Page 4. 
THE BLUE BONNET 
If U.S.S. Houston — 7-9-38 — 900. 
San Francisco Bridge 
(From Page 1.) 
The Golden Gate Bridge 
opened on 28 May, 1937, cost about 
$33,000,000 and is the longest single 
span being 4200 feet long. The towers 
for this suspension bridge are 746 ft. 
high and the deck of the bridge at 
the highest point is 200 ft. above the 
water level. There were 11 deaths 
during its construction. 
Rapidly taking shape on 
Treasure Island is the 1939 San Fran- 
cisco’s World Fair. Some of the build- 
ings are constructed and sight seeing 
parties are taken around the island. 
The island is wholly reclaimed land 
from the bay, 5520 feet long and 
3400 feet wide and 13 feet above 
sea level and required 20,000,000 cu- 
bic yards of earth. It will become San 
Francisco’s airport when the fair is 
over. 
The fair opens on 18 
February, 1939 and closes 2 December 
of the same year. It is the first inter- 
national exposition held at San Fran- 
cisco since 1915 when the completion 
of the Panama Canal was celebrated. 
O m ^ 
Answers to Questionaire 
On Page 1. 
1. A tapered piece of hard wood, 
usually about 3 inches in diameter 
at the large end and about 15 inches 
long. Used for splicing manila line. 
2. Another meaning besides the 
commission is one which is applied 
to marlinspike seamanship. It is a 
large fid used for splicing large ma- 
nila hawsers. 
3. A permanent fixed glass port in 
the deck, doors, or hatch covers for 
the purpose of lighting. 
4. A line with a thimble on one 
end. Used as a leader and steadier — 
a fair lead. 
5. A fitting on the forward side 
of the ship’s wildcats — prevents the 
anchor chain from fouling. 
6. An etched mark on the com- 
pass binnacle giving the ship’s head- 
ing — stationary with the ship’s head. 
Also a line used on a stage to prevent 
men from falling over the side — hence 
its name is derived from the fact that 
lubbers would be the only ones need- 
ing it. 
What To See 
(From Page 1.) 
steaming pots sit on the sidewalks 
and prepare the crabs before your 
eyes. Joe Di Maggio’s Cafe is one of 
the restaurants here which do a rush- 
ing business catering to the fish hun- 
gry public. 
Golden Gate Park — Take a street 
car or head your automobile out Ful- 
ton Street towards the ocean. Within 
the confines of this immense park is 
The Flieshacker Zoo with many A- 
merican animals, the aquarium stock- 
ed with American game fish, the De 
Young Memorial Museum on the north 
side of the park near 10th Avenue 
with paintings, sculpture, antiques, 
jewelry, coins, mosaics, furniture, mu- 
sical instruments, arms & armor, and 
natural history exhibits. The beaut- 
iful winding roads through the leafy 
trees and velvety lawns are a far 
cry from the sand dunes wich former- 
ly graced this area. People ridiculed 
the idea that trees or anything re- 
sembling a park could ever be con- 
structed. See for yourself the miracle. 
Seal Rocks — North of Golden Gate 
Park near Topsy’s Roost, along the 
ocean front. Seals bask on the rocks 
as they rest from swimming in the 
Pacific. 
These are only a few of 
the many attractions of this city, 
but it will give you a starter for see- 
ing San Francisco. 
I Don’t Get It 
When your heels hit hard, 
And your head feels queer, 
And your thoughts arise 
Like the froth on beer, 
When you sit around 
The whole night long, 
And laugh like hell 
At some damn fool song, 
You’re drunk, by God! 
You’re drunk! 
As Shakespeare once said, “Bow legs 
may not be few, but they certain- 
ly are far between.” 
© 0 © 
o 
That in the new 
building of the De- 
partment of the In- 
terior in Washing- 
ton, there are 1000 
electric clocks, 3681 
inside doors, and 20 
high-speed elevators. 
That in the city of New York 
there are more Germans than there 
are in Bremen, more Irish than in 
Dublin or Belfast, and more Italians 
than in Rome. Yet, the Jewish popula- 
tion is thirty percent of the total. 
That an old New Englander sea 
captain, Hancock Gregory, gave the 
modern doughnut its hole. The date 
of the great contribution was 1847. 
The Captain was a boy at the time. 
Watching his mother fry doughnuts, 
he noticed that the centers of the 
cakes were always doughy, so he sug- 
gested that this portion of the cake 
be eliminated before the cakes were 
cooked. Laughingly she followed the 
suggestion, and the result was so 
satisfactory that she never went back 
to the old way. Her method was cop- 
ied by others until it spread over the 
whole country. 
-^59 Ml 0m 
My Old Ford 
Of my old Ford everyone makes fun ; 
They say it was born in nineteen one, 
Maybe it was, but this I’ll bet, 
She’s good for many a long mile yet. 
The windshield’s gone ; the radiator leaks, 
The fan belt slips and the horse power squeaks, 
She shakes the screws and the nuts are all 
loose, 
But I get 40 miles on a gallon of juice ; 
When I can’t get gas I burn kerosene. 
And I have driven home on Paris green. 
She has a rattle in front and a grind in the 
rear, 
And a Chinese puzzle for a steering gear : 
Her coils are dead ; her plugs won’t fire, 
And her piston rings are baling wire. 
But in spite of this she pulls me through 
And that’s about all any car can do. 
When a woman is good, that’s beaut- 
iful. 
When a woman is beautiful, that’s 
good. 
But when a woman is good and beaut- 
iful, that’s a shame. 
With high-priced cars they give you tools, 
Some extra parts and a book of rules ; 
A few wire stretchers and a pair of shears 
Are all I have carried in 15 years. 
And if I live to see the day 
She falls to pieces like the one horse shay, 
If old Hank Ford stays in the game 
I’ll buy another by the same durn name. 
