The Washington herald., 1919-08-31
Such Is Life
As 1t Is Seen
By o. B. JOYFUL

September cuts little ice In the fight
OF time. 1t furnishes Labor Day and
the first day of xchool. And any
American school boy will tell you
ned just as soon abolish the OPEN
ing of school.
But without September whered the
coal man be?
And the oyster?
The first Labor Day parade was
held September ;, 1882 IN New York
Clty' The Knights of Labor did 4.
out It was Robert Price. of Iona
coming, Md. who on the reviewing
stand. called 1t Labor Day. The label
stuck.
Oregon was the first State to make
Labor Day legal holidsy-in 1887.
In that year the Samuel Gompers
wing of the Knights OF Labor with
drey from the Richmond, Va, con-
yention. and formed the American
Federation OF Labor.
On September 3. 17S3, the Treaty Of
versailles formally ended the war
between Great Britain and the United
, States. The United States Senate,
didn't debate the treaty for months.
Gen. Geronimo, Apache chief of
most furious temperament, surrender
ed to Gen. Nelson Miles, September
4 1885, and there was peace along
the Rio Grande until Villa got start
ed.
The first Continental Congress con-
vened September 5, 1774, which re-
minds some people that the present
Congress hasn't done anything with
the flu prevention bill. the farms for
soldiers bill. the peace treaty, the
railroads, the packers, the cost of
living, the round table conference.
The first electric lighting plant was
installed September 4, 1882, in a house
at 227 Pearl street, new York Tom
Edison did it,
September is Lafayette day.
September is a great month on the
Great Lakes. The first steamboat.
Frontenac, was launched on Lake
Ontario. September :, 1915. and on
September, TO- 1878, Commandant o.
Perry made Put-in-Bay famous for
summer excursionists.
The battle Of Brandywine was
fought September Il. III. and on
September :. 1917. the manufacture
Of whisky was prohibited.
There are no dates September 3, 4.
.. 6. :. s. 2, 10. II. y and Il OF the
year 1752 In English or American his
tory, because the British parliament
jumped from the Julian calendar to
the Grogorian calendar that year,
September 2 became September IL
Gen. Scott captured the City of
Mexico. September "A, 1s47, although
outnumbered two to one In those
days a Mexican expedition brought
home the bacon, and Mex bandits
along the border were scarcer than
hens teeth
September Is Is the birthday Of the
automobile, the patent for gasoline
automobiles having been issued to
George B. Selden, in 1885 Then Hen
ry Ford made it possible for John
Rockefeller TO quit trying to get rich
selling coal oil.
The battle of Harlem was waged
September Is, 177S. and the battle OF
Broadway is still being fought out
by the chorus girls.
The first daily newspaper in the
United States September q. 1884.
The first baseball club was organIz-
Cd September %, 1S45. and called the
kniCkerbockers. New York The rules
provided that the first team scoring
. twenty-One runs should win the game
Balboa discovered the Pacific
Ocean September 26, 1881. thus LAYING
the foundation for the japanese dis
cussion in the United States Senate
and making it necessary to dig the
Panama Canal
Outside OF these and a few other
things nothing has ever happened in
September although usually 1t is a
good month for Indian summer and
late vacations.