| Show theres something in a name when one of the finest lake barges of the build of a few years ago was about to be launched one of her owners was told that the boat would be ba christened the auras ile ho protested against the name basing his objections on the well known tendency of sailors to shorten such long appellations appel lations his reasoning prevailed senator palmer being of the party that discussed vessel ves ea nomenclature on this occa was asked by copt capt westcott to suggest a short expressive name nama for anew a new craft 1 41 I will said he can call her the bum this short expressive appellation induced the reflection that the karse or finnish legends contained names suitable for lake craft and there was instanced tho the poem Ka levala dealing with the mythology of the finns in their earlier days on the shores of the baltic that people believed that there them was arace a race of demigods demi gods who ruled objects in nature there was tapio who ruled the forest ahti the lakes and rivers the realms of death there were a sufficiency of names to the owners ot of fleets such as kyllikki the beautiful maiden who seemed scorned the addresses ot of kaima kullervo the strong and courageous youth kaleva and Kaat senator palmer said that persian legends at and id poems abounded with pleasing names tho the light of tho the hare harem iii 11 and Na mouna the enchantress had been appropriated by the yachtsmen of the atlantic Atlant lc there was bendemeer Ben demeer Chil minar cauze roon Cades ladessia Ca dessia sla and azab he was asked if he would adopt feramorz rera morz Fad ladeen and makanna Mo kanna from moores lalla rookh and answered that lie would not hesitate because they wore distinctive and there were plenty of others zel zelica ica Mira Min ala zala zamara pori peri baraph il ahadi camadeca Ca madeva and selaina and Is israils Isrul il who rho the legend said had the tha most melodious voice of all gods erea creatures tures cor detroit freo press |
