& x 5X By ELMO SCOTT WATSON N AUGUST 1851, a little group of white men and two Eskimos on the of an ice- locked fifteen hun- dred miles north of Arctic circle and watched a little steamer push its way cautiously through a “lead,” a dark streak of open water which ran irregularly across the sur face of the frozen : was “Proteus,” the 26, stood shore bay the the held In while Captain Pike waite a “lead” cleave a patl ice of Lady Franklin bay could rt south towards civil The men ship until were men known as the Lady Franklin peditionary Force, w » had sent out by the United States govern- ment in the But it was more commonly known as the Greely Expedition, in honor of its commander, First Lieut. Adolphus W. Greely, of the Fifth cavalry of the United States regular nrmy. His sub ordinates were Second Lieutenants Fredericq F. Kislingbury, of the Elev- enth infantry, and James DI. Lock- wood, of the Twenty-third Infantry These with Octave Pavy, assistant army surgeon, eight sergeants, two corporals and nine privates, most of whom had lately been serving in the Indian wars on the western frontier, and two dog-drivers, Jens Edward and Frederik Thorley Christiansen, com prised the personnel of the party. The departure of the “Proteus” marked the beginning of what has been aptly called “one of the supreme adventure stories of the world,” a story of almost unbelievable human grit and endurance which one of the brightest pages in the annals of the American army. For two years this party was as much lost from con tact with their fellow men as if they had been on another planet, and when finally the third attempt to Greely succeeded, of the twenty-five there were just seven left alive and one of these within twenty-four hours. The other e een had perished of st: cident after a series of ads marked by ine crecible heroism, The official records of the pedition were made public soon after Commander W., 8 (Admiral Schley, of Spanish-American war fame) and bmought its survivors back fce there who stood watel it disappeared fr } f th noers of arty heen interests of science, forms rescue original died irvation or ae entures redible suffering and In Greely ex- Schley but it was not until nearly half a cen- tury later that the herole human side of the story became known. than forty-five years the diary of Ser. geant David L. Brainard, one of the seven survivors, lay unused in an old frunk. Kecently It was brought to light and under the title of “The Out- post of the Lost” the Bobbs-Merrill there are but Lady Franklin Force. They are Greely, retired, the ill-fated expedition, and the man who served as a sergeant under him, now Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard, retired It Is therefore especially apprepriate that his old commander, who once called Brainard “the most remarkable of a number of remarkable men of that expedition,” should write in the book a “salutation” to remind himself how “Together with our comrades we faced for nine months the prospect of death day by day and were harassed by the sight of our associates perish. Ing of starvation or from vid ssitudes in the polar field.” According to the plans for the ex. pedition, it was to establish a station For more it was published by company. Today of the Bay Expeditionary Maj. Gen. A, W, commander of the two survivors ———— ssn TS ch The “Proteus” t year, if r away. If another relief expedition sent pos not, would be ISS, In orders not later “retreat the relleving sible, to carry the for them case It should were than southward by boat vessel Is leave Fort Conger 1853 and to September 1, until me 0 ! island is reached,” or until the Little islcnd base was nu fact the Aug the matter . to says of “Proteus” As an i 1882 them In the foreword year had and it is doubtful if an one regretted the experience, f uncertainty i The entire party had had the tion of spending a winter fa north than any explorers had ever wintered the exception of Eng vat f) at had reach to book, “The agreeably, first not passed dis thrown into the rther wintered ver of thelr nt Lockwood and May 13, 1882) wrth record 0 the pole {Wo sergeant rainard had set a new in the “That first wns weath- ch Medford rum fre il had the lamps could be lighted At first on urthest centurd winter ize solid asene « to be thawed fore there had been plenty work was the commanding } with zeal by the men - + +» But in n few weeks cold and darkness put an end to practically all work except the Instrument near station, The mo of the Arctic night produces effects on white They become melancholy, sleepless and very irritable. , -. . Every twenty-five minds could think of was tried out and dropped. “Checkers are all the rage now.” wrote Brainard, the faithful nothing like ments, intelligently officer 3 outside tending the notony strange men, diversion Sergeant “But Insts long, loud argu Today the subject was relative merits of the fire departments and New York.” However, "the second -winter was harder to bear than first,” and “on June 17, 1883, Sergeant Brainard wrote that although ‘it is a few weeks too early for a relief ship, we cannot keep our eyes from wandering hope full to the south.” Bot ag they were disappointed and they began the tragic retreat related by Brainard. On August 0, 1883, they set out In small boats through a “lead” which had finally formed in the fee after they had waited for it for several days, Thelr course was through Ken. nedy channel, which was filled with grinding floes of ice upon which Greely’'s force camped when there was no open water through which to push the boats, Whenever they could diarist, the of Chicago the at Cape Sg of terrible suf eighteen months Brai of sergeant horrors led he writes: ¥8 As oan exten On October 2 an inventory of the and found only ations of rend ment commir. last evening ration extreme in ure where a man three have requ the normal very hard the build. tes times we enHnMme r ahead o. dent to of winter quarters. <8: gs ine ing October at are we zed we ur hour of need ced the Unces per man brecd is sus to Occasionally members of the party shoot a fox to supplement Brainard 8 device for atching the weary weeks d the inadequate food, severe cold the conditions under which took their toll, by eighteen of thie members of the party including Lieutenants Kislingbury and Lockwood died. On the of June 1884, Sergeant Brainard lay in the little fly tent which had blown down upon him and his six lay the dead body another. But they were too weak to move it or even try to raise the pole of the tent, Suddenly a volce called out “Greely, are you there? Brainard raised him self In his bag. He knew that voice! It was the volee of Nor man, first officer of the “I"roteus” In 1881, “It's Norman!” he shouted in na weak voice, He crawled from beneath the tent and Norman thrust a hard: tack in his hand. A moment Inter Lientenant Colwell came running over the hill. Brainard was sitting on the ground gnawing at the hardiack, but as he saw an officer approaching, the old habits of the regular army ser. geant asserted itself. He tottered to his feet and attempted to salute! But Colwell clasped his hand and they went together Into the tent, there to rouse the dazed Greely and to tell him that the ship “Thetis” had ar rived with relief at last, * able to and Sergeant wut as and lived they One one evening oe ty comrades. Beside them of sleeping A Religious Law It would be easier, | fancy, writes “Leoker-on” in the London Daily Chronicle, to recall Instances of hoards being forbidden by law than of their being made compulsory, as 1s the case in Afghanistan, according to a mes. sage from Kandahar, Beards often have a religious significance, The real. ly strict adherent of the Jewish faith Is always bearded, while priests of the Russian Orthodox church must wear beards and allow thelr hair to grow as well, More strictly speaking, the canon law says that the hair must never be cut from the day on which ordination takes place, and so the Orthodox cleric Is free—unofficially— to restrain an inconvenient growth of his tresses by judiclous singeing from time to time! Where Pleasure Lies Owning the richest treasure In the world ls. useless unless some one else shares them.—~Awerican Magazine, Uncle Eben “De hard part ‘bout a p'litien! argn- ment,” said Uncle Eben, “Is dat two people is liable to get mised up tryin’ to "splaio somethin’ dat never was ful. ly ‘splained to either of ‘em."— Wash. ington Star, ———— Why Not Ask Them? “Feed a cold and starve a fever,” sny the doetors. What we would like to know Is why every girl we take out has a cold instead of a fever,—London Opinion, Meany Cities Adopting Zone Regulation Idea Cities, towns and villages In all see- icted JUEl come population of 37,000,000, have en: | zoning regulation | pleted by | housing %, A survey the division of of the Department of revenls buliding Com | merce The survey { which the spread in the zoning In | regulations were in force in on y eight | cities, The { up to 1920, after | was rapid. During passed | shiows municipal recent years extent io 1910 su¢ h number Increased slowly which the Progress 1928, 87 zoning ordinances, | either ndopted | zoning Io or more compre amended exi reg iS x | An analysis of the 87 new zoning | nances which | 44 of them | 1s, the height and aren | Ings regulated | merely controlled the use of bullding - vere passed shows were comprehiensive- use, of were = buildings, and two were temporary zoning inws to suit the local require ment, New Yori: led | nicipalities zon in the number of {| cities, towns and villages Pennsy! tied for with six i : Waterbury were th adopts ud year, Make Attractive Town Matter of Civic Pride to an ‘ ide ciean-up Dirt and with good being pushed UE been attacked and there, other points, They will be They even 1 #0 conspicuous they resp trict, feel nt around of disp wonders work noe. It ma) thant any district Inclined different will be made doesn’t bel That woul div idual, tability Fi eye vy 6 However ng in Kansas o d go for the indiffe too. — Kansas Ci Garden Hints In the private garden one sho id ex press bis ow idea of outdoor beauty. 7 nere vacy and s« Out uns This may be arranged so that by on the gireet can get a without Comfortable the beauty within ing destroyed Benis, outdoor living room the throughout the summer. Small Town's Importance “One may look to the Amerienn town for much of future America” | reads an editorial In the Household | Magazine. “The town has what neith- er the city nor the open country pos. gesses. It is different. It is an ml tator of neither the large city nor the country, set it Is in touch with both. It is a place to live Peo ple in town know that everbody hus | to co-operate If there is to be a new | community center, a betterlooking | business street, medical attention in | the schools, or any other modern en- | terprise.” in, Early Zoning Methods The early wethods of zoning were | predicated upon have” been rapidly shifting. Thus, ugly, steam-driven industry required | complete isolation, while modern elec. | trically powered plants might fre | quently, except for stereotyped zon- | ing, more readily permit a restoration {of a convenient relation of work | place and dwelling place typical of | the earlier industrial town. wh conditions Color in Small Garden Everything Is seen closely In the small garden. A single plant or flower becomes the subject of attention rather than the mass of the border, More care must be taken to remove minor imperfections, but there is less for which to care. Color gehemes may more easily be handled and close nt. tention to color will be well repaid here, EA — Loss by Poor Planning Lack of permanence of economle stability and of co-ordination are sald by architects to be characteristic of much of the land and building devels opment of United States communities, | Because of this, there are great coor nomic and social loases, want, W. H. Forst, Migr. Scottdale, Penna. 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