Show I EVENTS THAT MADE H HISTORY STORY i I Anniversaries of Independence Declaration on atlon and Landing of the grims Are Both Near Our country approaches two notable dates in ha its history f Philadelphians have already begun i to talk about a great international celebration for 1020 to commemorate the time one hundred and fiftieth anniversary anniversary anniversary sary of Independence But Hut next year comes a still more historic birthday It will be years ears next nest November since the pilgrims landed landed landed land land- ed in America writes Girard in the Philadelphia Press PreMo People refer constantly to them as the Pilgrim Fathers but but butas as Roland Usher in his book points out Fathers Fa Fu timers is scarcely a n justified title tithe Of the 02 persons sons who came over o in the time Mayflower only nine had bad reached Jort forty jorty years of age But two of them were fifty Thirty nine were children and there them were l 19 10 grownup women one of whom was unmarried As there were 2 25 bachelors bachelors' on board the time l that lone maiden probably was never ne nevera a w wallflower The three most famous characters Bradford Allen AIJen an and Miles Standish were all young fellows aged respectively respectively resper Uvel thirty one one twenty-one twenty and thir thir- ty S SOne One of th the thc most fatal epidemics on record smote that little colony and in four months 44 of the time pilgrims were dea dead It was a n disease akin to tuberculosis |