Show r Li jx pwammsm i THE GARLAND j TIMES GARLAND UTAH i f t Alfrad J Washington— Mrs former prssldent gsnsral of tho of tho Amorlcan RevoluDaughtora tion Is shown waiving an AmtrJoan sllk flag from Miss Bstsy Ross direct descendant of tho designer of tho Stars and Stripes Miss Roes represented the boys and girls of the United States In the American Flag Association’s contest The flag Is the first one made entirely from American silk cocoons o By ELMO SCOTT WAT80N S FLAG DAY 1029 approaches It Is Interesting to note that this year marks the fortieth anniversary of the scries of events which establishment led to the of June 14 as a day for a In observance national honor of the Stars and Stripes The story of how a New In bringYork newspaper hud a part ing this about Is told by George H Brennan In a letter to I'M it or ami as follows: — The obaarvaaca- Of - S'lae Day Ihle year baa revived the mooted question of the origin ot the publto display of the national colors on public buildings and on public- schools of the United States Who was responsible (or this What Impetus genglorious gesturing? erated this universal waving ot tbs Stars and Btrlpest I feel emboldened to attempt an answer In your columns asvto whu startand the ed the patriotic ball It la Just patriotic flags this summer since the years ago old New York Frese aroused this coun have try with Its flag propaganda fortify my meimiry recently tobound lllee of the New York the Press tor 1888 now In the New York was I'ubllo Library Frenkly at the conditions of publlr neglect therln set forth and thp unanimity of distinguished public opinionof dethe veloped in the flag propaganda rj ' frees was then owned Jemee Phillips Jr James K Uoudge and Ueorge West of weie leading figures Clement M Air Phillips had Induced assistant managing editor Hammond to become manof the Boston Globe of York Preae Nww the aging director and Mr Hammond bad brought with him Thomas C Quinn also of the Boseditor of the ton Globe as managing frees Fred F Burgtn was city editor ®f the Press and Louis J Lang later 'the biographer of Thomas C of Platt Mr and now a valued member Ilearst'a forest was acting Washington ebrrespondent was swsre nt the time the At flag display Idea was Mr Quinn's and the work of convincing the’ Washington authorities for official sanction as to public buildings waa Mr Lang’s the enTtie propaganda encompassed tire country with expressions ot exulfrom grovrrnora contant teachers school gressmen clergymen and other Influential characters of the lo July 1889 William Wlndom day secretary of (he treasury and John YVanamaker then postmaster general were convinced and from thal day to thla the Stare and Stripes have been on every public building In displayed the United State every day duilng office hours In the rules of the Navv there had been from early Department a rule for the divplay of the time flag on public buildings ot thal department but this rule had fallen Into more or less dleobeervsnce following tha Civil war Such dlMltnllar characters as Rev Dr McArthur and Father McOlynn were aroused lo leadership for the display of the flag on public schoolhouee —that glorious practice thal la now a was not dally Inspiration The Press wholly satisfied evidently with the way that the then board of education ot the City at llrst carried out tta flag Idea 188 for on Tueaday September the day after the opening of the school that year He news story carried thie paragraph Significant In the cit “At every achoolhouse the day was honored by the display of the American flag either on the above the principal's flagstaff or draped one notable The desk exception was at ths board et education In Grand street where there te a flaneialT on the top of the building supplied with In spite of all the top necessary the flagdld noF' float there ye(hi sterday” This hint was effective Soon afterwards public school boards throughout tha ostlon followed suit usually one newspaper tn each vicinity claim Ing tha honor of causing the action but the credit In the firel Instance The New by a group belongs to New York City and to the New York Press The year 1889 waa many years prior to the agitation of Flag Day and long his before Samuel Adams published "The Dravolume entitled delightful matic Story of Old Glory” Tlilg movement to display the flag on every federal building had the in dorsement of President Bcnja rntn Harrison who later hod a leading part In another patriotic gesture connected with the ting Bv n Joint resolution approved Juue 29 1S92 congress resolved "That the President of the and United States be authorized recrected to Issue a proclamation ommending to the people the observIn ance all their localities of the four hundreth anniversary of the discovery of America on October 21 1892 by and by suitable puhlle demonstrations In their schools and other exercises places of assembly” President Harrison Is Accordingly sued a proclamation dated July 1802 designating October 21 (not Oc- York Frees of which Mass Our ot Fitchburg of New York liallston N l New Cinema Screen I Cinemas In three dimensions a problem on which several fortunes have been spent In recent jrears are new way by In an entirely achieved an English Inventor who has devel oped a motion picture screen which” has for Its surface 90tUW tiny glass lenses each barely a quarter of au The screen Is made by Inch across Erst coating the osual surface with a thick layer of white lead and then ‘ StatnUa Flag days si baat and strlfa In swaddling V Fraadam wrapped clothes looked smilingly at U'a - Old Glory waived all radiant with umph and succoas to folds bar within No Morale!) lurked mar her knrellnsu toe with pasaioa aflame And heart! freedom's holy nlga Did h ornate to Old Glory tha flag without a stain! Whan S 4 fee Kg L tyrants still Imperil sever ign pies M ef yarn Tha’ tore al law and order would unleash tha dogs at war ll The emblem d nor freedom boldly rtpplee la the breeae hurls defiance I Aad at tha autocrats across tho seat for with passion aflams And hearts freedom's holy reign to Old Glory Do homage the flag without a atainl ThV J it ' 4 !l the glorious Stars and Stripes larevsr and a day a and deeds at righteous! worth? honor lead the way x children tears Is And may out children' reverence aad prise bad afro The oreclnu (Nt our noble from the skies purchased aflame fee with gaeelrm Thee beerts freedom's hely reign —the Old Shell flag Glory magnify without a stain — Fraderfch Ths adore BrurtoL Ok 4 Ta Ji J “On 12) ai general holiday said the President "let the people so fur ua possible cense from toll and devote themselves to such exa may best express honor to ercise the Discoverer and their appreciation of the greHt achievements of the four life completed centuries of American Columbus stood In his sge as the plo neer of progress find enlightenment Is The system of universal education In our age the moat proiiducnt and feature of the spirit of en salutary it Is peculiarly llgMfenmenLflnd appro that the schools he made by the people the center of the day’s demonstration let the National Flag float over every schoolhouse In the end the exercises be such as country shall Impress upon our youth the pa tuber that day” to this affixing the glass globules white lead coaling This work Is carefuly done by hand The stereoscopic effect Is then ob tallied with ordinary film and a stand ard projector for the myriad tinj lenses split op the light Into hundreds of thotistmls of minute beams which on the are ludl (dually magnified screen so that each lens gives depth In relief and produces the Illusion that the spectator Is looking around the object photographed — Popular Melanies Magazine shows New York — The photograph (left to right) Catherine H Dodge grandniece of Francle Scott Key and Mre Laura Brisk mother of Flag day on tha mall In Central park where the birthOne Hundred ard Fourteenth day of Old Glory wae celebrated with patriotic music and Impressive ceremonies last year triotlc duties of American FINNEY OF THE FORCE A Lot With Perpetual Care citizen ship” The stnte superintendents of education held their meeting that year In Brooklyn N Y They appointed a committee of five to prepare a program for universal use on October 21 Four members of this committee were state the fifth was Francis superintendents Bellamy member of the editorial staff of the Youth's Companion Upon the request of James P one of the proprietors of the Youth’s Companion Bellamy wrote the words which are now variously known as the ‘Tledge of Allegiance to the Flag” the “Flag Pledge” and the "Salute to the Flag” The pledge aa written by Bellamy la: ”1 pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which It stands: one nation Indivisible with liberty and justice for all” own story According to he wrote the pledge at the ofHce of one evening the Youth’s Companion In August 1892 while Jumes P waited outside the door for him to do It This Incident probably gave rise to the story that Upham hlpiself In wrote the pledge After appearing the program prepared by the state sufor nse on Columbus perlntendents day 1892 the pledge was approved and by many patriotic organizations was finally Hdopted In schools throughout the United States until It ts now regarded as almost an ofllclnl part of our puhlle school procedure later objected to Many educators ‘‘my ling” in the pledge With the large number of foreign born pupils In our schools that phrase says the United States Bureau of Education Is clearly the pledge ambiguous Consequently has been Inlormntly revlssd The v arshin now most widely used ts: pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which It atands: one with liberty nation Indivisible and Justice for all” The next step In the story of the development of Flug day Is the story of Mrs Lnnra B Prisk known as the “Mother of Flag Pay” In 1918 Mrs frisk who was editor of the Patriotic Instructor In New York suggested setting aside June 14 the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes Ify the Continental congress as the dig of the United States as was forFlag duy Her suggestion warded by the IHiughters of the Amec Jean Revolution tn N ew York to Pres-In tdent Woodrow Wilson response to the request President Wilson Issued a proclamation on May IS 1918 deslg nating June 14 of each year as Flag day and since that time It has so been observed i Faraala Is Larger The female of many species of fish grows to a larger size than the male Is Tbis true of tbe particularly game birds “the' Among female often takes Tbe hen Jack snipe ts bigger than tbe male for example Diviaioa of Labor Idea of being helpful Daughters around the bouse Is to run the radio while mother la running the vacuum cleaner— Cincinnati Enoolrer THE FEATHERHEADS That Proves They Were No Good N - |