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Show ' pnam; THE FUNCTION OF THE f ' MARINE CORPS Tho landing at Vera Cruz of a force fiom the United States Marino 4i Carps brings Into the theater of national na-tional conflict a body of men to - whoso work and service the public 1 f.' pays little attention. '.(,? Tho story Is told of a writer who 1 - was preparing a sketch of certain ser- vices rendered by the navy. Being a I 3 land lubber, he referred several times , J ' to the United States marines where u' I he should have spoken of the Blue- !.V P , Jackets or Jackles. Cut out tho ma- I 'j lines, said a naval ofllcer, If you want ' ' fe . to sell any copies In tho navy. I - In tImeB6f peace there would seem J 1 f to have been some-friction or at least ,jj J h lack o.f sympathy between marines t jfc mid bluojackets. In any such crisis ' 'as the 'Mexican trouble, all arms of r ,the service probably work together In W , better harmony than Is tho caso with t , European powers, " Pornicr'y .In the English navy, the inarlno corps controlled tho "turbui Jlent spirits of tho sailors. The crew 'ot a batUeshlpjyas commonly recruit ft (, ed by forco from tho gutters of sea- f,v1 port towns. In the early" days of the jjW1! American navy, Uie nmlnejcorps aim- !!'$ illarly proviqeUo police forco to hold ' f- r, down -the wilder characters who ' , .''-. UllUt. ciuuie rUCUUUSi r Of recenC'j'ears there has' been a b . &, , great Improvement In tho personnel . ft ', of the bluejackets. They are perfect- , jL . 'y capable of policing themselves. & j I - " The marine corps could never be re- " l&1 li ally popular In the navy as long as K ' it was recalled- as a club to compel ; the obedience of sailors. f Under rules Issued In 1908, the ma rine's service Is-mostly confined to v police worjt at nayalfbases,, and to, expeditions ex-peditions on shore llko tho taking ot -Vera Cruz. Little romanco (attaches , to him In tho public eye. But when 1 there Is a duty to be performed In 1 tome miasmatic tropic cllmc,'3r"tih- der the cover of hostllo guns ask at Vera Cruz, ho offers his service Mild his life with lino yftlclency. and rntrl-ot!sra. rntrl-ot!sra. if ( . .t. J THE STRIKING POWER OF , OUR NAVY Every spring and fall tho United fitntflM nlllnrt nt wnr l?nt nil fnr tnrirpt practice. The results are supposed to bo secret, but Information leaks out mom cr less. If tho lamentable troubles trou-bles In Mexico result In bombardment ot cities, tho American people look with confidence to records of accurate accur-ate gunnery oway ahead of the Span- -, I Jsh war. Tho Americans have always been good marksmen, -They won the war of 1812 In that way. Tho British ail- thorttles tearfully complained of some becrot which the Americans had by which they shot with deadly aim., Te nature of the secret Is suggests iBx BbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBL. "-- - ' , ed in-th'draoglof adyT.bld'Bhli! tit war, ln"tHo Modont records Viit ,yo guns I were exercised tgdayV It took four- teen men to handle one of the old 82 1 pounders on' their awkward and plUmsysw'oodon carriages, with the hftmt primitive methods 6f aiming' B lhm if This1! laborious -process the ftaertcnB were rehearsing regularly., r ThcBritHh-spent'thelr time polishing t ihelf 'iUnndholdlflg afternoon tb&s.i ,(- 1 tprovlou1 to the Spanish war the gunnery' In our navy- was poor, a It was' In most navies. The officers con- 0 sldered'lhat target practlco soiled the 0 decks, blackened the paint, and was ; a general nuisance. In 1901 a 13 Inch gun was allowed 5 about five minutes and twenty sec-. 5 onds' for firing. Within snert time ) on the battlo ship South Carolina, a t record'bf "sixteen hits In Blxtecn' shots whs fired within four minutes and f thlrty-ono seconds. 3 No matter how costly ships are provided, tho whole thing comes down to the human element of marksman- ship. Our naval forces havo put the 1 best scientific Information nnd a high degreo of personal enthusiasm Into r this training. Scandals may develop devel-op In caso of war, but tho man .behind .be-hind tho gun will 'do himself proud. In. caso of serious troublo with Mexico Mexi-co tho navy may not havo much work, but oory task will bo well performed. EXHIBITS OF BAD TASTE Tlicro Is being conducted at tho 'Modernist studios' In New York, what Is called an 'Exposition of bad taste.' It contains typical styles ot Iioubo furnishing fur-nishing of twenty-five or more years, ago, There are shown horse hair, furniture, wax flowers, home made paintings, ornate china, eccentric, statuory, 'God bless our homo' mottoes, mot-toes, etc. The preceding generation had many very grotesque Ideas about furnishing a home. Yet many of tho people who laugh at these peculiarities may select se-lect a homo setting that will seem Just as ridiculous in another quarter century. cen-tury. Probably our children will laugh at tho fako oriental rugs that many wealthy people are now spreading on their floors. Tho idea has gotten abroad that anything bearing the tal-Ismnntc tal-Ismnntc name ot some Persian or, Turkish Tur-kish city Is blessed by sweet and flowing harmonies of color. As a fact, tho oriental rug business Is very much commercialized today. Many of tho older rug makers had a wonderfully true senso of color harmonics. har-monics. They produced an article that had artistic feeling and also woro a life time. Now the rug makors nro running, , workshlps and making rugs for weal- , thy American homes to order at high,,', prices. Tho most garish and strld- , cnt combinations ot color are hashed , together. Very likely the product ,', will wear no better than a well made , American factory rug. There has been a violent fluctuation ot furniture style from the scroll saw period to the angular severity of the mission type. On the wtSble, the, change to. simplicity was welcome. But It has made many living rooms look as bare and angular as a business busi-ness office . It furniture Is simple, so as not to catch dust, and If it is comfortable, Inviting and homey, the modernist will never get much chanco to laugh at It. Ono good test of tho good taste of almrchaso Is whether you mako It to uso or 'to look at. V V V CHARACTER AND WORK John J. Olessncr, In speaking of 'Character as tin Asset,' said: 'Work Is a joy j work Is a blessing. A man who Is physically able has no right to complain that ho has to work. Work will keep us ou ot mischief. If a man has a little moro to do than ho can do ho will do'iso and Improve methods; If ho has less than a day's work to do ho ought to do It In less than i day and not dawdle over It, Tlicflo days aro days of enormous accomplishments, ac-complishments, and Mill moro enormous enorm-ous possibilities. It Is tho fashion to 8'iyj Umt young rnyu In tho days' o old had' a bettor char.co to rlso. I sa: r 1 tliey.have a better chance now to rise, and thoy can rise higher through Industry, In-dustry, Integrity, honesty and Intelligence, Intelli-gence, Judgment and determlnat!on There is no better way of building' character than by meeting obstacles and overcoming them. . ; Now what I mean Is that a man who thinks more of tho work he does than ot what1 he can got out ot It Is hound to advance. You cannot keep him back. Do not mlsunder; stand mo. . Wo all want tho emoluments. emolu-ments. Wo would not 'bo human it wo did not want them. Tho laborer Is worthy of his hire, but tho man who cares moro for what "no gets for, his work than ho cares. for tho work Itself, Is not developing an ability to 'hdvanco". This Is a great business. Its product prod-uct goes to tho utmost parts of the world. Literally, It makes many bladeb of grass, whoro ono grow before. be-fore. It Is a great clvtllzor; a great power for good. In this .business we aro a family; ono fhmlly from tho youngest employe, caro free, to our honored president ot tho company with his burden of responsibility. And tho humblest of this great family can ilso If ho will, and otery mombcr of it, stands ready toapplaud and aid tho man who tres. ' |