The Washington herald., 1913-09-05

that when eating breakfast, the last slice
Of bacon should be left upon the plate.
OF little, take a little;
Manners 10 do;
OF little leave q little;
That Is manneTs, too.
The Dunmow Fitch. so greatly in de-
mand has an interesting history. The
custom OF competing for it can be traced
back to the reign OF King John. Robert
FitZwalter. who lived long and was be-
loved by King Henry, the song of King
John, betOoK himself in his latter days
to prayer and deeds OF charity and great
and bountiful aims to the poor, kept
great hospitality and repaired the de-
Cayed Priory of Dunmow. which Juga, a
most devout and. religious woman, had
erected, in which priory arose a custom
begun and instituted either by him or
some sf his ancestors, which Is veri-
fed by the common saying that he
which repents him not OF his marriage,
either s.eeping or waking, in a year and
a da.', may go to Dunmow and fetch a
CANNON of bacon"
Mr.. Page, the new American Ambassa-
dor TO the Court Of ST. James the other
day at Southampton. unveiled the me-
mortal erected there in celebration Of the
approaching terCentenary of the depar-
AAlt VI lut usFlIl dlNGES ana InelT
families for America. The shaft stands
on the site OF the pier from which the
emigrants embarked on the Mayfiower.
Lloyd BriCe, the United States Minister
TO the Netherlands, responded to the
toast, The Immortal Memory OF the
Pilgrim Fathers" After the luncheon to
the descendants" present. a procession.
accompanied by the societies interested
m the monument, proceeded to the site
of the column by way of the West Gate
through which the ships company passed
to the Nayflower on August Is. 162O.
After the column had been unveiled the
Ambassador and representatives of the
donors unveiled the various panels which
surround the base of the monument. The
Winslow panel was unveiled by Miss
Rachel Winslow, a member of the Eng
lish branch of the family. It bears the
inscription: TO Edward Winslow, Third
Governor Of the Colony" The Alden
panel was unveiled by Vernon A. Field,
president of the Alden Kindred Of Ameri-
ca; Mrs. Charles Follen. of Boston, un-
veiled the panel donated by the Co.
lonial Danes OF Massachusetts: Joseph
G. Butler, of Youngstown. Ohio, per-
formed a like service for the Ohio panel
and the Brewster panel was unveiled
by a member of the Brewster family.
The monument is a column of stone.
with bronze panels representing heroic
scenes in connection with the Pilgrims
The cost of the monument was betrayed
from public subscription in the United
States and England, and the bronze
panels were donated by Pilgrim societies
and the descendants Of Pilgrim families.
1t is located on the pier beyond the
West Gate, through which the Pilgrims
passed on their way to the Mayfiower.
The spot was famous long before the
time of the Pilgrim fathers, for tradi-
ton asserts that King Canute sat there
when he ordered the sea to retreat, and
from this pier Shakespeare made the
armies of Henry V embark for their
triumphant invasion of France.
The memorial movement was inau-
gurated by the Southampton Literary
and Philosophical Society, of which the
American Consul, Col. Swain, for years
had been the president. FLANEUR