The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-06
Interesting Phase Of "Back-to-
,the-Sea" Movement of Ma
tionaI Proportions.
TO CAN SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Photograph Records Of Sailors Songs
n chanteys-MovinQ Pictures
Showing the Daily Life
Of the Sailor.

In earlier times the yarn Of he
sailor home from seq was the medium
through which many shore-going folks
yisualized life on the ocean blue. 1t
was far more graphic than Il written
narrative. In consequence Jack was
always Il hero when he told the story
of his voyages.
Today, while the sailors story still
has it's charm, 1t has powerful mod
ern rivals in its appeal to the minds
and hearts of the landsmen back home.
Nowadays it Is not necessary for
sweethearts or wife to wait for Jacks
return to learn how his voyage is 20.
ing. The unseen waves of h radio
bring news of the distant ship from
the sea in the twinkling Of an eye.
Officials authorized to receive such
messages in wartime know from day
to day just where the ships they are
interested in are steaming. and how
they fare.
Under war conditions the public,
rerforce. has lacked such information,
but a more general diffusion OF ma
sine news has come with the lifting OF
the censor's ban on publication Of ship
movements.
In these times in fact l~andlubberS
may see counterfeit presentments OF
sea sights and hear sea sounds. very
near the real thing. without going far
from their own firesides. or If they
may not do so today, tile time is not
far off when they will, for 4 concert
ed effort is being made to bring home
TO the people an that may be canned
of the movement incident to sailors
life.
In this educational effort-for 1t is
luch. purely. undertaken from vari.
Gus angles by various people. but I'M
der authority Of the United States
shipping board, official sponsor for the
merchant marine-some novel effects
are being worked out. and no detail is
being omitted which would add to the
value of the finished product.
For example, in due time it may be
expected that sailors songs and Sail
ors' "chanteyS'-as ung in forecas-
Ties and ut tasks on deck when Jack
the merchant mariner was Il person.
age afloat and ashore. as he is getting
TO be again-will be reproduced in
the records of the family monograph.
"chanteys" for the Music Machine
Chantey singing is being revived in
The merchant marine, at least on the
training ships which are preparing
Young America, at the rate OF 4,OOO
lads q month. for service on our vast
new fleets, and under the
new order Of things it will be posi-.
BILE for Bangor, Me-. and Mesa, Ariz.
to hear in the same hour the actual
notes and phrases Of such famous
chanteys as shenandoah" Bound for
the Rio Grande" and BLOW the Man
Down. for the record may have them
hard and fast before spring flowers
bloom again.
Even the nautically classic songs OF
Charles Dipdin. the song-writer pal
excellence of the sailor, may not DC
counted too old. In spite Of their l5(
wears. to find a place beside CarusO
and CALI Curci in the family cabine1
of records.
Quite in keeping with the times. II
fact, will be the rolling chorus Of tina
noble sentiment to 1.-THE Lass VIII
Loved a Sailor"
But the standing toast that pleased Ii!
most
Was "The wind that blows and tn
ship that goes.
And the lass that loves a sailor"
Furthermore, II this suggestion .
salt is not enough. the landsmnl
whose nearest approach to visualizin!
the rolling of the sea has been con
temptation Of q Western wheat fell
or the rolling prairie billowing undo
summer sun. may look upon actua
movements of Jack. the merchant ma
riner, ut work and play by going n
nearer the sea than his own favOrit
movie theater.
Films are now made OF these sub
jects quite rs freely as OF the wild
riding bronchO buster, or the higl
salaried bad man Of the hills work
iag assiduously ION location" to 81
cure his desired effects. The only oil
ference is this-these effects are M
staged. but real.
The resulting films are q >ariou
sorts.e One recently completed shOwe
the work of the sailor on sailing ships
such as our grandfathers made thei
coin and reputation In, while buiidin
IN a national merchant marine. TIL
type Of ship has had a recrudescenc'
Or. as the camera man might say.
strong comeback, as a result OF tn
war.
Some OF the more venerable square
ringers have proven a find FOR tn
movie people. for they have provide
genuine "ntmosphere" for sure-sellin
picture stories Of genuine sen life.
Daily Life Of Sailors Shown.
--Gr %oncni1S on