Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-30
ATTENTION, LADIES!
George D. Thorn, the state Expert,
Tells You About votina-The r.
Brady Family Of Pennsyl.
vania: Its History
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
GEORGE ID. THORN, expert of the Stat

BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
GEORGE ID. THORN, expert of the State
" Department On the subject of regstra
ton and enrolment; is also chief of the
Bureau of Elections. He has issued little
fourteen page monograph that should be In
the hands of every woman voter.
1t tells in a plain, matter of fact way
about the duties of voters, candidates and
political committees under the laws Of Penn
sylvania.
In less than two pages Mr.. Thorn tells
what are the qualifications that entitlc
woman to vote at the ensuing November
election.
This is followed by list of the rcgstra
tion days in all cities. boroughs and town.
ships in the state. and how the prospective
women voters should go about getting their
names on the polling lists.
Then there arc concise instructions con
ccrning party enrolment and the way the
woman voter must be registered according TO
party preferences and affiliations.
TT THERE are any among the millions OF
L new voters who yearn to try their prem.
tice hand at running for public office. full
instructions are given by Mr.. Thorn just
how to go about 1t.
They are told how they shall spend money
for lawful purposes in campaigning, in
Guiding the "bailyhoo., which comes under
the head of public meetings and demonstra-
tions.
To keep fair candidates free from the
cntangling net of corrupt expenditure de-
tailed instructions are given for filing their
election expenses.
The little work concludes with political
calendar for the November election which
can be carried in the vest pockct-bcg par
don. the handbag--of the fair citizen.
George d. Thorn will have more feminine
blessings showered upon his astutc gray
hairs than he has known in all his official
life for this thoughtful and comprehensive
wade mcCum for the woman voter.
MAJOR WILLIAM G. MURDOCH,
lNl known for his activities as head of the
draft organization at Harrisburg during the
world war. and now adiutant of the Ameri-
can Legion. department of Pennsylvania, is
an author and publisher.
Not. Of course, as a business venture but
as historian gcncalogst.
On the 18th and 10th of the present month,
there was held at Muncy, Pa. the second
reunion of the Brady family, of which Major
Murdock is distinguished member.
1t is ono of the old family clans of Penn
sylvania that had its origin 1I6 years ago
when Hugh Brady took up 200 acres of land
in IIopcwCll township, Cumberland county.
That was the log cabin beginning of
sturdy race that today numbers among its
members governors senators: soldiers,
clcrgymCn authors and men of affairs in
business and industrial life.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, clergyman,
author and soldier who died lamented by
tens of thousands of readers, was of the
clan.
Governor Brady, of Idaho, was another
When il comes to the list of soldiers this
volume of biography from the pen of Major
Murdock tells the story of as fine line of
Scotch Irish patriots as one can find in any
genealogical work in the country.
Cumberland county was the birthplace OF
score of families whose sons and daugh 4,
ters in the succeeding century and half
have made history in Pennsylvania, and,
indeed. in the United States.
There were the Galbraiths. McCormicks,
Balstons, Evanses, Barclays, McCalls.
Brewers and Hamiltons, all militant
Presbyterians who served both. God and their
country faithfully.
TNHEs Rev. DR.. Wayland Hoyt, gifted
l. Baptist clergyman and religious writer,
widely known and beloved in this city, was
once, years ago. dinner guest in the home
of descendant of one of the Galbraths of
this same Cumberland county Scotch Irish
colony.
Turning to his host during dinner DR..
lioyt inquired. by the way Mr.. n
where did your ancestors settlc?"
They settled in Cumberland county about
the middle of the eighteenth century" was
the reply They were hard headed. God
fearing Scotch Irish of the kind that when
they were not praying they were fighting
when they were not fighting Indians they
were fighting among themselves. and when
they were not praying or fighting they were
drinking whisky.
The distinguished divine shook with
| laughter. though the hostess at the other end
of the table frowncd with manifest dis
| pleasure at her husband.
After the departure of the guest the wife
reproachcd her husband for his outspokcn
| description of his ancestry.
"Dr. Iioyt will think that they were
pretty tough lot was her indignant COM
| ment.
$50 they were. for they had big men in
those days was the smiling response
| HUNDREDS of members of the Amcri-
i i can Society for Psychical Research in
and around Philadelphia are Interested in
the announcement that the death of DIR.
| James H. Hyslop. its latr secretary and
| director. will make no change in tho prog
| rCSS of its work.
| The society constitutes Section II of the
| American Institute for Scientific Research.
corporation created under the laws of
| New York back in 1904,
4 point of secondary interest il that it's
endowment fund now exceeds SlS5, 900. tn"
income from which pays for its publications.
namely. its journal and Proceedings, and the
| expense of the office i'll New York.
| With all the rdiCulc and dCrision that
| have been heappd on the society in the past
twenty years the size of its endowment is
| prctty conclusive evidence that there are a
| large number Of people interested enough in
the scientific aspect Of this question Of the
hereafter to back their convictions with
cash.
TIME list Of honorary fellows of the
| American SOrioty for Psychicai Research
is rather astonishing from the standpoint OF
| distinguished names.