Show i 1 ISIT IS IT A SHIP MEMORIAL SERVICE 1 Maine is making preparations ns to celebrate at i 11 1 Bath a h the he tri tri- tri centenary t i centenary ry of f the year year when hen shipbuilding 1 ing mg lug began began in m Maine Mame It was vas a glorious record for i q quite it 2 00 5 0 y years a s. s No fast faster n nor r finer fine sh ships ps of the their r I modeled No fleeter ships of their kind were ever I. I r 1 kind ever ver sailed none non so o be beautiful a as the they were se e ever 11 launched They could the worlds world's naVIes navies navies' I- I hesso i n so sl-so gr graceful were never drawn b before fore devices to catch and put in n harness the winds d no no matter atter in in what wha 19 q direction they hey b blew ew were verG put in III practice there that lied had i d never been dreamed amed of since the galleys of Tyre i 3 be began gan to plough the SG seas s years ago I There the schooner which is no now the queen of 1 sail ships was invented and perfected te r. r Maine's Maines rai es e's ships i. i I I were were e e ever everywhere where re swiftest on all the lines ines of corn com t merce safest where the whales gathered in schools 1 u up P. P under the Arctic the circle c circle 1 th cle-th the safest staunchest staunches c fleetest fie test of ships ships' in all seas When they ruled the i I sea sea the American Americ n flag floated everywhere and the 1 na Rations nations ons looking oking l g o on s said id They he are emblems emblems o of the i i great Republic so strong trong n are are ne e they so fleet t so o clothed r J ith p power I But what is is this celebration to be Willit Will it bea be a j L Immemorial memorial service over oyer a g glory ry that tIia h has s p passed f away aw away f The Theda days V s 's of the ther royal yat oak and the lordly pine are areV i passed Men go to smelters and rid rolling ii mills for forma ma mai ma- ma t i t rial out t of which to build ships ships ship like Jike men juen have f taken en q on the the metallic age Hon Honest st bilge water has r to the the smell smell of oil and soft coal even 0 r- r given aWl away r t e white e sails are r discarded Why should Maine celebrate 1 There are no more old lold tars they have f. f changed b to deck and coal heavers The hearts of men have grown met metallic so have their ships hip and the shipbuilding b of Maine M ne has grown ob ob- solete |