Washington.—Mrs,
seau, former president general of the
Stars and Stripes.
sented the boys and girls of the United
States in the American Flag Associa. |
tion's contest. The flag is the first one
made entirely from American silk co- |
coons,
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
G DAY, 1020, approaches
is interestir to note
his year mar
versa
ry of
Stripes. i
York newspaj
ing this about
Brennan in a le
lisher as fo
The observance Flag Day
year has revived til
of the origin of )
the national col n public bul ngs
and on public } « the Un
States. Who was responsible for this
glorious gesturing? What impetus gen-
erated this universal of the
Stars and Stripes?
I feel emboldened
swer in y¢ columr
ed the pat tic ball
patriotic flags a-flying
eight years ago this sum
old New York Fress aroused 1
try with its flag propaganda. 1 have
recently, to fortify my memory, ex-
amined the bound files of the New York
Press for 188% now in the New York
iblie Libr: Frankly, aston.
at nditic
The
ge H
and Pub
is 3 Geor
tter to Editor
lows:
ted qu
t a
ted
waving
to attempt an an-
8 as to whe
a-rolling s
it Is just
mer sir
this ¢
this Cc
hed
the
Bostor
aging direct
the
rein was city
nd louis J. Lang,
Thomas C
valued member
was acting Washing-
+
aware
lay idea
of convincing
rities for offi
ic buildings was
opaganda encompassed
try with expressions of exult.
peration from EOVErnors, con.
gressmen, clergymen, school teachers,
and other Influential characters of the
day, In July, 188% William Windom,
secretary of the treasury, and John
Wanamaker, then postmaster general,
were convinced, and from that day to
this the Stars and Stripes have been
displayed on every public building In
the United States every day during
office hours, In the rules of the Navy
Department there had been from early
times a rule for the display of the
fiag on public buildings of that de-
partment but this rule had fallen into
more or less disobservance following
the Civil war.
Such dissimilar characters ‘as Rev,
Dr. McArthur and Father McGlynn
were aroused to leadership for the dis.
play of the flag on public schoolhouses
~<that glorious practice that is now a
daily Inspiration, The Press was not
wholly satisfied evidently with the way
that the then board of education of the
city at first carried out its flag Idea,
for on Tuesday, September 10, 1838,
the day after the opening of the schools
that year, its news story carried this
significant paragraph.
every schoolhouse
the day was honored by the display
of the American flag, either on the
flagstaff or draped above the principal's
desk The one notable exception was
at the board of education in Grand
ptreet where there is a flagstaff on
the top of the bullding supplied with
nll the rope necessary. In spite of
this, the flag did not float there yes-
terday.”
This hint was effective. Boon after-
wards public school boards throughs
out the nation followed suit, usually
one newspaper In each vicinity claim.
ing the honor of causing the action,
but the credit In the first Instance
————— - os
New Cinema Screen
at the time, the
Mr. Quinn's and
} Washing
was
in the city
inemas In three dimensions, a
problem on which several fortunes
have been spent in recent years, are
achieved in an entirely new way by
nn English inventor who has devel
oped a motion pleture screen which
has for its surface 000,000 tiny glass
lenses, each barely a quarter of an
inch across, The screen 1s made by
first counting the usual surface with a
thick layer of white lead and then
» 5 iume
tory of Ol
movement A
federal building had
of President Benjamin Har
who later hod a leading part In
another patriotic connected
with the flag.
approved June 20,
“That President
States be authorized
fo
on every the in
dorsement
resolution
CONZress re
of
and di-
issue a lon rec
to the people the observ
in ail their the four
} ANNIVersary of the discs very
on October 21, 1802, by
demonstrations and by suitable
8 in their schools and other
of assembly.”
1802,
golved,
United
rected
the the
prociamat
ance localities of
places
[larrison Is
dated July
{not
Accordingly, President
sued proclamation
1892, designating October 21
eT RE i
Fe Tm Te Te Te Te Te Te
Our Stainless Flag
battlements and ramparts
days of heat and strife,
When Freedom, wrapped in swaddling
clothes, looked smilingly at We,
Old Glory waived, all radiant with tri.
umph and success,
No blemish huked within ber
mar her loveliness.
And hearts aflame with passion foe
freedom’s holy reign
Dil homage to Old CGlory—the flag
without a stain!
Ea
tyrants still imperil soverign peo
ples as of yore,
The foes of law and order would unleash
the dogs of war,
The emblem of our freedom boldly ripples
in the breeze
And burls defiance
across the seas.
And hearts aflame with passion for
freedom’s holy reign
Do homage to Old Clory—the fing
without a» stain!
Oh. may the glorious Stars and Stripes
forever and a day
To worthy deeds of righteousness and
honor lead the way,
And may our children's children learn to
or reverence and prize
The precious gilt our noble sires had
purchased from the skies.
Then hearts aflame with passion for
freedom’s holy reign
Shall magnify Old Glory—the flag 7
without a stain! a
wf rederick Theodore Bastel
v: : 2
arene erm rere reseed
Q'er in the
folds te
The'
_-
Pd
at the asutocrats
ARINIRIRITI TITTY
tober 12) as a general holiday, “On
that day,” sald the President, “let the
people, so far as possible, cease from
toil and devote themselves to such ex-
ercizes as may best express honor to
the Discoverer and their appreciation
of the great achievements of the four
completed centuries of American life.
Columbus stood in his age as the plo
neer of progress and enlightenment.
The system of universal education is
in our age the most prominent and
salutary feature of the spirit of en.
lightenment, and it is peculiarly appro-
priate that the schools be made by
the people the center of the day's
demonstration. Let the National Flag
flont over every schoolhouse In the
country, nnd the exercises be such as
shall Impress upon owr youth the pa-
affixing the glass globules to this
white lead coating. This work is care
fuly done by hand.
The stereoscopic effect Is then ob
tained with ordinary film and a stand:
ard projector, for the myrind tiny
lenses split up the light into hundreds
of thousands of minute beams which
are individually magnified on the
screen so that each lens gives depth
in relief and produces the Illusion
that the spectator is looking around
the object photographed. — Popular
Mechanics Magazine,
New York.-—-The photograph shows
(left to right) Catherine H. Dodge
grandniece cf Francis Scott Key, and
Mrs. Laura Brisk, mother of Flag day
on the mall in Central park where the
patrictic music and impressive cere
monies last year,
triotic
The state superintendents of educa.
tion held
Brooklyn, N. Y.
o
their meeting
They appointed a cot
prepare
use on October 2
ve to
universal
menihers of this committee were
1
'
:
nis: the
ii fifth
was Franci
lHlamy, member of the editorial
Ie :
Yout
of the h's Com
anion,
Youth’
words which &
the
8 Compa
2%
ite to the
1
yy
ang
“1 pled
to the Republic wily
one nation Indi
aN
it indivisible, ith libs rty
r all,”
Bellamy's
1 3
eqge Bo
and justice fo
According
he wrote the i
g¢ Companion
1802, while James P.
outside the door for
This Incident probably gave
to the that Upham himself
After
ram prepared by the state
perintendents for use on Columbus
day, 1802, the pledge was approved
hy many patriotic organizations and
was finally adopted in schools through-
out the United States until it is now
regarded as almost an official part of
our public school procedure,
story
the pledge. appearing In
su-
Many educators later
“my flag” in the pledge. With the large
States Bureau of Education, Is clearly
ambiguous, Consequently
has been informally revised,
gion now most widely used is:
the Republie for which it stands: one
nation indivisible, with liberty and
Justice for all”
The next step in the story of the de
velopment of Flag day is the story
of Mrs. Laura B. Prigk, known as the
“Mother of Flag Day.”
Prisk, who was editor of the Patri
otic Instructor in New York, suggested
getting aside June 14, the anniversary
of the adoption of the Stars and
Stripes by the Continental congress
ns the flag of the United States, as
Flag day. Her suggestion was for
warded by the Daughters of the Amer
jean Revolution in New York, to Pres.
ident Woodrow Wilson. In response
to the request President Wilson issued
a proclamation on May 13, 1916, desig:
nating June 14 of each year ns Flag
day, and since that time It has so
been observed,
Female Is Larger
The female of many species of fish
grows to a larger size than the male.
This is particularly true of the mus
kellunge. Among game birds the
female often takes pre-eminence. The
hen jack snipe is bigger than the
male, for example,
Division of Labor
Daugliter's idea of being helpful
around the house Is to run the radio
while mother is running the vacuum
cleaner. ~Cincinnati Enquirer,
CENTRE HALL, PA.
2 of 2d
Zoning Activity Noted
During the clips
$1.1
last year, 87 muni
lo
101
give
either adopted more comprehen
zoning ordinances or amended
em
of the
regulations to make 1
An
87 new zoning ordinances which were
that 44
hensive: that is, the use,
of were
sffeciive, analysis
OWS were
regulated ; 27
the use of bulld-
regulated the use
bulldings; and two
ordinances,
buildings
y controlled
seven
of
temporary i
the preparation
to local
Zoning activity Is es
all the
York led Ir we number of
zoned during ;
towns
of a zoning
suit requirements,
states, report
New
“3 and villuges,
and
place
cities
Ohlo;
Pa.,
which
Waterbur
were three
south Dae
Little Difficulty in
Remodeling Old Home
Brightening the Garde
It is surprising how much
starts and the actual
begins Al
been slored
should
Bird
sn, garden
insige
has
i
houses should be Mm
may weather a bi
take possessic n
do not paint
or the in
If
3
hirds
are home-made, '
ner edges of the doorway
ide of the house, These littie houses
will bring the friend of the garder
nearer home and will help greatly Ir
fighting against insects
Shade Trees and Health
The health of a community is vital
ly affected by shade tree growth]
leaves are continually, through trans
piration and chemical processes, send:
ing moisture particles into the air
we breathe. They are absorbing,
harmful gases of a crowded city and
their growth is breaking up the heat
of the sun, giving cooling and refresb-
ing shade.—Boston Herald.
For Road-Sign Regulation
During the annual convention
the American Association of State
Highway Officials held in Chicago, ad
vertising signboards which tend to dis
A resolution was passed that advertis
to create
distracting attention of drivers
should be placed at least 500
from all highways.
Quality Always Pays
From master to apprentlee, from fa-
ther to son, Colonial craftsmen passed
thelr pride of manual skill, To them
home building was an art. Charming,
sturdy homes, many still standing, re
flect the builders’ dreams of a new
empire. The home builder of today
can have no finer examples of the
worth of good materials and good
workmanship. Quality always pays.
Hoover Model Act Followed
North Dakota has passed a elty
planning enabling act following in gen.
eral the Hoover model act. Under
this new law, territory within six
miles of a North Dakota city can be
made subject to the control of the city
plaruing commicsion,
die faster
~—when you spray cleansmelling
Flit with the handy Flit sprayer!
Mosquitoes drop just as fast. More
people use Flit because it contains
a greater amount of insectkilling
ingredients, Harmless to humans,
and its vapor does not stain,
“The yellow
can with the
lack band”
“Ton-Litters” of Pigs
by No Means Unusual
ty folk on the
, brougint
“Three Lit pr
tie Pigs
Nod 3
To Trap Bombing Planes
Facts About Columbus
Clirlste Columbu $1.1
In pris
Ne
glory,
utter destitution
is merely
ds with whicl
rig distorted His will
possessed considerable we
me of his death at Valladolid
Difficult Packing
amous Explorer—On my
trip 1 bagged two
pt ants
Flapper
have much
the bags?
¥F Inst hunt
ing immense ele
How thrilling! Did
trouble getting them
Smith's Weekly, Sydney.
Big Demand for Cotton
The demand for cotton ig enormous.
fast year more than a million bales of
cotton went Into the making of motor
tires. India and Africa are the only
countries in which the area of cotton
land can be increased.
It Ain't Human Not Tol
“He's a wall-eyed liar”
“What makes you think that?
“He says when he ig in the front seat
no matter how reckless the driver is,
he never tries to put on the brakes.”
The ldear!
“Do you serve course dinners?
asked the caller,
“Land sakes, no!” exclaimed Mrs
Neurich, “We are rich enough to eat
only the most refined victuals”
Self Defense
“If a man smashed a clock, coull he
be convicted of killing time?”
“Not If the clock struck first”
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