VOL. XXVIII NO. 10 SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK TH IS ~ lOl\ TIr s CO\'EI{ is ntitled: "TllE \\'lllSTLE 13 L \\'5." and i" reproduced by tilt.: kind permi"ioll of the l;nite<! . 'tates Line. It symbolizes the moment of dcparlur<.:-the S.S. :\1 anhattan, fiag,hip of thc Line is about to ail. The Lookout \ Yi itor' ahure, gangplank raist.:d, la,t hather hauled in . \Yay uut ~n the dock string­ piece ;,lands till: marine ,uperintl'ndl'llt, Captain Schuylcr F. CU1ll ings. Beside him a man holds up a rl·d Rag oi warning. Captain LU1lling,; look' up and down the VOL. XXVIII OCTOBER, 1937 No. 10 river and whcn all i, clear, he ordl'r, the man tu rai,c a white Rag. From the bridge of tlle Manhattan, hn :\i;btl'r, clIl11pany CUIll1ll(Jclorl' . \. B. Hanliall, ,;ec' that white fl ag, ,ignab thrllugh thc "tl'icgral'h" to thl" cngine r()lIlll. and Ix'gins til blow the ship'" whistl c. It blm" incc';'i1lllly warning Ilthn era it to kel' )) clear while the ,hip back, an.. t~ t1J~ aL 1JuL ]Juud:h.JL slowly out intu the riyl'f ..\ itl'!" ,he ha, "lung 11<.'1' ,tLl'n ulhtreal11, thL: whitle stops and the tugs gi,'c hl'!" tht.: final push intu the o)len channel. T hu ' the bl ,!>t of thc The Ways and Means COlllmittee takes plea me in announcing that whistle is a noi"y but md ul cI il11ax tu ,aili ng day. plans have been completed for the In titute's Annual Fall Theatre Benefit to be held on THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28th At the Empire Theatre 40th Street and Broadway We have purchased the entire theatre for V OL. XXVIIT, SEPTEMBER, 1937 Mr. GUTHRIE McCLINTIC'S production of PUBLISHED MONTHLY by the MAXWELL ANDERSON'S new play: SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK '1luL $falL -WarpHL " 25 SOUTH ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. Telephone BOwling Green 9·2710 starring Burgess Meredith and Lillian Gish CLARENCE G. MICHALIS featuring Mildred Natwick and Russell Collins President FRANK T . WARBURTON Here are the comments of ew York's lead- Secretary' Treasurer ing dramatic cri,tics: REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY Superintendent BROOKS ATKINSON: "Expertly staged. bcauti- MARJORIE DENT CANDEI! New York Times fu lly acted. What absorbs Editor, THE LOOKOUT an audience i: the power Entered as second class matter July 111'. Anderson has to create vital characters. 8, 1925, at }(ew Yor~, )(. y" under the act of March 3, 1879. write li\"ely scenes and S"bscriptio" RatlS scribble robu-t conversa­ One Dollar Annually tions." Single Copies, Ten Cents RJCITAR~ VIr ATIS, JR. : "It ha cenes of delicacy Gil.. to the Inltitute of $5 .00 IUld over include a year'. .ub.criptiOb to N. Y. H era/d-Triblll/e and hUlllor and genuinely "Th. Lookout." touching romanticism." A ddress all co,"m,,"icatioKs to J OHN" MASON BROWN: "Burges Meredith again SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE N. Y. Post shows him elf to be the OF NEW YORK most interesting young 25 South Street actor in our theatre. 11 iss Gish gives the best, most fully-rounded performance of her career." Orchestr~ S e ~ts are $ I 2.50 (first five rows) LEGACIES TO THE INSTITUTE $10.00 (6th. 12th rows) Incl. You are asked to remember this Institute in your wil l, thot it $ 7.50 (13th· 14th rows) " $ 5.00 (15th· 18th rows I may properly corry on its important work for seomen. While it is Balcony Seats are $ 7.50 (first rowl odvisoble to consult your lawyer as to the drawing of your will. we $ 5.00 (2nd·5t h rows) Incl. $ 3.30 (6th-9th rows I " submit nevertheless the following as a clause that may be used: Boxes $ 5.00 each (six in Box) I give and bequeath to "Seamen's Church Institute Of New Ticket will be assigned as re en'ations are received. Please make checks York," incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, payable to the SEA:\IEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF ~EW YORK locoted ot 25 South Street, New York City, the sum of... ............. _._._.- and mail to the Benefit Committee, 25 South Street, ?\ ew York, K. Y. ..................... ................................................Dollars. We are counting on your usual loya) and generous support . Note that the words "Of New York" are 0 port of our title. a Si:JuuupL OIlAAlll 2\ E 1110r~ling a ~trange little 0 sCjuare-ngged bng docked in the East Riyer at the foot of Wall Street, Pier 10, offering a pictur­ HE latest recruit to the gallant matics to little more than adding e que contrast to the sea-plane at T band of small-boat adventurers and !>ubtracting. These tables are of the adjoining ba ·e. wllich includes Captain Josiah Slo­ immense valtl' to small-boat sailors. In the Institute lobbies groups of cum, \\ illiam A. Robinson, Erling '()lIlewhere on the Pacific, accord­ younger seamen gathered around 'Iambs .. \ lain Gerbaul t. .\ larin-Marie, ing to latest reports, Harry Pidgeon old-timers to discuss the little briO'. Captain J Ohl1 Voss, and others, i a 60-yea r old mariner, is cruising lip in the Merchant :'IIarine School Hugh Smith, age 4-\-, of Idaho. He in a 34-foot yawl. e\'eral years Captain Robert Huntington wa~ has maps, charts, plans all made­ ago he came to thc Public Library kept busy answering questions 0 f everything, in fact, except the at San Pedro, Lo:; Angeles Harbor, cad ts and t udents. where\\'ithal for provisions, an and asked for a book on how to She lool~ed like a painted ship auxiliary motor, and a few other build a boat. He built the boat and upon a pam ted ocean. Less than nccessities. sailed it around the world. It took thirty feet in length, she is not He came into the Institute's Con­ him almo't four years. Last Fall regi tereel at Lloyd's. On her stern rad Library and asked for a book a trio of adventurers sailed in a was painted "ISaBEL III. Johnson called ,. :'IIidget Magellans" by Eric schooner from a 1\ ew Jersey port I !e: :\ r(1." On her prow was a Devine, which told of some of the on a globe-girdling cruise. They I1lIllJature figurehead of a woman, JJl hi youth. sailed on square-rig­ alllazing voyages made by modern were Fred \Y. Boardman, Charles decorated with gi lt paint. An . m ri­ gers. \ year ago, he and Coert du \ ikings. lIe spent a couple of days A. Powell and :'IIort R. Miller. can flag flew from her gaff. and on Bois built the "ISaBEL II." al 0 a reading the book, made a few note. \\ illiam A. Robinson, who. when her foretops'l-strangest siO'ht of all brig, with thirteen sai ls, and with . b and then said to the Librarian: last heard from. was in Tahiti, made -was palilted a Black Ball. Per- the ensignia of the Black Ball Line ''I'lIl going to make a \'oyage in a a world trip a few years ago in the haps some descendant of the owners on her foretops'l. A year previous small boat, too, an eighteen-footer. 32-foot ketch. "Svaap" with a one of the famous Black Ball line of they built the "ISaBEL 1." All three I expect to leavt: vcry oon . All my man cre\\', Etera. a Tahitian pearl­ packets and clippers had painted her of these brigs ail mostly in Che a­ plan, are made. For II e in cmer­ di \·er. One oft he 1110St famous foretops'l in this fashion. She car­ peake Bay and ha\'e Johnson Isle gcncics T intend to carry an 18-24 smGll-hoat navigator is Alain Ger­ ried thirteen tiny sails. On her fore­ as their home port. They have an horse power 1110tOr. I'm an experi­ bault, who wa awarded the French mast was a foresail so small it ingeniou method for 10werinO' the . b enced navigator. I've sail ed a 32 Cross of the Legion of Honor for might have been used as a pocket ~pper a1ls, which can be dropped foot ketch on the Pacific." his ",orIel voyage in the 39-foot handkerchief; a foretops'l; and a l~ a few seconds by releasing a "\"by do you "vant to undertake "Firecre t." He is now sailing topgallants'!. On her mainmast was sll1glc halyard on each mast. The such a voyage ?" . omeone asked among the South Sea island . Erling a mainyard; a main top 'I; a main running rigging is so designed as to JTugh Smith. His sea-blue eye lit Tambs. a 0Jorweg:an journali. t, al'o topgallants'l and a main royal 5'1. be manoeuvered by one man alone. up as he replied, with a smile: "Be­ made a \vorld-totJr in a small boat The water was calm-not a breeze The Black Ball painted on her cause I enjoy sailing alone. I enjoy with his wife and t\\·o babies aboard was stirring-and none of the sail s foretops'l sent curious ones to the adventure and I enjoy danger." the 40-foot pilot boat, "Teddy." She were furled. She carried an out­ Institute's Joseph Conrad Library That's reason enough. ",as wrecked on the rocks off ew board motor. mark of the new day. hunting through old marine books Scattered over thc se\'en seas at Zealand. hut all were re cued.