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EVENING MDtl?mrAELtHlA; WEDNESDAY, KAY 31, JM6.
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h REED KNOX ESCAPES INJURY
WHEN THROWN AT SHOW
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CsMImkA from PrttVone
Thomas O. Colo, South fiethiehem, will
jump again today lh two classes, but Kuhn
will hot ride.
"I flon't think I'll take a chance again,"
jiA 4lil. "eome ona elsa Is coming qver to
ride." ..
KUhn won tha "seat and hands" bare
back Jump lata yesterday despite his Injury,
Thrills were promised for the nftcrhoon.
-Wsldw the Interest that tha challenge con.
test for 3. Gardner Cassatt's cup has roused
. peculiar circumstance has arisen In tho
Challengo cup contest, which Is for saddle
horses. Eleven horses arc entered. The
Cassatt cjip must be won three times to be
retained Last year and tha year before
that Sir Braxton, owned then by B. B Mc
Lean, took the blue ribbon. Since the last
ghow Sir Braxton has como Into tha hands
0f Dennis Upton. So, If Sir Braxton wins
toda, though It be his third triumph, the
cup will not go to his owner. The cup
must be won threo times In succession by
the same owner.
The liveliest event of the afternoon will
be "Huntera-Palrs," In class 162, as tha
event Is known ofllclally. In this two
hunters, running abreast, will be put at 4
foot brush Jump niders will bo alert
for a turnoft at tho Jump; for, with an
other horse a foot or more away, tha
chances of Injury, or at least a bad spill,
will be heightened.
The water Jump will figure this afternoon
for the first time since the show opened.
Late In tha day hunters and Jumpers will
be put at 4 feet 6 Inch Jumps, two of them
over water. The time of going will be con
sidered In making the award, so the contest
will be fast, It Is predicted The military
Jumping contest, a class always eagerly
awaited, will come oft this afternoon. Ten
offlccrs of the army and navy, In Uniform,
will take the four-foot Jumps The event Is
one of the most colorful of the show.
The summaries! t
CUna ISO. HiMmlikl hunters Dennis A.
Upeon's Colon) O Bannon. first! Mlaa Constance
vnuciiuna. vysnei. Seconal
third
Crrnet
waiter ii.
mfnnai Arthur Whit'
walker's Fortotten.
Oracle,
lounn
Class 151, mlcjdlewelaht jtreen hunters Ftret,
Hamilton Knrm'a t,ord Melrose: eecond, Vint
lllll Farm's nertllaht; third. Arthur White's
Jin icon fourth, Harry T. 1'etera' Inrwood.
"SPORTS" CLOTHES ENLIVEN
GRAND STAND AT DEVON SHOW
Bv a Staff Correspondent
DEVON, Pa., May SI With tho biggest
opening day tho Devon Horse Show has
ever seon yesterday, and that Is going Borne,
It was to bo expected that tho enthusiasm
would perhaps die out today, but a goodly
number camo early to tho big out-of-doors
event. Of courBo tho early crowd la never
dressy, but with tho many bright colors
which aro being worn this year, e-cn If
only In sweaters and sports Rutin, and they,
after all, are tho dornler crl In style, tho
effect Is Tory gorgeous, even more bo than
were the fluffy clothos which for many
years held sway as tho proper thing for tha
horse show.
Though bo manyaro In attendance cer
tain familiar faces are conspicuous by their
absence.
Mrs. Illchard'p. McQrnnn has not mado
her nppearanco as yet and, of course, tho
John Converses aro not here. Mrs. Con
erso nlways had such wbndorful costumes
that reams could have been written about
them.
Mrs. Clarenco Dolan and her youngest
daughter arrived early, Mrs. Dolan wearing
a deep yellow cloth suit trimmed with nar
row bands of seal fur. Llttlo Miss Dolan
wore a long bluo coat and panama hat.
Mrs. "William J. Clothier wears a Btun-
nlng frock of dark bluo cloth with large
sized pockets and a waist-length capo at
the back of the bodice. m
Mrs J, 12. Cope Morton Is wearing a
linen frock with a pala pink sweater and
a plnk-and-straw color hat faced with
green.
Miss Elennora Sears, of Boston, was ono
of tho first. She has two horses entered In
Jumping classei today.
A charming box party this morning In
cluded Miss Sarah Penrose, who was
hostess: Miss Margarctta Myers, Miss nils
nbeth Thompson and Miss Hanna Wright
Miss Penrose was atttred In a linen frock,
with n deep purple silk sweater and a rose
pink lloppy-brlmmod hat! Miss Myers was
also gowned In whlto linen, with a lemon
colored sweater: Mlsa Thompson had a
frock of dark bluo and greon plaid Bilk,
trimmed with plain blue silk, and her small
green straw toque was made with a few
roses under Its raised brim Miss Wright's
white linen frock wna topped with a salmon
pink sweater.
Thero ii no doubt about It, Mrs. Altemus'
clothes nro wonders. She came over this
morning In her limousine, nccompanled by
her small daughter. Over her frock of
black crepe do chine was thrown an odd
scarf of black, splashed with hugo plnlds of
white, mustard and red stripes, topped with
la wide white collar of pique.
HEROIC BELGIAN MOTHERS STRIVE
TO RESTORE COUNTRY, SAYS NURSE
Miss Anna C. Robinson, Back After Year in Invaded Land,
Tells How Women Cower in Cellars by Day and Work
in Fields by Night Describes Bombardment
T,
HE plight of Belgian mothers, many
restoro thd stricken country wero described
today by Miss Anna C. Itobtnson, for a
long twehemonth with tho American Hos
pital Corps In Belgium, within hearing of
he hoomlng German guns.
By day, while tho conflict rages, tho
women crouch In dingy cellars, listening
to the whirr of tho shells overhead. Then,
as night comes on and darkness hides somo
of the horrors, tho bent figures cmorgo from
the cellars and other places of concealment
and hurry to tho fields to plant crops and
care for tho soil. Somo farm! others try
to collect a few sous by opening shops, with
stocks sadly depleted. All work with ono
Elm tho restoration of Belgium.
Such wero somo of the Impressions of
Miss Itoblmon, who, though enjoying tho
quiet Ilfo of Philadelphia with a friend.
Miss Elizabeth I-ong, of 5128 Irlng street,
still cannot rid herself of tho slecp-brenk-Ing
thoughts of war life The scenes of tho
war hao left an Indelible Impression on her
brain.
With high class nnd tow tho sacrifices are
the same. As the peasants hid by day and
worked by night, so did Queen Elizabeth
throw off casto distinction and work for the
rood of her nation. To Miss Robinson sho
shono forth as tho Belgian Joan d'Aro.
Day after day In tho hospitals, ghlng a
cheerful word here nnd there to the suffer
ing, despite tho tension under which sho
lived, dressing some of tho wounds herself,
little wonder that she appeared as a sort
of superhuman figure- to the American phy
sicians and nurses.
The pertinent question of peace does not,
according to Miss Robinson, appear to have
,much chance for Immediate settlement. She
prophesies, rather, from her observations
among those on the front, at least one year
mora of strife, perhaps ten.
"Both the Belgians and tho French are
optimistic In regard to the future," Bald
Miss Robinson today. "Tho Belgians nat
urally believe tho Germans will Iobo. One
impression that stands out Is the friendship
that tho people feel toward the United
States for tholr kindness."
Miss Robinson nlso told of her experi
ences In tho Queen of tho Belgians' Hospital,
at La Panna, a short distance away 'from
the firing linos.
Sho was sure, eho said, of tho fnct that
tho Germans used dutn-dum bullets. Her
proof Is sexeral ugly missiles, which she
Is taking to her homo In St. Louis.
"Tho effect of tho German explosive
bullets was horrible," said Miss Robinson,
her eyes flashing. "They laid hands open
to tho wrist and bent back the fingers to
the back of the hand. I did not sco many
operations, our purpose being to do tho
ordinary things. Curiously enough, but
5 per cent of tho men brought In to us
were Incapacitated from further manual
labor Amputations were few. Ono man
with his face literally blown oft was built
up until he was, at tho end, fairly good
looking," One novel fact about tho devastating
tour of the Germnns was revealed by Miss
Robinson. "Although I saw many churches
leveled by the Germans, the crucifixes still
stood."
Miss Robinson also told graphically of
the wonderful scenic effects produced at
night by tho German bombardmont. "It
seemed as thqugh the whole sky was ablaze.
The shots Bounded like overhead thunder,"
sho said.
Tho nurse, who Is a graduate of the
Jewish Hospital In her home town, left
this country a year ngo with two units of
the Red Cross. She wns forced to leae
Belgium recently, by reason of the edict
that neutrals be no longer allowed there.
Draw at Hnzleton
HAZnETON, Pa., May 81. At tha rieaver
brook Athletic Association yesterday, Al Dewey,
ot Wllkea-Barre. and Hauling- Kopln, of Jamea.
town, N. V., welterweli-hte, foutht a fast 10
round draw In an open arena. Uoth were freatt
at the finish. The aemlnlnd-up was to have
been a elx-round to between Dattllnr Mills, of
Mahanoy City, and Al Murphy, of Philadelphia.
The latter waa knocked out with a punch on
the Jaw In the second round.
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BARTRAM'S GARDEN, NATION'S RELIC,
SHAMEFULLY NEGLECTED BY CITY
BKu&Dv'tieSiBHBH H
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THE OLD JOHN BARTRAM HOUSE
Place Which Great Naturalist Made Famous and Where
His Life Work Centred Permitted to Decay
by Philadelphia
Pathetic aB tho want of proper appre
ciation accorded by Philadelphia to Its
author nnd owner It tho present condition
of Bartram's Gnrden to the nature-lover
who bnucs the unwotcomo approach to that
Bhrlno of American botnny, nestling unseen
nnd unsung on the Bhores of tho sluggish
Schuylkill at tho southern extremity of
34th street.
It Is small credit to tho city, tho popula
tion of which exceed 1.500,000 and which
prides Itself on Its sollcltudo for tho pre
sentation of historic landmarks, that tho
"Homo of John Bartram, the first American
botanist, built by his own hnnds In 1731,"
must benr the less honorable brand of
"Closed for Repairs," placed upon It by
reason of tho tUnled gratitude and slender
rcnovntlng cxpendituro of prosperous Phil
adelphia. Somo three hundred persons have organ
ized tho "Society of Little Gardens," for the
purpose of restoring nnd protecting the
mansion nnd adjacent grounds, but tholr
accomplishments have been so Ineffectual
that ono cannot but quote the scriptural
query, "What aro these among so many?
Tho hand of Time, unless stayed by the
shamed thousands who call themselves
patriotic Phlladelphlans, must soon locl
tho historic old wnlls which John Bartram
so proudly claims as his handiwork And
tho acres surrounding, with their treasures
of arboriculture, tinnsplantcd from their
native forest by tho same Indefatigable
trmeler and botanist, must Join In the do
cay unless tho Mindal invasion of heedless
youth of the neighborhood who run nnd
ruin nt will among those prlcolcss speci
men! of Amerlcnn flora ceases
In nny other city a lslt to Bartram's
Garden would bo nn event for stranger and
native nlike Tho prospective pilgrim to
day In Philadelphia, possessing a municipal
garden that rlals the historic arborlums of
Hurope, will ask In aln of nlno out of ton
persons he accosts for direction to this
storehouse of natural history. Its very lo
cation Is as generally forgotten as the place
Itself, or Its educational alue.
Yet It stands, majectlc oven In Its decay.
In nil the pride of ltn 30 acres, bordering
the riverside, near tho Junction of the
Dclawaro and Schuylkill, tho old mansion
flanked by Its appurtenant rnro trees anil
plants, defying to the last the ndvnnce of
time nnd tho lngrntltudo that lcaes It help
less to that enemy,
LIFE OP JOHN BARTRAM.
John Bartram was born near Darby, Pa.,
on Mnrch 23, 1019, and died In his house
nt Bartram's Garden, September 22, 1777,
He deotcd tho greater part of his life
to tho study of botany As Botanist Royal
for tho British Colonies In America, ho
searched North America from Now England
to near Georgia nnd from tho sencoast to
Lake Ontario for specimens of plants nnd
cgctnbtos, (lowers and shrubs In this
gucat ho performed Imaluahte services In
mnklng Itnoun the egotnblc resources of
this country, not only to tho young nation,
but to tho mother country as well. When
nlmost 70 jcars old ho explored tho St.
John's River In Florldn
Thero wero few, If nny, plants In tho
ground over which ho traveled which es
caped his obnerntlons, and he cultivated
every one of them In his own garden, whero
many of them today may still be seen.
This Indefatigable man kept In close
touch with the leading men, both In this
country nnd Europe. He corresponded with
nnd sent specimens to such men ns Lord
Potrle, tho Dukes of Richmond and Nor
folk nnd Linnaeus, the celebrated natural
ist. Washington, Franklin nnd Jefferson
often rested In his garden to escape the
cares of State. It was no unusual thing for
Indians In those days to step out of Penn's
woods or land from their ennoes Into this
earthly paradise.
In Bnrtrnm's time tho Alleghanles were
mapped as "The endless mountains," and
sometimes letters took two years to reach
certain countries In Europe on account of
the European wars then being wnged.
There- Is a record of tho shipment of
Bartram's Journal of his "Traols to the
Five Nations and Lake Ontario," sent In
tho spring of 1744, and, on account ot Its
capture by tho French, not reaching Eng
land till June, 17E0.
Not nil the 30 acres In Bartram's Gar
den were devoted to botany. About S
acres were given oyer to this purpose, Tha
remainder, about 26 acres, was cultivated
most successfully as n farm. Ills wheat
yield Is not surpassed by tha most modern
fatmlng today.
"HARVET'S GRAVE."
Between tho old homestead and tho
Schuylkill Is a small lnclosuro marked
"Harvey's Grave " The grave Itself Is cov
ered with growing wild flowers. Just now"
the bright golden buttercups predominating.
Harvey was ono of Bnrtram's slaves all
of whom ho freed. Hnrvey waa nlso John
Bartram's business manager and steward,
who sold all the farm produce, did all the
marketing nnd translated nil tho family
business In Philadelphia. Hence It Is
typical of the bond of attachment In those
days between master and servant that
Honey should be burled in his master's
gnrden.
For more than 100 yenrs the garden re
mained In the Bartram family. It passed
for a time Into other equally careful hands.
Then followed a period of neglect. Prin
cipally through tho efforts of ThomaB
Median, long a Germnntown naturalist and
flower locr, tho garden was purchased by
tho city for a public park.
Somo of the finest specimens of trees
planted by John Bartram aro dead, but
there are still enough left to become a nu
cleus of such a botanic gnrden as would be
a credit to Philadelphia.
Majestic, oven In decay, surrounded by
nn Iron fence, stnnds tho dend trunk of
the giant cypress which history, now al
most a tradition, says was brought by
John Bartram from Florldn, a sapling
which ho cut to uso ns a whip for tho
horse he was riding Afterward ho planted
this shoot, which, for many years after
ward, was the undisputed lord of all the
trees for miles around,
TREES NOT LABELED.
Not a single ono In this whole collection
of rnro trees Is labeled with Its name, as
would bo the case In nny properly kept
botnntc garden
Thero nro stilt many rare species grow.
Ing. such as Ilartram onk, the willow oak,
the moB9y cup oak, the Glngko Bllboa, tho
pawpaw, tho Tree of Heaven, etc.
There was a Illy pond on tho grounds
once upon a time, but today ns a stagnant,
shnltow pool, tho mosquitoes have pre
empted It as their own personnl property.
REMNANT OF MILL
Near "Harvey's" grave, almost on the
extreme bank of tho river, Is nn old rello
In stone, cut In tho Bolld rock. At first
glnnce It reminds ono of the "pot holes" In
tho celebrated gardens at Lucerne, Switz
erland Closer Inspection shows It Is not
a natural phenomenon like tho Lucerne
holes, but that the deep, circular track and
tho deep hole cut In the solid rock were
enrved artificially. This was at one tlmo
a part ot an old-stylo elder mill, such as
can still be found In Scandinavian coun
tries. It In to tho Bhamo of the civic prldo 'of
Philadelphia that his garden, which Is not
n local but a national relic, should suffer
such neglect. It was tho first botanic gar
den In tho United States Today It Is
neither garden nor park. Its paths aro not
tho worst feature. The foreshore of tha
Schuylkill River, where It touches tho
gardens. Is unepcakablo, and the sludge
from tho oil works across the river, while It
may rout tho mosquitoes, Is not pleasant
for cither Bight or smell.
At ono section, whero a growth of wil
lows mercifully Interposes Its grateful
green portieres, naturo has given a hint
of what can bo done to make the river
front at this particular place more at
tractive. It may bo that the Schuylkill, which, ns
It flows past Bartram's garden, Is nothing
hotter than an open Bower, may have
something to do with tho unpopularity of
the place, but tho historic associations of
tho old houso and grounds should be a
strong appeal for such a measure of civic
pride as would result In restoring the old
place to something approaching Its former
glory.
RESTAURANT PATRONS
SAFE, ASSERTS KRUSEN
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All Establishments Here 'In
spected, Says Health Director.
New York Plan Unnecessary
Phlladelphlans who dine at restaurants
and cafes are amply protected by present
food and health regulations and need no
discriminatory legislation such ns Is being
adopted In New York, wns the declaration
of Director Krusen, of tho Department of
Health and Charities, when asked today of
possible danger to restaurant patrons In
this city.
The New York plan under way this week
is to have all public eating plnces Inspected
nnd marked with cards of different colors,
putting each establishment Into one of threo
classes, good, fair and bnd. The Idea Is to
have diners ask to seo tho cards Issued by
the Bonrd of MNmMi Me? slft J" .
4 It) brfthdlA the vfct M wrtWWVT.
Director Ktuen M;
"I ea rid necessity ter such aettten ktea.
Diners art broteeted In a jiombM c ftW
under existing laws. The efltabl!hmsrt
are tip to the regulations ot tha HmtMti
and Sanitation Bureau and 800 dcwSfc
Walters ahd others have been examine M
to their health. Those found, nil right hav
been given cards showing thefti to b fn
godd health
"This s j stem obviates ona gret dnw
nnd the regular Inspection of meats and
milk removes another danger. T)i ,
served are under Btata Inspoctlbn. I
no reason why the New York plan sfccuM
be used here. One bill In-whlch I am pr
tlcutarly Interested Is one protecting fe4
stuffs exposed for sals lit front ot retM
rants, stores, etc. This bill requires Bales
men to keep foodstuffs covered and pro
tected from dust and dirt,"
Sons of Italy Adjourn
Eighty delegates to the Sons of Italy an
nual convention, Which came to a closs Inst,
night with a ball In Garrlck Hall. 507 South
Xth street, began returning to their hornet
today
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