——————————————— ORROW | GAGE BROWNE will hold in her out- hand our Yestérday's seeds; n your garden with urs— a harvest of weeds, [oday is Tomorrow's igh you delve in clay; rose from Tomorrow's 7 rose-seed Today! ur planting then each a purpose true; sow you shall aiso DEPENDS ON YOU! opyright.) r—— "HING TO C ABOUT . WALKER AND BABIES war this country lost in action, 215,48) 13,995 who died of was a record for 19 are. ime the record shows ers died from child- e were fighting men 1y more babies died » soldiers and sailors ar the infantile birth in the country and rate went up. ars that Belgium was ed and torn to pieces ent up and the infant eased. or this difference fis vy gave no special at- re of infant life, while ished 700 maternity nothers and their lit- sured the kind of care at give them the high- ince in the fight, for ates is perhaps of all )st intense in its study ans for the saving of lars. Every year mil- worth of equipment 1se some genius has or a cheaper way of ly continue to throw itely 300,000 lives a obody seems to be d in the conservation heir offsprings to bet- » record of suffering , a potential man or proper conditions he to be worth in actual mmunity and his fam- upward. se, or good economy ¢ baby die just from lollar invested fn his*® ng a strong, healthy sure pretty good re- h to let him die by hen he could just as mothers, if this coun- 2 to anybody it owes 1g mother Is a dis- that needlessly dies 0 a new citizen Is a charity, decency and ‘ery other dweller in what Is respectable to provide for the as to what is profit- er emotion urges us, to make life and tain for the children. lewspaper Syndicate.) i): SUNG LADY | SS THE WAY r across the way says tell by a yvung man's e has a cold in the re. Newspaper Syndicate.) I AS THE PATTON COURIER 2 THE KITCHEN CABINET America’s 56 Immortals - —-— rrp iy T hrrmos Gyrak Fon fbn £ tn, Sp Rulbor. wens ® Sorry rant. 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For these are the autographs of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence and those signers are America’s 56 Immortals, whose deed we commemorate on the Fourth of July. Considering the importance of what they did, it is a bit strange that we Americans know so little about these signers. Of course, the names of some of them are familiar. From our school histories we know John Hancock, who put down his name in such a “bold handwriting that even King George the Third could read it without his spectacles,” and who has given us the by-word of “put your John Hancock on that” as a synonym for “sign on the dotted line.” From our school histories, too, we know Thomas Jefferson, the “Author of the Declaration of Independence,” whose original draft of it, bearing also the corrections in the handwriting of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, i8 one of our most precious national heirlooms, We know the names of some of the others who were prominently connected with Revolutionary events and with the founding of the new nation—Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Morris, Rhilip Livingston, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Elbridge Gerry, Roger Sherman and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. We also know Button Gwinnett, but not for the same reason. His rise to fame has been a more modern development and has come about because his signature is one of the greatest rarities known to autograph collectors. Two years ago Button Gwnett, dead these 150 years, won a place in the newspaper headlines because a New York collector had paid $22,500 for his autograph. Last Novembez another specimen of his signature was sold for $28,600, and this fact was widely heralded as the highest price ever paid for an autograph. Then in March, 1927, a new record was established when “the only known example of a letter with a Button Gwinnett signature attached” sold for $51,000. The fact that the signatures of five other signers of the Declaration of Independence also appeared on this letter may have had something to do with the high price, but the principal reason was the appearance thereon of the handwritnig of this Continental congress delegate from Georgia who was killed in a duel a year after he had placed his signature on America’s Magna Charta. And this man whose autograph is worth a fortune today, because it is the rarest of all of those of the signers, once saw his property sold to satisfy an indebtedness of $1,500! So Button Gwinnett’s name at the present time is probably the best known of all the signers, even if many of the others had longer and more distinguished careers. But take out the dozen or more named above and consider the remaining forty. Not only do few of us know their names, but what do we know about the men themselves? More than a hundred vears ago a historian get to work to preserve for future generations some of the facts about these men. It is this book, Sanderson's “Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” published in Philadelphia in nine vol- umes from 1820 to 1827, which gives us most of our knowledge of them. Here are some of the facts about them: Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, nine were born In Massachusetts, eight In Virginia, five in Maryland, four in Connecticut, four in New Jersey, four in Pennsylvania, four in South Carolina, three in New York, three in Delaware, two in Rhode Island, one in Maine, three in Ireland, two in England, two in Scotland and one in Wales. Twenty-one were attorneys, ten merchants, four physicians, three farmers, one clergyman, one printer; sixteen were men of fortune, Eight were grad- uates of Harvard college, four of Yale, three of New Jersey, two of Philadel- phia, two of William and Mary, three of Cambridge, England; two of Edin- burgh, and one of St. Omers. At the time of their deaths, five were over ninety years of age, seven between eighty and ninety, eleven between seventy and eighty, twelve between sixty and seventy, eleven between fifty and sixty, seven between forty and fifty; one died at the age of twenty-seven and the age of two is uncertain. At the time of the signing of the Declaration, the average of the members was forty-four years. They lived to the average age of more than sixty-five years and ten months. The youngest member was Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, who was in his twenty-seventh year. He lived to the age of fifty-one. The next youngest member was Thomas Lynch of the same state, who was also in his twenty-seventh year. He was cast away at sea in the fall of 1776. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest member. He was in his seventy-first year when he signed the Declaration. He died in 1790 and sur- vived sixteen of his younger brethren. Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island, the next oidest member, was born in 1707 and died in 1785. Charles Carroll attained the greatest age, dying in his ninety-sixth year. Wiliam Ellery of Rhode Island died in his ninety-first year. Two of the signers, both of whom later became President, died on the same day exactly fifty years later, July 4, 1826. They were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Interesting as these statistics may be to some persons—at least, they were considered of sufficient moment for some industrious compiler to dig out those facts—they do little more than hint at the real “human interest” that lies in the careers and characters of these men and that “tremendous event” ‘with which their names are associated. The years that have passed since they signed the Declaration of Independence have thrown such a haze of romance around’ them and their deed that it is difficult for us to see this event in a clear light. We look at Trumbull’s painting and see an act in the dramatic pageantry of History Making. But who were these bewigged, white-stockinged patriots shown in that picture? Not diplomats, nor pleni- potentlaries nor such men of high degree as the world was then accustomed to think of as being associated with history-making events. Instead they were “twenty-one attorneys, ten merchants, four physicians, three farmers, one clergyman, one printer” and only “sixteen men of fortune.” Thus the majority of them were men who worked for their living at some occupation or profession—surely an appropriate group to lay the foundations for a democracy in which “all men are created equal”! Such were America’s Immortals. Perhaps they realized that they were actors in a mighty pageant-drama, but it is doubtful if they regarded it as we are accustomed to think of it. We think of them as coming forward to take their places in the picture, posing for a moment in the historic scene and then stepping forth to receive the plaudits of the world. But how different must it have been for them! What misgivings must have troubled them ag they took the decisive step. Remember that the sentiment for County kot &iutyr Main ot a a glial or Bebatid im Zr % se . Braves 2 ody vs. srl fall Sr lore fopdt Sut ad Hak taser Jkt ot ee bo eapullid Has Cngrafe + Re. Easy bo Me Lbertiia of Cminnca vloakl $8 2k vA Mumbo fo g ¢ Cox od Barr To Btumys bmn Foor” lnc (@, 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) | Oh! if the berry that stains my lips J Could teach me the woodland chat, Bcience would bow to my scholar- ship, And theology doff the hat. WINSOME DELICACIES To dine regally and well, try some of these dishes occasionally: Ham With Mushrooms, Shrimps and Peas.—Fry a half-inch slice of ham 2] for about ten minutes over a slow fire. Turn the ham and cover the | uk cooked side with a dozen | Cod shrimps which have been boiled and cleaned and | one-half dozen mush- rooms cut into thin slices. As soon | a8 the second side of the ham is | cooked (about seven minutes) take fit out and place on a warm dish in the oven, Cook the shrimps and the mush- rooms about two minutes in the hot | fat, then turn them onto the ham and , surround the whole with cooked fresh peas, Coddled Steak.4Take about two pounds of round steak cut an inch thick, season well with salt and pepper | and flour. Have ready one small onion | ehopped fine, two tablespoonfuls of | butter or beef drippings heated very | enough wager to cover well. Season with salt and pepper and worcester- | shire sauce to taste. Cover tightly | and simmer steadily until the steak Is | tender. The meat must be basted and | turned frequently, Serve on a hot | platter with some of the gravy. Gar- nish with parsley or water cress. Iron Mountain Muffins.—Take one- fourth of a cupful of sugar, one third of a cupful of butter, twa cup- $218 of flour, four teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, one egg well beaten, three-fourths of a cupful of milk and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the well- beaten yolk, the flour mixed and sift- ed with the baking powder, then add the milk and the egg white beaten stiff. Bake in a quick oven. This makes one dozen muffins, Salmon Souffle,—Take one can of salmon, remove the skin and bones and flake, add the yolks of two eggs, | one cupful of rich milk or cream, then | seasoning desired and fold in the | stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake 20 minutes in a well-buttered pan set in hot water. Serve at once when nicely puffed. Something to Eat. | It is the everyday food which we are most interested in, as that is a daily | Problem. For the occasions when we entertain are | countless good things which are limited only by the purse. Those who en- TEE QAZH QF SECRECY independence was not ye¢ unanimous throughout the colonies. Remember that they still felt a certain loyalty to the mother country, even though the people they represented had suffered from the stupidities of the king of that country. They realized that membership in the Continental congress was a position of peril as well as a position of honor. During November of the previous year 87 members of congress, 50 of whom later signed the Declaration, had signed the famous oath of secrecy which read: Resolved, that every member of this Congress considers himself under the ties of virtue, honor and love of his country not to divulge directly or indi- rectly any matter or thing agitated or debated in Congress; nor any matter or thing determined in Congress which a majority of the Congress shall order to be kept secret and that if any member shall violate this agreement he shall be expeiled from this Congress and deemed an enemy to the liberties of America avd liable to be treated as such and that every member signify his assent to this agreement by signing the same. This indicates that they realized fully the seriousness of the business. But what was even more serious was taking the final step of severing all tiles with England and declaring for independence. They were rebels against what by tradition and training had always been recognized as the properly constituted authorities. If the revolt failed, if the conflict, which had already been precipitated and which this declaration of independence necessitated seeing the thing through to the end. went against the patriot | cause there was for them the promise of the treatment which history has usually dealt her unsuccessful rebels—Iimprisonment and perhaps the rope. Even if the revolt succeeded there was no certainty that the jealous and discordant colonies could come together under any stable form of govern- ment. So they were taking a fearful responsibility upon themselves, these attorneys and merchants, these farmers, a clergyman and a printer. As for the “men of fortune,” they had even more to lose in material wealth, in social position and in civic post of trust than did the others if the rebellion failed. For that reason, more honor to them because they did what they did! So it is well to remember America's Immortals on Independence day this year and to pay their memories the respect due them. Despite a modern tendency to examine critically the events of the past with the evident | effort on the part of some historians to “show up” national heroes and prove that they were something less in historic stature than we have been thinking, and despite the fact that it has become a fashion to question the motives of the Fathers of the Republic, the estimate of one historian (George E. Ellis in Windsor's “Narrative and Critical History of America”) may still be accepted as an adequate characterization of the signers: “We have become accustomed to associate with the term congress the idea of a legally constituted organic body, with defined powers authori- tatively assigned to it, the exercise of which is binding on its constituents, Our Continental congresses were of quite another sort, and had no authority save what might be granted to the wisdom and practicability of ths measures they advised. Most certain it is that only a very small minority of the people of the colonies were concerned in calling the early congresses, As certain, also, Is it that a very large preponderance of the people of all classes were then strongly opposed to any violent measures, to sundering ties of allegiance, or to seeking anything beyond a peaceful redress of grievances. On the whole, while it must be admitted that congress was generally in advance of its constituency, it knew how to temporize and to give intervals of pause in steadily working on to its ultimate declaration. ‘Natural leaders’ always start forth in such a cause, and they learn their skill by practice. . . . “When we consider the distractions of the times, the overthrow of all previous authority, the presence and threats of anarchy, the lack of unanimity, and the number and virulence of discordant interests, and, above all, that congress had only advisory, hardly instructive, powers, we can easily pardon excesses and errors, and heartily yield our admiration to the noble qualities and virtues of those who proved their claim to leadership. | When we read the original papers gnd the full biographies of these men, we are impressed by the balance and force of their Judgment, their power of expressing reasons and convictions, their calm self-mastery and the fervor of their purpose,” joy the palatable eggplant may like to try this method of cooking and serving it: Eggplant Pot Pourri.—Boll an egg- plant, without peeling, for 20 minutes, or until nearly done, Drain, cut into half lengthwise and scoop out the cen- ters and chop fine. Simmer one-third of a cupful of chopped green pepper and one cupful of chopped onion in two tablespoonfuls of butter about 12 minutes. Add one cupful of chopped fresh tomatoes and the egg plant. Season well and cook for ten minutes, add one egg yolk well beaten, stir and cook until thick. Fill the egg- plant shells, sprinkle with buttered bread erumbs and brown under the broiler flame. This dish is rich in vit- amines A, B and C, and can be eaten by one wishing te reduce or to main- tain weight. It is also a good laxa- | tive because of the vegetable fiber. New Carrots.—Wash and scrape carrots and cut into finger-sized | pieces. Put on to cook in a thick alu- minum dish tightly covered with no | water. Add butter, a tablespoonful or | two, seasoning of salt and pepper and | cook for an hour. Serve as a garnish | for mutton stew. This dish is rich in iron and vitamines. Lemon Sauce.—Cook together one | tablespoonful of cornstarch well | mixed with one cupful of sugar, then add two cupfuls of boiling water. Cook slowly ten minutes, then add the grated rind and juice of a lemon; lastly one tablespoonful of butter. Pineapple Salad With Honey Dress. ing.—Arrange slices of fresh pineap- ple on lettuce and pour over the fol- lowing: Beat together three table- spoonfuls of olive oil, two tablespoon- fuls of honey, a tablespoonful of | lemon juice, a dash of salt and cay- | enne. Serve at once. Bermuda Salad.—(C'ut into fine cubes a small southern onion, add twice the quantity of tart apple also cubed, sea- | son well with salt and add a little | minced green pepper. Mix well with | salad dressing and serve on lettuce. | Stuffed Dates Salad.—Stuff dates | with nuts and cover with finely cubed apple on a nest of lettuce. Serve with | a mayonnaise dressing. | Coconut, Apple and Onion Salad.— Prepare two cupfuls of cubed apple, add a tablespoonful or two of finely chopped onion and a tablespoonful of finely mineed fresh red pepper, mix | with a cupful of grated, fresh coconut and add enough dressing of any kind to moisten. Serve on lettuce. Ves Dorm hot. 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