Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
origin of Old GLORY.


william Henry shelton, Curator wash
ington Headquarters, Bronx, in New
York Times.
1 quite agree with the conclusions
of DR.. Edward Hagaman Hall. in his
letter to the Times, that the Ameri-
can flag owes nothing of suggestion
to the Washington coat Of arms.
Neither does it owe anything of sug-
gestion to any early English flag that
may have borne thirteen stripes. The
number of the stripes was, of course,
determined by the number OF colonies,
and it was not necessary for Con-
gress to go back to ancient history
for the suggestion of the thirteen
stripes representing the thirteen col
onies when the Philadelphia Light
Horse had already adopted thirteen
stripes in its banner, which was
familiar sight to the members OF the
First Congress on the streets Of Phil
adelphia. Moreover. the Philadelphia
Light Horse, starting on June Fl,
1775, escorted General Washington
from Philadelphia to New York. on
his way to take command of the army
at Boston. The exact time in the year
I775 when the troop first used the
thirteen stripes is not precisely
known, and it is possible that Wash
ington saw thirteen stripes carried
at the head of his escort on that
occasion.
The History of the First Troop Of
Philadelphia City Cavalry" privately
printed philadelphia, 1879, says of
the adoption of the thirteen stripes at
Boston that it is probable that the
suggestion was made to Washington
by Colonel Joseph Reed, his military
secretary, who, as a resident OF Phila-
delphia at this time, had doubtless
many opportunities of seeing this flag
carried by the troop"
Question of Motherhood.
From Harper's Weekly.
This question of motherhood is the
most important of all woman ques-
lions. The answer which women can
give will determine whether they are
to continue to be the standard bear
ears of a new morality or whether
their morals will become more manly
in evil as well as good.
Only he who believes that moral
laws are divine and interchangeable
can doubt that woman's self-asser-
ton will on the whole be good for
humanity But the very one who
hopes this will also hope that the
ancient womanly virtues of motherly
sacrifice and wifely faithfulness will
never be outgrown. These virtues
will be all the more needed when love
Is made the standard for marriage
because this relation is governed by a
law, as inf1exible as the necessity for
the presence of both oxygen and
nitrogen in the air, that love implies
mutual desire for an eternal rela-
ton brought about by faithfulness
between husband and wife during
their life and into the future through
children.
No freedom ought to make women
Indifferent to self-control and
motherly devotion since from these
qualities some of the highest values
in life have sprung. The best quail
ties of the sailor are still needed by
the aviator though the latter has a
wider space in which to sail. Unless
We realize this truth through our
imaginations, we shall soon learn it
from the number of victims sacrificed.
Reducing Illiteracy In Kentucky.
From the Berea Citizen.
In 1910 there were, according to the
United States census, 1852 illiterates
in Rowan county. Now there are %!
These % are classified as follows:
TOO stubborn to learn, 4: confirmed
invalids or sick during campaign, s;
defective eyesight, 6; idiots, 5; moved
in during closing days of campaign,
q"
This is. the result. of a campaign
started by the county superintendent,
Mrs Cora Wilson Stewart, two years
ago to wipe illlteracy from the coun-
ty. It LIS the first practical demon
stration of the ability of the people
of a political unit to educate all their
people that has been furnished by
any portion of the United States. No
other county in all America has such
a record. 1t is a demonstration Of
the efficiency of the rural schools
when they are enlisted in a common
Gauge. 1t is also a demonstration of