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Show Famout American Born in Month of February Children born In February have all the odds of obtaining greatness In their favor. Figures complied by Dr. Robert Underwood Johnson, director of the Hall of Fame, show that more men and women enrolled In the hall were born during February than In any other month. Twelve of the sixty-three persons who have niches In the hall had their blrhdays that month. They were Mark Hopkins, February 4; William Tegumseh Sherman, February Feb-ruary 8; Dnnlel Boone, February 11 i Peter Cooper, February 12; Abraham Lincoln, February 12; George Pea-body, Pea-body, February 18 ; Alice Freeman Palmer, Pal-mer, February 21 ; Ocorge Washington, February 22; Jame Ilussell Lowell, February 22 ; Emma Willard, February 23; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, February 27, and Mary Lyon, February Febru-ary 28. Doctor Johnson's list showed that April was second with eight Hall of Fame members. June was last with only two. t - - .. i |