@ Photograph by Frank Fournier, mortal Declaration. SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN Their Recognition Along With Those Whose Names Are Now House hold Words in the Nation. FF THE fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, but a scant dozen attained immortality —Thomas Jefferson, J Hancock, Richard Lee, John Adams, Benja- min Franklin and a few others. But what about Josiah lett, Thomas McKean, Charles Carroll, Henry John Gwinn tlutledge, Button ers? Fifty Hart, Francis Lewis, 1ett and a score of oth- of those fifty-six men were present . during the discussion and adoption of the Declaration, and, as delegates to the continental congress, were essential factors in {ts ultimate ratification. The other six, elected members of congress later, neverthe less took part in the general ment by signifying themselves vor of it, and were allowed to Thomas Jefferson, as the author the Declaration, attained a lasting fame, as did John Hancock, of the continental congress All Bravely Did Their Share. But of the men who stand outside of that ring of immortality much can be sald. If Jefferson, Hancock and Lee were generals, the others were at the same time essontidl to the Declaration. They, as much as the others, affixed their names to what was at that time an extremely dangerous document. They, as well as the others, burned their bridges behind them and took their stand firmly tion. move in fa sign. of It required the signatures of 13 states to make the Declaration of Independence completa. If the veil of 138 years could be lift. ed and those days lived over again, it would be interesfing to see with what emotions those men among men took the stand for independence. It would be inspiring to hear the tone in which each gave his answer when called upon to vote for or against the ratifi- cation of that which was to give this country its freedom. jut it would hovered near the desk on which the world, and Great Britain, especially, adoption of the Declaration of Inde pendence is not determinable from rec ords. sider the resolution Introduced draft of the Declaration to this com- mittee. It was Richard Henry Lee's resolution that ran: “That these Uni. ted Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.” Adopting the Resolution. Benjamin Harvison of Virginia was chosen chairman of the committee. After a discussion lasting the entire day the resolution was adopted. The committee then resumed its standing as a congress, and President Hancock recelved Mr, Harrison's report. It was ‘then voted to postpone action on the wesolution until the following day. This course of procedure was carried out, and so the second of July Is the real Independence day. The resolution adopted, congress again resolved {t- self into a committee of the whole, “to Declaration of In- The considera- tion continusd throughout the third and fourth, it being on the evening of latter day that the committee arose. President Hancock resumed the chair, and Chairman Harrison re ported that the draft had been agreed upon. It wr then con- ETeéss. The draft was ordered on the 19th of July to be engrossed, and on August 2 the engrossed was signed by 50 members. George VW signed about August 27, Richard Henry Lee, Elbridge Gerry and Oliver Wolcott in Seplember, Matthew Thornton the fol- lowing November, and Thomas Me Kean later, probably in 1781. Such is the account of the signing as recognized in an official history of the the fact that, in ourt} himself sald: “The was reported by the com agreed to by the house, and signed by every member ex- cept Mr. Dickinson.” The journal glv- ing the record of the congress states that it was “Signed order and behalf of congress, John Han preaident Attest: Charles Thor secretary.” First Celebration. The first celebration of the ant Thursday, July 8, 1778, in the house grounds, Philadelphia, where eo eye could gaze upon the bell that proclaimed liberty through out the world. The Declaration ftself was read to a large gathering of peo ple by John Nixon. The king's armas were taken down rtroom in the state house, the evening thera were b dem onstrations of In a letter John Adams wrote to Samuel Chass on the ninth, he thus describes the occasion. This letter ia now in the possession of the Massa- chugetts Historical soclety: “You will see by this river is past and the bridge cut away Declaration was yesterday pub lished and proclaimed from that awful stage, in the state house yard by whom, do you think? By the commit. tea of safety, the commitiee of {nspec- tion and a great crowd of people. The battalions paraded on the common and notwithstand- 18 adopt ed by copy ythe even nite Ju Jefferson mittes, present iy by ev was state very in the cou and in afires and joy. great ing the scarcity of powder. rang all day, and almost all Even the chimers chimed away. “wits in the evening our late king's coat of arms was brought from the hall, in the state house, where the sald king's courts were formerly held, and burned amidst the acclamations of a crowd of spectators,” OUT OF IF SIGHT night. "Looking for a balloon, my boy?” “No, sir; Eddie lit seven cannon crackers here an hour ago, an’ I'm waitin’ for him to tome down.” It len’t always the firecracker with the longest fuse that makes the most nolsg, » THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. Here {iL Is, the “Fourth” ag'in! Bakes alive, how time does spin! Don’t seem like it's sixty year Bince I first begun to hear All the loud, tarnation noise Woe stirred up when we wis boys, All of us a-wishin’ powder Was lots cheaper and lots louder! Recollect with what delight Used to be up half the night Helpin' fire the anvil or Makin’ other sounds of war? Used to wish the earth was drilled Out Inslde and powder-filled, And that I cculd somehow just Touch her off and hear her bu'st! Weren't no canffon-crackers Kind o' wish there had a-been Then they would ‘a’ sounded pweeot; Now they lift me off my feet I've begun to think that nolse Was invented just for boys. Fourth o' July don't seem to me ‘T all like what it used to be. then, Just as patriotic, stil} Somehow 1 don't cateh the thrill Of the loud, tumultuous joy Like I used to when a boy Nothin’ doin’ then but I Had a finger in the ple; But that finger, as you sea, Got blowed off eventu: ay. Nixon Waterman in Sunday Magazine, . \ » ~~, 202 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 Our Independence By MARGARET E. SANGSTER rrrrrTTrr—— # \ | HIN | ~ * x REE REE EERE REE ww I sometimes wonder whether we prize as we ought great boon of independence undef our flag a while I hear women assert with emphasis that hoever else may be free they certainly are not so, and that they never will be so until they have the ballot. This special problem of vo ing or not voting does not concern you and me wh we look at our position and compare it with that of the wom- en of other lands. For many reasons hought{ coming round to he belief that they » have the ballot, Others, however, equally thoughtful, take an opposite view, and until a majority they desire to have a share in nominating and electing t 0 carry on our government everything will remain very much as it is at Surely we have little of whi at this hour is the special boast fcans and which the wi “ry &n ul women are ought t can agroe that hose wh present *h to complain independence which and pride of Amer. moves us all to dem- onstration when the Fourth of July returns (sas precious to women as men, bleases their home lives and con- veys to them a great many privileges. Ask the ordinary child who is the most impor the family The to tant person in independence Hall. the usually “Why Ask an American snd answer Is nother, of course.” husband without hesitation: When Abraham Lincoln was the presidency be sald to the group around him: “There is a little woman who will it is the home who sends day by day to lia fields of endeavor; it is she for whom he toils, and It is “My wife.” little woman at hia. her boys and girls shape she pleases into Why not? their lives. they are vain and consider dress and luxury as more important than educa. on show, they Few men have high- sisters and | If our country fa to de | than of standing together as our fore. fathers did, for virtue and freedom, the blame must be lald at the door of our women, triotie, truth into a single word when he said in reply to the question: “What does “Mothers.” We are on the eve of another Inde sendence day. the Fourth of July was hailed with enthusii.em by old and young. Children walked In procession behind soldiers, ¥ or a grove, or some other designated | place, and here everybody sang patri | otic songs and everybody listened | while a judge, a minister, or it might | be the governor of the state, read | the Declaration of Independence, i The orator of the day, in flowery . sentences, reminded us of our history, of our pledges to the world and of | our grand opportunities.” He did not | forget to tell us of the growing splen- | dor of our galaxy of states, of our riv- ers, our mountain ranges, our mines rich in coal or copper or silver, of our | great flelds from which the granaries of the wide earth could be supplied, and of the bravery of the men who { fought under Washington. One and | all we revered John Hancock and the | other signers of the Declaration, and the thought of that gallant group of ' gentlemen who took their fate in their | hands when they met in Philadelphia | iin 1776, made every young heart beat | faster. The little girls wore white {dresses with sashes and shoulder | knots of red and blue ribbon, and the | boys wore white trousers and blue | Jackets with gilt buttons, and had silk i badges and rosettes of red, white and | | blue pinned on their breasts. here were salutes, there was a good deal of noise, there was the crackling of tor: pedoes, and, too, there was the snap | ping of firecrackers, but nobody mind. {ed the clamor. Everybody in these i days tries to get away from the noise, | and it 1s very much the fashion to de ! plore it and declare it crude, barbaric and foolish thus to celebrate the glo rious Fourth. When I was a girl we i did not mind being in the very heart of the nolse and I can remember well that the old people of that day enjoyed it all as merrily as their jun. fors did, We may be patriotic without indulg- ing in dangerous explosives and with out Investing in casualties that so often have marred our celebration of | Independence day. What I deprecate is an obvious In difference on the part of too many women to pride in their country and love of the flag. There are so many other attractions, there is s0 much elise to be done, and life is so Inter estingly complex hat we do not take { the trouble to inetil an adoration for the 2 soll determination always to for their banner of stars. Scott wrote thrillingly: nto the children and a strong gtand Sir Walter firmly Tdves the Wha n neelf hath This is my own, my nat visit Europe the highlander lowlander intensely devoted ountains and glens and rushing streams of Scotland; we would find the Englishman proud of his moors and fens and cliffs, so that let him go where he may he always back England and thinks of it with a capital letter. We the peasantry of France and Bohemia proud of their long de- scent, and everywhere i: nd the oba wa should discover th ame im- the man is birth We ome nt '&® A man or to } with soul y dead said land? Should we would find we the the today and io lonks as h would to ome find of Hungary part of in love to for our COEMO- we are pulse on the land of & part, have be politan and so prosperou less spontaneous and less enthusiae f tie nations in caring i about our hallowed anniversaries. Here is a fleld of legitimate deavor which women may cultivate in i thelr bringing up of children in thelr influend men in general Fourth of July exercises in the pub. the recitation of poems | and ballads which have a national sig i nificance, music at home, and most of all, some knowledge of what our coun- | try stands for, will ald the chi | they take thelr first steps toward fu | ture citizenship. We need not gay “our country, right or wrong.” but wa { may well say country and right. We are not perfect, we have much to learn, we are still a youn nation, but we are growing and going forward, and the world iteelf is knock. ing at our door. A great work of { assimilation {8s progressing under our flag. Our independence bought with {a great price is a heritage which, I repeat, we should prize as our most precious possession. once go #8 that than other are ene. nd 8 upon lic schools, idren as our the POOR RESULT. The Envious One—Humph! blowed myself up worser'n that! Sane Fourth DeBired. By slow degrees we are getting {away from the belligerent spirit en. | kintiled during our independence strug. For more than a century we were gunpowder on every glorious anniver selves free and independent of King George and his tyrannical rule and at blew off fingers, hands, noses and ears quences. We have not entirely re formed our Fourth, but we are reform: ing It wholesomeness. EC Whenever yOu sce an Arrow think of Coca-Cola. HAD THE PICTURE'S MEANING Spectators at Least Formed S.me idea What Famous Painting Rep resented. Two men stood before 8 store the other day gazing ingly at a picture of an eque statue of General Lafayette mouz Frenchman was represents od a prancing steed. Over arm carried a robo At his feet stood allegorical figure of Victory extend Ing a sword toward him 2s a mark homage. “lI wonder what that pic ture means? sald one n i don’t know,” replied the other sey was just trying to make out what sea- som of the year it was when a wor eould go around with so while a man was dressed heavy suit Hike that” “Oh, | see what RR is now,” cried the first one. “You | sen the soldier the wom cloak and when he took it he dropped and now thi woman is trade him back the sword ! a painting in his of of the me man up gtole An's from her his sword trying to r her clothes For Rose Bugs. It is a good plan to remembe about roses and rose bugs; ti al a heat of 122 degrees rose bugs without in the roses any Of Course. is Farmer ( planting his wheat? just sow sow Hog How ‘awntossel getting along Silas--0Oh, A smal glidewalk until he ng on ¢8 a lot of ple passi placed anywhere, sb | tracts aad Rills w00 fies. 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