The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
SCRAP BOOK FOR TO-DAY

Although the festival Of the As sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. which falls to-day, is widely observed in Europe, very little attention has been paid to the feast on this side of the Atlantic This is to be changed if the Ancient Order of Hibernians can accomplish it. For years the members of that order have been pa ttently toi1ing to make the fifteenth
 of August a, festival day for the Cath
 oltcs of the New World as well as the the Old, and already their. efforts in that direction are bearing fruit. In
 many cities there will be religious ser vices. followed by outings and picnics. This festival conrnemorates the de- parture from life of the Virgin Mary,
 and her translation to heaven. It is a traditional pious belief that the
 body of Mary was raised by God soon
 after her death, and, by a. singular
 privilege, taken to heaven before the general resurrection of the dead. Af-
 ter the martyrdom of Jesus, Mary re-
 mained in Jerusalem, where she lived
 to ripe old age before she paid the
 universal debt to nature.
 Southampton, now the European
 port for a great fleet of Atlantic lin-
 CTS, is not satisfied with it's present
 fame, and is seeking to win from Ply
 mouth the glory of having been the pOIl O1 CA1OdTkGL1Ol TOT the 61lSTlIn Fathers. To impress this act on the
 public mind, Southampton will cele- brate Pilgrims Day to-day by unveu- ing a monument to the fathers who played so large a part, in the English colonization of America The memor- ] ial assumes the form of a, pillar fifty l feet in height, with eight bas relief
 panels on it's base, of which one rep resents the shores of England Nan1 America with the Mayhower sailing 1 between. It is a fact that the mil lion more Pi1grims-judging from l the number of their ancestors-sailed
 originally from Southampton on the
 ship SpeedweIl, August Is, 1920. The i SpeedVelI did not do so, however, and
 the Pilgrims returned to await repairs
 on their leaky vessel, On Sept. Ed,
 the SpeedwelI again fared forth into
 the Atlantic, but, after eight days at
 sea, the captain decided that It was
 necessary to return. The Pilgrims
 put back to Plymouth, from whence they sailed the Mayf1ower. Ply mouth thus gained the name and fame | of being the sailing point of the Pii-
 srirns, and the people of that city
 have been aroused to anger and de-
 rtsion by Southanpton's claims, now | put forth at this late day.
 It was 132 years ago to-day that 1.-the Spanish padres founded the Cfu-
 dad La Reina de Los Angeles-the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the fAngelsEand to-day, as on the ff- I teenth of August for many years, the | southern California metropolis will | celebrate Founders Day by revival 1 of old Spanish customs and costumes, l games and pastimes, There is 6. tra- | dition-not difficult to believe-that | on the very day of the founding of Los Angeles one enterprising pioneer | opened a real estate office and anoth- | CT cafetaria, and that these were 1 the first industries established in the l city. It is certain, moreover, that l on that day the padres said, each to l the other, Well, how do you like the | cliunaGe2' and that they answered each to the other, "Mucho graddiosa'' | or words to that general effect