The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-19

architects, however, favor a patent al
10y of aluminium as material for the
hull OF a fast racing yacht. small
boat built in England Of this material
was raced in Belgium last season and
found to be equal to any steel boat in
point of stability at about half the
weight.
Charles z. Nicholson, who is to build
the new Shamrock, however, does not
favor 1T. so 1t is not likely to be used
in Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger.
AS to silk sails, English yaehtsmen
believe they sag too much and that
what the American defender will be
supplied with is really union silk"
which is largely cotton. The sails of
the Shamrock " will be made by the
firm that makes the sails for all the
best English yachts. The cloth used
by this firm is specially woven for
them and is not supplied to anybody
else.
No Sympathetic Strikes.
Syndicalism, which plays such a
large part in the trade unionism OF
continental Europe has made little or
no progress in Great Britain. In fact,
some of the strongest trade union or
CARNATIONS in this country have de-
clared against II.
union, the executive of which decided
against a sympathetic strike, another
phrase for syndicalisn, in connection
with the Dublin strike. Some of the
members of the union went out on
strike in England sooner than handle
tainted goods" from Dublin, but they
found no support from the officers OF
the organization and were therefore
compelled to return to work. The bus
drivers and conductors Of London in |
their newly signed agreement with the |
owners have taken a similar attitude |
toward the sympathetic strike, and one |
of the clauses of the agreement ex-
pressly states that the companies are
not to be affected by disputes with
with which they have no d. ,
rect concern. This is considered as
big a victory for the companies as is |
the recognition of the unions for the |
men.
These decisions are a setback to |
those who advocate general strikes to |
secure redress for the workmen'S
grievances. The mems experience OF
this means of getting what they con- |
slider their rights has not been a very |
happy one in England, for the sympa- |
thetic striker very seldom gets any |
return for his self enforced fdleness.
Some of the leaders, including Philip |
Snowden. the Socialist, have even gone
so far as to say that the strike does
not benefit the worker. With both |
sides organized, and all the money on
one side, the strike is oftener than not |
a failure.
1t is estimated that nearly $50, 000, 900 |
Is spent on golf in the United King |
dom every year, and that of this huge |
sum only a little less than half, or |
$12 500 900 goes to the caddies.
The estimate has been made by a |
well known golf specialist, who after |
q careful census has placed the number |
Of players in the country at roughly /
$50, 900. Three-quarters of a million /
players pay on an average $25 a year
each in club subscriptions, or a total |
Of Sc, $50, 900, which added to $250,000 |
for green fees, $s,250.oO0 for golf balls,
s625,000 for clubs and the amount
which it is calculated the caddies col
ect, makes the total mentioned. The
estimate gives one ball a week to each
player, at a cost of so cents each.
Each golfers expenses are placed at
Z trif1e over 800 a year on the game
alone, his railway fares or other means
If reaching the links. and of course
what he loses on his games, not being
Sir Herbert Tree, the actor manager,
has been telling the public OF some of
The plays out of which he might have
made fortunes, which however went to
other managers after he had refused
hem
Speaking at a farewell luncheon to
brother actor. Sir Herbert said that
lad he produced five plays which had
been offered TO him, but which he re-
used, he would be a rich man These
,lays, Peter Pan, KisTnit, Diplomacy,
The Prisoner Of Zenda, and If I Were
King, all equally successful.
TIL truth was, Sir Herbert said, no
ne was infal1ible. The greater ones
experience, the more one knew that
he merit of the play as a commercial
actor could only be gagged in front
f the public