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Famous Picture
Done by Ohioan
VROBABLY 90 of every 100
U persona who have seen rep
^ llcas of the famous painting,
J "Spirit of '70," are under the
h ) Impression It was done dur
ing or soon after the Revo
lutlonary war.
J They are In error, accord
ing to a writer In the Washington Post.
It was 100 years later that Archibald
M. Willard carried out the conception
of a friend and adviser by putting on
canvas the trio of homespun-appear
ing musicians, of three distinct age
levels, drumming and fifing ns they
marched across a battlefield.
An article by John Huntington Dev
in a bulletin of the National
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ereux
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution says that undoubtedly 75
per cent of the people of the United
States are familiar by sight with re
productions of the painting. Its re
productions probably have been avail
able In more homes than reproduc
tions of any other painting produced
by an American artist.
"Needless to say. it has aroused
widespread and continued Interest,"
Mr. Devereux declares. "Yet in spite
of the acquaintance of numbers with
the masterpiece very few have much
knowledge of it. Very little Is writ
ten of It. Few know its history."
Willard, the painter, a chip of old
Yankee stock, was born In Bedford,
Ohio, August 22, 183(5,
"The Spirit of '7(5" depicts a crisis
on a battlefield. First, a retreat took
place. The broken cannon and the
dying soldier In the foreground show
where the line stood. Out of the re
treat came the trio of musicians with
their music thrilling new courage In
the hearts of their comrades. The flag
and line have changed direction, and
the forces are ready as one to charge
back against the enemy. Defeat is about
to become victory. After being ex
hibited at the Centennial exposition at
Philadelphia, where it became nation
ally known, and In several other cities,
the painting was purchased by Gen
eral Devereux and presented to Mar
blehead, Muss., the town of his birth.
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Fourth of July
rv BSKUVANCB of the first
% Fourth of Ju l y can In bo
way be compared with the
fiMM present fashion of celebrat
ing the day. Fireworks,
recreation and a day of rest
for some, now go to mark
the anniversary of the adop
tion of the Declaration of Independ
ence, A casual glance be k through
the pages of history, however, Is
enough to convince anybody that few
days have been filled with so many
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Nation Secure In the Loyalty of
"Young America."
other events of world-sweeping char
acter and Importance.
Long before the Declaration was
adopted, July 4 was a marked day,
and It has been ever since. To pick
only a few of the events that have oc
curred on this day:
John Adams died, aged ninety, 1820.
Thomas Jefferson died, aged elgbty
three, 1820.
James Monroe died, aged seventy
thre-e, 1831,
Calvin Coolidge born. 1872.
Nathaniel Hawthorne born, 1804.
Giuseppe Garibaldi born, 182(5.
Stephen Foster (author of "My Old
Kentucky Home") horn, 1820.
Surrender of Vicksburg, 1803.
Cornerstone of Washington monu
ment laid, 1848.
Providence, R. I., founded by Roger
Williams, 1030.
Work on Erie canal begun, 1817.
The first Fourth of July that re
ceives historic mention after the adop
tion of the Declaration of Independ
ence was only two years later. On
that day the Tory John Butler, with
a party of loyalists and Indians, raid
ed the beautiful Wyoming valley In
Pennsylvania while most of the men
were absent on duty with the army.
The women and children, the ,old per
sons and the sick ones, had taken
refuge In the wooden fort, but under
promise of protection they surrendered
and were butchered.
How Key Wrote
Immortal Song
RANCIS SCOTT KEY, a
resident
D. C.,
Spangled Banner" while he
was detained on board a
British ship during the
bombardment of Fort Mc
Henry.
With a friend he visited the British
commander shortly before the attack
began to plead for the release of an
Influential Washington physician who
had been taken prisoner. The Brit
ish commander agreed to release the
physician, but declined to let him or
his pleaders leave the fleet at that
time, as the bombardment was about
to begin.
The Americans were placed on a
ship beyond danger and, though
treated courteously, were held there
during the attack. Thus from the
deck of the British ship the three
Americans watched the bombard
ment of Fort McHenry.
The firing ceased before dawn, and
the anxious prisoners did not know
whether the fort had surrendered or
not But the morning light revealed
the star-spangled banner still afloat
above the fort; It had successfully
withstood the bombardment. And
Key, while watching anxiously, was
moved to write his famous ode.
It was because he was writing It
'at the very moment when the event
It celebrated was being enacted that
made it so vividly realistic,
of Georgetown,
wrote
'The Star
The
rockets' red glare, bombs bursting In
air," were before his eyes - as ' he
wrote, giving ample proof "that our
flag was still there," proof which "the
dawn's early light" confirmed.
W Ready W
for the Parade
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Stan Represent States
The stars on the flag represent the
states collectively but not Individually,
and the idea that a particular star rep
resents a particular state Is erroneous.
Howe About:
Age of Reason
Great Americans
Luck
By'ED HOWE
C ARELESS people had a specially
terrible warning during the de
pression; everywhere one hears the
careful did much better, although
every one was Injured.
from the California earth
The sarmi
story comes
quake: those who built strong houses
—realized that they lived In an earth
quake section—suffered much less than
the occupants of houses carelessly
thrown together, and neglected after
There seems no
they were built,
doubt that carelessness Is one of the
very worst of our human sins.
When the age of reason arrives if
It ever does we will admit that the
who goes about turning off un
man
necessary lights left burning by care
less people, Is a better man than the
who left them burning
mean persons
because the expense Is not charged
to them. We will also like better the
string saver. Few' families keep a sup
ply of new string on hand; when
string Is needed, It usually comes from
a saving woman who has a hall in the
drawer of the kitchen table.
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A man asks me; "Who In your opln
the fifteen greatest living
Ion are
Americans?" I have written him 1 be
lieve they are comparatively unknown
men ; some of them possibly hidden
away In small towns or on farms.
Most of the noted men of the present
have been called to Washington to ad
vise President Hoover or President
Roosevelt In the present emergency.
Not one of them measured sip to real
greatness In the recommendations I
have seen In print. My correspondent
also wishes me to prepare a list of
fifteen of the greatest Americans In
all our history. I have only three
clearly in mind: Benjamin Franklin
would head the list, followed by Alex
ander Hamilton and John Adams. If
urged to add other names, possibly I
should select John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
J. P. Morgan the elder, and Thomas
A. .Edison. I have never believed
George Washington was truly great,
and doubt Lincoln was.
never had a great soldier, except pos
sibly some unknown man who never
had a chance. Measured by world
standards we have never had a great
literary man. Henry Wallace, grand
father of the present secretary of ag
riculture, was a country parson and
farmer, and came very near greatness.
If an Infallible list of the fifteen
greatest Americans, living or dead,
could be prepared, few would be wide
ly known; perhaps two-thirds of them
not known at all. I do not believe one
professional politician would be on
the list; several business men might
make It.
marched cheering Into the present
American ruin, and the weakness we
displayed In efforts to get out, have
greatly discouraged me as to Ameri
can greatness.
We have
The manner In which we
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No little fairy attends any man to
bring him good luck; no little devil
attends any man to bring him bad lack.
In the course of a year or a life, what
baseball players call the good and bad
"breaks" are about even. Good breaks
have come to all of us frequently, and
have not taken proper advantage
of them; frequently we all fall to han
dle bad "breaks" as well as we might.
This Is the truth, and I know It well,
but what I believe Is I am the un
luckiest man In the world.
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In the gentlest wife there Is a touch
of the Old Harry she does not show
In mingling with the neighbors, but
which does show In mingling with
If wives were always
a husband.
polite and gentle with husbands
telephone girls are with subscrib
as
ns
ers, there would be fewer bad hus
bands.
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During the presentation of a play
I attended recently, an actor men
tioned a Contented Farmer, whereupon
those
laughter.
In the audience burst Into
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I came to Mlama, Fla., this winter,
disgusted because Hannah, the colored
woman we employ at home, never en
tered my room without putting the
windows down, If I had them up, or
putting them up If I had them down.
1 have been disgusted all winter In
Miami because Nancy, at the apart
ment house where I live, does the
same thing.
I was walking on the streets lately
with a white woman from Indiana.
She learned bossy ways as'a school
teacher when young. The tilt of my
brim didn't suit her, aoj she
reached over and changed it.
slonally (not often) I rebel, and said
bat
cca
to her :
Put that hat brim back where you
found ,1L
She Is probably telling around
that I am no gentleman, but she did It.
I have never suited women; always
there Is something about me they want
to fix.
now
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as a fool proposes another
plan for more human betterment than
possible, the people should some
have the power to say to him:
"Now, now, we've tried that" and
force him back to work. The certain
thing seems to be we cannot afford to
try all these plans as we have been
doing some thousands of years to the
violent disturbance of Industry and
As soon
is
how
peace.
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Smart Simplicity of Casual Dress
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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OÜH daytime clothes to
be really chic, must car
that casual look about
them which nothing other
than accidental-on-purpose
simplicity can accomplish.
It Is a knack to be covet
ed, this of dressing, to all
appearance, most simply,
yet proving a hundred
per cent perfect to the
mode, even down to the slightest
detail The sentiment to draw a
definite line between formal and
informal apparel is more noticeable
than ever this season. At the
same time that dance frocks and eve
ning attire are taking on more frou
frou, returning unmistakably to an era
of swishing silks and fluttering frills
and ribbons and flowers, when It
comes to clothes for the casual day
time hours at the club and about town
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best dressed women are playing up n
role of sophisticated simplicity with
all the art they possess.
The very materials themselves are
tuned to this movement which de
mands that one look casual and easy
and confident In debonair and non
chalant outfits during the shopping
hours and at outdoor events. There
are, for Instance, the new linens which
at this moment are utterly swagger
for suits and coats. Mark you, we are
not speaking of linen as It was known
In days of yore, the same which used
to start out in the morning all fresh
and Immaculate and which, almost be
fore one could reach their destination,
would begin to wrinkle up and be In
a sorry plight. Modern linens are not
like that. The new linens pride them
selves on being non-crushable and,
what's more, they answer to the call
of fashion for textures which are soft
and sometimes even tweedy In ap
pearance.
A black or a navy linen suit Is con.
sldered too smart for words. Maybe
you prefer gray or the now-so much
tnlked-of string color for your linen
spectator sports or go-about-town suit.
Couldn't be anything more correctly
STYLE SAYS WHITE
COSTUME JEWELRY
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Never such a "white" season as this.
Fashion especially spotlights whits
pique accessories. It's white pique
for hats and scarfs, white 'pique for
belts and bags, shoes and gloves while
the new little white pique Jackets are
quite the rage.
In tune for this feeling of fashion
for white a prominent designer of
American costume jewelry has created
most unique bracelets, earrings and
brooches which amusingly and smartly
resemble pique In both ribbed weaves
and waffle pattéfnlngs. A happy com
bination this—white pique accessories
together with white costume Jewelry,
and Is there anything more flattering
than white?
By the way, speaking of costume
jewelry reminds us of the adorable
little crystal nosegays which this same
designer Is conjuring out of crystal
and beads and such. These sparkling
little fantasies are both In flower and
In berry form,
ceptacle for perfume.
In way of boutonnlerres to wear with
your smartest of smart summer linen
tailleur 1
One type has a re
Latest thing
Fashionable Women^Now
Match Sweater to Skirt
As a change from the theme of color
contrast, smart women are matching
up sweaters and skirts this season for
If a little added
active sportswear,
dash Is needed, It Is supplied by ban
danna scarf, belt or hatband.
Pastels are the favorites. There
luscious shades of peachy pink,
time green, soft yellow and linen blue,
which have been developed In home
and basket weave tweeds, with
are
spuns
exactly matching sets of cardigan and
slip-over to go with them.
New Coat* Slim
The new coats are slim and molded
to silhouette, but they do things In
big way when It comes to fur. Shoul
ders are broadened by huge collars
and the fur Is the long haired type.
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chosen, only be sure to wear a dark
blouse with It, for such la fashion's de
cree.
That the combination of a dark
blouse with a light-colored linen suit
Is good to look upon you will agree,
after taking note of the stylish outfit
the young woman to the left In the
picture Is wearing. Hers Is a heavy
white linen suit, the weave being of
that desired spongy unwrlnkahle sort
which gives it "class,
The red and
white plaid blouse carries a bona fide
style message. The oxfords are made
of the Identical linen which fashions
the suit. Notice the eyelet embroid
ered design which trims them—nothing
less than the very last word in sum
mer sports bootery!
With the exception of the emphasis
placed on black and navy linen this Is
turning out to be very much of a pas
tel season. The pretty lassie centered
above knows her colors In that she
has selected for her cape frock subtle
"dusty" pink crepe. The large but
tons are also pink. Her delicate san
dals are made of wisps of white kid
woven together across the toes. White
kid footwear is the rage for summer.
The Idea of a dark blouse with s
light suit makes appeal to the modish
creature seated. The red and white
print silk of her blouse contrasts effec
tively with the chalky whiteness of
her crepe frock. A red band^on her
white hat, a large red and white but
ton fastening her cape Jacket and last
but most Important, her red and white
kid sandals Interpret the popular vogue
of red and white. Tiny pin perfora
tions trim the red vamp and ankle
strap of these shoes.
©. 1933, Western Newspaper Union,
SUMMER VELVET
By CHKKIE NICHOLAS
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Now- that everyone has found out
that there la hothlng In the way of a
costume more effective and flattering
than a pretty summery frock worn with
a summery colorf^, velvet wrap, de
signers are giving special attention to
creating perfectly stunning coats made
of velvet, which of course Is "light as
a feather" or as dainty and delicate a*
chiffon, for velvets are just like that
nowadays. The model In the picture
Is fashioned of smoke-gray velvet.
Most of the velvet wraps Indulge <n
huge bows as does this one, which
makes them all the more attractive
and youthful looking. The sable fur
bandings on the sleeves are mounted
on chiffon colored to the velvet