Show 1 A New Se Sea Race i c 0 4 pride is is not the hc husky crowing NATIONAL thing it II used to be Am American American- rican shipping tes are laying vast vast- pl pI plans ns for building sp speedy e c Iy y o ocean em lh liners r rs to e the crean of he trans fans passenger trade trade but but the average American an no doubt doesn't give a wh whoop bp whether U they ey succeed or i Jl ii not t t. t Since th the time lime of the Civil war war- warwe we Iha have ve not c cared red ve verv verv- v much wh what l' l happens the o ocean ean Nevertheless to a man man who knows lus I American history ry and takes akes pr pride e in the old traditions there is something unusually interesting inter inter- esting ii iii the plans of these shippers Designs have been drawn drawl for Jor two mighty mighty- I liners which th the e Stat States s tin Lines hope wilt will give them predominance nce in the trans trans Atlantic i b business siness c H- H These ships wilt will be bis as large larg as the Levia Levia- hati but bilt will ii ha have c slimmer r lines and wilt will b be m much ich faster They will win be able to cross the Atlantic in iii less time than any any other coin coin- com commercial mercial ships afloat and they will cost upwards Lip up up upwards wards of S ap apiece cec f. f Building ships nowadays is ks s n not t the same game it was seventy-five seventy years ago But But- the i is the American ship shipbuilders aim is speed is same sam builders blinders once were in a fair wa way v to dominate t the worlds world's shipping hipping because because- of the the amazi amazing ig s speed eed of the vessels they they- designed cs now aft after three quarters three three-qu f ers Q of a century it it- is fascinating to fa o see them th m making the thc same sanie attempt in the same Saine way But seventy five ye years rs is a long time and the he contrast between the toe swift clippers clippers' s' s that at were launched just before the Civil war and and- the enormous nor lin hin r that that- a are e now being de designed signed the emphasizes the changes hans s' s th that t the passage pas ps sage of that that- length of lof time time- has brought t. The old clippers clipper that could show their sterns to anything afloat were wooden ves yes sels They had extremely long long- and slender bulls hulls Carrying capacity comfort sometimes tin es even safety sacrificed to speed I For FortI tI these ese ese- clippers cranky vessels Is The man who had one one ne in his char charge e had to a teat real seaman eaman 1 1 They They- could glide along closer loser t to the wind than any ny other ships ships- on the o. o ocean ocea ean but let a flaw in 11 the air catch them aback and were were apt as not to lo star stark s sailing backwards backwards back- back Awards wards 1 They were vere delicate instruments b beautiful beau beau- u- u a as all precise and specialized things are re beautiful and while th they y the they ruled th the s seas as v c Today's ships are ate also to be slim and speedy but there the resemblance nce ceases H. H How Hw w are you to compare C a ton 2000 Q O tori clipper er I ship leaning l over ver ben beneath a cloud of white I canvas with a ton on steamship knifing its ifs way through the thc waves with a steel p oo and following its cou course s with a ser serene lle- lle dis dis- of the w wind nd It cannot be done The two to vessels vessel belong in different indifferent worlds Yet the speedy liners no now being designed are lre n nevertheless Ilie lineal d descendants of th thi Flying Cloud and Sovereign rei n of the Seas They are arc ar reviving the old tradition n. n Who WI o that has h s an eye f for r the great of our naJi nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na Ji tion's n yo youth th can cart help hoping that these new new st steamers ain cs rs will be be- suc successful |