Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-25

approach to this sacrifice was tIe French
practice, even SO late as the beginning Of
this century, of purposely exposing
criminal upon the promise Of freedom II
he escaped with his life to we'll nigh certain
destruction In QUITTING away the last
shore. ..4-- ID,
The Princess Of Wales revived the GUS
tom of accompanying the christening Of
battleships with religious service. This
was In 1876, when she was asked to chris
ten tho battleship Alexandria, which had
been named In her honor. The practice
has poen continued, and today every YES
eel that II added to the British navy goes
into the water with an accompaniment Of
prayer and hymn a. we'll as with hap.
tism Of wine 49,
The modern American ship christening
is rather moro of q social and spectacular
event than q religious ceremony. There
10 q blare of music, fluttering of bunt-
Ing, swish of silken gowns. and the
chatter of thousands of people whose
minds are occupied with things far from
reverent. But when the final moment
comes, when the last prop is knocked
away. when the physical fact is realized
that 5000 tons of metal are rushing down
the ways, oven the most frivolous cannot
fail to be impressed, and there is always 4
breathless hush which lasts until the hull
rights itself and the siren whistles break
loose. III N:.,
We have been told that the christening
of ships is only a concession which Is
made to the superstition of Jackie, but
this is nonsense. Tho history Of the GUS
tom disproves that. One feature Of the
ceremony ia, however, a direct yielding to
the sailors views. This Is the choosing
of q young and unmarried woman as
sponsor. It is very gallant Of Jackie and
= within which we are all pleased to humor.
Not until recent years has much atten-
tion been paid to the selection Of the
sponsor, but OF late the honor of baptizing
our big battleships has been 80 eagerly
sought that nowadays the young woman
who ia asked to break bottle on q BATTLE
ships bow may be very sure that she'is a
person of no little social prominence and
personal beauty. 81.
The next young woman to perform such
pleasant task will be Miss Elizabeth
Stephenson, who has been selected to
christen the battleship Wisconsin, now IN
course Of completion at San Francisco.
Miss Stephenson was chosen by a formal
:, OTTO OF the Wisconsin battleship commits
sion. She Is one Of six daughters of Isaac
Stephenson, the Wisconsin lumber mil
licl,,ire. Her home Is In Marinette and
size il 81 years Of ago. 2@fa
Miss Stephenson il a strikingly hand
SOFAS young woman, being feet in height
aud Is pronounced brunette. She Is grad
rate IT Ii. Sale Female college, and Is n
so, ial favorite both at home and In Mil
waukcn. At the time Of her selection rs
spon sor fer tho battleship to be named for
her Eatiyo state she was travelling In Eu-
ropo, but on receiving q cablegram started
Tor h,,l.u at once M II
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