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Show DOES NOVEL KNITTING WORK ; : .'::. til l: lll;iifiSlS!:v. Ipiiiilll :-.::v:; Xv.:.:::::'.':v:--. : . :y:;::'. Lncle Sam is training -i.uuu noys a month for service in the new merchant marine, the work being done on training train-ing ships operated by the United States shipping hoard. The apprentice lads on the ships show themselves apt in their new duties, and are keen to fill their leisure with some useful occupation. oc-cupation. Some of them, like the hoy shown here, have a talent for making drawn work and fringe on canvas for hammocks, mats, mahrope fittings, skylight covers nnd the like. This is the merchant sailor's "knitting work." |