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what did the Prince.

and materials of quick lunch, whose
steaming odors filled the placer We,
with our Juvenile Keystone State APP
petite, voted these viands as ambrosial
and it for the gods. There we took
our Philadelphia pepperpot, waffles.
hominy. scrapple, smearcase, cheese
cakes and dump noodles and snits'.
for Manhattaners we translate,
wheat -four doughballs, dried apples
and ham boiled together and served
with molasses.
To crown the vision, beheld as JOY
fully by the Quaker City small boy,
who concealed q mammoth cave I'M
der his diaphragm, as 1t was sorrow
fully looked upon by the surprised
Prince, there sat a goddess Of liberty,
in the form of a fat lady, who might
have tipped the scales at quarter Of
thousand pounds. Red faced and
beaming with motherly good nature,
amid appetizing clouds Of vapors, she
presided over the steaming pots and
pans, kept calorlcally high over live
charcoal in sheet iron bases. This
lady bountiful dispensed soup, beans,
pretzels and picked tripe with espe-
cial Joy when candidates for her pine
benches began to multiply, at IL :05
post meridian, and she soon had
waiting list. The more, the merrier,
seemed to be the motto of herself and
her maids. There was the Liberty
Bell, which, then set on rough tim
bers under the stairway, furnished
on its platform dresser for dishes.
But, oh. what a debacle from au-
gust historic memories! Was the
treasury Of PENN's city so poor and
even as low as that Of the Buchanan
Government in 1851 that the city faith
ers must rent out the sacred edifice
for the mean revenue of an eating
stand? The future EDWARD VII. was
Mortified. Then and there he, the
Prince, spoke out strongly, In his
mothers English, which we give in
paraphrase. He intimated that 1t was
the duty Of the Philadelphia munich
pality to end such base usage Of an
edlfice consecrated by noble memories.
For, let 1t be recalled to-day, none
more than EDWARD knew the true
inwsrdness Of the Revolution. In
IT'S, on American soil with blood,
and on British soil without slaughter,
the same struggle began. Without
the bloodshed Of battle. the same vic
tory was won in 1880 that we won in
1881, with French aid, and In 1887
consolidated here, namely, that of
true representative government. We
made sure of our victory against a
German King, who, with corrupt
Parliament, misrepresented British
tradition and spirit, in our Constitu-
ton, our union and our stable govern
ment, In 1857. Across the water the
reform Of 1880 meant q Parliament
representing men and not land, as
In 1875.
The Prince, later King EDWARD
VII, recommended that not only
should the refreshment tables and
benches be removed, but that the
whole building should be restored to
! its original simplicity and use.
But, women, sisters, let us reveal
the secret. Men baked at the cost.
They pleaded the same argument, of
loss of revenue. which has been so In
dustriously and with as much falla.
cious reasoning and pseudo-eloquence
urged in favor of retaining strong
beverages. One glorious male excep-
ton was seen In that gentleman OF
strong individuality, who wrote one
of the most honest photographs
in modern days, SAMUEL WHITTAKEE
PENNYPAcKER. He turned the en-
| gines of his unique erudition to the
reinforcement Of the d. A. r. With
women's tenacity and an importantly
as lnvincible as that of their Biblical
exemplar and precedent, the Daugh
tiers of the Revolution persisted and
won. Independence Hall, restored tC
Its chaste simplicity and pristine
grandeur of style, is now an Ameri
can mecca. What trependous agent
for national unityi What an invest
ment in nation wide loyalty to the
ideal of the fathersi
Within a year from EDWARDS visi
at the greatest of the shrines of Amer
lea, the greatest Of her sons, ABRA
HAM LINCOLN, sat in the Hall of tn,
Fathers, who looked down upon hin
from their speaking effigies on can
vas. Later, outside In the front space
where stood once In the flesh and nov
stands In bronze the Father of hi
Country, and where in 1924 the can
non of old at Valley Forge and Bar
rem Hill Numbered welcome to oul
visiting LAFAYETTE, We saw LiNcoLr
raise the Stars and Stripes. Fl,
hoisted to the top with the halliardt
the sailors knot and ball, and then
with q Jerk, sent it open and Sc
ripping high In the air to the breez'
the emblem of n Federal republic
Here again in 1865 we saw tn,
form of the dead President lying IL
state amid the spirits of the fathers
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