service is greatest. Junius S. Morgan, Jr., Treasurer The Society of the Seamen's Church Insti­ Annex Building Fund tute has been doing an indispensable work in the Port of Tew York eighty-seven years. It 25 South treet, New York

8 THE LOOKO( T THE LOOKOlTT 9 ught people from the city and all Mackay's yard; she might acquire Tbe Old Sbip- rards of ~w ror{ ~ surrounding country, and made momentum enough to drive her into eeneral holiday. The builders in­ the opposite bank of the river. But PART III. II. ~ed their friends, and the owners, there was no finer sight in New York 'h irs did not like ninety years ago than that of a noble ILLIAM H. Webb's United States government fo r his clt~ s~turnalia which the occasi~n shipslidingeasilyinto the water, while , distinction as an Amer­ revenue cutter, Harriet Lane, his often invoked-almost everybody. In a young woman broke the christening ican ship-builder con­ model having been selected fro!}) he neighborhood was under the In­ bottle of wine over the bow, and the sists partly in having twenty-two models by a committee Buence of liquor-but the proprie­ sailors heaved anchor, and the salut­ W launched a larger ag­ of sixteen ship-builders. tors of the packet and clipI?er lines ing cannon boomed, and the wild gregate tonnage than any other * * * always inSisted upon giVIng the throng of spectators on river and member of his profession, and partly Several ships having been burned workmen a blow-out, and usually shore rent the air with cheers. in his successful construction of pow­ on the stocks, the builders and me­ paid the bills for the biscuits, cheese For the launch of the General Ad­ erful war vessels. At the age of J 5, chanics organized in I 8~4 a fire­ and rum punch, and also for the miral, in I867, in Mr. vYebb's yard, and contrary to the wishes and plans engine company, the famous old champagne drunk by the guests in the mechanics had erected, the pre­ of his father, , who de­ LiveOak,No·44, whose headquarters the mould loft. vious evening, a stage for "their sired for him an easier berth on the were in Houston Street near Lewis. It was a day of anxiety to the really fine-looking families," wrote voyage oflife, he entered his father's Webb ran with her many a tim e. builder until the ship was success­ an eye-witness of the scene, who was shipyard, and swung the axe, shoved Mechanics' Hose Company, No. 47 fully launched. He had so much at on board the vessel. "A slight jar, a the plane and worked as hard and was organized a few years later, and stake' the ways might be insuffi­ rush to the sides, roar of cannon, as long every day as did any of the furnished much amusement for the ciently greased; the chains beneath loud huzzahs from outsiders, Dod­ other apprentices. When he became mechanics. The steamship Panama the vessel might break; she might worth's Band playing 'Departed ~4 he succeeded his father and that -the first of t'he Pacific Mail tumble over on her side, as the Days,' and through the port-holes it year launched two square-riggers­ steamers-was on fire in Mr. \iVe bb's wit:erlal1d did in Westervelt and was seen that the vessel was in mo- the brig Malek Adhel and the James yard. One of her sides was blazing, Edwards. In 1847 Mr. Webb built but a dash of water put it out. for Charles Marshall the steam-ship Charles Forrester, engineer of the United States, the first steamer to Fire Department, asked Mr. Webb: enter the Golden Gate. On her trial "Where can we be of most assist­ trip, with Commodore Jacob Vander­ ance?" "If you can save my steam­ bilt, and other guests on board, she chest," was the reply, "you will help made nine and one-third knots an me most." The steamchest was the hour in the teeth of a gale and heavy box about forty-five feet long and head-sea, a rate of speed regarded as two feet wide where the timbers we re marvelous at the' time. Webb built steamed in order to make them pli­ the General Admiral for the Russian able. If it had been burned at the Emperor, and on its maiden trip to time, most of the men in the yard Europe she made the voyage to would have been complelled to stop Cherbourg in eleven days and ten work. In Adam and Noah Brown's hours, part of the time under canvas ship-yard in 18~4, two steam-boats alone. In acknowledgement of her on the stocks, nearly ready to be success, the Emperor and the Grand launched, were burned. J eremiah Duke Constantine presented Mr. Bunce and several other members of Webb with a gold snuff-box en­ Black Joke Engine Company, No. crusted with diamonds. The British 33, jumped into the river to save government immediately built two their lives. vessels after the same model. Mr. * * * Webb won the contract from the The launching of a large vessel C Sleamboal landing. P ier Yo, 1 , Norlh R il'rT, 18'1$. ""'ltS)I, A merj,an Pho/<) Servic.. I

10 THE LOOKOUT THE LOOKOUT I I tion. So gentle and steady, was the they discovered nobody to take the' re given a magnificen t banquet between 9 and 10 A.M. on Tuesday movement, so slight was the dip, and bets! Moreover, at eleven o'clotk erS "'he Metropolitan Hotel. The saw something which made them so gradually was she brought up by the night preceeding the long-antic' at t ictJ was later sold by Mr. J. c. stare. The curious object was a new her anchors before passing twice her pated regatta, the - Messrs. Stee:­ timer ns in England for $25,000. It trim-built clippership, fresh from the length from the shore that a person were informed that their yachtS Stevbought there by the Confederate ship-wright's hand, and flying the standing on board, with closed eyes, which they had brought three thou' was rnment brought back to this American flag at the fore. The old could not have realized that any sand miles to sail, was ruled out of save try and then sunk in a Southern flag has become such a nove.l ty and change whatever had been made in the race. Why? Because it was "a co~~ to' prevent the Yank.ees from a new-built clipper such a ranty that her position." rule of the club" that every COmpet pO turing her. They raIsed her, as she sailed leisurely down the East One of the brilliant successes of ing yacht should be owned by bu~ ca~ever and after repairs, made her River, old-timers recalled the days the clipper era was the yacht Amer­ one owner. The was owned ~~ender' to a government school.ship when such objects were c~mmon ~nd ica, built in ]85] by James R. and by several owners. . Boston Harbor; but as the raIsers ship-building was at Its zemth. , for J och C. Stevens The next day, however, August daimed prize-money, the Secretary Many looked upon the sight as an and several other gentlemen who 21, 185 I, the America sailed from of the Navy ordered her to be sold omen of better days to come." desired to secure a vessel which Cowes at the moment the regatta t the Navy yard, where The causes of the decline of ship­ would win the Queen's Cup at the yachts sailed from Ryde, and beat General Benjamin F. Butler bought building in are cl~ar annual regatta or the London Royal them handsomely, although the dis­ the brillian t little yach t for '$5,000. and simple. The war for the Umon Yacht Club. She cost about $23,000 tance traversed by her was nine miles "Why was she so fast?" was asked was one of them. Our vessels were and her builders were to receive a longer. The excitement was tremen_ of James Steers. "Because," he re­ captured by the /l/abama and other large bonus if she won the race. After dous. Queen Victoria, Prince Alben plied, "I studied to get the shape of Confederate cruisers, and at one a sail of twenty-two days she reached and young Albert Edward paid a model that would creat~ the least time were supposed to be in danger the neighborhood of Havre, and was visit of compliment to the winning resistance to water conSIdered as a from British men-of-war. There was met by a Channel boat, which yacht that did not get the prize. On solid." little encouragement to invest money at once showed the French flag, and leaving the yacht, the Queen asked in such property. The substitution was supposed, of course, to carry a how many men were in the crew, and "New York," said a metropolitan of iron for wood was another cause, French pilot. As soon as the pilot on being told the number, drew from newspaper, about the year r8p, "is and the Civil War left us with a high stepped on board, James Steers said the pocket of her plain calico gown a one of the greatest ship-yards in the protective tariff on iron, .as .well as to his own pilot, Richard Brown, purse from which she counted an world. Our clippers astonish dist~nt on copper, chain-cables, ngg1!1g and "Dick, that fellow is no Frenchman." equal numberof guineas, laying them nations with their neat and beautIful canvas. The use of steam diminished Immediately Dick walked up to the one by one upon a plate that had con­ appearance, and our steamers have the need for sailing ships. A steam­ stranger, and shouted emphatically: tained some ginger-snaps brought for successfully competed with the ship could carry the cargoes of five "I tell you what, my friend, if you her refreshment. swiftest-going mail packets of Great or six sailing vessels. Furthermore, let this yacht scrape bottom, I'll The next thing the Steers brothers Britain. In the farthest corners of the value of land form erly occupied throw you overboard!" Dick kept heard from her was that she had the globe the Stars and Stripes wave by the shipbuilders increased to an hold of the tiller himself, and would given them another "Queen's Cup," over New York built vessels." extent that forbade its use for the not give it up. As the yacht ap­ an exact duplicate oT the Qu een's Contrast this statement with the old purposes. \V ages were lower on proached the ligh ts of Havre, the Cup for which they had not bee n following from a New York news­ the coast of Maine, with timber from pilot confessed his inability to take allowed to compete. They were in­ paper thirty years later, on the 21St the woods close at hand. Finally, her in. He left her, and hurried in his vited to visit the Queen at Osborne, of December, 1881: the old ship-builders all reti.red rich, own boat to Cowes, with the news and the entire crew were entertained and their sons did not beg 111 where that "the is the fastest ves­ royally there. The Marquis of An­ "WHAT THEY STARED AT" their fathers did, living over their sel going." (Editor's Note: This is glesea also called upon the yach.ts­ "Passengers on the Brooklyn own shops. the version told in Harper's Maga­ men, inspected their vessel and lll­ zine, 1892.) vited them to his mansion on the THE E TD So it came to pass that when the Isle of Wight. He had come, he said, Steers brothers and the rest of the "to see the men who had the braIns party crossed the Channel and of­ to build that boat." Upon thei r re­ fered to back their yacht with wag~, turn to New York the Steers bro th-

I2 THE L 0 0 K 0 l ' T THE LOOKOUT 13 0'((usings of the 0'({ate Farewell Back to Back Bay Boston Old Charlie Clary came to bid The most logical place to look Strange Sights us' goodbye. We had arranged for a runaway boy is-in the hat he be sent to a convalescent opinion of one of our staff-the A Crucifix tied to the iron bed­ ~ me for old sailors. "Bless you, writing room. And, there, he stead in a seaman's room ... a bfess the Institute," he said. found the boy, Fred Shaw, whose foreign sailor being instructed by And, wi~h that, he left us, after father had sent the Institute a a Yankee tar in the art of writing lacing 111 our hands a 5oo-word telegram from Boston asking us a ten-word telegram ... the fol­ Pssay on "Manners, "h'w IC h h e to help find him. Fred was seated lowing books found in a seaman's had once written and for which at a desk busily engaged in writ­ locker: "A Preface to Morals;" he had won a prize. It was his ing a letter to his mother. He had "Sh a k espeare ' s W or k s; ""Leave s most cherished possession. a badly sprained ankle and was of Grass;" "Why We Misbe­ waiting for it to heal before ship­ have;" "Idea of a University;" ping ou t. We found him a job on "The Works of Oscar Wilde;" King Coffee a ship sailing in a week back "Electrical Guide" and "The If vou saunter up to our soda home to his mother and father in . M " Amen can ercury ... an en- fountain and put your nickel Back Bay. larged snapshot of an attractive the mood for a frank confession, down on the counter, you will girl on the wall of an officer's receive a cup of steaming, fra­ Lonesome room with the caption: "Vi vaci­ what, in the unanimous opinion of every member of a ship's grant coffee without bothering to From the wilds of Africa he ous, eh?" ... a sailor delivering even ask for it. Coffee is the an oration on the need for \Vorld crew, is "the toughest j ob on sent us the following notice, and shipboard." It is the job of stow­ most popular drink-it reigns begged us to please post it on our Peace... an Arab and a Jewish supreme in the tastes of our sea­ sailor discussing conditions in ing away the anchor chain. This bulletin board: is done down in the Chain Locker, men. More than 40 gallons are "Notice to the Friends and Palestine ... a sailor having his made and sold every day. will made out, leaving all his forw

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Thl I n~ t itllte. has heen called IlousL 01 a Thollsand I nloria ls. There is scarcel y a SOME of the services ex/ended to all WO rt/IY nd ill the entire hulldlllg sailormen by the Seamen's Churclz I nstitute r 1 nut a con t1Jl~lal rem.'l.ltler '''''ncroslt\ of some tnend t hl - ~ . . I of N ew York, during the year 1929:- the !'icamcn! o.r of t le uch tfulncs. 0/ a gIver who e natillll ha \ e heen translated 417,612 lodgings registered. t a co nstant practlt:al rellllll­ 335,409 meals served. roi tin: donnr departments, In'. illrnishings all th.ese 822,042 sales made at the soda foun tain. IIries of the great hulltI­ gar;' t:l1ll{uent reminders of 83,534 pieces of dunnage checked and protected. o e tor whom they are named. 26,141 books and magazines distributed among S' I1L't: the list of a\'ailable . merchant seamen. nlllrials in the '\e\\ Annex puhl is hed in the last ~ssue of.. 'J 'H L'L I.()() /'\.L'Ol T.• the following ha \ e 73,241 special needs administered to by the 11 n ,: ' c1'\ cd h~ friend of the I nstJ ttl te; Social Service Departmen t. t\l'prentice R oom ...... :3-10,000.00 1,566 seamen treated in the Institute Dis­ Cn.: dence Table (in Large hapel) ...... 100.00 pensary. Credence Table (wood- Small Chapel) . . . 50 .00 Chapel Chair...... 50 .00 8,637 seamen placed in posi tions by the Em­ -\lrar Books . :2 -.00 ploymen t Departmen t. Among the memoria ls still available are : 316 missing men located. amen's Reading and Game Rooms ...... :2',000.00 afeteria ...... J 5,000.00 $607,364.35 received for safe keeping and trans­ Moti,rm Picture Equipment and Booth (Talkie Equipment) 12,000.00 mission to seamen's families. e(bcal Room in Clinic ...... 5,000.00 urgiral Room in Clinic...... 5,000.00 13,675 seamen attended 2I 9 religious ervices . ur 'ts' Room in Clinic ...... 5,000.00 28,345 seamen made use of the barber hop, cdditional Clinic Rooms ...... ),000.00 tailor shop and laundry. hard Memorial Windows ...... 5,000.00 offictu~ ry and C hancel ...... ',000.00 rers Room , each ...... 1,500.00 C amen 's Rooms with running water, each ...... 1,000.00 harel :treet ~trance Iron Gates ...... J ,000.00 p Illen's Rooms, each . . .,...... 5 00.00 ~) tt Desk and edalia, Small Chapel ...... 500.00 C b: .... a} leading to Sanctuary...... 200.00 T HE LOOKOUT Cha Inet Organ, in Small Chapel ...... 200.00 Ch ptl \lemorial Panels...... 100.00 ape I hairs ...... 50 .00 SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK

OFFICER A:-.'"O :\1ANAGERS }{onorar)' JDresidenl RT. REV. WILl.lA\' T. \IA);NING, D.D., D.C.I.. JDnsidmt FOMUND LINCOLN BAYLIES Clerical J'ia-Pr(Jidmts RT. REV. ERNEST M. STIRES, D.O. REV. CALEB R. STETiON, D.O. RT. RE'I'. WILSON REIFF STEARLY, D.O. REV. W. RUSSELL BOWIE, D.O. VEN. Roy F. DUFnELD RE\'. FIlEDERICK BURGESS REV. WILLIAM Turrs CIlOCIlER REV. ROELIF H. Blloou/ S.T.ll REV. FRANK WARFIELD CROWDER, D.D. REV. SA WEL M. DORRANCE REV. ALrRED R. ;\kWILLIAM Lay Viu-JDresidmts CLARENCE G. :\hCHALI~, FirII Vicc-Pruidmf BENJAMIN T. VAS ,""OSTRAND HON. FRANIlLlS D. ROOSEVELT HERBERT L. SATTERLEE Secrelary and Treasurer FRANIl T. WARBURTON THO\'AS ROBERTS, AuiJfanf Trtasur" Board oj kfanagers ALLISON V. ARMOUR LouIS GORDON HAMEIlSLEY J OHS S. ROGER.S \VILLIAM ARMOUR o\UGUSTUS ~. HAND KEuflT ROOSEVELT HENRY MCCOMB BASGS BAYARD C. HOPPll' SAMUEL A. SALVAGE EDWARD J. BARBER OLIVER isELIN ARTHUR F. SCIIEJu.fERHORN GORDON KNOX BELL AYMAR JOHNSO); JOHI( JAY SCHIEFFELI!'l CHAkLES W. BOWRING LE Roy Kl!w THOMAS A. SCOTT EDWIK A. S. BIlOWN BENJAMIN R. C. Low SIlt T. ASHLEY SPARKS GEORGE W. BURLEIGH LouIS B. MCCAGG. JR. J. MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT FR.DEIlICK A. CUMMINGS ROBERT McC. MARSH Fu.NIl W. WAIl.URTO. F. KINGSBURY CUIlTlS JUNIUS S. MOIlGAN, JR. EUIEIT E. WHEELER CHARLES E. DUNLAP WALTER WOOD PARSON WILLIAM \-VILLIAM DR. JOHN H. FINLEY BERNON S. PREKTICE ORNE WILSON H.U.RY FOIllYTH FRANKLIN REMINGTON GEORGE GRAY ZABRI5K1£ CHAJlI.ES S. HAIGHT JOHN J. RIKER }{onorary Members J ORN H. MORRISON FUNCIS M. WHITEHOUSE REV. HENRY LUBECIl, LL.D., D.C.L. ROBEIlT L HARRI!ON Superintmdent REV. ARCHtaALD R. MANSFIELD, D.O.