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

approach to this sacrifice was tao trcnch
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 cutting away the last
shore. ~. ~ s& s.' - :
The Princess Of Wales revived the Gus
tom of accompanying the christening Of
battieships 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 Deen continued, and today every YES
rel that In added to the British navy goes
into the water with an accompaniment Of
prayer and hymn a. well as with bap-
tism of wine. ..
The modern American ship christening
10 rather moro of q social and spectacular
event than q religious ceremony. There
10 blare Of music, a fluttering of bunt-
Ing, q swish of silken gowns and the
chatter of thousands of people whose
minds are occupied with things far from
Teverent. But when the final moment
comes, when the last prop ia knocked
away, when the physical fact Is realized
that s, 900 tons Of metal are rushing down
the ways, even the most frivolous cannot
fail to be impressed, and there Is always q
breathless hush which lasts until the hull
rights itself and the siren whistles break
loose. .,E.
We have been told that the christening
Of ships Is only concession which Is
made to the superstition of Jackie, but
this Ia nonsense. Tho history Of the GUS
tom disproves that. One feature of the
ceremony ia, however, direct yielding to
the sailors views This Is the choosing
of young and unmarried woman as
sponsor. 1t Is very gallant Of Jackie and
whim 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 60 eagerly
sought that nowadays the young woman
who Is 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. , [.s {
The next young woman to perform such
pleasant task will be Miss Elizabeth
Stephenson, who has been selected to
ohristen the battleship Wisconsin, now IN
course of completion at San Francisco.
Miss Stephenson was chosen by formal
,oto Of the Wisconsin battleship commits
sion, She Is one Of six daughters Of Isaac
Stephenson, the Wisconsin lumber mil
licluire Her home is In Marinette, and
size IL 81 years Of ago. 3, ~ 7&
Miss Stephenson ia q strikingly hand
so.4.c young woman, being 6 feet in height
and u pronounced brunette. She Is a grad
uate Vt liz Sale Fomale college, and is q
ctial favorite both at home and In Mil
! waukcn. At the time of her selection as
sponsor fer tho battleship to be named for
her Eatiyo state she was travelling in Eu-
ropo hut on receiving cablegram started
tor huIl.u at once. i5rtsi. tat h
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beverage or q delicate, delicious and re.
trtshirg Grink. iced to just the proper
point End possessing number Of min
Cling faycrs, like a superior oriental
sherbet.
To make srch a lemonade shave OF
the peel OF four lemons into q large cup
Of water. Add o pound of sugar, and
boil the glrrp fer ten minutes. There
should be II libc; al pint OF thick strip.
Add the juice ct the lemons and what.
ever pulp can te pressed through the
!! squeezer. Yake oct oil the seeds cars.
fully. Add three large cups Of water r
the lemonade strip and beat the rn&.
ture thoroughly Add, finally, half 9
cup Ct the pulp ct Il Elona orHn''H
into bits, and the su,ra 81 .ts,it u
sugared pineapple ,bor very
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