The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

shifts and patroling four miles OF
coast to each man, must pass rigid
civil service and physical examina-
ton and are liable to be thrown out
of job at any time even if injured
while saving life, board and clothe
themselves-all for the munificent
wage of SOS per month. They get
no pension and if they are killed
their families are very lucky if they
get years pay. Truly there are
some features of this government that
Minnesota folks who never saw the
ocean are not acquainted with.
| Mr.. Peck's lecture was illustrated by
about $50 clear and interesting stere-
opticon views and several thousand
feet of moving picture films-beauti-
| full views of the sea, of the New
| England coast, of ship wrecks. OF
life-saving crews at work under most
| trying conditions. There was one
picture of crew of men that work
ed twenty-siX hours in storm to
save the lives of four shipwrecked
sailors-and the government present
ed them with a gold medal
Mr.. Peck stated that during the
last fifty years life-savers have res
cued 100000 souls and saved $780,
100000 worth of property. There
have been $4,000 disasters at sea dur
ing this period. Within the last thir-
ty years there have been LOO wrecks
off Cape Cod alone.
Views Were Realistic.
He stated that the world knew
but little of the noble deeds of the
men in the government life saving
service-they are written only on the
sands of the sea. Mr.. Peck showed
how the men live, giving views of
their stations, drill grounds, working
apparatus and boats. Motion pic
lures gave the audience excellent
ideas of how the men patrol the
beaches at night, signal to vessels
in distress, launch the life boats and
save souls. More realistic views
were shown of the ocean during, a
storm, and scenes along the New
England coast during rough weather
were greeted with hearty applause.
There were many pictures of ships
battling against the waves and
wind-all SO realistic that you could
easily imagine you were getting sea-
sick.
Has a Vein of Humor.
A vein of humor ran through the
lecture and cropped out now and
then on the screen as well as in the
lecture itself. "A man was shown
dreadfully seasick and hugging the
rail of an Atlantic liner. There were
many stories Of seasick people, in
Guiding one regarding a literary man
who stated that he used to contrib
ute to the Atlantic Monthly" but
now he was contributing to the At
lantic daily"
The concerts in the afternoon and
ers company proved genuine treats,
and last evening the concert ran
considerably over it's allotted time
owing to repeated encores from an
admiring audience. Edward Clarke,
baritone, rendered number of solos
that were far above the average,
and the instrumental numbers by
the other two members of the COM
pany were unusually good.
Great Wall of China.
This afternoon DR.. William E.
Cell gave his lecture, "The great
Wall of China" DR.. Cell is one of
the worlds foremost explorers. He
has travelled extensively in almost
every continent of the globe and all
the while with both eyes wide open.
He has crossed China five times.
He traversed the entire length of
the Great Wall. He visited the pig.
mics of Congoland and learned their
ways. He has witnessed the bar
barities of savagery. He has seen
man-eating cannibals roast human
flesh. He has had many hairbreadth
escapes from violence or death at
the hands of savages. Only his inn
mense size and strength saved him.
AS result of wide travel and
carefully noting important discover
les, DR.. Cell has the richest collec-
ton of travel lore of any human
being. And he has a happy and
clear cut way of presenting it on
the public platform that makes it
double delight to hear him.
The White Rose orchestra under
the direction of j. Howard Holt, is
a family of seven trained musicians.
This orchestra was a feature of the
afternoon and will give a concert
this evening.
Boston, July 12.-Never before has
any American city attracted so many
buyers of leather, footwear and al
lied products as are gathered in Bos.
ton today to take part in the OBJ