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SEAMEN/S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK VOL. XXVIII NO. 5 MAY, 1937 The Lookout c '~'his Month's (O\'er sholl's some of the ere\\' of the "Juseph 'onrad" VOL. XXVIII MAY, 1937 NO.5 aloft In tl:e .nggll1/? Reprodnced by perl11is 'ion of Captain.\lan Yilliers and the :\at1Ona1 Geographlc l\Iagazine. SJuupJinq., ~ mul [1RpJtrotlA- ACK HARE of the J.-\merican Merchant Line thought he would retire last year from \·OL. XX\'llJ. :-fAY. 1937 his .. ub of caring" for PUBLlSHED MO THLY raCe horses and polo by the ponies that are shipped SEAMEN'S CHURCH acros the Atlantic. He'd been on the job INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK for \\'enty-five years 25 SOUTH ST, NEW YORK, N. Y and the pro pect of Telephone BOwling Green 9·1710 ettling down with his CLARENCE G. MICHALlS Prcsidt:nr family appealed to FRANK T. WARBURTON him. The nit e d Secretary'Treasurer States Lines, loath to REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY Superintendent lo'e such a clever hor~e trainer, gave MARJORIE DENT CANDEE EdilOr, THE LOOKOUT him a retainer with the understanding that Entered as second class matter July 1I01SI'I~G ~LEPIl,~~'TS u~ SllIPBOARD. or~, 8, 1925, at New Y N. Y., under whenever thorough Reprinted from "South Street" the act of March :l, 1879. bred and valuable horses were to By Richard McKay Subsc-riplio" Rates be ,hipped, he could be on call. The One Dollar Annually when the gangplank is at a steep Single Copies, Ten Cents result is that Hare cannot keep Gifts to the Institute of $5.00 and away from the horses and the ships. angle. Polo ponies are the easiest over include a year's subscription to to handle. Their training and cour HThe Lookout. " Talking with Jack the other day we asked if horses suffer from sea age make them willing to g;o any Address 0/1 communicatioJls to sicknes·. He replied, "Ju t as hu where. The greate t danger i not SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE mans do, but not to the same extent. that the horse will jump overboard OF NEW YORK l\Iany horse imply want to lie the ,'re too sen ible for that-but 25 South Street down. and they don't care to eat." that, he may lie down on the gang \Ve inquired whether a horse's sea plank. Rates for shipping horses going diet was the same as on land, vary just like passeng;er fares; they and the trainer replied: "Practically. may ao steerage or first cabin. LEGACIES TO THE INSTITUTE I fetrl them hay, oats and bran, and A group of young Belg;ians in the give them plenty of lin eed." "What Institute's Apprentices' Room told You are asked to remember this Institute in your will, that it about j oreign hor es?" we ques how Belgian farm horses are shipped may properly carryon its important work for seamen. While it is tionecl. "Do you have to speak their to America aboard the S.S. Emile advisable to consult your lawyer as to the drawing of your will. we nati\"e tongue in order to manage FrancClui and the S. Henri Jaspar ~" each summer. Farmers' buyers from submit nevertheless the following as a clause that may be used: them "Oh no," was the answer. ".\lmo t every horse in Europe un the middle \Vest go over to Belgium, I give and bequeath to "Seamen's Church Institute Of New der~tanc1s Engli h, e pecially the select tho. e horses which are noted York," incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, well-bred ones. Such horses usually for their trength and sturdiness, located at 25 South Street, New York City, the sum oL .. ha\"e English grooms." and bring them back aboard Belgian ships. The horses are no longer ...... Dollars. Loading horses is a treacherous bu iness, particularly at high tide hoisted ahoard. This method is Note that the words "Of New York" are a part of our title. tL Vaud:ibn... dlinL hJ $JUL ljiJ.IJf1fPM--: CL ]Jum1L (J~ hJ SJumwL, jdL $.afJL t1MivaL. cu\"(~red pa ·se. The gangplank is his papers a that he can 'pend hi :\ [r~. Josephine H antzschman, wa that Tennvson" pocm. "Cro ing with peat mo s \\'hen the horses are dechnlllg year at Sailors' 'I1Uo ca:t upon the wave in Latitude 41 the Bar" be read at the b111'ial ser loaded. They used to con:r it with H.arbor, and if he i aclmitted. h~ de"ret'~-12' X. Longitude 58 de vices: straw, but the hor- ate the traw wIll be a welcome addition to the tall g-r;;"s 4':-' W. Captain William B. " unset and evening star a~ld .got colic, so the peat mo s is a nd om: clear call for 111(; t,;>ry club o\'er there, fal' he can ()akley officiated, reading the same And may there be no moaning of bIg lI11prUY 'men1. On thc wcll dcck Spll1 y~rns about seagoing horses cel1l1lllittal sen'ict as u:ed by Chap the bar hea\)' rul1 of coconut matting, tar that wIll turn the old salts crn.:en lain Pearson, Clark had once been \Vh(;n 1 put out til sea." paulIn and blanket arc spread so with envy. ,... an engineer aboard the U. S. liner The chaplains from the S amen's the horses won't slip and break their Looking through an old marine Leviathan in the days when that hurch Jnstitute ~who visit sick legs. book in the In titute's Conrad Li ve-scl \vas the pride of America's and injured seamcn in th Marine An old-time sailorman, who hap brary we came aero a story of the mcrchant marine. Even after the Hospital on taten and Elli Islands pened to overhear our conver ation are often a ked by dying seamen fi l' t elephant eyer bro1]O"ht to this hig ship was tied up to a pier in about hor'cs, voluntecred the in for ,., country - from Bengal, aboard a Hohllkcn. Clark held hi job a, a to have certain hymn. sun.g and cer mation that he u 'ed to tran port tain praycrs said at thei r funeral YC sel of 561 ton, the Of. \merica". Illelll hcr 0 [ the crew that manned hor e on the old Minnewa ka and en'ice , and whenever po sible, their the :'Iinnetonka. He al a recalled It is aid that the elephant behaved the vesel during the lay-up. But wishe' arc carried out in all details. that he once carried a troop of ele rem.arkably well during the pa -age, \\'atching the yessel slowly ru ting Man\' are buried in the Instihlte's phant- and a specially reinforced havlI1g been slung securely and into a hulk in the 111111'ky water of large- plot in Cedar Gro\'e Cemetery, gano-way had to be built, explaining raised aboard by a windlass. The Ten;ev - while other liners sailed Flushing, a pecial fund caring for that ~n elephant will not step on animal "accommodated himsel i to j)rou(lly by - preycd on his mine!. the expen e when nece sary. thus anythl1lg that wobbles. He alway hi traighteneel quarters and hard One day he turned on the gas in his saving thcm from the ignominy of teo ts fir t w]th one foot and will not fare with a patient philosophy little room ashore and left a note hmial in Potter's FiC'ld. The Chap proceed on what is not solid. This worthy of general imitation." He asking that his bodv be ret'urned to lain then writcs a letter to the rela is. pretty smart of the elephant in was accompanied by a native Ben the ea he loved. He also reque ted tives describing the service. vIew of hi ize and weight. Our gali, who made a tour of the united aIel shellback i. now getting together tate \\,ith him.
"THE sea has been [or me a -he and his crew did pull through. CHILL pril wind blew in The cutter wa stopped at a ~pot hallowed ground," wroteJ 0 eph In 1934, he saw the 100 foot, 212 A from the East Hiyer when we off Sandy Hook. The chaplain's Conrad not long before he died. ton. "(;eorg Stag ," an old Danish boarded the Coast Guard cutter pennant was raised ro the peak and .\nd :\lan \'illier, who sailed a training ship, fell in love with her at "1'uc
HIS year, with the clouds of de Tpression receding on the horizon, and with incomes and dividends show ing some recovery, we have set our HE crews of two freighters, in Bermuda by the Missions to Sea Tstricken by winter gales in the men branch there and brought to seh'es the task of inc1'easillg our Atlantic, were rescued and brought r ew York on the Furness liner, 'ervices to the men of the sea. to the Institute. From March 27th "Monarch of Bermuda." to April 3rd ten members of the The "Bjerkli" was wrecked in a Vve hope that our friends haye per- crew of the Norwegian freighter, storm off the coast of Nova Scotia. sonally benefited from the improyed "Aristo," enjoyed the hospitality of The ship drifted for ten days, help times, and we want to express our profound gratitude for their 25 South Street, and from April less, when her amateur wireless sig 1st to 3rd ten members of the crew nals were traced by the U. S. Coast ready and generous response to our calls for help during the of the freighter, "Bjerkli" were Guard cutter "Chelan." After all long, lean years of the business and shipping slump. \iVithout cared for here, at the request of the the members of the crew had been Consulate General of Norway, until taken safely off the doomed ship, she your encouragement and loyalty we could never haye brought they cO'uld be sent home. sank. The crew were landed in to fruition many of our plans and programs in behalf of the The "Aristo" ran aground in a Boston and then brought to New seafarers whom we are privileged to serve. heavy fog and sank in Hamilton York by train. harbor, Bermuda (forcing the crew In addition to food and shelter, We realize that many of you continued your contributions to abandon ship). Salvage tugs the In titute provided warm cloth worked her off the rocks, but the ing, hoes, cigarettes, and other at great personal acrifice and this sharing spirit has been vessel filled rapidly and sank on items which the men greatly appre heartily appreciated by the seamen, the Institute staff and the March 16th. They were cared for ciated. Board of Managers. It is your thoughtful way of payino' tribute to the men who, through wind and gale and storm and calm. ful fill their appointed tasks-carrying passengers and cargoes in \iVon't you - when your annual contribution to the Insti safety acro s the oceans. tute comes due - consider the possibility of iIlCl'C'aslll,r} YOt1!" And now we present our needs and our plans for the future. regular gift to $100.00-and thus become a "Crews-Aider"? We \iVe bave come a long way from the boarding bouse day ,,,,ith hope you will accept this friendly cballenge. \\ ith your help \ye its problems of crimping and shano'baiing, but the course ahead can \\ age a succe ful crusade in behalf of the men of the is still beset with rock and shoals. merchant marine.
More than eYer before we realize that the seafarer needs * A "Crews-Aider" is d contributor of $100. improved educational and recreational opportunities. We feel that the Institute can be an important factor, greater than e"cr, in fashioning a better American merchant marine \yorthv of Kindly send contributions to the our Yankee clipper-ship traditions when this country's' su SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK high premacy on the seas was undisputed. 25 South Street, New York, N. Y. ?rlaJJL ].waiJL 4 1JzJL Wa1JlJlfJumL Images and/or text cannot be shown due to copyright By Vicior WeinoMt<>n* restrictions. Images and/or text cannot be shown due to copyright restrictions.
Captain Tayleur instructs some youthful students in the art of ship-modelling modern vessel but once and I was glad halls, with American ships being obliged to get off that one," he said. to hire American seamen. "All of my sailing has been done on His three srupwrecks occurred in 1880, rigged vessels and in those days there 1904 and 1910, with the second being wasn't a sailor who didn't have some the worst of the lot, he said. hobby relating to the sea. Nowadays, with modern srups and short stays in Saved in ShilHvreck port, sailors are losing the technique Caught in a storm caused by a vol and inclination to build things like canic eruption off Angee Point in the boats," he said. Straits of Lombardy near Java. the Recently the captain visited the So vessel was smashed to bits, killing the cial Security Board on behalf of Amer captain, the captain's wife and child ican seamen, asking that the present and 14 sailors. The remainder of the security laws be amended to apply to crew, of which he was the first mate, sailors. He also asked that they receive were saved by a sailor who swam ashore unemployment benefits and that the with a line fastened to a breaches buoy Federal Government supervise hiring and drew them all to safety. ]1zL $1Zai.. !Wm.ant:Jl, Dedicated to Alan Villiers Down to thc sea in ship, ha oft been sung by men Down where the long wave sli.ps, from ]lcak to rounded tem. The romance of cloud, and wind-swept 'ea, of red hot sun. or a homeward ke. The flick of the wing of a wild sea hen, the haul Ho chant of homebound men. The grace and beauty of wind-filled sail, and the steady fU'h of the ice-cold hail. Of th battling trip back round The Horn, with bulging holds of welling corn. The beat of sleet in wind-lined face, a strong arm' haul on icc-caked brace. The lonely tand on the cold forepeak, i naught for the ·tron"·. but, not for the weak. The ru t brown sides of weathered :teel as she glides along with a seaman' reel. The gli teninO" eye of a toughened tar. \"'hen the watch ings out as they near the bar. One great joy of a sailor's life. is in meeting again, a faithful wile And too he's glad. when the anchor's weighed and the start of another voyage is made F0r the call of the sea is strong indeed, in the soul of the men of the sailor breed. 8 B\· GEORGE DORMA:\' THE LOOKOUT MAY 1937 THE LOOKOUT 9 Images and/or text cannot be shown due to copyright Bv Captain Felix Riesenbera* restrictions. Images and/or text cannot be shown due to copyright restrictions.
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"LIVING AGAIN" of it, "where huge Scotch boilers were By Captain Felix Riesenberg fired by hand, was a veritable hell." Fire J)ollb/cdoj'. Doral/ & Co. $3.00 men went insane or jumped overboard. Captain Rie enberg, whose list of ea Riesenberg i always concerned with the b,l"k- include "Under ail", ")'lother IVelfar of his shipmatcs and hi, restkss Sea", "The Left-Handed Pas enger" and imagination i stirred b,' some of the "Log of the Sea", stands as a human link needless suffering. A fter an adventurous between the ailing hips of the past and trip to the Far Ea:t, he joincd \\'alter the steamships of today. He has seen \\'dlman in a balloon flighl to the. rctic, service under both, and in hi latest book an experience which might ha"e heen he relate his experience a ailor, engi di. astr us. but kind Fate protected him. neer, captain, editor and novelist. His On returning to . 'ew York. he went to l'arly life on the Xew York :\fautical Columbia and studil·d engincering. and School hip, the t. 1Iary. is told in a then worked on an aqueduct. patented in vivid way: the har h treatment of the ventiOIr, married. and finally wa. callcd young cadets was a practical way of fil back t . ea in command of the "C. . ting them for the rigor of a eagoing training ship, ;\ewport. How the ;\CW life: "Tho e who remained on board for port sailed across the. tlantic in the \\'ake two years," he write, "were a seasoned of a hurricane, under cam'as. makes a lot, and a considerable percentage of most exciting ea yarn which all ship them went to ea, rising to position of lover. will relish. There are abo r vcal re,;ponsible command." ing picture of literary friends. particu However hard the discipline, he remem larly Chri. topher Morley. bers hi .choolship day with affection. One of the most popular of Riesen ~.\ fter his graduation he made a voyage berg' book, u ed con tantly by seamen III sail around the Horn and then sen'ed in the Institute'. Conrad Library. i as a cadet in a steamship. "The toke "Standard Seamanship for the ~Ierchant hold." he writes, recalling _till the horror Service". M. D. C. 10 THE LOOKOUT MAY 1937 THE LOOKOUT II "COAST GUARD TO THE RESCUE" THE SEA MADE MEN: IJIus. with Official Photographs The Story of a Gloucester Lad N. j'. Farrar alld Rillchart. $2.50 Presented by Roger W. Babson. The author of "s 0 S to the Rescue", 'Edited by Elizabeth L. Alling. $2.-0 a radio operator still on active duty. has X l:W York: FlclIlill.Q 11. Re'ucll CompallY gi\'en us another excellent book, full of "In the olden days ... the great ulli information and incident and written with ver;,itie' of America were not Harvard authority. and Yale, but rather the cornfield and the The United States Coast Guard was sailing ship. The farm and the sea were officially established as such in 1915, to the real training grounds which developed include the old Revenue and Life Saving i'ndustry, perseverance, integrity, and Sen·ice. To the hi tory of the e two tho e fundamental traits which made sen'ices, details of the various Humane America." \\lith this foreword Mr. Bab societies in which the Li fe Saving So son launche his great-uncle Gorham P. ciety had its origin, the story of one Cap Low's log of twenty year at sea. Captain tain Joshua James and his exploit, arc Low speaks with a voice that is clear, given several valuable chapters. Further straightforward, and authentic. The lan interesting data is written about the be guage in which he tells of the daily com ginnings of the life-saving services in monplaces, and the not rare danger Europe and Asia. Modern wonder tales charged moment, of the seafaring bu 'i of the Atlantic Ice Patrol, the Flying ne . is plain and modest in thc extreme; Lifeboat and the live they have aved, yet the sci f-cultured writer unconsciou Iy the Seal Patrol in the Pacific. all make shows him clf a man who aw beneath IJ//II/U b.\~ I'. L. SPt'" fascinating reading. Recommended to any the surface of thing.. men, and manners. A View of the Institute from the East River Waterfront. one who is interested in things 0 f the Perhap most intere ling to this reader sea as a splendid account of one of our ar Captain Low' detail of the busine greate t public service. ide of his calling. . merchant ship SUMMARY OF SERVICES A. W. C. ma-tcr in his day was frequently part owner of one or more ships, or--except in RENDERED TO MERCHANT SEAMEN "EIGHT MONTHS IN ARCTIC ALASKA the occa ional pre. ence on a voyage of a AND SIBERIA WITH THE supercargo-was the actual bu iness rep BY THE ARCTIC WHALEMEN" re entativc of a company of merchant. Thu the ma tcr had the most immediate By Herbert L. Aldrich. per onal concern with the conduct of trad SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK Reprinted 1937. ing. the bu"iness of making money. He FROM JANUARY 1st TO APRIL 1st, 1937 RC)'llolds Pril1lill,q. Ncw Bedford. 50 cents put to ea with his Bowditch in one hand In 1887 1Ir. Aldrich had the rare privi and hi ledger' in the other. Captain Low 65,889 Lodging (including relief beds). lege of spending eight month in the is the first chronicler to give me such a 21,907 Piece of Baggage handled. Arctic and eeing at fir t hand Ii fe in the close view of the counting-house; add a whaling fleet and among the native vil measure of thc fo'c's'le, a great dcal of 156,523 . ales at 1.11nchcon ·ttl' and Restaurant. lages of Alaska and Siberia. Hi keen the cabin.-anrl you have a 1110 t readable 71,112 ale at News Stand. observations have been earefullv recorded and valuablc sea journal. D. G. K. 4,488 Patronized Barber. Tailor and Laundry. fnr u in an unusually detailed account. .\ttended 160 Religiou ervlce at In.titute and U. S. The reader gets at once a sen e of the "DOWN THE DOCK" 3,672 "fraternity" of whaling-men from the By ,John Cabbage. ::-.rarine Ho-pital . glimp. e into the custom of "gaming" Pamasslls Press. $1.25 481 Cadet and ealllen attended 89 Lecture in ::-'1erchant visiting aboard each other's ship ; a feel Thc name he got from his Dutch par Marine School; 13 new tudents enrolled. ing of the remoteness of this life from cnts was Jon Keppecs, but when he came 22,866 Social Senice Int 'rvic\\'s. am' other reality; a vivid picture of the to America he sub tituted the nearest nati\'es, their di tinlYnishing characteristics equivalent,' Cabbag-e. He i the sailor 5,454 Relief Loans. and strange social custom. In the con poet who e previous volume, "Eight 2,359 Individual eamen received H.elief. cluding' chapter are a number of tories Bells" wa-s 'reviewed in "The Lookout" 13,979 Book and magazines distribu}e~1. . .. told by several of the "kipper-" with everal years ago. Cabbage finds mate 1,304 Pieces of clothinO' and 472 h.111tted ArtIcles chstnbuted. whom the author ailed. One feels rial for philosophical reflection in the Treate I in Dent~l: Eye Ear-Nose-Throat & ::-'1edical Clin!c~. throughout the narrative that the writer g-arbage scows on which he works for the 466 achieved a degree of intimacy with his Tew York City Department of Street 40,215 . ttcnded 52 entertainments, 1l10\'ing pirttlrc:, athletic actIVI- surroundings. and that he write with Cleaning. To some the spectacle of ashes, ties, concerts and lecture . anthority. There arc ome excellent rotten food. worn-out clothes. dead pet. 1,034 .\ttendance in .\pprentices' Room. photograph taken by the author and part empty bottle would be revollinl!'. but Cab of a collection now in the. ew Bedford bage finds it full of romance. Thi "poet 85 'Mi ing Seamen found. \Vhaling' Mu cum. of the dumps" gives colorful glimpses 498 Po. itions secured for '. eamen. A. W. C. of an odd phase of sea life. M. D. C. $38,622 D po itecl for 585 Seamen in I3nnk;;: $4,424 transmitted to families. V.amliim..- dlinL 1JJ 5M.- VJ)~: ]luu&. 4,463 Attendane in Joseph Conrad Library. a a 2,705 Telephone Contnet: with Senm 'n. rJf#!vWuJ- 1JJ ~, jdL $.a#JL tlJvUoaL. SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK • OFFICERS
H on 0 ra7'y President RT. REV. WI! LIAM T. MANNING, D.D., LLD., D.C.L. Lay Officers CLARENCE G. MICI-{ALlS, President HERBERT L. SATTERl.IlE, Vlce,President FRANKLIN D. Roo 'EVELT, Vice,Presldent ORME WIL 0, , Vice,President CllARLbS S. HAIGHT, Vice,President FRANK T. WARBURTON, Secretary and Treasurer TllOMAS ROBERT, Assistant Treasurer Clerical Vice-Presidents RT. REV. ERNEST M. STIRES, D.D. RI v. FREDERICK BURGESS RT. REV. BENJAMIN M. WASllfl RN. D.D. RI V. ROEI IF H. BROOK, S.T.D. REV. WILLIAM TUFTS CROCKER RI'v. SAMl'EL M. DORRANCE Rpv. W. Rl SSIlLL BOWIE, D.D. REV. FREDERIC S. FLE/I,IING. D.D. REV. DONALD B. ALTlRICl-I, D.D. BOARD OF MANAGERS This Bo"rd is composed of all of the ahove named officers anu also the following: Hn:RY MCCOMB BANCS JOHN H. FINLEY BPRNON S. PRENTICE EDWARD J. BARBER HARRY FORSYTII fRANKLIK' ReMINGTO . CllARLl' R. BEATTIE FRANK Gl'WEN .TOliN S. ROGERS, JR. EDWIN DET. BpCHTEL ClIARLf,~ S. HAH;lIT, JR. KERMIT ROOSEVELT REGINALI1 R. BELKl\'AP LOlJls GORDON HAMERSI.EY CIIARLI"S E. SALTZ IAK' GORI10N KNOX BELL A (;l'ST ~ N. HAND SAMUI'L A. SALVAGE Cl-IARLES W. BOWRING OLIVER lsELI ' JOllN JAY SCHIEFPELIN EDWIN A. S. BROWN AYMAR JaIl '. ON THOMAS A. SCOTT DOUGLAS F. Cox BENJAMIN R. C. Low T. ASllLEY SPARKS FREDERICK A. CUMMINC;S RICHARI1 H. MANSFIELD J MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT J OSEPll H. DARLINGTON LOUIS B. MCCAGG, JR. FRAK'K W. WARBURTON CI rMFl\'T L. DESPARD JUNIU S. MORGAN ERNI:ST E. WHEELER ClIARLES E. D NLAP MORTON L. NEWlIALL WILLIA~I WILLIAMS SNOWDEN A. FAHNESTOCK HARRI C. PARSONS WILLIAM D. \\'1NTER DE CoURSEY FALl' JOliN H. G. PELL GEORGE GRAY ZABRISKIE F. SHELTON PARR STEPHE • H. P. PELL HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FRANCI M. WIlITEHOUSE JOHN MASEPlELD
Superintendent REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY