Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-06
WORLDS SHIPBUTLDING.
Easter Among the Iiiics--intcrpreters
Ncedcd---Iit~raturc ON High Seas.


During 1910 the United States built
moro ships than any country in the world
except Great Britain. The tonnage of
new vessels, which includes those on in
land waters. was 33l,3lS tons II is inter
esting TO note that Germany built less
than half this tonnage or $4,000 tons;
France, 5000 tons; Holland 1000 tons;
Japan, 5000 tons, The total output Of
the world during the year. exclusive Of
warships. was 1,o57s53 tons, an increase
OF nearly t0oGn tons over the previous
year Sailing vcssels appear to be rapid
" passing. since but 10000 tons Of this en-
ormous total are sailing vessels practic-
ally the entire tonnage launched has been
Of steel. The British tonnage anoat to-
day i- about eo,oOco tons, and that Of
the United states about 100000. Ger
many ranks third in this list, with about
t5nb. 90 tons The output ~ war vessels
ha. been slightly below that Of the pre-
vious year. although nearly 1co warshps
we're completed 1t is interesting to note
mat while the American nag is seldom In
evidence on the high seas, tho enormous
volume Of shipping among tho coast and
inland waters serves 10 place America
IN the second place among the nations.
EASTER LILIES.
Some 300 tourists sailed from New York
to-day to spend Easter sunday very app
roprittcly. in bermuda. For years these
Islands have been tho worlds chief source
Of supply Of tho Easter lilies. and the
plantations of hundreds Of acres covered
with the beautiful white flowers arc un-
rivsleG Floral decorations such 40 We as
sociate with Easter are carried much
farther there than anywhere else. The
, carriages used nv tourists for exploring
tho island arc converted into bowers or
lilies. y single carriage may often carry
hundreds. Of flowers. completely covering
the box. and often nterlaced in the
spoNe- Of the wheels. hiding all tho wood
work. To moe; the demand Of the Easter
tourists the steamship Motke OF the
| Hanll arg american line deferred calling
to spend Easter sunday on the island, and
its scheduled stay of thiry-two hours
was heightened to fiftYfve hours.
INTERPRETERS
Although the immigration officers at
Ellis Isla"d speak variety OF tongues
rivoling babel itself. they found them
selves tonpu-tiod last week. 4 party ~
15o members Of the Basque race from
northern Spain. arrived the other day
bound for the Far West. No: within
the memory of the immigration officers
have so many Rasqrcs arrived at once.
No one on Ellis island could under
stand a word they spoke. They We're
tried in French Spanish. German.
Italian and a variety of dialects to M
/ purpose. Tho ship that carried them
was detained in quarantine for more than
two hours while the immigration author
tiles searched the harbor to find an inter-
prefer. The mate OF the incoming ship was
finally found. VINO spoke their Language
and translated it into Spanish. but he, in
turn. could speak no English. A Spanish
| interpreter completed the process, and the
ship was permitted to e. IN her way.
LITERATURE on THE SEAS.
/ Although a great modern liner carries
to sea a mighty cosmopolitan company,
speaking many language, the averaGe
Traveller finds the shipe library entirely
satisfactorv. Ever taste, light or seri-
Gus, is catered to- whlo tho size Of the
library is necessarily restricted. The Sc
lection of books is by no means left to
chance 1t is not generally known that
! a specialist OF wide experience in choos-
ing libraries is consulted long before the
ship goes TO sea. The literary taste OF
travellers is "A subject of the most care
ful investigation in philosophy and fiction
ahsiruse science and light comedy Con
sider;ng the difficulties in the selection OF
a modern ships library Il is n remark
able task OF discrimination. \ person WHO
is following prescribed course in reading