The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-08-14
EASTERN SHORE TOWN
GETS UNUSUAL HONOR
Crisfield Is SecOnd port Oh Clearance
In The Word In The Report VI
The Seamen'S Church Institute or
America.

New York Liverpool, Hamburg,
Marsellles, Genoa, Melbourne ana
Yokohama. are leIt to battle for hfst
hOnorS, and the rank OF the Seconu
port i'll the world IS given to CHS
held, Md. on Chesapeake Bay, thirty
miles south west OF Salisbury, III
the report of the Seamen's Chufch
institute OF America which VIII De
presented to the General convention
of the Episcopal Church at Portland
Ore, September q. There are quail
tications to Crisiield honors, however
1t is the second largest port IN the
world in the number OF boats of ali
sizes entering and clearing it. Crls-
field is the great oyster port. The
succulent bivalye. is brought in there
in every conceivable kind of craft
from the neighboring oyster beds:
and thereafter shipped out to all
quarters of the globe. The Seamens
Church Institute is asking the Gen
eral Convention Of the Church lot
support in establishing one of its
branches there in the near future.
All the romance OF the sea is
evoked by this report. The Seamen's
Church Institute is the vertlble port
of Missing Men. With seven auto
momous Institutes York, New
orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco
Los Angeles, Newport, Port Arthur.
Texas 1t has branches in Norfolk
Va, Havana, Tampa and Manila, T.
|. and affiliated organizations IN d
score of Atlantic Pacific, Gulf and
Lake ports, and connections ana
ramifications throughout the seven
seas. These Institutes are the sail
orman's haven and port OF call,
where he can get his mail, have bath
read a book, see a movie, get medical
treatment, sleep in decent bed, Sc
cure "a fef1ewar'of his passport. safely
deposit his money, attend church, II
: he wahts-to,- havU his fine paid II ne
gets into trouble, get balled, out I'M
der similar circumstances, Hnd Jop,
have his letters written Every
known want of the men who go down
to the sea in ships as looked out for
by the Seamen's Church Institutes.
In addition it is not less a friend
Of the families and connections OF
the sailors to the uttermost parts OF
the earth A FAMILY in Melbourne,
Australia locates in st. Johns New
foundland, a sailor boy who has been
missing for five years; tar in ok
ahama gets in touch with his long
lost brother in Gloucester, Mass.
through the agency of one of the in
stitutes 1t is III touch with the port
authorities in every land and has the
hearty cooperation of the shipping
and consular authorities in every
nation An idea OF the work done
by the Institutes is given in this re-
port referring to the main branch in
New York. Says the report:
THE Seamen's Church Institute
is practically a town within build
ing, containing church; complete
hotel, with lodgings, restaurant soda
fountain, news stand, barber shop,
and etc: a club, with Libraries, read
ing and game rooms, shower baths,
andetc; school, with navigation,
marine engineering; radio and other
features, a general store, or "Slop
Chest" savings bank, a Post Office,
an employment bureau, a newspaper
a theatre, a United States Health
Bureau, an express Office and dun
mage department.
The extent of the activities in this
New York Institute, which reflects
the activities in every similar insti-
tute, is shown in a few statistics for
the past year, as for instance; Lodg-
ings registered, 264 I'll, total meals
served, 533, 405; mail pieces received
19S,444; pieces of baggage handled,
47,532 deposits made in savings
bank, 9,046; total deposits of sailors
on hand, 744, 869.34; total attend
ance at religious services and enter
tainments, 53 .971, men signed up for
ships, 1906; sick patients visited
293,237, and SO on. There is also
this interesting note which lets in a
food of light on the habits of Jack
: ashore since prohibition went into
force: during the year the fountain
in the hall at the Institute sold ATT
COS ice cream sOdas.
The Institute is. supported by the
General Church, supplemented by
private gifts and requests, and oil
course there is revenue derived
from the various activities III which
it engages. For illustration, of the
total income last year of $463 $3.50
the revenue from these activities was