Word: purser
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...designed, and partially illustrated by me. Previous to WPA I owned a half interest in a Florida zoo since deleted by the Depression; served on expeditions of the New York Zoological Society to the Galapagos, Cuba, the Okefenokee Swamp;* worked between trips as a hardware salesman, ship's purser; wrote and published scientific articles and a children's book-Strange Animals and Their Ways. Appeared in 5th edition of American Men of Science at 25, just-published 6th edition bringing biography up to date...
...Manhattan, one hot evening last week, Joe Charlton, 31, and his wife Claire, of San Marcos, Calif., boarded the Comet, night boat to Providence, R. I. Going through Hell Gate Channel in the East River, the purser told them there were no more staterooms. Mr. Charlton demanded the captain turn back. Captain Pendelton demurred. Mr. Charlton took off his hat. coat and shoes. "Come on, Claire," he shouted, jumped overboard, struck out for shore through treacherous currents where many a man has drowned. Impressed, Captain Pendelton ordered the Comet pulled up at North Brother Island, let Mrs. Charlton off, telephoned...
With nothing else to do, they began to fight. The purser said the captain was trying to wreck the boat. A steward fought the cook because "we had canned pears too often." The captain said the chief engineer had stolen 20 barrels of white lead. The captain's wife refused to come to dinner. The captain chased a passenger from the pantry because she was helping the assistant cook dry the dishes. A passenger announced she would pay $500 to have the captain beaten up. The assistant cook discovered she was pregnant and headed upriver by dog team...
...Francisco to Yokohama and Oriental ports with general cargo and one passenger. In all, there are 41 souls aboard, that is if those damn fools who go to sea can have souls. . . . Should this be picked up by a boy contemplating a sea career, let him ... go into the purser's department of an American company. After a surprising short time, by tattling on the ships' officers for breaches of decorum ... he will be moved into the main office as an assistant something or other to one of the 978 vice presidents. . . . Bless those others on these seas...
...maximum money's worth for the admission charge of six francs (25?). Smart U. S. citizens just landed from the French Line's Normandie, jampacked last week the Exposition's small, select Restaurant La Normandie. whose manager is the ship's Associate Purser John Henry. Smartest large restaurant is Le Roi George with two orchestras and Maitre d'Hotel Albert of Maxim's. Swankly atop the Pavilion d'Elegance perches the Ritz-Hotel-managed Club des Oiseaux (Birds' Club...