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Show PATCH UP OLD SCHOONERS Artisans Kepalr with Great Skill Chicago's Yimeworn Lake Graft. Ueatu ul ouk u the Uhlcjso scliucti-r scliucti-r licet uru ureaklng. Ileam uih' st.'.tifli.un, rail and urare. the plo-tiiieniiii) plo-tiiieniiii) tuinber carrier ot other duyi, is giiiiig down before the ' tu ..s ot tlnifc, Wlno and wave aro winning vlt-torioi ttrtlth tend tho htout rtilps n' the old-tlmu Heat with greater anil greater Iremiency to the bhipyard, mid boats wflich once boasted of ret-cnls ret-cnls made in runs from Chicago to Michigan lumber ports and back are yearly surrendering to the lire of competition com-petition and seeking tholr last port la humanity, says th-s Chicago Dally News. l Thero still renwln active, however, 50 of the thousands of boats wnlch onco crowded Chicago harbor nnd fur-iililied fur-iililied bualnofs for a hundred tugs. Their masters, grown gray In lighting light-ing battles with gales and ice noes, Kill! cling to the nhlps they love Altectionately do omo of their ownen regard the old-time craft, nnd many tricks of sNpcraft aro resorted to tl at some of the boats nviy be kept In service. Water and dirt, heat nnd rold, combine com-bine their forces In attacks on the old ships. Hero and there weaknesses develop. de-velop. Pieces of oak falter and crack and dry rot does deadly work. Then comes a call for an nrtisan with the Eklll or u vlollnmnker. Oak chips My and hammers ring until the weak pieces are taken out and replaced by new timbers. Patch on patch tho work goes on until tho bIiIp'r enemies reach n vital spot, when, worn a( d torn, she Is docked, stripped of hor canvas, and left a skeleton. |