Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-22

of Betsy Ross, where the lady was receiving
a visit from General Washington and an
other military gentleman relative to her de.
sr Parish 'i nss.e tss 4' csae down q" s. ,ns
street. during the celebration Of the snniver-
sary Of the founding Of the parish in the
days Of Penn. There was an afternoon de-
voted TO story telling-old tales Of the col.
onics OF a casual. chatty. personal nature:
by Herbert Welsh. Miss Wharton and
others; many Of the descendants were sit.
ting about me, some whose ancestors had
been Tories, some whose ancestors had been
Americans from the word go" The tea
that was served, the little cakes, the aspect
Of the hall. the quietness Of the old street
leading back from Second street, all lent a
certain air Of reality to the tab'esu on the
stage: but once had walked from the dark
stiffness Of the little street and met the noise
and traffic and quick. home going crowds
on Second and Market streets. once I had
Joined the obstacle race across Market street,
the old town they had all been talking about
that afternoon vanished In the night,
7 TRIED to make II come back BY walking
L up Chestnut street past Independence
Hall and then over TO Walnut street past the
old theatre and so on up to Broad, looking
now and then at houses that had still an air
OF has beens" about them--but Il was
no use! The eighteenth century stayed
Hn.re ~ pelongS 70 most OF us, pack IN the
n n,ssory DOCKS ana hlstorica, s9cieues, as fss
r,nn.r. 'ow .uo % nolse unu s'are una rap'u
oauai nnu,en. nm. q, S .ne .%enuetn century az
canal ooat ~ removed from hydrop'sne.
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A T LEAST that Is what I felt as walked
n ho,,. >. ,,.,.- .,.. , NJ.
On, - Rro.d ~ "rn ona VIA. ,h". ,.., Mnen
how r;dicn,ons a. sssm.d ,ho, sn S,;ss nr.st.
greot mncIa ~ Vt. NJ no'.Ai .hs.'. W
on b,s vail ~ nu t.n,, "@g psus Suo"t .ners
In nded tn n or;ro np tho ,o, - 49, ne I'm mau
vjnc In n nototn Gala h"y! ~ '.am .u VIZ a.f,,
fron Tho town 30 ph;,.i",,.,. % W ' " .t. mus sun
Cran,o's ~ w n'"".pnis; ps. tn"usht,
feeiN'.I o,rL ,r.,o " 1r, "ou'u
Of J"-if tbar NOD 20 ..",. .h,. ,,r.a.u mon
5.ao - N % dauL a,,,' u's ;n.a ints 49,. s.,. ..
,;tL r. " ,S' S' .ary Mn'et e'eIns
w. w" '"e ""o'e "or'd hurr!hg ana hurhns
y.t ,ho v.rv nav. .,,, - ..,,
w. meAt ihoIh'hg q man toiu me
cos,or: - % bi. lie. '' h. srsa,. sIea, s, an.
,s h,,"..r ., u. m,s wis .na' mnue me teei tnat
mndern Inran.,ans NO. "o' enanseo III sp''e OF
THE story 4, of tbe srs. woman ,.wx.r
49,, ...",.. -. 49,
~ " sunras,st IN tne co'Cnies. strangely
en.har snh"' sue IAN same ,rom Mers'snd. Or
ru.ne,, ,.n sne n'ed IN Maryland; she came
~, "Er E.S 'nm anu sis.sr ana tneir seryHn.s
u"l f'"sanu III the uays OF l'ord baiti'
'''pre. T
Inc nrst governor OF Maryland was one
i.eonard uaNert; brother OF Lord Balti;
norr: 11urlns h,s govcrnorship there settled
IN ~ NarE county IA gentleman ny the
i.hihe % o. nr'ht' with TWO daughters: one OF
mmon. mm"n, WIS known as Mistress Margaret
hrcnt. %nr.,,, A.. ~ ,,,>
iossioI! the TACT thht Sience ana Dill
traits in Mistress Margaret Brent. possibly
1hs traitS accounted 1or the coat 'of arms.
% "" ~. hnow NY nut at ~ events when the
80, a.. u | ,I Hts w, ~as rsso' was
,'i.h M nt ne nad ,eit the "G,k OF ms estates.
Wa",' NJ. s ',''.. .o' Hs:". vi o.; nsorie,s. OF.
.,;,,' 81; ~ ih'H.ress .nargaret brent'
~ moLo u',,, puUn ~, , ,'.ssas. aPpensrh
c;ra ali - ''' my S''' 'Ne'"'f'A' lake a'''
wv VII, u.
H"ry IA! oack OF these WORDS
;mo,aa" ,.a sa'e NJ % r,u. ShCmee ana Dli-
, ms .st n,ot,o. ~ icte she ap.
I%areu oSiore tne Maryland Legislature and
"cn"nnu." TWO Io,cs' one aS citi1en ana
one one AZ tne execntr,S % ana trustee OF the Cal
,'rI rrop,ruas: irue 10 torm' the Mary.
sr1unu tnnt sne was woman.
yrars' IN 'ns aamlhistratlon OF the
cs.aae. S'er tnat His'ress margaret brent
appea.e' IN persoh III the courts ana was
ne, OWL h"ftr wneh nccesslty arose; pcing
mskno"ieuS'u ~, 70 oe petter fersed IN ths law
man most OF the 'egai gentlemen OF the
'o;rhs' Ti
.,n me IsScenaants OF tnc brent family. who
sslI no'u paIt ~ thr original estate IN ~.
ma Mary county, Mary,and were. to Judge by
i64S, their legislative assembly voted 1t
A Nd MARYLAND IL not the ONLY p,acc that
"A .,,.. 900 30 to.,, -.
o,ho. naS nnnt,,r .,t. " ,,;,a ,., uori" ot an
I was In Saybrook. Conn, last week over n
night IN the inn there md during mo course
OF A desuItory conversation with rho owncr
and proprictrcss. she exnrcsscd surnr,se thot
the form Of nonular royernment bn"wn % as
thc town meeting" was NOT nractic.% as 10
practical for Pennsylyania. VI
.'Why we decide everything in on, oo,.
oral town meetinv from wbo sbau 10 w..
nresidcntisi electors to who shaIi m.nd the the
town bulletin hoard ~ was her comnioisont
announcement. '''"'|
'We could not do that In ponrsr,r.., ',