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He unlocks a door, climbs up a spiral staircase, passes through another door and walks along the bridge to the chart room. Prom there he can look out on New York harbor, at the tugs that wander up and down, at the dirty freighters swinging st anchor, at the graceful nassenger liners passing In; or else he can turn about and raze at the Singer building and the Woolworth Tower. The Skyscraper Ship. It will be seen by this that Captain Huntington's command is no ordinary ship. He does not have to worry about anchorages, for he is always at anchor. He has no fears for storms, for his craft is always still. He does not have to worry his owners for spanking new canvas, for the wind never fills his sails. He has no fears of seasickness or of being run into, for his bridge and his courthouse and his quarter deck are the top floor of a New York skyscraper. On paper, Captain Huntington's command is put down as "Navigation and Marine Engineering School," but letter-heads are ever unimaginate. The anchorage is given as 25 South street, and if you go there you will find it to be the Seamen's Church Institute, for the school that Statue to Cement A Trans-Atlantic Friendship FRANCE'S GIFT TO AMERICA WEE CONTRIBUTOR TO "AMERICA'S GIFT TO AMERICA" GIFT ON Y'f m. ?. America's Gift to France Frederick MacMonnies at Work on Preliminary Model of Statue Statue This little Miss America toddled far to the United States Sub Treasury in New York - to exchange a nickel for five bright pennies to contribute to "America's Gift to France." Her enthusiasm won her a visit to the coin room of Uncle Sam's strong box, where she is shown surrounded by approximately $350,000 worth of coin, the estimated cost of the Marne. Thousands of American to be Erected on the Marne— Above: Night Photograph of Liberty En- school children are contributing to the World, Given to the United States by the People of their mites toward the erection of France. Thirty-Five Years Ago—In Circle is Official Collector's Button, of this colossal memorial. The wealthiest financiers of the country stepped aside for the young philanthropists of the kindergartens and public schools in America, when, during the days from March 22 to March 27, the youngsters of the nation provided the greater part of a fund for one of the world's colossal masterpieces. The coppers and nickels and dunes of the urchins in the slums, of the lads on the corner ball lot and of the boys and girls in every sort of school are going to form the foundation for "America's Gift to France," a statue to be carved by Frederick MacMonnies, presented to France in commemoration of the first battle of the Marne, and raised on a site selected by Foch and J. Offre on the famous French river. Captain Huntington conducts an activity of the Episcopal Church, which runs the institute, also. Years ago, the school was conducted as a private enterprise, but it failed and passed into the hands of the Y.M.C.A. Again it was unsuccessful and the Seamen's Church Institute took it over and installed it on the top floor of its building, and if you go there, you will find young men, whose faces are burned by sea water and whose hands are calloused from bending lines, leaning over calculations in the art of navigation that will one day bring them in command of vessels. Since June 1, 1916, when it came under the control of the Seamen's Church Institute, the Navigation and Marine Engineering School has been making its way, surely and successfully. But it is proposed to make it of even greater service than it has been and through the Nation-Wide Campaign of the Episcopal Church it is hoped to add to its equipment and thereby increase its efficiency; for the Nation-Wide campaign is an effort to enlarge the activities of the church. Other Ports to Adopt Scheme. In common with other communions that have been inspired by a great war to enlarge their activities, the Episeopal Church is now making a survey of its resources and needs, the men of the aea are not to be the only beneficiaries of the Nation-Wide Circle is Official Collector 's Button, Contributions for "America's Gift to France" will be collected in this country just as sous and centimes and francs were gathered in France 35 years ago to pay for the great bronze goddess which now presides over the waters of the Atlantic sea board—/The Statue of Liberty En lightening the World, in New York harbor. It was the work of Fred erick A. Bartholdi, an Alsatian soup tor, who gave his heart and hand to the work, dying a poor artist in Paris. It was paid for by rann, worn en and children of the French re public. "America's Gift to France" will be a sister to the Statue of Liberty. It will be the return act of an inter national courtesy between republican governments. Representing every ^/Aj^VfLQQl ZW ^ Wdrtgéasb t i3 wtpo&f iaJtsen ié exac*ê/x* rm. e ioTàegp it GXâcà/y cm* Cota&e 'véaàK çûvesf&rwè practical Expe-rïeTLde Ças* orL>ï>o&rd Sriio Campaient of awakening to the prob lems of the after-the-war service. It ia hoped that there may be jçreat ex pansion in all the general missions of the Church. But the greatest emphasis is to be laid on the home field. Church leaders believe that the greatest effectiveness is obtained generally when specific problems which are at hand have been solved. And so from one end of the country to the other there is to be a rebuilding to the other there is to be a rebuilding on a more comprehensive plan of church activity than ever. One result will be that the Seamen's Church Institute scheme will be extended to all the important ports of the country. Doubtless Captain Huntington's idea will have its counterpart in some of the new institutions. The School Record. To the seaman, who might otherwise never gain the knowledge necessary to pass his examination for a navigator's license, the school comes as a welcome aid. Under the navigation laws a man must have two years' sea experience before he can take his examination, but many men have been at sea for years and even then failed to pass. At the school, however, the necessary training is given and a few weeks added to the two years' sea experience is all that is necessary in most cases for the applicant to qualify for his license. The following figures give an idea of the side and sentiment of American life, and sentiment of American life, the statue for the Marne will be paid for by coins rolling down from the crests of the Rockies, from the summits of the Blue Ridge and from the peaks of the Adirondacks. Children, who will outlive adults, are most interested in the perpetuation of this comradeship between two countries. Contributions in cash or checks are being received by Charles H. Sabin, treasurer "America's Gift to France," 15 Nassau street, New York City. Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor who is at work on the model for the statue, is giving his services free. It is estimated that $250,000 will be needed for the erection and transportation of the statue. The importance of the school: Total enrollment up to May 1, 2,477 Total number of men qualified by the school for licensed officers in the Merchant Marine Service and commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy 1,864 Total number of men who have taken the course in Navigation, Signalling and Gunnery and who were qualified for the service for non-commissioned ratings 1,123 Works Half Century on Lincoln Portrait for Senate Chamber Behind the recent purchase by the United States senate of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln to hang in the corridors of the senate chamber lies the story of unremitting patience and perseverance to obtain what to the artist's mind was near perfection. Freeman Thorp, 75 years old, received only $2,000 from the senate for the painting, but he is the happiest man in the United States for he feels that it's a great day of the supreme court and others who knew Lincoln, is full justification of his life's ambition. When just 17 years old, Thorp drew a pencil sketch of Lincoln. Three years later, while a soldier in the union army, Thorp got leave and went to Gettysburg for too sole purpose of drawing a picture of the president. He stood close to the president on this occasion and studied his face and succeeded in getting down on paper in a rough way, his conception of Lincoln. And then and there, Thorp conceived the idea of producing a masterpiece of Lincoln like Stuart's Washington. He set it as his goal in life. He had no schooling in art, but he set out to make himself a portrait painter. In 1871, Thorp says, senators who had been intimates of Lincoln cast about to get the best portrait that could be found of Lincoln. All the portraits in existence had been painted from photographs and the senators decided to wait for Thorp's portrait. A studio was provided for him on top of the capitol, and there for 20 years he worked. When his studio was torn down, in the course of improvements on the building, he was given the privilege of the floor of the house and senate so that he could talk with members who knew Lincoln. He painted portrait after portrait. He gathered copies of every Lincoln photograph in existence. He read and studied all his speeches and writing so that he would know the man and his character. All the while he was perfecting himself in the technique of his art. Discarded Unsatisfactory Pictures. Unlike many artists, Thorp had a rather practical turn of mind. He purchased a large tract of Minnesota land in the years when it cost little. As the state grew, it increased in value and gave him a competence. In summer, he lived on his Minnesota farm and studied Lincoln. In winter, he lived and worked on his drawings and paintings in Washington. Several times he finished a portrait of Lincoln, but always there was something about it that did not satisfy him. So he would start all over again. For a half century, he has done that. It has been a long job and the pay is wholly inadequate for the time and effort. But Thorp is not only content; he is happy. He has "landed" where many an artist would have been glad to pay well to get in. The Lincoln portrait is highly praised by some artists. It presents Lincoln in a different view from most pictures and paintings. The outstanding difference is that it shows Lincoln as a less solemn man than ordinarily portrayed. Thorp explains this by asserting that it depicts Lincoln with his face lighted up and animated as he talked with his friends—not solemn as a nutu posing. That is a pretty clear record. No one has failed. "Shooting the Sun." When you consider all that is done at the school, you can understand why no one should fail. Here in this room is a wheel, ingeniously mounted on a turn-table. Before the wheel is a compass. When the wheel is turned, the whole base moves; thus, as at sea, the ship cannot ever be kept on a "dead" course. Elsewhere, in other rooms, lectures in navigation and engineering are given, and FRESH AIR AND SUNLIGHT, INDOORS AND OUT, PALMER'S TONIC FOR GOOD HEALTH. Attorney General Palmer, head of the Department of Justice and prominent presidential possibility, although he does not scorn the automobile any more than he does the railway as a means of transportation, is a great walker. When he wants real physical diversion, which is often, he just takes to the street, follows it till it becomes a road, and keeps right on, over the hills and far away. It was his love for the outdoors. —not a wonderful player, who draws a crowd to see him play, but a good dependable performer who makes it ancient accidents. Prof. —What happened to Babylon? Fresh—It fell. Prof. —What happened to Tvre? Fresh—It was punctured.— The hell. Cloud (Minn) High School Mas cot. EVENING ALL. A suspicious-looking customer was boasting to a grocer of the cheapness of ten pounds of sugar he had bought at a rival shop. "Let me weigh the package," said the grocer. The other assented, and it was found two pounds short. The man looked perplexed for a moment, problem in seamanship are worked out and apart from "shooting the sun" on the bridge, the students twice a week go down the bay in a tender belonging to the Seamen's Church Institute and get instruction in streaming and reading the log, taking cross bearings, taking observations of the sun for longitude and finding deviation by compass, working out ship's position, boat drill, fire drill, and every conceivable problem of which they need have knowledge. While usually the students at the interesting for anyone who opposes him. Although the Attorney General insists it isn't necessary, Jimmy Gallagher, the Attorney General's bodyguard, always accompanies him to the links and over the course. So far as Jimmy knows, an anarchist may be hiding with a bomb in any ditch, or be camouflaged as a pile of straw, or something like that, he insists on following the little white ball wherever his chief may drive or its own whims may take it. The Attorney General isn't one of these fresh-air fiends, who freezes everybody in the office by day, and get up nights and break windows if they can't discover how to raise sentiment and then said: "I don't think he cheated me much, for while he was getting the sugar I pocketed two tins of condensed milk." — Edinburgh Scotsman. To tunnel beneath the English channel will require a tube 21½ miles long under sea. Total coinage of the United States from 1790 to 1515 amounted to 5,500,000,000. There has been no change in the pattern. Of the United States flag since July 4, 1912. School are men who have taken up the sea for a living, often rich men come to learn that they may qualify to navigate their own yachts. When the war was at its height, a farmer knocked at Captain Huntington's quarters and pushed a stipping youth in ahead of him. "How do you, mister," said the farmer. "I calculate as how you all used Hiram here to be captivating one of Uncle Sam's battleships." From Farm to Navy. Perhaps it was a piece of chewing that Captain Huntington nearly swallowed; at any rate, he coughed. And he said that Hiram might be pretty slick behind the plow, but he'd have to go to sea two years before he could try to steer one of Uncle Sam's big fighting ships. "See here, mister, you don't do that with me," retorted the farmer, thoroughly aroused. "I calculate I'm an American citizen and my Hiram's going to hitch up one of these yer supper-dreadnaughts or I'll see Congressman Simpkins down to Hog's Corners." Here was a problem, but Captain Huntington met it and at last Hiram's father left and Hiram enlisted in the naval reserve. Also, he took the course at the school and in time he became an ensign. Some day he may be able to show his father around a ship that he commands. Who will say then that the Episcopal Church is not qualified to tear navigation? With the aid of the Nation-Wide Campaign, the present school will be so enlarged as to be a valuable resource. A valuable factor in building up the new merchant marine that is to carry the American flag into ports all the seas. To all of them, nothing like that. He believes in fresh air, all right, both in life and in politics—fresh air and sunlight, indoors and out. But most of all, he believes in filling his lungs with ozone in the good old-fashioned way, by taking exercise in the open. Therefore, he is as unaffected by the deep breathing fad as he is by the ills of Lenine and Trotzky. Fresh air isn't a fad with him. It's a habit, just as liberality is something to be lived and to let others live, rather than something to talk about and deny to others. If Mitchell Palmer works hard, and those who work under him tell you fervently that he does, he plays the same way. The Attorney General always decides on his walking trips suddenly, unless the trip is one in which his little daughter Mary is to be his hiking partner. The latter trips are made by appointment, and when Mr. Palmer turns from his desk for these occasions, the other folks in the office know that he will meet Mary on her way home from school, and that they will be off to the country to see what wild flowers are out, or whether the thrush family built their nest in the same place this year as they did last. Sugar for a superannuated sylph. Maud—Miss Oldun thinks that hotel clerk just lovely. Ethel—Why so? Maud—He wrote opposite her name on the hotel register. —Pittsburgh Post. HIGH and low. Magistrate—Did I understand you to say that the parties used high Words? Police Witness—Their voices were pitchful father high, sir, but the words used were extremely low. — London Answers. 