. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . he boat is named—on a special train forWilmington, Del., and after a fast run was escorted In iheHarlan & Hollingsworth Comiianys >hi|iyard. The was]Miss I-rances Mitchell Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter|. Lee, of Westheld, who unintentional]) perfcirmed a diiublcceremony. So vigorous was the blow with which the traditi(.>nalbottle of champagne was broken that Vice-I^resident brazer, ofthe shipbuilding company, who had been Miss Lees mentor mthe details of the ce
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . he boat is named—on a special train forWilmington, Del., and after a fast run was escorted In iheHarlan & Hollingsworth Comiianys >hi|iyard. The was]Miss I-rances Mitchell Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter|. Lee, of Westheld, who unintentional]) perfcirmed a diiublcceremony. So vigorous was the blow with which the traditi(.>nalbottle of champagne was broken that Vice-I^resident brazer, ofthe shipbuilding company, who had been Miss Lees mentor mthe details of the ceremony, received as liberal a splash of theamber fluid spray as did the steel prow of the new vessel. Thebaptismal phrase, I christen thee, Wcstficld, was accordinglyconstrued as applying quite as much to the master .shipbuilderas to his latest creation, and the sobriquet of Westfield brazer,bids fair to stick! .\fter the launching a collati(.)n was served in the Harlan &Hollingsworth offices. At its conclusion President Coxe, of theshi]>building company, toasteil the Wcstficld and her tEftc Itaunctjina }3artp and W. C Besler, vice-president and general manager cd the Newjersev Central, responded. Incidentally, Mr. Uesler laid stressupon the intimate relations that exist between the railroad and itsgreat army of commuters, bespeaking a continuance of the pre-vailing cordiality. Speeches were also made by Henry L. Joyce,manager of the marine department of the Central; W, C, Hope,its general passenger agent; Mayor J. A. Dennis, of Westfiebl;Assemblymen Thompson, Broadhead and McLaughlin, and byMiss Lee, the sponsor. The sponsors speech, be it noted, was notof the conventional I thank you for the honor, etc., brand, buta real, genuine speech, which one of the pleasantest inci-dents of the occasion. The ]V est field is 207 feet long overall, 63 feet beam over guard,(Continucb on ^agt 18)
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