Show I I SototSwi Bridge Work the A LONS waterfront a steamship they wilt tell you is only as good t man n s command on its Swnetttrt bridge The Mat-so- n liner Lurline which plies the year round between Honolulu and the alternate ports of San Francisco and Los Angeles has one of the best in the business His name is Gillespie though he is generally known (behind his back) as “Handsome Harold’ The captain of a vessel that caters primarily to vacationists has chores to perform far beyond thjs ordinary tour of duty He must be unfailingly gallant ready to explain the intricacies of maritime procedure to landlubbers who don’t know a barnacle from a bosn’s mate You should see Captain Gillespie — just promoted to Commodore— in action! When a lady bewildered by a demonstration of the radar system and other intricate installations on the bridge protests “What no Geiger counter on board?” he is ready with a “No madam they are used only bn steamers that sail the M edit uranium!" ine He parries the quiry “Why are all ships called she’?’ with a cheery “Because the rigging costs more than the yi shows his passengers how to scale their flowered leis into the sea as the ship rounds Diamond Head Tradition he tells them gravely dictates that if the lei floats ashore (which it invariably does) the tourist is destined to return to Hawaii another day TEZ CAPT ADI'S most troublesome passenger this year proved to be a timorous lady who boarded the Lurline in San Francisco a full three hours before sailing time then wandered unwittingly back across the gangplank into the waiting room on the pier She still believed she was aboard the ship when it started moving and waved happily to what she thought were the folks on shore Only when the Lurline swung abont and beaded for the Golden Gate did she realize her predicament Hysterical she was whisked out to the ship in a launch TEZ LAST STBAW A classic sea captain story concerns the day the English superliner often-mad- hull” He’s even learned not to wince if a sweet young thing announces she’s going “downstairs” instead of “below” or “to the front of the boat” instead of “forward” Harold has Rtrliamcnfs IYcmium Advanlag The filter certified for consistent and superior filtering efficiency by U S Testing Co Filter Mouthpiece that keeps the filter recessed away from your mouth A custom-mad- box— a A smart crush-proo- f itself in case cigarette m:t 4 snub-nose- e A superb blend of premium quality tobaccos specially selected for filtered smoking at its best "HAKSSCMZ EAKOLD" was not always the skipper of a great luxury liner He came up the hard way Before he signed with Matson 36 years ago he captained a d tug on the Columbia and tributary rivers in Oregon He stiU recalls ruefully the stormy day when it plowed deep into a mud bank Gillespie spurned outside assistance He finally dislodged it under its own steam amidst cheers of the onlookers but shot across the narrow channel with such force that it became mired in the mud on the opposite shore Every time the Lurline sails from Hawaii Cap’n Gillespie c recessed FILTER a way with tugs Majestic dropped anchor on a westward voyage to take passengers aboard at Cherbourg The impatient skipper made no effort to conceal his annoyance when the French tug attempting to come alongside in a choppy sea missed completely and had to make a wide circle for a second try Again the tug overshot the mark and went floundering off in a shower of spray The outraged English captain adzed Ids megaphone and bellowed to the Frenchman at this whed of the tender “Anchor your tug dammit ! FB bring the Majestic -f- OSCTTCEKF alongside!” This Mmfmmtt— — May IS IfSS |