The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-04

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\. ~ story in the first person plural?
Anna Az nav II in so doing he observes
40 utmost humility
mai will be easy. From the outset
, Inc .ss trp, begun in midday splendor
b,Uliant sunshine. huge billowy
"a and flashing water, to its close,
. .,'.rlng IN the darkening path OF the
.a a..sg suns projection of blood
rovs the reporter was reminded
.,,srtly of his abiect ignorance
I'VE accurate information about
,,,. seapIanes, beacons, and things
wv, ....,sed by every schoolboy Of the
" wtls boy on the boat sensed the
.~s,jon unerringly. Without perlude
',nproached the reporter and de-
naried: $3.50.
We did So
Emp"
yrrotted
gVssp your finger there and say 'em
,,.5 together" was the next order.
aEmptee" we obeyed, and stood con-
acted.
,sopt the things we saw on the way
i and at saufley Beach, and told well
,,8 accurately. But how can an In
,r5er be expected to get it in q day?
This one could't. The impressions
re too kaleidoscope. One accustom-
y all his life to Pensacola's marvels
I, bavs and bayous, islands, inlets and
,opts beacons, ships and--especial
,.aturs - oavorting airplanes, may
roY at Middle Western naivette.
psnsacollans may tend to discount en-
sy,Iastic acclaim Of what to them
"a eonmonplaces. All right: Go ahead
,,a scott and discount; we'll tell the
eor,' our own way.
We got aboard just behind the small
ssy he was a most blase youngster.
what he didn't know about Pensa-
,oh's waterfront wasn't worth know
Ing,
We entered into timid conversation
with him. He answered our questions
accurately, we are sure. But there is
Bttle doubt that the Darkness OF our
s,presslon fully justified his later
slccnct condemnation Of our mental
atSorpttveness.
There is square rigger. It's
bark" he informed, and pointing here
and there. those are fishing smacks,
tbsrss a four master sailing vessel.
Those away out there riding at anchor
,rs oil tankers. There are twenty OF
them.
aThis airplane zooming right upon
us Is a double pontooner; that one Is
single. There's one that carries five
men, and there's a student plane"
whats the Swan. the boat we are
OuT' we INQUIRED. The youngster con-
tsrtsd with the captain a moment;
then, with technical exactness "A gas
screw propeller"
Right here we left the boy. He was
becoming too technical. We left him
abruptly perhaps insultingly. He later
avenged himself, as has been related.
From here on we did our own look
Ing around,
We heard Mr.. Benny Cutters BAN
joIst stunning a chord from pos
ldon on the boat where we were not.
We strolled in that direction. Music
and dancing on the boat on the 2 p.
n trip over and on the 10 p. m. boat
back Rather classy, we thought.
As the boat cut easily through the
waters on its IL 1-2 mile trip to saul
ley the airplanes from the Naval AIT
station chaperoned us. One huge plane
aightsd on the waters so close by we
could see the features OF tho pilot
With a zipp the plane was up again
and on her graceful way.
We wandered from aft to the posi-
ton on the boat which Is Numerically
opposite TO aft,-forward, Is II? Near
BY was the captain at the wheel.
HIS name Is PARISH. r. Parish.
Re remarked that he guessed those
board the Swan last Sunday when
ne storm held the vessel in safe har-
'OF, but tncommunicado for twelve
tours between the beach and the city
weren't any the worse for their ex-
prsnce, because many Of the same
group were on the boat this very day.
10 explained that he could do nothing
sI's in good Judgment, than put the
0oat IN safe from the storm, much as
as regretted worrying the families of
nose on board. The occurrence was
aoI likely to recur in thousand trips.
Inc Swan, we noticed. is equipped
WIN most comfortable cushions on
ooIh decks. We were informed that
XVI persons could be carried on the
saot, She rode easily. Captain Parrish
We Should infer, possesses a level head
Sna took exactly the night course last
sunday in holding the boat in safety
'nul tho storm subsidized.
There were not zoo people aboard
y. ad we wondered why. THE fare
my cents for the round trip, including
1' entrance fee to the Beach--is rea-
enable without the Beach at the end
' the fifty minute trip there is ample
aGs - W
mere are other boats making the
~, ~ however. The Sister, a boat we
~ @anot describe because the small boy
-.4 see 1t while we were still per-
n. ~7 grata with him, makes the TRY
H.. alternate hours at the same rate,
s., u, ooes not allow within that fifty