Joseph Pennell's Pictures of War Work in America / Reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the United States government, with notes and an introduction by the artist

by Joseph Pennell

XIV
IN THE DRY DOCK

THESE are the things that tower—that shine—whose power is terrible—but their smile does not make glad.

The admiral said he could not see the ship like that—“Don’t you wish you could?” was the only answer I could think of.