bile LOOKOUT

• September, 1951 No. 9

"MAKING PORT"

From the painting by GORDON GRANT The Lookout Vol. XLII September, 1951 No.9

~a:ndua:ry Errand of Mercy God bless all men in little boats. In punts and wherries and ketches; By Chaplain Charles F. Nugent in scows and dhows and dugouts; in junks, sampans and catamarans; EDITOR'S NOH: Planes and helicopters are gelling the valve loose, when lhe steam used on errand of mercy to overcome the in cutters and skiffs and sloops; in prams and shells and dinghies; in hazards of time and di tance. The Insti­ that had collected blew the valve right dories, canoes and whaleboats; and even, God, in motorboats. Amen. tute's Chaplain-in.re. idence at the U. S. out at me, along with all the steam. Public Health lto pital, Stapleton, taten Phew! I didn't know what happened! - Gordon C. Aymar, "A Treasury of Sea Stories," I land, reports a recent incident where fa t It knocked me right over into the A. S. Barnes & Co. tran portation played an important part in bulkhead." Dave doesn't know how ~aving a seaman's life. he did it, but he managed to get up AVE is a young engineer, in hi to the teward, who ran for help for Dlate twenties, and married to a him. After the fir t hock, the pain 01 very prelly und u very nice girl. He the burns was beginning to get more sailed les than a month ago, and one intense-and there is nothing worse day in checking over things, he found than being burned with steam- and a leak in the steam pipe. His shift was even the hypo which they gave him almo t over, so he asked his a sistant didn't "eem to have too much effect. to fix i l. The leak v.orried him_ and "It eemed age before anything when he looked into the log when he was done, and the worst of it was I VOL. XLII. EPTEMBER.1951 came on duty, he found that it hadn't couldn't sit or lie down. They bad Copyright. 1951, by the Seamen's been done, so he decided right then radioed the Coa t Guard base for in­ Church In stitute of New Y ork and there to fix it. struction 1 and they in turn called the PURL! llED r.10 THL'I "I've alway been the one to yell Marine Ho pital in Stapleton. Before br the about 'saIety-fir t' with my gang," 1 knew it, a PBY had landed along- SEAMEN'S CHURCH said Dave, 'but I ure .lipped up this ide our ship. I was lowered into a INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK Lime! f'd had the team turned off, lifeboat, and rowed over to the plane. CLAREI CE G. MICHALI, but J hadn' t realized what a big leak And that was 135 mile off the coast President il was. 1 un crewed the cap and was of ew Jersey! The Doc in the plane THOMA ROBERT SCCf(· tary 3. nd Tre~15u r f:'r REV. RAYMO TD . HAI.L. D.D . Dlrectur MARJORIE DENT CA. DEE. Editor 1.00 per year lOc per copy over include a year's subscrip­ "25 SOltth Street," large.l Gifts of 5.00 per year and ,110ft' home in tile world tion to "THE LOOKOUT." fOf u 'Iive IIwrchant sea­ ElIt,nuJ dJ Jf((wd clelrl flltllILf, } II/) H. men of all nationalitir •. 192'$, at 'cu' }'ork, N. )... . , Imdt'r fht ,1(/ 01 AI",r/) 3. 1879 . AddreJJ all communication! 10 SEAI\IEN'S CH R H I STlT TE OF EW YORK 25 SO TH ST., EW YORK 4, , " T elerhune BOwling Grten 9·27 10

Photo b, U. ~ . CO" II " lia rd elves but to the h o pi tal : taii i n th e~e day' of nur ing shorLage. a ~ f)l1.4ic&. f)L Dave has bad one kin-graft opera_ By Marvin O. Rice tion, and he'll have to have another Pilot Charts Editor and Assistont Head of the Pilot Chart one. for the third de~ree burns on hit' Bronch of the U, S , Novy Hydrogrophic Office, Washington, O. C. thi gh. He pulled up hi s hirt Lo ho'l Editor's Note; they would be pi cked up and so hring me where they had taken the pieces or help. Our .. Message-in-a-Bottle" Bene­ skill from his abdomen. Hi ~ ] e!!~ are Distress Messages At in the Spring of 1950 stimulated getting belter, but, as he explained. .\fodem communications facilities havp public interest in the mysterious ways repl aced drift bottle as a mean of trans· " They were on ly second degrf'e of drifting boltles. Of 249 bottles mitting di stress messages. Even so, a p;enu­ burns." Then he added-like all th e launched by the S.c.1. on the seven ine distr s mes age was found in a botll f' as recently a, a ('ouple of years ngo, It had men who have Leen on thei I' baeb in seas, 36 to date have been found, "There is a tremendous spirit of camaraderie I)(~ en released 45 years previous by the Polar among the men in the hospital." bed for more Lhan Lwo day, "The and returned by the Anders to 25 ex plorer, Evelyn Baldwin, wh o had written Lhing 1 wanL to do most is just to get South Street, as requested. This is a hasty note calling for aid. He had sealed gave me another hypo, and it mu t regarded by experts as a remarkably it in a small watertight container and had up out of this bed, and sit do\~ll in a ca t it into the Arctic Ocean. The message have been a strong one, for I ~ure chair ao-ain:' high number to be found. M. D. C. drifted or remained undiscovered for nearly f.la ~ 'ed oul.·" And he will, and he will Clo more half a century before a Soviet lisherman Dave didn't know it aL the Lime, AVE . yo u ever strolled along the discovered it in the sea ice in the Ru, ian than thaL, because he ha the deter­ Arctic. The note, written in Norwegian and LuL the planelnnded at Floyd BenneLt H beach and watched an object minaLion, and the courage, and th e English, read: "Fi\'e ponic and 150 dog, field, where the Con t Guard had one washing ashore on the incoming tide? remaining. De ire hay, Ii hand 30 sledges. faith to do it, and those are the same of its helicopter - all warmed up. It Jf it wasn't "The Thing" in the recent \fust return early in August, baffled." qualiti es Lhat help to make a man a song hit, it IVa probably a boLtle con· didn't Lake Loo long for the trip over Forty·1i e years too late, the me age had aood . eaman. taining n me sage. A. you are an aver· of rourse 10 1 it~ urgency, Howf'ver, the to the Marine Hospital. The "copter" age morLal, curious and adventurous, expedition came through safely and Bald­ landed ri ght on the lawn behind the win him. elf died a natural death at hi s CHAPLAINS VISIT SEAMEN you opened (or broke) the bottle and home in 1933. This is just one example of ho pital, and attendants were already IN HOSPITALS removed the "Bottle Paper." Such a how messages sent in this \l'ay may be waiting Lo rush him up for immediaLe _trange and exciting thing to happen picked up and read year afterward. In addition to carryi ng on ,en'ices in Queen Elizabeth, in 1560, following a treatmenl. Dave has been in the ho - the Seamen's hurch Institute Chapel, to you! You found instruction to the nnd visiting , eamen in the U .. . lI'Iarin(' find er printed in eighL languages, in­ boatman' discovery of a vital political pital ror over two weeks now, and ,ccret contained in a bottle message picked Ho. pital * at S tapl ~ ton . S. I" and li t cluding the international, synthetic when [ aw him today he had qui te ?llanhattan Brach, Brooklyn, the In sti· up on the beach at Dover, appointed an E peranLo. Closer examination re­ oli ial ncorker of Bottle. Briti h law, tute haplains ar!' a l ~o ca ll (' J upon to a beard. But a he i bed-ridden, he whi ch has ince been repealed, then made minister to seamen in many otIH''r ho ~­ vealed that the bottle containing the can't have him eli, and so ha to it a penal oliense for anyone but an author· pitals. Social 1'orker notify th e Institute paper had been cast overboard by the wait for one of hi friends to do it when seamen are admitted. master or officer of an oceangoing iZf' d per on to read hottle me sages. for him, or maybe get the barber to Bottle mes age have solved the mystery During the past ypar til(' ChaplainR vessel many months ago and hundred, of long·missing ship. In 1902, two naval come up. There is a tremendous ~ piriL have rall f" u upon ('amen at the Beek­ (occasionally thousand) of miles \'essel earched the Atlantic for three of camQraderie among the seamen in man, t. Claire, Roo evelt. l. Luke'~ a\ ay. month for some trace of the mis in p; steamer a nd It. Sinai Hospital, in ?-Ianhallon, Tluronian. The search was in va in, hut some the ho pital. They help each other.-­ the Goldwater Hospital on Welfare Is· The instructions Lo the finder re­ Ii\e months after the Huronian's disappear· the ambulatory men even help to Lake land and the State Hospital on Ward's que Led that the paper be enL to any ance a securely corked bottle \Va picked Island; th e Long Lland Coll ege and the up on the o\'a Scotia coa t. Tt conta in ed a care of the bed·ridden, which is par­ King's Co unty )-] 0 pital in Brooklyn, and nited States Consul for forwarding to the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Of­ me, sage which read: "Huronian turned ticularly helpful, noL only to them- thf' State J-1ospitalb at Central Islip, turtle in tlantic, Sunday night. 14 of us Kings Pa rk a nd a t BrentwooJ, fi ce, WashingLon, D. c., where the in a boat." The note bore no signaturt', and Seamanship is not a sh eltered occu­ data would be u ed in the study of it \I as a t lir t thought to he a h08x, but five pation. It ha more than a\'erage occu· oceanic water circulation and th e years later its validity \\'8 confirmed when pational accident and di ea es, and probable drift tracks of objects float· a econd message was found in a bottle on sooner or later a seaman may lind him· a beach in Orlhem Ireland. The paper self in a hospital 1vhere merrhant seamen in g on Lhe sea. read: "Tluronian sinking fast. Top hea\')', "A sailor's life is at best but a mixture at are in the minority, and the expected one side awash. Good-by mothers nnr! sis- a lillie good with much evil and a lillie For centuries hollies have heen visit of an Institute , huplain i ~ helpful ter.. -C hnrli 1cFell, g·reaser." pleasure with much pain. The beautiful is to his sense of belonging and to hi used to carry mes ages over the linked with the revolting, the sublime with oceans. Sailor and explorers, cut off Bottle me age, besides givin g dramatic, the commonplace, and the solemn with the morale. last·minute details in case of hip\\'reck, JA ~H;S C. l-h :A t.E:Y, D.D., Ph.D., ludicrous." -Richard Henry Dono, from communication witl] the rest of often tra\'el thousands of sea miles, thus "Two Yeors Before the Most" Senior Chaplain the world, have. in Lheir last extrem· pro\'icling marine experts with invaluable ity, put note inLo bottles and thrown data on ocean currents a nd wind drifts. * R('cenlly renamed U. S. PlLblic /I ealtlt them into the en in the hope that (Contirwea 0" Page 4) J/uSfJilUl~; 55% u/ till' fI(Jtil'l!ts (Ire m prrhanl seamen, OExurpts "printed f,om "SHIPS & SAIUNG" by ptrmiJs;on 2 3 N.H. 0.811 Finders Are Funny Bottle drill. we re the hasis 01 early studies BOTTLE PAPER of oceanic circul a tions a nd provided data l'(' rh ups th f' l,.,ttio-·r!rift nH'thod cof Irack· ing o('ean cu rrents isn't ton ~("ien t ifi~; on whi ch to con truct orean charts like Ben· U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE jamin F ra nklin's (' ha rt o( the Gulf Stream. neverthel .. , the IlUs ine< i. very intere. t· in g and not wi thout it~ humorous inter· WASHINGTON. O . C. Unpredictable Drifts U , S . A. lu des. T he nautiral experts who study the The waters of the oceans utterly indifTer. rt'turnpd me ..;age. g('t fi r, t·hand in lormati on (PLEASE USE LEAD PENCIL) ent to man, cover nearly three quarte rs of on whut Ih r proplC'$ of the world think of Thrown overboard bY(Giv. nam. or mamr and observe/! , the earth's surface, circula ting and inter· i\mprira. T he ommon ],r li .. f is tha t mer· mingling with each other and making n i"a is paved "ith gold and th at certai nl y Master, __ .. J·... I1.12.Sift.------.--.-- --... --.------.... mysteri ou world of their own. There appear there must be a handsome reward for flll J· to be no restrictions as to where and how Office1', .2.. ~ .z:.:d.lfl7£.. •.... -- ...d .. y!.tf:I.t9.EIi sea hottles may journey within the general in g a "Bottle P aper," despite thc notice to Vessel, -?/.;5 .....~1aR./'J : l.d' !!',(f-¥-:V ...... pattern of o('eani c circula tions. the contrary pr intf' d on the fo rm. Date, ...... ,...... /. . . '. .. Sometim es their tracks a r!' unpredictable. One Ir ish hoy ~en t in a pnpf'r and needrd e.,(;/J.Ii~/l.I'?Y. ~ ~· ~7. For example : Of ]0 bottles ca t overboard a reward to huy food: a We t Indian needpd Latitude, ~__ ...$.Q. .~.Q .~t...... -- ...... in 1928 from a merchant ves el in a position a dress fo r his wife a nd a Rihle for himself ; in the southern orth A tlantic near the a Canary Isl and dam. el requested rei m· Longitv.de, .w.. .. __ ~ . g . ~ ..g, .2./ ...... __ ..__ ...__ .... __ ... Equator and S t. Paul Rocks, only two were hur ement lor travel expense to the Ameri· ever recovered. The first washed a hore on can Consul (wherr she carried the bottl e INSTRUCTIONS TO FINDER Ih e we t coast of Afri ca aft er drifting 130 paped not on ly for herself, hut for her Tr ou v ~ }\ar (indiquer 1e nom, date ~t lieu). Gefunden von (mAn Ke~ Namen. Datum und Ort an) . days; the second on the coast of i('aragua du ennll as well); onr hish colleen evrn Gevonde n door (men Re V., naam . dftgUck ~ nine Itn pl ...t, .. O'P). alter drifting 196 day . Who can say, with reqlleslr d a hu ~hand ann sprrified that he T roy. to do. (dare 11 nome-. data It Iuogo) . .' / Ma llndo POl' (d3r et nombre. fecha y pn1"&je). ( , certa inty, why on e capricious bottle chose he fat, "Iwcause lat . n:~n are morl' jolly, Ach ..do por (d"r 0 nom ~. dnta e PIT"gem). (,,;(.C / I ' to head eastward, while another chose west· generous, and romantlr. , 'r ovit!l de (.kribu nomon, daton, k , loko:'l ) . • ,' : ward? What hecame 01 the other eight 'j Somr time ago a bottle with iL" papt'r bottles? :~ was droppr d in the Innian Ocean a nd pickl'd Finder, ... I::£P.£i;~: .. .sKJEN.G .El.>'.. ... c. " of.. liP in th p Red Sea ofT thr I'oa. t of British 10,250 Mile Journey I ~ ( : Sotlluliland hy a \Tohammeda n namer! Date, .. ...•.. /...... C . E:.J..~j:J.£.. ;:. .. //?¥.tf. .. Whisky hottle$. heer hottles, r·al. lip bOI· t; . \Tnham('d \ fllstapha, who helip\'l'n th Locality, __ ..... J./(J.E/'k.'6.. . /;:~/P...... -- tl ('.-all kind 01 hottle. drifting on thp papr r tn he of tIl ystir' or intrin. ic va luE'. s oceans ! Tma gination pktures these Ii ttl I' hI' was lIn 3hl(' to read the instructions in any of Ih e se\ era 1 l a n p;u age.~ in which they h~ttl e pushed relentles ly along by the J apanese mines drift ing at random in thl' ;:~·~~~ffi~ :· ~~~~:~~ · :f · fi:~·~ ;: ii.ii( .~;; ;):~~ wmds and currents, bufTeted by winds and were prin tcd, he mounted his camel a nd waves, but usuall y coming to rest on some hipping lanes. Many serious cas1l alties to rode m iles acros the desert to the nearest ... F.L.A.r.1l1y..aEB.------iY.QE...G..£.·. shore to be discovered hy a heachcom ber ship_ resulted Irom colli ions with these Bri tish agent. Alter endeavoring to explain with an inquiring mind. It is recorded tha t di a bolical killers. It beca me imprra ti ve to the nature of the fi nd, the agt>n t fi ll ed out The finder of thi. will pleue Mnd It to any United State. know where a nd when thesp mines wprc the bl ank wi th the fin der'. name, a nd fo r· Con. ul. or forward it direct to the Hydrographic: Office. Nayy on e bottle drifted from a point southeast Department. W ..... ing Lon. D. C. of Cape Horn to the west coa. t of orth likely to be encountered il ship werf' to be war drd i t tn th Na" y Hydrop;raph ir Offire Island, New Zealand, a distance of 10,250 safely routed acro _ the P acifi c. A study of in Wa hington. The na tive depart d still "onvinced that som e great r eward was his, rnjles. bottle drifts provided the answer. a nd abou t two months later rush ed into the Drift of 4000 to 6000 miles. and more, same offi rr. Tn bis hand he waved 0. larp;r are not uncomm on. Not so long ago, a hottlf' pilot chart o f his nati\'e waters a nd a letter set adrift ahollt 1100 miles east of Npwfound· from the hydrographer thanking him for his A bottle ellst overboard from the land was recove red 31 months la ter on the ~erv ic{'. Thl' ~ h a rt. he i n ~ i s t e(}, wa. a rl ra ft "loore.M eCorma(·k hip lI-Iormacprmn on the ;\ merican GO\ prnment: its izf', llf' ~o a~ t of Yucatan (Central America) after wben about 350 miles sO llth of R eyk. drifting some 6000 mil es. It was fir t carried helil'\ed. indicated a large. um of money; On ugust 12, 1948, a paper was javik, I celand, on F ebruary 5, 1947, along in the eastwar d·moving current and and he demanded indil!nantly to know why dropped in a bottle from the m eriean th e local hank woul d not ra h it for him. hegan an immediate drift northwest wind: thence outhward and we. tward until ship Marine Flasher when a bout 600 with the Nortll Atlantic drift. Thi con· it fin ally washed ashore on the remote hear h mile Ex S of Hawaii. It appear to Very recently, a nath'e farm boy in thp in the tropics. have heen rarried h y th · orth Pacific Azore Islands found a hottl e on Ih e bearh. sist of the original Gulf Stream mixed equatorial current toward the Phi Lip· Inside, he d iscovered a note promisin g to with water from the rold Labrador cur· The informa tion now gained from hottle pay the fi nder 1000 i f th" note was clul) pine, whe re the ('urrent i plit by the rent. fter drifting about 800 miles, the dri fts is not too scientifi c - perhaps Ie ~ presented to a ew York addT"'''s. Tt \l as land. One part turns south to form thf' bottle was set a hore on t he coast of scientific than it was during the early 19th Pacific countercurrent while the othf' r not a hoax, and in fa t the reward was paid. The bottle was cast into the. ea near thf' orway on October], 1949, two years t'entury, when relatively little information part flows toward Japan H tIle Kuro· entrance to New York H arbor as a publici ty was available. Neverth t> less, bottle drifts shio ('urre nt. Evirlently tl1(' bottle wo. and nine months late r. After mixiug stunt by the sponsor of a r adio program. continue to erve " ery worthwhile pu r pose~. bornf'. by Ihf' Kuroshio current to with rold Ar<:tir water , this partirular whl'rp it was found in Japan's Inland The bottle drifted ahout 2500 miles in the Rather reliahl t> pr e di c ti o n ~ can be made on orth tla ntir Ocean. fin ally roming to part of the rurrent sink into the Ih fl probable routes of obj t>c ts (sur h as Sea on October 8, 1949, aflf'r a drift of 5900 nautir ol miles. rl'. t on Ih e Azores beach. ol'ean' depth . dereli cts) drifting on the sea. They will The Volstead Art and the Proh ibition Era fo!low more or less similar pa ths, as they caused a shortage of bottles on A meri ean wIll be a ffected by the same conditions 01 ships and re ulted in a slum p in th boulr wind a nd current. businc s. W hat good were the bOUle pap('r~ without ho lth,s to Cllrr) thpm ncro . Ihe In the P acifi c, followin /i!: World Wa r IT, (Colllilllltd Oil Page It ) oceans? ... Ih ere were hundred of live and deadl y (Conli" ",d 011 Page 5) 5 4 "Our Ol d Man must have don e a ll ri ght it wa. th ~ cockru81' heb that part ed the ropf'. for himself for when he cnme back he had nyway, th e schooner skipper >'lave d him· By H. W. Corning, Engineer" a ca e of cotch. Then he ordered our mate self a sal vage ea e. The schooner got out · "~ ":h': ~' oflh. /1,1;;/J & lY/rilerJ Clllb JPonJored to shoot anoth er lin e to the , r hooner and fitted with new masts for WI' read latf' r of ~ ,'C . . N.},'. Mr. Cornmf!, tlltd reccl1Ily i n this tim e th ey too k it and we had her in her arri va l in ' assau." I" Marine HOJPllal "I SlaplNon, Slaltn hland. lO W." Suddenl y the logger itting next to UncI" O NE ~ lImm c r ni ght a round the old barrel " A curiou s o td Un cle El air paused to re· light hi s pip. El air jumped up, aying: . stove .a t the CO Ull try tore thp COll ver. rooch look a fan • " Well, folks, a ll hands Iwgan to fi gure ". ot so fast, Unc. Y Oll told us that wen­ satlOll drifted to hip ~' rn a, ts. A logg('r cy fo my olorm where we'd tow her to and it wn~ g('ncrally s pn '~ tref'S coulrl 11 0 / Ill' used for s hip ~ ' turned to Uncle Elair: clack ... agreed that it would hr th " Azores. This masts." meant a fat s li ce of sa h'age for Faeh, for " Well , sir," replied Uncle Elai r, grinning. "Say, Unc, about that Swensen fellow wh en you climh a salvage gravy train , " You can heave me over the side for shark you told us about who drifted on a life rafl brother, yo u ride Pullman. poi son if I said Swensen's trees. I said 1ll~0 the Sargas 0 Sea and found enough " It was like Old 1I 0me \I rek on board all S w e n se n' ~ island trees. To Swensen's w('ed rl!'lftwood to build hiR own i. land-would th at day and the nex t. lJ olI'ever, when it patch had noated lo ~s of all kin dJ';- ev ry· hI s trees be tall enough for ship, ' masts?" fro m one direction, then sw in g arou nrl and was tli sro\'ered th at th" tow lin(' ha d parted thing from tooth pi cks to a nag· pole. It . "Well," answerr d Uncle Ela ir, "a few of bl ow ~ )ar k like bats of th e same place. T tpll rlurin g th t,> ni ~ ht it li as Old lIome week in wo ul dn't surpri e mf' if th e sc hooner skip· hI s Cocoanut and royal palm would be tall you, zt was a relief when it let up and rever c. We askrd th r. Old ]\fan if he was per found his own masts anrl boom. had go in g back to pick her up. Ooated there ! enough .but they wouldn't be stron /!: enough green seas quit raking us fore lind aft. - too pIthy. None of Swen. en's island trees " 'No, men,' he replied, tryi ng to kl"e p a "So that' how we missed th e salvage could be used for masts. Blow me down "One morning I Il ad taken advantage of stern face. He expla in ed a bout Swensen's gra\'y train," said Uncle Elair. y ~)Un g feller, th a t remind. me of an expe: the calm and T was topside " atchin/!; the Island, and added: 'The "'ch oo ner, ahem, "Just a minute," said the logger skep· n ence, of whi ch I'd he pl eased to tell y~ u ­ first streak of dawn pread ahO I' the rast. quite a coin C'i rl enrl'. hroke loo,c on th e edge ti cally. " I've been thinkin'-how could tho f' If you 11 heave in on your spring lines." e r~ horizon. The smell of hrewing ('olT,.f' of wensen's wced patch. I'm not going cockroaches gnaw that tow· rope? They don't dTlfted up from helow and its tangy odor back there and rL k foulin g this new ship have teeth !" Uncle lit hi s pipe and commenced. "AII in that tangle of j unk.' Uncle Elair chuckled. " Well, bl ow me too Soon after lea"ing that good old H made me remember the old orth Atl an ti,' "We dashed aft and examined the tow down, th at reminds me of the time ..." T. l?nd shi p T found that th e high cost ~1 con\'oys. Coffee on those Ion/!; night ",atehl's ropc. To all appearances it had parted. But There was a crapi ng of feet and a pushing II VIll I( had thrown th e ca rgo hooks i; to the h ~ d heen the one hright spot in th e dismal 11' (' saw dozens of ('orkroaches from that haek of chairs. "Oh, you've gotla go? Well, ('rthnts of my " nlle!. So T s hipp ~ d on one pl r ture as hlar ked·out ships skulkpd phan. ;;r·hoo ner swarming a ll ol'er th f' linl' . So , e next lime T get to ya min' I'll tplI YO ll ~lip~. ose new·fan/!:Ied high pre$sure C- l tom·like th rough th l" rlarkness. ne\'cr kn l"w if ollr Old ]\[an go t a ClIt, or abollt it. " " ~udd e nl y th e lookout on th e how shout. T "On going aboard alm a t th e first person ~ d: Submarine on th e tarboard bow!' Sj'd wa~ the second assistant engineer I'd Missing Seamen's Bureau sal. e \~Jth on the old Hog Tslan der. r "Well, sir, heing at the time not entirely asked hIm how he liked the h' h ol'er my case of shell·shoc k hi cry sure dirl By Shirley Wessel Sawaska ship 'I d ' l'k . Ig ·pre, ure · . on t l oe It,' he replied 'Th' h' th row my upper ri ggin g into a fo/!: bank. has roaches and II ' . IS 5 Ip · illy.' ley ve go t me worrierl On('1" al(sin my war expf'Ti ence nash(' d hI" OES an individual look the part my father. Could you help me." "Is for me like mo\'ie shot. D he plays in ' liIe'F, scheme of he dead or alive? I'm eating my heart · "Why roac Ile ?". r as· k·e d. " They're noth. "The second engin eer thumped me on thing ? In other words, do you look out with worry." All of whi cb means d~ ~ to get gray over. Only on three occasions th e back. 'What's th e matter, pal ?' hI' like the job you work at? Apparent. the same. " I've lost someone very nea r f cock: oaches e\,er worry me. On ce when asked. 'You're shi" ering.' ly I do. and dear to me. Won't you help ?" a. ter eatlllg half a loaf of raisin bread I ~I sc o ve r e d th ey "'('ren't raisins. An other "'Where's that SlIb ?' I a ked The commuters' express was travel· The Mi ssing Seamen's Bureau does tIme wh en T pulled on my hip bo t "'Sub, nothing,' he retorted. 'The loo kout in g fast and the train lurched from help and we have been instrumental in hefore I saw that they had shipped 0 : made a mL take. See for yourself. Now that side to sid e in its eagerness to arrive brin ~ in g gladness to many and peare n ew. Then there was the time a curiou .~ h e's closer, it', nothing but 8 schoon er on time. Occupying an end seat - of mind to others. T:d/da ~ h dtook a fancy to my al arm clock. with her masts gone.' I n t o me any good when word got facin g the rear. I observed an elderly When a seaman has been away from 8ro?nd th at I had christened him Arch , "We steam ed closer to the schoon er and woman cauti ou ly making her way loved ones and his native haunts fo r wh ICh was th e name of my Chief En ~ in ee r:': shot her a line. Her crew, however, madc down the aisle, and th rou gh th e last a long period, and our many investi· "The serond replied, 'Dow n below we no move to attach a tow line. In fa ct, th ev two cars, at the arne time peering gations prove of little help, we add hi thr w our line over the si de. . hal'e gadgets . 0 deli ca te that if a big roach inL O a sea of fa ces. A she reLurn ed, name to the Missin g Seamen Bulletin . "'What's th e idea?' demanded our Ol d were to run over 'em or get inside 'em it her face howed si1!ns of an xiety and The Bulletin is published qllarlerly ~v ould be, Bingo ! The ship would stop. Or M ~,n , hi amplified voi ce booming out. and is po ted on bulletin boards If on e of em ever got into the cl(lck works The schooner skipper shook hi s fist great con cern. of the automati c romhustion hoard there Tt occurred to me she had lost some· throughout the world in all pl ace, would he fireworks.' 'Listen you buzzard,' he houted. 'T:II I ~': here and rot afore I'll allow a stinkin' g r eas~. thin g. A she neared wh ere I sat. her where seamen con gregate. · " ~ell , . ir," Unr Elair continued, "it pot to give us a line ~ o that yo u steam ('r m('n face broke into a wreath of smiles. We find the Bulletin a 1!ood source dldn t. t a k ~ us long to load our cargo. Thm;e electriC wlll ches did the job right quick can claim my ship for salvage !' She bent for ward sli 1!htl y and said_ so for discovering what has happened to and ' ~e cleared gulf ports for Manchester. "The schooner skipper's barrage ur prised r alone could hear, "You know, I've a seafarer. Here are a few inLerestin g In spzte of the Second's worries the ship our Old l\'lan but after considering the mat. lost my husband." discoveries. steamed along same as the old Lakers and ter he had a hoat lowered and he boarded There are hundreds of anxious rela· On January 1, 1951 we listed Ted. Hogs, only faster. the .schooner. We could see th e two ca ptains tives and friends who say much the age 70, birthplace, New York. Ted "We did, however, have bad luck in reo !~a"lll g a hot argum ent on th e poop deck. same thing in the , arne confidential was last heard from in 1921, thi rty ~a rd to weather. Gale foll owed gale. First ] hen suddenly th e hooner skipper said It would blow like the millta il of Hade manner. "My so n's been mi ing for years ago. A life in. urance company something and th e two went below. 6 twenty.five years." " I've never seen was seeking his whereabouts. A few 7 ]lvL ?rWu:JumL ?11.aJli.J&... proud that it serves uch gallant men. "/ find it comforting to 'Work When ships are tied up, seamen know with such teammates." that the Institute Credit Bureau wi ll tide them over. It offer dccent lodg­ -Vice-Admiral C. T. Joy, in'" and good meals at moderate co l­ U.S.N. and it re realional faci litie~ nltra't thou and of mariner when a!'. hore Far East Command belween job. Its Chaplains provide co unsel, its Clinics help i k and con · ERCHANT eamell are vilal to valescent men on th e road back to M America', trade and ommerce good healtb. It. choo.l train menJor ill peace-time. higher ratin~". lLs Llhrary prOVides In war· time they do the hores thal books. must be done, wi thout fanfare or To maintain its numerous free glory- bringing suppli e and men to service the ln~titute depends on the shore of ballle, and tragically 1)oluntary contribution -. evacualing troops and civi lian ' when lL. building on f\ew York' ~ \~ aler­ ne 'es ary. fronl is a bulwark a{:!:ainst Commu· When Victory ships (built to carry nism, and a posilive ar~umen t again~t only 62 people, in cluding pas engers th o e , ho would destroy our Amen­ and crew) evacuated thousands of can way of life. ALL SERVICES are Korean re[ugees from Hungnam to avai lable to ALL ACTIVE '\,IF:R· Pn an under the deafening screech of Communi t hell s, the Far Ea t aval CHANT SEAMEI WITHOUT RE­ "I remember seeing that fellow an board my last ship ..." Commander, Vice Admiral C. T. Joy GARD TO RELIGIO T, POLITlC , month- later we received a lelter from of mind i a relief born of eouraae commended the Captains 0:£ the e car­ FI A CIAL STATeS OR SEA a club in Seattle. "We are to face life's problem. " seamen'~ "'0 hips: RATI TG. happy to l~o:m you that Ted. li ted Cesar dropped out of sight in 1935. " I n the successful deployment We hope YOl.. wi ll lend a hand and ?n your MIs mg Seamen Bulletin, i. Several years ago, we had inquiries of ground lorce and civilians from help upport the work done by thi" In the best of health. and can be coming from Pari, France, Wash­ orthea t Korea your initialive lnstilute in behalf of the men who reache.d at ~he Iollowll1~ addre , ." ington, D. C. and Tew York. The file~ and your enthusiastic and prompt carry cargoes and pas enger an.d :red will recel~ r e mon~y due him on?n grew fat with correspondence but with response to all demands indicate troops, and exemplify our democratlc Insurance polIcy of hIS mother, SadIe. little about Cesar. During our search that your organi zation i at its pr,inciples in the !'.eaports 01 the world. The following might be called a and many investigaLions, we con­ best when the chips are down. The Plea e send contribution-* to the "peace of mind" case. Worry and con- tinued to adverti e for Ce ar on the merchant mariners who performed EAME 'S CH RCH 1 TSTIT TE cern caused by not knowing whether Ii ing Seamen Bull etin. Then one for you did .0 silently, bUl their OF EW YORK, 25 South Slre l. a loved one is dead or alive is proh. fine day Jast pring an impres. ive air accompli shment peaks loudly. I Jew York 4" . Y . "(tax-exempt ably the mo. t gnawing kind of tor- mail arrived from Port au Prince, find it comforting to ,ork with ment. When this torment become. Haiti, West Indie . It was from Cesar. uch teammates." 1t has been sen in g merchant seamen ince impo ible to bear any longer, then Born in Paris, it aid, and gave the The Seamen' Church lnslitute l84-+. the desire to know the truth become. year. The letter co ntinued about being prevalent. "I hope you find him alive tranded in King ton. Jamaica durin" but if he's in jailor dead I must kno" 1935. How he joined the French Army for peace of mind." and was di charged in 19,10 and how he made his home in Port au Prince. We advertised for Ce it thirty· Cesar saw his name on the Bulletin eight, for almost two year . Then' a whi le visiting the American Legation. letler from Vera Cruz. ~1exico arri\'ed His letter made U 0 very happy, t~ llin g us of Cecil's tragic death, "Ac· You see, Cesar was left a large estate C1dentally drowned." The memoran· in Paris, France and we were eager dum included uflicient detailed infor· to tell him about it. The conclu ion of mati on in reference to the ubject for Ce ar's letter gave u. that spark to u to make po itive identifi ·ation. We carryon. "With many thanks and ad­ CREWS OF VICTORY SHIPS - ON THE JOB - IN PEACE AND WAR much. prefer a happier ending, but miration for your efTicien 'y." We like " Victory Ships, C- ' -2.3.4 cargo vessels, and t,onker~ ca~ried 80 °/~, of the supplies needed for United Nations Arm.es.n Korea. knowlllg the truth and a quiet peace to call it inspiration. 9 8 pre erved intart; as ore omc of the original Thomas CapPlIC(';O, l"ls reston' '] th(' inlerior Donald McKay blu prints. to some semblmw,- (lr ror",,' " ~pl'·llIlt'r. Il l' A reccnt \ i, it 10 the IeKay home tad, i to be congratulated for h;,. work"Hl",h; l' By Edmund Moran in the hadow oC East So tOil Iligh School, and perse' erance. turned back the pages of time. Thi edifice, most famous man in ova Scotia, THE now a tradition-ohrouded landmark, It was awe-inspiring to pare the gleam­ , was, no doubt, Donald McKay. stand ~ ' B. on an elevated gra -covered terrace; facing ing, polbhetl floors of the parlor and the rhe JJnmortal de igner of ClipPf'r hips on David TIoITman quare (formerly Mon­ .','as I)orn on the hank of the .Iordan Rivf'r, o\'ul dining room, "hm,c wide iJoards hud mouth . quare I. lts present owner, ]\Jr. known Iltl' Ir<:ad of ]\[r. \[r-Kuy, hrothpr 10 helhoume County, o\"a cOlin. Thp. hi~ date of his hirth was Septemh('r 4th, I1l10. Lau("hlan and Iradillg ~hipl11lli>tt'rs of a In the mall hipyards nearby, the vouthful <;cntury ago. The private study und draft­ 110nald gained his first knowledO"e of in" room are stiIJ prc ened intact. Within wooden-ship-huilding. M th~ e very walls, the world's finest sailing . .omine; to America, as a young man <;raft had originated. tl~IS enterprising "Down EaRter" f'stnhlif;ll('(i hlll1self a, a shipwright; lat('r no a hull­ The study rool11 is a mel' CO for ship-Io\cr ', desl~n('r. Tn the early Eighteen-forties, !T. a ~hrine for a legion of admirers; even in i\frKay ~ ame to historic" old East Bo,ton, these days of •. team and teel." A long Ih n an Island. lie opened hi all n shipyard life to thi ' rclic of the di tant pa 't, th.e at t~e lower end of Border Street, betlVee~ '"Birthplace of the Clippers." Lo~g may 11 While and Eutaw t r('el . From hi$ talented stand, to di play to thi marhllle-ridden ha~ds many tall-sparred, clean-liner! Packet generation Ihe ruggell oC bygone days . hips sprang inlO heing. .The sto~ied "Clipper Ship Era" began Who know \, hat gho~t~ may \ isit this wllh the (hseovery of gold, in California, in grand "old-timl'r" on languorou~ Summer th~ ye~r ] 849. Pa sage in a swift ailing ni"hts "hen gt·ntle 7.('phyr_ "hispt:r along ship, Vla stormy Cape Horn, provided the signer ("ould ee his own building Mocks, at th ~ sh'ore and the harbor lights shimmer III the foot oC the ri e. best access to thi. teeming El Dorado in th e rippling starlit waters! the West. Merrhants and prosper·tors ('l~m­ Dllring his long and su "{"e!'sflll carper ored for spf'edier sailing craft tn tra"el in. ;rr. \J cK~y IJU ilt 31 Clipper Ships, 1 ~ Conlemporary huilders felt that. in tht" I ar'ket hiP, 16 Traders, 2 Sloop. of War, Packet hip, th limit in spcf'd had heen l Sleam VesseL and sl'veral s~hoont'rs . His reached. Fortunatf'ly, \T r. '\I<-Kay did nOl superh, Ea. t Bo. ton huilt square-riggers car­ agree with them. ried the American Flag to th far ports (CU)1/illlltd 'rom Page 5) .erts tracts, a.nd sets adfirifJ The Ea t Bo ton hip-builder eaj::erly ac­ of the globe. Thc~ e speedy merrhantmen relig~ous the~ Hoaxes no an inspiratIOn to erflng seamen" ho n cepted the. challenge. Tn the year 1!l50, the made ~plendid passages. Their ~ailing rec­ ~1c.Kay Shipyard launch d it first Clipper ords will stand until time is no morf'. Their o busine s i ' without its ~hare vi prac­ them to mend their ways. ShIp, the Slaglrolind. lofty full-rigj::erl ship ~aga is now a legend, on th~ glnrir u.; P8" 1" tical jokers. Orea. iona Ily bottle papers are One lightly ec entric tanker. ("apt~in of 1,534 tons, he measured 209 feet in of ~ailing - hip history. received which bear sUl'h mcs;,ages a "Ship regularly plying the orth AtlantiC to ed Tall raking masts and wide-. pread­ sinkin"! 11 -lp!" They are readily recog­ over a bottle mC" . • age each day. l~l .the bottl.e ~englh. The invention of the steam enp:ine and yard towered into the East noston sky­ nized ~s spuriou because the ship' po ition he would al 0 include an adllltlOnal cblt I~g the advent of the ocean-going teamship ltne. Her ":Jodel was rc\'olutionary. othing u uaIly plots atop a mountain or many giving the name, addre s, and phone num­ ~pened t~ e end of the "Clipper Ship Era" as sharp, l~ the bape of a sailing craft, mile inland. ber of a young lady in a large En. toast had ever e.-xued. Actually, the craft wa. the tn. !'menca_ In th decade following tht' city. Proper presentation of the ciut "ould CIVi l War, the Clippers became ob olel!'. The Hydrographic OfTice received a bottle p:ototype of all fcKay's Clippers. Her mag­ introduce the bearer to the young lady. Prevalent world conditions demanded a paller from a man in WiS('onsin "ho claimed nificent appearance and the rapidity of her hurden which the whi te-winged racer~ of he found it on the hore of Lakc Minnetonka Messages to the Warld p~ssage p~t the de_igner at thC:' very top of in hi home tate. That, in ilself, eemed hiS profes Ion. t!le pa.t. could never carry. European na­ tion built huge, iron-hulled, , ailing mer­ rf'asonable, hut upon closer examination it A devout shipmaster always includes in A few months later, constru("tion began chantmen. The maller, wooden-hulled Clip­ II a - found that the bottle had been throll n the bottle the followinl; message: "F?f God on the now-famou clipper Flying Cloud. per had made her la t, dramatic stand. She o\erboard in the Gulf of Mexico. It just "-;0 loved the loved that He gave HI~ only Tn the yea: 1.853, the huge Great Republi(' could not compete against the iron giant­ couldn't ha\'e drifted up the j\(is.~issippi begotten on that "hoe\er finds tIll and left her bulldmg stocks; slid gracefully into believeth in lIim ·hould not peflsh but have f's.~es on one hand and the thrash of the and it tribUlaries, made portage, etc., and the harbor waters. Thi, giante , wa 334 screw on the other. jumped into the lake. Perhap the mis­ t:verlasting Ii fe." feel long.. ~he tonnage waR 4,55.3, being the chievous pelkan has a hohby of transporting There must be hundreds of bottles bear- In June oC the year 1875, the 1cKay largest atl!~g croft yet built. she wa~ re­ driCt bottles. Who knows? ing me age drifting on thc ocean of the garded aR McKoy's Masterpiece." Unlikl' Sh ipyard re-conditioned the stately schooner sorts of strange request are frequent­ world at this very moment. 'Who can tell her rr.edecessors, the Clipper Greal Republic yacht America, a famolJs "flyer." This All ly included in the letters that fon' ard the what outstanding news they might carry'? was ngged a a four rna ted hark. She wa~ achievement marked the end of;\f r. McKay's bottle papers. One naive fellow in faraway During and after World War I, many bottle towed from Bo ton to ew York. On tIle eve profes IOnal career. R tiring soon afterward, message set adrift by shipwrecked seamen of her sailing day, the ("010s5al el caught he mo\ed his family to Newburyport, l\1a~Sll­ New Zealand asked for information on a "f'_ method of dispo al of ambergris, that fabu­ were delivered by the sea to all parts of afire: burned to the water's edge. Under ('husetts. He departed Ihis life on September the world. It is reasonable to think that a vastly reduced rig, ~he displayed phenom­ ~O, 1880. Donald B. -IrKay has gained Im­ lou ly valuable ingredient of the most ex­ pensive perfumes. He wrote that during his many more su·h me sages were entru_ ted enal speed. mortality. His name tand forever embla­ to the sea during World War II, not only All available ~ecord . show that the McKay zoned on the proud e cutcheon of Sail. frequent hikes along the beaches, he often found large quantities of the uhstance. by eamen IJut also by airmen shot down by l-!0use, a palatIal wooden man ion at 80 Tragically, not one of McKay's Clippers the enemy_ Probably, as time goes. on, some The Hydrographic Office ha a competitor ~llIte Street, wa completed in the early i preserved for posterity. Those not lost or of the e "letters" will be duly dell\ered by Elght~en.fiftie . Thi dwelling stood on the shipwrecked have \ani hed into the hands in the bottle paper busine . He i. a worthy the sea, perhaps bringing news of the fate preacher on the We t Coa t of the United Summit of th" hi~hest hilI, on old oddle of hip-breaker. To reclaim their copper of sons, busbands, and fathers who went to r land. From iL' window., the rna ler-de- fnstelllngs, they were destroyed by fire. tates who collects "dead soldiers" from the tra h can in back of the saloon~. He in- war and did not return. Reprifl/.d from Eall 8 01l0n Tim.s orne of the builders' model, happily. are 1 1 10 Last of the Grain Fleet Are Reprieved By Eric Thompson THE MAN DOWN BELOW WATERFRONT eagoing poet, Eric Thomp on,known A seaman hauls lines, he -crapes and he chip_ II "Chip" because he i a carpenter's Th is i a place that is pa rt of .the se.a­ At the rust that's fore' er corroding on ships, mutt: on the RM.S. Queen Mary, re. And the ships comjng, the Illps gOll1g­ But a man in the blac·k gang live in the dirt. cently spoke on th · radio program And the old exoti c mystery- lie wears no dean ti e, half the time wear "Luncheon lit Sardi's (Station \VOR). II And tang of alt-and ea ind blowing. no hirt, He had u book of his poem publi hed The sturdy ancient II harves-and that near But he weats and he groans, seldom gripes in England in 1942 and he is now at And vital of the sea bringing work on an autobiography. His writ­ tl~Tob and whine, ings received first encouragement when Dreams-and a song for a lad to hear But he keeps the steam nowing through all he won a cont '5t sponsored by the When the fog's dark and the IJ ell's ringing. tht:: lines. Seafarer' Education Service of Eng­ And strange cargoes from port nlln~ wide nd the man on the de('k is important, we lund. Several of hi s . tories have been Acoross the world- and the sky burnll1g know published in THE LOOKOUT: "Sur­ Where tar of dawn shall ebb \\ itb the But you can't do II ithout the man down vivor" (February '51) and "Th.. tide- II iow. Master" (June '51). He i married, And the har h cry of a gull' yearning. No\\' the purser's important, "a big shot," has one child, and his great love ib sailing ship. This is a place that is part of m they say "It', easy to tagnate going to ea," Oh 100e of mine forever knowing For he !igurps out ways to deduct from Eric told THE LOOKOUT editor, "su Surge of the . ea wind - strength of tIll' our pay. I ,·owed I would improve my mind Ly ea- S" he's reall} a uig shot and that we all know writing poem and stories, and by reud­ And the ship com ing- the hip going! But the gllY in the engi ne room makes tht' ing books about hips by Villier and By CATIIf: RINE PARMENTEIl ~hip go. " , . I t all the otber good sea writers." F, o", F.P.A.'I " Th. CO'JIII1IR T.II·"," 19 36 ]'\0\\ the tewaru is "Hot Stuff, he s ng I One of the grein rece ships, the Perme, Good luck, and good sailing, Eric! on the beam. e feur-mested berque, hes ended her deys NIGHT HARBOR He's the be,t cu t of roust I,t'ef and double et see, but the Pemir end Posset heve e new ROM the final ignominy of th e i.·(· crt,am lease on life. breaker's yard, it i gratifying to Dark water ('u rls between the l"ru.~ t ed pile.~ \nd he's really "Hot ' tulT," ht:'s right on F Where weary yawls came rockmg home I:!:DITOR'S OTE: learn that the two famou old wind­ the beam across These ship were built in Germany ships, the Pamir and Passat, have The tumbling green tin ged bright "ith un- But the boy in th boiler room keeps ul' in the early 1900' as part of the "P" been reprieved. set gold .. . the steam. nd no\\ rub noses In thell· harbOTlnp; stall. The master shoots tars and the mate IlIlle. Line for the Guano trade. Other were The two ship were recently to 1\ ed A lantern mounts and move along the wharf the un, the lJadua, th e Pamir, lJanang and from England to be sold to an Ant­ Where waft of tar and fi h and sodden \lood ~ . hile the boys in tht' hlack gang make the Pommern. werp firm for crap, but the We t Drift through the darkness and the gho tly ship run. A recent leller from Charlie M:iller, German Government, in earch of creak . .... h ,\ nd all tho-e on top are needed we knoll', former bosun on Count Lu ckner's training ships for German sailor Of hawsers can ue heard, lIke plallltJ~ ' e Sl~ s. But you can't do withollt the man down Then through th t" mi ted gloom men S vOIces yaeht, Mopelia, now living in Ger­ cadets, purcha ed the two ve els, so below. Ooat .. many, also tells new of the Pamir and endowing them with a further lease nd fall aWII)", and someone "ghts a Pille ubmitted uy D Tell Passat, which ha\'e no\\' arrived at on their proud old lives. nd clambers lip a ladder, and the door ('1'11 f: rA DOWN BELOW) Lubeck, Germany. Capl. G. Herman The Pamir, a four-masted steel Of night is .. Iosed, and all is still IIguin. Prom S .. Puerto Rico Advocate will command the Pall1ir and will take barque o{ some 3,091 ton, figured in AnTl1 UR STRINGER PUblished by Crew (Bull Line) Nell' }'Q,k Ti"",. ,1I"f4"h 2. 1 9~t 60-80 cadet of the German 'Ierchant recent years in being the last ship to \Im·.in e. M. D. C. carry a cargo of grain to England. It SEAMAN'S WIFE is pleasing to learn that her 327 feet THE GREAT BUCCANEER 1 have never really known the sea, . length will once again grace the scene That bind. you II ith . urh stron~ compellll1 f.( By Philip Lindsay in an era of team and oil-driven spell. . Wilfrid funk, Inc., New York, 1951, $3.50 co unterparts. Yet when I have you home \\Ith m" 1n this carefully prepared hi torical ac­ 1 [eel I know the a too well. count o[ the life and doings of Sir Henry It isundersLood that the two ships When in your arms, I [eel its ubtle strength, Morgan, Philip Lind ay has gathered to­ will be taken to Hamburg, where it That bends the will of men and slllP.s. gether a rna. of romantic fi ction as well as is hoped they will carryon the tradi­ But in the splendor of the star-fire I1Ights, of provable farts al out the great buccaneer I find it on your tend r lip . "ho managed to ga in him elf a Briti h title tion and perpetuation of the square­ 1 know it grandeur from yOllr ·oft-told and the govern hip of the i land of Jamaica. riggers, in a gloriou old-age of peace tales, I' . Mr. Lind~ay carefully sorts fiction from fact and prosperity. or breaker' roar, and .eagul ~ ('m·R. and, while giving Morgan credit for realJy Training youth for a maritime vo­ ollletimes it angered soul 1 ee, great general hip, evaluates the man also In flashing tempe 't in your eyes. 8. a prince o[ scoundrels, utterly without cation will be a filling end to so state­ You will again return too soon, int grity c'·en in his dealing with hi own ly a career; a fitting epitaph might 1 cannot hold you. You are free: . ~oll~n~ers. The story i calmly, interestingly, well be the words of John Ruskin: Yet ever you will find me, \\(lIl1n~ h >re, JudICIOusly told, not a a romantic tale but "Every noble life leaves the fibre of it When you 'Ollle home. Come back to me. as a valuable con tribution to hi tory. Interwoven furever in the work of the By C. A LLll\ 1:1 L.'\EN WM. L. MILLER world." 12 13 DUTCH LINER "RUYNDAM" ARRIVES IN NEW YORK ON MAIDEN VOYAGE The Holland-America Line'· lI ell esl passenger ship, Ru.yndam. arriv'd ill New York on July 25th with 845 passengers. Commanded by Capt. Folkert Dobbinga, the aray and white vessel olTers luxury accommodati ons al modesl prices, wi th tourist pas-engers having the run of the ship . All public room.; and cabins are air·conditioned. The unu ual appearance of the liner's "airplane wi ng" ~lack caused Tlluch comment among seafarers. Made of aluminum, the stack is designed to keep smoke and soot off the decks. orne of the Rayndam's nell found lime \ hil e in port to visit the et he l" land Seamen' I-lome (club e-tabli 'hed in 1941 on the third Aoor of lhe Seamen' Church J nSlilule) , \ here they renewed friendships wi th shi pr:lalc., on other Dulch ve el

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