Word: sailors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with a crew of 52. Two days later lake steamers sighted empty life boats, mattresses, the upper part of a ship's cabin. They picked up bodies strapped in lifebelts stenciled S. S. Milwaukee. Then they found the body of the Milwaukee's captain, Robert McKay, lake sailor for 35 years...
...Provincetown, Mass., the Mary A., schooner, sailed away on a fishing trip. Soon she hove back in sight, drifted near her dock while a sailor heaved a black cat over the side. Then, rid of the omen, she sailed away again...
Died. Arthur S. Allen Jr., 22, Senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, owner and sailor of the sailboat in which Artist Rockwell Kent and party were wrecked this summer off Greenland (TIME, June 24); at Tarrytown, N. Y. Alighting from a bus, he was run down by an automobile...
...When a sailor can tell a passenger 'your life boat is to the right' or 'to the left,' as the case may be, it will be a long step toward preventing the likelihood of panic. Moreover, when a man knows how to swim he is much less likely to be scared out of his wits when a ship is in danger." Declaring that his own Lloyd Sabaudo Line had at once begun to teach their crews English and aquatics, Dr. Serrati intimated that all the major Italian carriers would at once follow suit. "Our crews...
Dances. The Highland Fling, the Irish Jig, Sailor's Hornpipe and the Sword Dance were among the dances. Dancers were judged for ease and grace, correct costume, expressive "hauling" and "heaving." The sword dancer, who dances over a naked sword crossing its sheath, must not touch either, but must dance fast, with abandon. Best-Dressed Highlander. He must own his clothes. His shoes must be low-cut brogues without buckles. The kilt must be made of his clan tartan, worn plain, no bows, no ribbons. The sporran (bag) must be of mottled leather or fur. If fur, the animal must...