The Washington herald., 1920-09-07
Notes by>a Washington Observer
Treasury to Strike "PiIgrim HaIf-DolIar''-
Senator Mccormick to Seek Foreign
Language Vote for G.. O. P.

y pilgrim half dollar" is to be
issued by the United States Treas
ury in celebration of the landing Of
the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth.
The coin will be struck from designs
furnished by the Pilgrim TerCentc-
nary Commission and made by Cyrus
r. Dallin. the Boston sculptor. Mr.
Dallin was the sculptor Of the
Medicine Man" in Paramount Park.
Philadelphia. and Of many other
wrli-known works throughout the
country. The full issue Of the Pill
grim half-doIlars has been assigned
to tho Tcrccntenary Commission
and will he distributed through tho
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
and banks in the principal cities Of
tho country. The price will b." 81
each. which will net the Commis-
sion nearly Sl50,0O0 for completion
OF terce ntenary works at Plymouth.
Pageant Begins December II.
Tho Pilgrim celebration proper
will begin on December 2l with an
indoor meeting at Plymouth. when
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will be
the orator The festivities will then
go over to the summer Of 1927,
when pageant will be produced
on several days each week in the
months of July and August. The
pageant is being written by George
F. Baker. professor Of English at
Harvard University In honor Of
ne T@rCentenlry the waterfront at
Plymouth is being reconstructed 50
as to restore the shore line to the
one known by the Pilgrims. 4 new
ci."' y contributed by the Society
of Colonial Danes, will cover the
rock which will in the future be
seen on level with high tidewater.
"PIcking on" PhiIIic Again.
There is a minstrel show, whose
home base is Gov. Cox's citadel Of
Columbus, Ohio, that is nightly
spreading heinous libel of Phila-
delphia, to wit
End Man (to interlocutor): Are
you good in geography"
lnterlocutor: Sure. am. Best
thing l did in school"
End Man: We'll, where's Phila-
delphia?"
Interlocutor: That's easy. PhiIa-
delphia's in Pennsylvania"
END Man: Wrong. Thought you
"Ouluh KNOW.
Interlocutor: We'll. whore is
Philadelphia?
End Man: Last in both Leagues
Richard Strauss Plans Tour,
DIT. Richard Strauss, the German
orchestral conductor and comnoear
ol cgciohlc music. is about to in
wade the Western Hemisphere with
tour of South America. II will
be his first visit to this side Of
the Atlantic since he achieved fame
oy conducting concerts in a PbiIa-
delphla department-store before the
war. Strauss will direct in Soutb
america performances of his opera.
Arladne in Naxos," first produced
IN Germany in 1912 and founded on
Moliere,s lie Bourgeois GentfI-
homme.' 1t is not known whether
Strauss intends plying his trade in
the United States or not,
English Novelist Tours L. $
w: L. George. the DISTINGUISHED
English novelist now in this conn
try on a lecture tour, declines to
discuss social and Industrial condi-
tons in Great Britain, though
year ago this month he drew nm A
scheme for the establisbment q
Soviet Government in the United
hlngaom. his Ia.Iached-
IN the bally helsId the Ion6os
labor organ, atAths critical hour 81
the great Brisisa railway strike.
Mr.. George sFvs be Is unfsr co,s-
tract with hi4+pubisshers 10 rcsnsis