The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-06-03


 in it's capacious hold it managed to bring to these isolated northern shores fruits and vegetables and other delectables which the camy was lorG denied. The green on.cns may have been faded to frazzle, the radishes slippery with decay, the lettuce foaming at the mouth after the long sea voyage-the eggs nay have reached an antiquity would have made old Methuselei green Win envy, ana e:en been l1Cre venerable than those wh.cI. regaled our own winters. Still they were the connecting link wi;E chechacodom and were more than welcome If some of ',3 merchants purchased but a bakers dozen of these Corwin eggs and thereupor sold them by the case, stripping their own winters store to do SC, the people winked at the deceit and bought the hen fruit for the name they bore and cheerfully paid the price. Was it not harmless deceit venerable with tho age-old practice of buying and selling-old as the eggs themselves?
 This year there comes no Cor win. That proud little vessel has deserted us. Donning war paint in it's old age and flying the battle fias of southern republic when ships of similar antiquity should be res' ing in a respectable old age of re tirement in the bone yard-this archaic craft wanders in the wan toness of painted faithlessness along Mexican waters, forgetful of the North which was always proud to welcome it.
 The Bear will, to be sure, be also welcome. But not in tho sense tnaT one welcomed the Corwin. Without it's savory cargo the Bear can never expect to hold the place did the Corwin hold in the esteem of this city. It is immaterial that the Bear comes tricked out in white paint and decorated with glistering spars and shining brass work. It is immaterial that it is opulent with gold braided staff and uniformed crew making it's outward scmblance typify the national prowess in Nep- The heart turns to the green oni- ons, the grape fruit and the egg as the hart panteth in the wilderness for water The window difplays that follow the arrival of the Bear are a hollow emptiness compared to the green grocered splcndors that were shown when the old Corwin anchored at the ice edge and the dogmcn fought in rivalry for it's freight.
 Though the Bear brings the mail and the news from friends afar, these things rival not tho aromatic memory of CGrwin nen fruit. That was more lasting memory than the offeminate delights of '.commu nications and correspondence. That was a more pungont link with the great outside than the mere mail bag connection comes with the Bear.
 It is not unreasonable then that so many hearts turn back to the prouder days when the Old Corwin hove in sight. There was the Gmel of tropic fruit upon it's decks, and the reminiscance of truck garden in the sight Of it's darkenod hull; the very whistle was a reminder of the cackle of the faithful hen that years sgc in tho discharge of it's duty enabled the Corwin to bring fresh eggs" in cold storage purity to these shores.
 What can the Bear bring to com pare With those precious memories. A stirfnocked 5tof of gold braided officers handling with official punct- t0oBsnoss the dingy official mat bags, sordid with parcel post con tents from the mail order houses ot