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"THE LONG VOYAGE HOME" From tILl' flaillti,,{/ b)' Ccc)r{fl'S SdIYl'ibcr. Courtl'''')', Assucia/crl .-lm,...,./('u" Artists. "With their hates and desires men are changing the face of the earth-but they cannot change the sea. Men who live on the sea never change-for they live a lonely world apart as they drift from one rusty tramp steamer to the next, forging the life­ lines of nations." ([."rOIll Ih,' Pro/Ornt" 10 Ihe lIIolioll pic/urI' "Th.. LOllrl ['0-"([,<1" HOlllc")

EAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OJ NEW YORK

VOL. XXXI NO. 10 OCTOBER, 1940 "THE LONG YOYAGE HOME .. ," THE COVER REI RODUCE the painting by Geurges SchreIber, sho\\in,!!; the reactIon; oi four . eamen when theIr ship, \\'Ithlll sight of their homc land, IS attacked by enemy airplane bomb and machine gUll bullets: The Lookout Courtesy, \\falter \ anger, producer of th:. ~Cree!1 \'erSlon of Eugene O'1\eill's drama "The Long \'oyage Home," Sec page :J lur turther Ictads, Vol. XXXI October, 1940 No. 10

The Ways and Means Committee takes pleasure in announc­ "®ur §anr1uary" ing that plans have YOL, XXXT, OCTOllER, 1940 Almighty Father, with Whom bee n completed PUBLISHED MONTHLY is no distance, and no dark­ for the Institute's by the ness, and no power too SEAMEN'S CHURCH strong for Thy ruling; we INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK beseech Thee to bless on all Cimtua1 )alL tB~ 25 SOUTH ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. seas the vessels of our fleet to be held on Telephone BOwling Green 9·2710 and merchandise, our sailors ]~ CLARENCE G. MICHALIS and our fishermen, with all [JJJU1i.n.q" (J£lolJa 29 President that go to and fro and oc­ THOMAS ROBERTS at 8:30 Secretary and Treasurer Icupy their business in great REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY waters; save them from dan- at the 51 st Street Theatre Director gers known and unforeseen; We have reserved the orchestra and loges for MARJORIE DENT CANDEE, Editor deliver them from strong Entered as second class matter July temptation a nd from easily 8, 1925. at N.ew Yor~, }{. Y., under besetting sin; teach them to ]/tL Ba1lRL Il.uAML dJL ?rlon1JL eaJtW the act of M.lrch 3, 1879. mark Thy works and wonders Subscripti"" Orchestra seats, rows 1- 3 inclusive are $12.50 One Dollar Annually I on the deep; fill them with rows 4.1 I 10.00 Single Copies, Ten Cents kindness, loyalty, and faith, I rows 12-15 7.50 Gifts to the Insti~ut~ of ~~.OO and oy~~ and help every man to do I rows 16-23 5.00 include a year's lubscrtpttOD to The Lookout. his duty; through Jesus Christ Loges lfirst row) 7.50 Address all communications to our Lord. Amen. I 12nd and 3rd rowsl 5.00 SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE Courtesy, "Missions to Sea­ lfourth row) 3.30 OF NEW YORK men", Sydney, Australia, 25 South Street \Ve have been fortunate in arranging a well-balanced program of two new ballet and one old favorite: "THE NEW YORKER', et to the music of America' most famous composer, George Gershwin, and directed by Leonide Massine; de. igned by Rea Irwin after characters by Alan Dunn, Helen Hokinson, William Steig, and other E\V YORKER magazine favorites, Also "SERE DE" a symphonic poem in motion LEGACIES TO THE INSTITUTE as choreographed by George Balanchine to the romantic music of Tchai­ You are asked to remember this Institute in your will, that it kow ky's "Serenade for Strings". Finally, the ever-popular "L. BOU­ may properly carryon its important work for s~amen. Whil~ it is TIQUE FA TA QUE" (The Fantastic Toyshop) danced by Mas ine advisable to consult your lawyer as to the draWing of your will, we to music by Rossini and decor by Andre Derain. The same fine dancers, Alicia Markova, Mia Slaven ka, Alexandra submit nevertheless the following as a clause that may be used: Dani]ova, Frederick Franklin, Igor Youskevitch and of course the inimi­ I give and bequeath to "Seamen's Church Institute of New table Leonide Massine will lead the company of 65 dancer. with Efrem York," incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, Kurtz conducting the symphony orchestra. located at 25 South Street, New York City, the sum of... -.. Tickets will be as ignecl a reservations are received. Please make checks payable to the EAMEN'S CH "RCH INSTITUTE OF NE\i\T ...... _ Dolla rs. YORK and mail to the Benefit Committee. 25 South Street. Your Note that the words "of New York" are a part of our title, generous upport of this benefit will be greatly appreciated as we antici­ pate many seamen will be needing the Institute's help during the coming winter. JlaiL £.£. ClmJvtia:L ! ~ J 'L~ 29th" the n.e\~ Uni.ted had been built like a hotel on .teel OState llller . Alllertca ' aJled piles driven down to hard rock. proudly into ;\ew York harbor and But as he lies perfectly erect in recl·ived the traditional grceting of the flat water f a 'he1.-ea dock all ih· harbor fleet. The new. pUnited States Line hand ome and worth the admira­ struction. Heavy green sea will day will meet the ea he was built and the merican tandards of effi- tion . he ha' evoked f 1'0111 an im­ be thundering again t the water­ to reckon with ably. Tho e ma t ciency and ervice. pre'. ionable city. Her lines are tight door. and in . pite of the care­ that tand 0 till in' Tew York Cit)' \ \' know that LOOKOUT read- bUOYant. he ha- been dramaticallv ful in:ulation salt water will swa h will teeter through the ky. Those er join with u in a fervent hope des(gned. with t\\·o powerful fm;­ against the wash plates inside: and slant o\'al eye ncar the crown of that the good hip "America" may nels set well forward. Her tall bow. this omber corridor. now silent the bow will plunge into angry sea always be employed in peaceful pur­ rising to a gentle bulWalter Wanger tudio in Holly­ restrictions. onl of ship. itting in on such night. There wa no ventilation and wood. The story is the aga of the a conversation in our officer' read­ no hot water. 5.S. Gle11wim, a British fr ighter ing room the Lookout editor learned Still another ship was named which sails from the tropics on of many other ve sels named "A11wrica", a frigate of 654 tons a long and aclventurou' voyage "A111erica" and of their interesting built in France in 1797 and named through the war zone to her home hi tories. originally "Blonde", wa purchased port. The ship carrie a cargo of For example, the fir t elephant by Georg Crowinshield of Salem. dynamite and a crew 0 [ men who ever brought to . merica wa car­ Mass. and in 1800 established a offer tragic and dramatic character ried aboard the ship "America" record for the fa test run from studies, a directed by John Ford. (built in 1788 of 561 tons) owned California to Boston, in 103 days. famed especially for his "Informer", bv Messrs. GOl1\'erneUr and Kemble Forty year later a passage of 104 "Grapes of vVrath" and "Sta"e­ of Jew York City. The elephant dav.- was claimed a a record until coach". Walter \Vang r, the pro­ b haved remarkably well during the historians discovered th "America's" ducer of the film, thought that the passa"e according to the captain's record. Another steamship named subject matter offered stimulating diary, "accommodating him el f to "America" belonged to the National material for artists to interpret and hi straitened quarters and hard Line. record on canvas. He invited nine fare with a patient philosophy The most famous yacht wa American artists, Thoma Benton, worthy of general imitation." He named "America". She wa launched Grant V'lood, Raphael Soyer, Robert wa. accompanied by a native Ben­ May 3, 1851. de 'ignecl by George Phillip. Erne. t Fiene. Georo-es gali \I·ho made a tour of the United Steers and built bv \Villiam H. chreiber, Luis Quintanilla. .Tame States with him. The job of carry­ Brown. She was 170 tons, owned Chapin and George Biddle to Holly­ in~ the elephant on the "America" by a syndicate of the New York wood to execute the largest commis- \Va managed by having him securely Yacht Club. George L. Schuyler, ion ever given to American art slung and rai cd by a windlas.. John C. Ste\·en.. On ugu t 22m!. by the motion picture indu try. The Portrait of John Wayne by Ernest Fiene l~ichard McKay. grandson of the she beat the "Aurora" off the I Ie arti L took the l11a coml11i ion COUrlcSjl, A.'isocia/rcl .I1mt'rlCtlH ArtIsts lllllt ~'A,'/ l'h:"1_lJs lI famou clipper ship builder. Donald of \ Vight in the race ponsor d by ($50,000. ') with the understanding jacket and cap as a rough and ready 1IcKay. has an old print il1ustrat­ the Royal Yacht quadron. that they were to have complete free­ Irishman. George Biddle's painting in~ how the elephant wa carried. There was the packet hip dom of choice of subject matter. hows John Qualen in the part of . nother ship named "America" "A1Ilerica", the German steam hip Under the e condition ele\'en paint­ a sensitive young ::--J orwegian sailor. wa. the 1.832 ton eu nard('J' which ..·.·l/11l'7'ira·'. the privateer "Al/Ierica·'. ings re. ulted. The exhibition. which James Chapin chose for hi. subject was typical of the early steamer. built in 1804. he could do thirteen ha. been at the .ociated Amer­ the scene in which Yank (played by Her high bulwarks enclosed a eric. knots and had a laro-er pread of ican .\rti. t ' Gallery in ~ew York. War 1 Bond) lay dying a1ter hi of smal1 cabin ranging alongside canvas than any other sailing ship. will now tour the countr~' through fatal injury in a battle with the the paddlehoxes. On the starboard There was also the "America" of the 111U eums for two years. storm, his captain (\Vilfred Law­ side were the quartet s of the second Bo ton which. in J ulv 1833. in com­ How differently nine outstanelin~ son) and a loyal ship mate (Joseph and third officers and the house mand of Captain Eldridge. e tab­ painter. interpreted the same ha. ic Sawyer) by his side. for the butcher, baker and co\\'. On li heel the Calcutta to Boston record material is strikingly illustrated in * In 1927 one of Eugene O'Neill's the port side were compartments of 89 days. In 1740 there wa the the painting. Thomas Benton'. play., "The Long Voyage Home", was f or the purser. surgeon, cook and frigate '(A1Jll'rica" with 50 guns. canvas depict the seamen's return. presented on board the new French liner "Ile de France" by the Episcopal Actors' ship'. store. Above their roofs were Then there ,vas the "America" ship after long months at sea. to a Guild as a benefit for the Seamen' overturned Ii feboats which sheltered of the line. built in 1777 in Port ­ London sandbagged again t air Church Institute of New York. Lady fresh vegetables. The cook helped mouth, N. H. of 346 tons. pre­ raid. Ernest Fiene' portrait 0 f . rmstrong, wife of Sir Harry, at that him. el f to the~e frequently and the . nted to France by the owner. John \\layne (reproduced here) timc British Consul General. spoke be­ fore the play and pointed out how the COli' looked at them longingly. Tn George Talbot of New York. show him as a I ig Swedish seaman Institutc prcvent. uch unfair treatment the center. and near the stern. \\'a. The name «America" was selected at work camouflaging the ship on of the sailor as shown in Mr. O'Neill's the wheelhouse. In the dining salon. by the nited States Lines for the the voyage. Grant \N'ood portrays play. The moving picture has special according to \ Yilliam Chamber. a new ship after thousand of letters the film's leading characters in a significance to the Institute because O'Neill went to sea himself after leav­ were received from all parts 0 f the passenger. bottles and glasses were Limehouse saloon, Robert Philipp's ing Harvard. and he put up at the su pendecl above the tables on a country suggesting names. painting shows Thomas Mitchell in Institute hetween trips. 4 5 (/)Jl.aJna1ic.. (/)f:llJd- aL (/)1U1lUJJL E RECORD here some almost bruken leg, another two broken unbelievable experiences prior ankle' and the third an injured W "HO~!E 1" gasped the ship's purser. "Home! The to and during the evacuation of spine. The rest of the crew were saIlor home from the ea. Satlor don't have Dunkirk. They were relayed thrOlwh hou ed in the In titute and given homes. I tell you, when a ailor gets 0 old he can't the "Church and the ailor" pul­ a hot meal soon a fter arrival. Text work any more they ought t ew him up in a tay ail li 'hed by the :'Iision to amen, day we bought warm clothing for rag and heave him O\'er the ide. Thcn he'd be really home, Home at the bottom oi the ;,ea-in Dayy London. Some reader may have th m and put them on their way to Jane" locker, where he belongs. This is home to me. vi it cI the Institute in Dunkirk. England. Many o[ them returned Thi ship! \Vhen 'he finally get> old like 1 am now It is, or wa , a fine building. plen­ thank to God for their deliverance. they ought to break me up with her. ~rcantime. I'd didly equipped a a memorial to the Three other men were placed in like to stay with her-so we could both go together. But the company', retirin' me. They're breakin' out Dover Patrol of the last war. The Ho pital from oth l' hip suffering the homeward hound pennant ior the last time. I'm following extracts from the chap­ from wounds cau ed by accident. long- past the ag-e limit. ,,\ iter hali a ccntul'\' of voy­ lain' diary, the Rev. Deni Daly. 1'10 t of that night we spent in the agin' up and dO\\"I1 th world. in sail and in '. team, in indicate how these Institute, both cellar as it wa the only place to iair weather and ioul. I'm about to I ecomc the mo t A ROOM WITH A VIEW escape the noi e of the gun . usele. s mortal on earth-the sailor home from the in .\merica and in Great Britain, sca. \Vhen a man's been at sea a. long a, I have he are geared to meet emergencie of "May 10th. 1any sailors came ha no home. He'. just a piece of driftwood cast up all kind. For example, the K ew to pend the day with u owing to by the sca. He may ha\'e th kindest people in the York ]nstitute. ha a well- tocked heavy firing in the docks. H.l'I. . world. but he's a stl'angn to them. a stranger. a "sJoppe che t" where suit, coat, --- came in to re-fu j; she had guest and an outsider." The aho\'e words \\'cre spukcn b~' ~rr. :-fcCuhbin dungarees, hoe, underwear, etc. destroyed 5 enemy plane in 48 of the "L/lsilallia" and are recorded by Jack Lawr nce. are available for ship~wrecked, tor­ hour. \\ e entertained the crew at .hip news reporter for the old ~ e\\' York Evening pedoed crew and also for seamen the Institute. i\[ail, in his honk "\\'hen Thc hips arne In" temporarily in need. "lVIay 12th. day of heavy fir- reviewed in this is. ue. Page 12. The"I.IIsilrlJ/ia " lies in some three hundred feet of ing. Most people were up all night. water ahout t'n miles we. t outhwe:t of Kinsale Since World War II began the I took more eamen to Ho. pital; Head and .\1 r. .\.Ic ubhin went down with his . hip. Institute has been host in its thir­ teen-story building to twelve the la t was a \Vest Indian with a * **** crews of British, Dutch, Nova poisoned arm. H.:'I. . --- and :-[any eamen mourn the 1055 of merchant ships Scotian, Norwegian and Finnish --- came in for provisions. I during the present war-ships in which they have ships. Since l\Ioving Day and Fall wa asked to put up 26 :\aval rat­ en'ed their apprenticcship. have w rked for a be­ hou ecleaning are in the offing, lovcd captain. ha\'e a 'sociations and memories. Re· coniributions of men' clothing, ings and feed them for a number ccntly, a Dutch ailor who had .erved in the "Slalell­ overcoats, sweaters, shoes. etc. of da\·-. dalJ/" and was later transferrcd to anothcr hip, will be appreciated. Ju t tele­ "l'Iay 14th. Dunkirk was invaded commented: "\\'hen I read of the bombing oi Rotter­ phone the In titute at BOwling by refugees. British refugees from dam and learned that the "Slalclldalll" was damaged, beyond repai r. I knew that I had 10 t mv real home. Green 9-2710 and ask for a ea­ Belgium made their way to the In- man messenger to call for the he wa home to me fa I' a numher of 'years. )Jow, clothing, or if the bundle is small, titute and \\'e helped as much a the only home left is-here at 25 outh Street, :-1 v A LETTER HOME mail by parcel post to Welfare we c uld. One of them gave hi family' home in Veere \Va. completely demolished." Department, Seaman's Church In­ car to the Mi ion in recognition of Joyce Kilmer has a [>Oem the lao t lines of which stitute of New York, 25 South our work. From now on. the In- read: Street. Thus, the Institute will "I ne\'cr ha\'e een a \'agabond be prepared for the next group of titute was overwhelmed with refu­ \Vho realIv Iiked to roam seamen who may need emergency gee, shipwrecked . eamen and our All up and do\\'n the treet of the world help. eamen and airmen. Every night And not to have a home; \.\'a. a night of terror. Among the And the only reason a road is good Here are the excerpts [rom Chap­ .\s e\'ery wanderer knows, refugee were 18 nun, the faces of Is just because of the hom 5, the humes, lain Daly' diary of the last days ollle shattered by shrapnel. We The home to which it goes," at Dunkirk: made ourselve re pOl1sible for send­ So the Institute's task is to provide a real HOME "May 6th. At 2 p. m. I received ing people down to the ships for for thousand of merchant seamen who sincerely a 'phone call t lIing me of the wreck­ appreciate the clean. comfortable, friendly surround­ pas age hOllle. \Ve took charge of ing . and the congenial atmo. phere-all made possible ing () f the .5.-- owing t a mine. hundreds of pram. uitcase. etc.. by the generOlls gi its of loyal friend. Kindly end I at once got the 3 ambulances to get them aboard hip. No old rcgular (and extra) contributi ns to the stationed at the Institute to ru h to people, or women with babies or SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE the pier in ca e there should be any expectant mother were al10wed to OF NEW YORK wounded eamen. "e met 32 mem­ walk; we provided tran port for 25 South Street, New York, N. Y. bers of the crew and took 3 wounded them al1 free of charge. to help maiJltain this "home away from home" for men to the Ho pita!. One had a (e,m/i,lI/ed "" Pao~ 8) . elf-I'. pecting men of the sea. 6 A CLASS IN SPLICING Plrotos by A. Eriss tme and one little boy, Charle came running to the long table. (/)1l.aJ'rla1ic (/).aJftL .aL (/).u.n1WJL Morrison asked: "How can you little girl wilo aid he wa.' "six and (COII/illl/cd fro/II Page 8) wa te so much steel?" notiler lad three-quarter years old" with jolly "May 18th. We heard that H.M. last r fugee hip left on Tuesday, said: "My mommy had to turn in black eye' and long black pigtails S. --- had come to grief. 60 May 21 t. I was also asked to go all her aluminum pots and pans to begged one of the big boy to "swing men were ent to the naval Bar­ but we had a further influx of hip­ the Government." An older boy her around and around until she was racks and 24 to Hospital. To each wrecked men, 30 in all, 0 I mi sed queried, as they walked along the dizzy". The older oirls all wanted we gave 20 cigarettes and two bars the boat, which wa heavily bombed Battery ea wall "But where are to learn the late t dance steps and of chocolate. The Captain aid he a she left the quayside. \\ e gave your gun ?" On bcing shown Gov­ al 0 demonstrated their skill at the had had to leave four wounded men th men tea and tinned ausage. ernor'· I land, he commented: "But beer-barrel polka, with the player­ in Flushing; he wa determined to r\' ot a house or shop was undam­ you don't have enough gun. You piano for music. go and find them, so leaving the 24 ag d round the In titute. One bomb hould hurry and get some more They were 1110st curious about wounded to be e acuated by me, he fell on a pathway 10 yards from the right away I" Marion Holton, who American money and wanted to set off with two ambulances. Hav­ In titute but did not explode. All is going with her brother GeorO"e, to know how many shilling we had to ing arrived at the banks of the the little craft outside the back en­ itka laska to live with her father' pay for butter. "\Ve have to pay Scheldt he decided to swim across trance were sunk or ablaze. The iter, exclaimed as she looked at two shillings ix pence a pound" one to Flushing. There he got a row­ air wa charged with heavy smoke the lights in the Wall Street office little girl explained. Asked what her ing boat. put his wounded men in it and the night was lit up like noon­ buildings: "But when do you havc father' occupation was she replied. and got back safely to Dunkirk with day. your black-out?" and shook her head "i\ly father is an office worker and the men in the ambulances. "May 22nd. Had a meeting with in bcwilderment when it was ex­ he' an air raid warden. He has to "The nights were now pent tend­ th Naval Authorities about the plained that there are no black-out go out and pick up the dead bodies ing refugees in the cellar of the Briti h seamen in the Port. No in New York City. little blonde after the bombs drop." Charles In titute. On the night 0[ May place was sa fe so we collected all we boy, Kasimir, said: "If the Germans 10rri on. age eleven, who carried a 18th/19th the starr of the Bnls'els could and got them in our cellar to came here tonight there wouldn't be copy of "Yachting" which omeone Embas'y lay on the Ooor with many await orders. In the midst of crash­ any tall buildings here tomorrow had given him, aroun I under his other. Bombs [ell about every Ii f­ ing bomb I got a 'phone me sage morning I" arm all day long aid: "The whis­ t en minute and town and dock thal a destroyer was ready and it All 0 £ the children wore . te I tling bombs were the worst. They were blazing. On the night oi May was imperative that I should get identification discs around their gave )' u a si nking feeling in the 19th/20th 70 seamen came for out of Dunkirk with my family. necks except one, who said blithely pit of your stomach." Asked about shelter since their hips were ablaze. rater big enough to hold a tram­ in a Cockney accent ''I'm a bad boy. the ear plugs which the British Gov­ On the :'Ionday morning no shop car made our journey difficult. For r lost mine." They were fascinated ernment i. said to be giving out to were open and there wa no water an hour we had to take helter from with tile \Villkie and Roosevelt but­ civilians on account of the deafening or bread. Sill refugee came for an air raid ... T am glad I stayed tons worn bv membcr of the Insti­ noise.. th(' children all scoffed: "Oh shelter. They had to be led down ti 11 there were n more seamen tute's staff and by the eamen and no, we didn't wear them. \Ve wanted the clock. to the waiting ship. The needing my as i tance." begged them. "If \\ illkie gets elect­ to hear what wa going on." ed. will he be for England?" asked lceting emergencie. is normal to one lad, and another boy volun­ the In'titute. Since World \ ar II teered." ure. he will." Little . rthur lVIayes, HE European war wa seen replied and it turned out that he and aged six. wore both Tthrough the eyes of 256 children the sailor, a second mate on a Cu­ a Roo. evelt and a ranging in age from four to fifteen nard liner. had been born in Edin­ \Villkie button and re­ year. who arrived at the In titute burgh and were both of the Gor­ peated over and over hom various British ship from don clan. Captain Dale Harrison, ''l'm for the be~t man. ~ ept. 29th to Oct. 5th and promptly instructor in the Institute's Mer­ I'm for the hest man." won the hearts of the m rchant ea­ chant :\1arine School, found him elf One of the volun­ men who live there. Although the e urrounded by a group of boys who teers treated the chil­ young guests had separate leeping a ked him all manner of questions dren to vanilla ice and eating quarters from the sea­ about square-rigged ships. cream and there was men. they managed to meet on eleva­ bout twenty of the children were much excitement in the tor and stairway and to chat with escorted down to the Battery one pprentices' H. 0 0 m the officers and 'crew. of numerou evening where they had their first merchant vessels. glimp e of the Statue of Liberty while it wa being One Scotch ailor spotted young (they had arrived in Montreal and served. The children Donald Cruikshank, wearing kilts. had mi sed seeing I ew York's fa­ dropped their c:·ayons. paint. pinO" pong balls and asked him from what part of mou skyline.) They aw the Second "Thumbs Up!" Scotland he came. Y0l1t1g Donald and Third Avenue elevated struc- and billiard cues and Photo by Moria HiggillsoJl 8 9 began it ha' sheltered twelve ship­ Two fostcr parents had called to wr eked, torpedoed crews. when takc thcm to their home and the Mr. Mar hall Fi Id, Chairman of the children could n t under tand that T.\ RTJ ~ G with terllls referrinO" U. S. Committee for the Care of th \. were both going to live on the . b European Children, a 'ked the Di­ ame street and in the amc town Sto varYl11g degrecs 0 f inloxica- rector the Rev. Harold H. Kelley fOl' the duration of the war. The tion wc first offer the expression if he could give temporary shelter t~ [oster fathers tried to explain that "' Dtltch courage" which was the type of "square-faced gin" givcn to 'the g:roups of child refugees from the they weI' neighbors and so it would tlllle they left their ship until they be po sible for the boy to ee hi Dutch ailor before a battle. This \I' re taken to their merican home sister frcquently. One of the older was at tllc time when Holland was a grcat ca powcr. Corncliu' Van 1\[r. Kelley and the Board of Man~ girl., with beautiful feature and a ag.ers, agreed to help. Ithougb the ma of golden curls, inquired: "I Tromp was in command and the British, whom Holland wa fighting, t~lIl'teen-story building is geared en­ yracuse anywhere near Detroit" tn'ely for seamen, thou and of and then blu hed as she explained referred in an uncomplimentary m~nner whom use its facilities daily, it wa that one of the older boy wa going to the brand of courage in­ spIred by thc potent drink. X xt found possible to turn over a section to livc in Detroit while a yracuse we. have thc xpr ssion "Grog", of the ninth Door to the boy refugees family was going to take care of her. whIch was a 'ailor's expression in an<1 a section of the sixtb floor over­ All the children wrote letter' to the British )\favy for watered rum. looking the East River hipping, to their homes in England on thin air­ Tn 1740 Admiral Yernon of the the girls, and the Apprentices' Room plane paper, and the Committee \I·ill Royal Xavy order d thc rum mail them on the clipper. One child as a play room during tbe day time watercd. lIe wore a cloak of a ince 111 1 of the apprentices u e the aid: "But I haven't any home any matcri~1 known as "grogram" and room only in the evenings. more. A bomb destroyed it." An­ wa 11Icknamed by thc sailors as !\fter the tour of the Battcry and other said: "A bomb hit our roof "C?ld Grog". Hence the name ap­ a I?ok at the Aquarium, the younger and all the gas and water pipe wer~ pllcd to the hcyerao"e. )Jow take the chlldren were put to bed by mother­ broken.. but Daddy is going to fix it tcrm "'\\'histlc for a winer'. You ~he up agal11." "Old Grog" I)' womcn, and older boys and might not suspect it had any con­ glrls. were penllltted to go to the unday, October 6, saw in church Dr"",i"" b)' Ed Ra"dall nection "'ith imbihing..but it doe. two interesting expressions. " un­ Auc!Jtorlum where a section of the all of the children who ha I not left It come from the cxpre 'ion I·you downer" orio-inally meant a trict balcony bad been reserved for them, for their new homes. The seven can whistle for it if yOU want it" di ciplinarian working hi· cre\\' until Here they witne ed the movina Roman Catholics went to their own anc~ lates bacl~ to the c"ustom of . up~ sundown, but latcr it came to mean picture "Typhoon" and were thrilled nearby church and the remaining plY11l~ a certam numher of drinker' thc sccone! drink of the la\'. The to learn that it was a "talkie." They ninetv- even attendcd the Institute' in English ta\"erns and ale hou!'es fir'l drink of the dav was ~alled a greeted the lovc scenes with howls hap'el of Our Saviour. Thi wa with whistle, iu order to ummon "]\ooner", and hcncc -the expre.sion and cheer and stamped their feet the fir t children's service ever held the waiter to draw refill. of the "\'I'hen the sun is over the yardarm when the action was low. here and their clear voice in hymn taukard, In sailing ship days, thc it's time to drink." One of the mo t touching inci­ and their reverent worship in pired crew \yould whistle for a win~l \\·hen Other nautical term u. ed com­ dent was the farewell between a the eamen and others present. It b calmed. monly, prohably with little regard little boy and hi younger sister. wa truly a tbanksgiving for afety. The expression "Going on a lark" for their rigin, arc ".\hrl\'e board", or ,I. kylark" comes from the Anglo­ meaning- frank and hone. t; "Keep Saxon \\'orel "lac", meaning to play. a wide bcrth". meanin.g plenty of As for the expre. ion "Three room: "The coast i clear", mean­ sheets in the \\'ind"-one sheet in ing e\'erything is out of the way; the wind means drunk; two sheets "Oft the deep end", m aning" to lose more drnnk and three sheets very pcrspcctive; "Brace up' meaning drunk. The sheet i. thc rope or line, straiing hand toward others who sion ." Hi lovc for the sea and for ,hip covery made by the Dutch was the pas- t'"" ide from the exotic adventures of the may come its way. Let's do what are also evidcnt in these tories with age around Cape H rn. In 1767 the hidalgo ab ard the caravel and ashore, we can to make it a happy year their Ea t frican, l\1alayan and Arabian Englishman, Capt. Walli, landed in interest centers on the natives of these with the consciousness that we settings. One of thc best yarns is about Tahiti, later to be followed by Chevalier West Indie . Friendly and generou , the continue our service in greater a sailor with a broken leg who did not de Bougainville, and by Capt. James cruelty of their exploitati n i a orry measul'e than ever before. want to be takcn to the hospital in hi' Cook who did most to make it famous. page in the history of civilization. MRS. STACY SEARS, Chairman home port. The author al 0 u c the Onc of the biggest event of modern 1. M. A. Maupassant twist with the surpri c cnd­ timcs was the opening of Japane e ports ing to ome of the yarns. M. D. C. to \l'estern commerce in 185-1 by a treaty RICHARD HALLIBURTON, HIS STORY OF brought about by Commodore Perry, and HIS LIFE'S ADVENTU RE the last step in the conquest of the SERVICES RENDERED TO MERCHANT SEAMEN Bobbs-Merrill. $3.75 Pacific was the opening of the clipper Most sons write letters home but the plane route from San Francisco to China JANUARY I- SEPTEMBER I, 1940 way in which Richard Halliburton wrote in 1935. Riesenherg- has cO\'ered the to his parcnt \l'a uniquc in it regu­ gr und "ery thoroughly, from Balboa to 167,374 Lodgings (includin C7 r lief bed ) larity. \Vherever his travels took him, the China clippers, with a wealth of 58,236 Piece of Bagcrage handled. to remote part of the globe, he wrote detailed de cription. B. a's. 406,597 ale at Luncheonette and Re taurant. long, full letters to his father and mother. WHEN THE SHIPS CAME IN When the anxious day following his By Jack Lawrence 140,747 Sales at :\: e\'r Stand. departure from Hongkong in the Chine~e Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II 16,310 Call' at Laundry. Barber and Tailor hop.. junk "Sea Dragon" had lengthened into Farrar & Rinehart. $2.50 Total attendance at 551 Religiou Ser\'ice' at In titute, U. week and month and finally all hOI e 10,866 In the day when hips like the TitGllic, '.\larine Ho pita!:; and Hoffman I -laml. of his survi\·al was abandoned, hi sad ,11ajestic and Lusitallia were proud mis­ parent turned to reread the -e leUel' tresses of the orth Atlantic, ] aek 29,367 ocial ervice Interview. which they had faithfully aved. Here, LawTence covered the waterfront as ship then, is an intimate and dramatic record 153 '.\Iis ing eamen located. news reporter for the old lew York Total attendance at 132 Entertainment, uch a '.\Io\'ies, of hi adventurous life, from hi- days at Evellillg Alail. Many times he scored 45,482 PI'inceton, hi running away as a ailor journali tic beat and in this book he oncerts. Lecture and port to .. ee the world" and through the years tells of the Titallic disaster in tense, h.clief Loans to 2,960 Individual eamen. of hi adventuring in off-the-beaten-tra'k 7,035 fast-moving prose. Most of the tales are 38,539 }.[agazincs distributed. places. His youthful enthusiasm for travel tall ones-told with rare humor and in a is infeetiou and the reader will yearn lively style. He tell of many strange 3,332 [ ieces of Clothing and 496 Knitted ,rticle di tribut d. to wander, too. M. D. harbor personalities: Sailor Dan Mc­ Treatment in Clinics. THE PACIFIC OCEAN 1,580 Guinn, the fabulou spinner of yarns, 2,097 Vi.'it. at . pprentice.' Room. By Felix Riesenberg Jimmy Lynch the hip news' fifty-year Whittle 'ey House. New York. $3.00 old office boy with a face "like a soda 1,722 Yisits to hip. by Institute Representatives. This is the first of the "Oceans of the biscuit and a tongue like hydrochloric 9,661 Deposit. of Seam 'n' Earning: placeel in Bank World" serie and the last book from acid", Hoi ken John and hi immortal the pen of Felix Riesenberg. It i one of 1,047 TlJb. seCll reel for eamen. old-fashioned which could penetrate any his finest, the result of careful rcsearch 13,648 :\ttendance of eamen Readers in Conrad Library; 1,498 combined with the first-hand knowledge Harbor fog and make trong men weep as they anchored in the lee of the old Book. eli. triblltec1. of hips and seamanship for which he Total attenelancc of Cadet and . camen at ,ecture_ in was 0 well-known. Eastern Hotel bar - Here is a book 9,943 909 T The first intimation European had of whel'cin to enjoy, vicariously, the excit­ '.\ferchant :\Iarinc chool: 1,193 new tu

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