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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1914 PAGE5
13,000 T. I. Blueiackets Give Blood

News of the Week
No column written for WAVES
would be complete without some
mention of the recent legislation
which will affect all women inter-
ested in overseas duty. The bill per-
mitting WAVES and SPARS to
serve outside the United States on
a volunteer basis was signed by
President Roosevelt September
28th. Their service, however, will be
limited to Hawaii, Alaska and Navy
bases in this hemisphere. Details
will be coming through by way of
official Navy channels, so be think-
ing it over, girls. To go or not to
go, that is the question.
"Waltzing Matilda"
There were a good many charm-
ing and beautiful "Matildas" seen
waltzing to the' strains of the T. I.
Swing Band at the Gym on Satur-
day, September 30th when the third
All-Station dance was held. Every
WA VE .who attended had a grand
time, perhaps the orchids and gar-
denias had something to do with
it, and those who missed it had
better arrange their social calen-
dar so that the next one will find
them sharing in the fun. These days
to find a dance floor as large as
the Gym is as rare as a box of
Kleenex.
Across the Courts
... AND THEY ENJOY IT-Top view shows nurse Avis Ponting tak-
ing temperature and pulse of man about to donate at the San Francisco Information on the results of
Blood Donor Center. After giving blood and before putting on their those of us who represented Treas-
jumpers the men seen at bottom are served coffee and doughnuts by ure Island in the district play-offs
(YI rs. Frank Hutchinson, canteen hostess.
at U. of Cal. la.st Sunday is noth-
ing but good. We gave you the
got away from the burning oil and probable entrants last week and
Armed Guard made off toward the shore. But from those names the following of- PRETTY BLUE-EYED LOUISE HERBERT, telephone operator at
Heads Blood could he make _it? He felt awfully ficers and enlisted women really did Portland, Ore., joins the ranks of "The Masthead's Girl Back Home"
featurette. Miss Herbert is the girl back home for Jack Phillips, SoM2c
weak. Lifting his head for a mo- us proud.
Donors' List ment he saw a dark shape loom up M. Fry, SK2c fro'.m Armed Guard, of the Destroyer Pool Educational Office. Jack has been in the Navy for
28 months. Following the war he hopes to continue his education in music.
in the night. It was a barge, and will return for the singles semi-
(Continued from page 1) in a few m·inutes he was lifted finals on Sunday, October 7th, at Officers' Courtesy officers.
the port side. Those holds were full aboard, badly burned but alive. At 0900. Ens. Robertson and L. Funke, Probably the most utilized serv-
of gasoline and oil. He yelled to the field hospital Art Taylor was Ylc, teamed to defeat the doubles Bureau Operated by ice of the bureau is its information
his men, above the din: "Abandon given 49 transfusions of blood teams of Mare Island and Alameda desks. At each one is an always
ship! All men off!" The metal plasma. and were thus entitled to enter the Red Cross in S. F. expanding book, alphabetized and
cross indexed, containing facts to
drums of gasoline and oil blew into When Art Tayior returned to the semi-finals where they played a Only agency of its kind operated answer every conceivable type of
th~ air, with one shattering explo- "States," and found that there was beautiful game, but were defeated by the Red Cross in the United question. Checked monthly for ac-
sion after another. Already burned, a Red Cro·ss Blood Donor Center by the San Francisco headquarters
in San Francisco, near where he duo. Ens. Kerr, Ens. Macheter and States, the Officers' Courtesy Bu- curacy, the book is. in constant use
was stationed at Treasure Island, Ens. DuCoty played some hard and reau of the San Francisco Chapter, answering queries on local restau-
he came in to begin repaying the fast tennis, and on the whole the provides information, hospitality rants, stores, schools, transporta-
plasma he had received. "I know girls from T. I. deserve our ap- and courtesy services td officers of tion facilities and hundreds of other
what it did for me, and I'm not plause for turning in a good job. all the Allied Nations through its subjects, many unusual.
going to let any guy out there go facilities located in five major
They Said We Never Would
without plasma if I can help it," When WAVES first came to the hotels in the city. DesKs are main-
said Taylor as he registered with island there were a good many tained at the Hotel Fairmont, Hotel
Mark Hopkins, and Sir Francis Operational
one of the Gray Ladies at the Cen- skeptics who said that when it
ter. (Taylor had to be refused, Drake Hotel, while additional fa-
came to recreational activities we Training School
however, since he had malaria, had forgotten the word coopera- cilities are located at the Palace
which automatically makes a po- tion. This news is printed especially Hotel and the Hotel St. Francis. Commander H. E. Stone, accom-
tential donor ineligible. Red Cross hostesses at any of the panied by Lt. A. o. Davidson, at-
for them. The bowling tournament,
started last week, is now being run hotels are prepared to do shopping, tended a conference at San Pedro
A sailor on leave applied to the off in five leagues. These leagues make appointments, contact last week. Lt. (jg) M. E. Beacom
friends, secure housing information,
ration board for some extra gaso- consist of approximately twenty- attend to laundry and mending, recently returned from a trip to
line coupons. "What kind of car six teams with six girls to a team. take messages, arrange entertain- Seattle where she visited the Visual
have you?" the clerk asked. If your mental arithmetic is good ment, forward mail, arrange guest Aids Department at the Pre-Com-
''.'Oh, I have no car," replied the you will be able to figure it out for cards at clubs and secure home missioning Training Center there.
sailor, "but I find it easier to get yourself, but we will add that thir- town papers as a convenience to J . Zebrowski, BMlc, was sent to
Receives 49 Transfusions hitches when I wave a few cou- teen activities are represented. That . the Treasure Island Hospital last
Art ran along the deck until he pons." is a turn-out to be proud of. Nice fun-packed hours on the bay. · week with a broken leg and ankle.
came to a place where he could go going! Confidentially, the only thing Zebrowski, one of the instructors
over the side. And then he dove-- Much of the great opera Lucia di The "One That Got Away" they almost caught was a crab, in the Deck School, fell from a
dove into the flaming sea, with oily Lammermoor was written immedi-- Fresh sunburns and wild tales which they shamefacedly admit got platform while demonstrating the
smoke and bright, burning sparks. ately after the Italian composer, about the "one that got away" were away before they could haul it in. use of the lead line. His lower limb
He swam until his lungs were burst- Donizetti, had beaten his wife. He the result of last Sunday's fishing Better luck next time, and try big- was broken in three places. We hope
ing. He began to tire. He couldn't claimed to be at his musical peak trip. Picking a beautiful day, forty ger bait. We could certainly enjoy he is soon recovered and returned
even feel the burns now. Finally he following such interludes. WAVES left at 1100 and spent six a crab louis. to duty.

WILBUR
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