The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-26

cream. 50 even the sea mas It's null-
tauons.
After dining well, We commenced
sightseeing. Here was Plymouth
where was the Rock? We found il
down by the sea 1t had been re-
moved from the original site where
il was in the way Of navigation, and
to preserve ii they enclosed ii. We
saw il only through bars, 1t bore
the date 1920 quite near is Copp's
Hill \ pathetic story was told me
where here We're buried number Of
pilgrims who had died OF hardships
during their first winter. and to
keep this fact OF their weakened de-
fense from the aggressive Indians
they planted corn over their graves,
on this hill top.
In the heart of the cty-the site
is marked on the first house-stands
an old building called Pilgrim Hall,
which contains many relics of the
past. one interesting one is Miles
Standishs Bible Here we purchased
some post cards illustrative Of Incl
dents of times when We're used
little implement-a stick with q rab-
bits foot on one end and 4 rock on
the other end-for the purpose Of
waking sleeping worshipers. The
elders used the instruments accord.
ingly.
F0refathers Monument
A monument, gigantic in size, is
erected on happy spot back of the
| city and by reason Of its height,
commands a view Of the ocean, that
vast body Of water washing the shores
Of two worlds and was lure TO these
men Of the Old World both adven"
turous and determined, who came
/ hither 300 years ago seeking liberty
/ the birthright Of man. This monu"
| ment is called Forefathers Monu
ment 1t is one Of the finest in the
/ world-made Of solid granite, and by
/ its design portrays what embodied
| the ideals and principles which are
| the foundation Of the great Ameri-
can people.
The return journey was by another
route. away from the shore. II car
ried US through the widest verdure,
where daisies, peonies and Boston
! fern grew in glorious eXtravagance.
and elms a hundred years old shell
tered US from the sun, now tilted TO
the west. We left the macadamized
roads for the city pavement at
p. N.
"A demand for q newspaper at the
news stand occasioned the informa-
tion that Sunday in Boston was
! daily newspaperless,'
A Visit to Harvard
In honor OF the visitors the
grounds and museums Of Harvard
were open. The professors acted as
entertaining, gracious guides.
within Harvard grounds stands
museum. 1t is called Germanic Hall.
1t was under construction when war
was declared in 1917 and it was then
closed Now ii is open.
you are warned on entering that
everything within is perishable and
not TO handle same. What seems
bronze and marble, etc. is only plas-
! ter cast and so veneered TO repre-
sent otherwise. Here we see CALLER
les Of German art. paintings, sculpture
and architecture. A tablet al the |
door on your right tells you that the |
idea OF this museum was conceived in |
1897, and 1t was founded by the now |
eX.kaiser, and subscribed TO by many /
/ Germans here and In Germany and |
that Busch Of st. Louis gets special /
mention as q liberal donor.
A German at the door acts as an
] los .F tastf a
| those who are interested. | was not
/ interested turned and left the
/ Hall. thinking deeply, for Harvard
! has another museum-it is in the
| medical department and there are eN-
hibited, in plaster casts also, fac
similes Of the victims pf another Ger
manic master stroke. Much-oh, so
much-has modern surgery done IN
this great war; and plastic surgery,
the repair surgery, has outdone all
other surgery IN its mechanisms and
its results
"A bullet or shrapnel In a vital
spot is kind In It's swiftly dealt blow
the only mark IL makes Is In the
hearts of the lving-the loved ones.
But bullet or she'll tearing away
the face Of a man leaves him TO
live life which is worse than any
death. And IL Is here our surgeons
have done such wonderful master
pieces In restoring the features o.
these miserable beings. giving them
back teeth, Jawbones, and giving their
face semblance Of the human again.
And II Is the plaster casts OF these
models Of their feat they so proudly
exhibit In the museums OF all medical
schools throughout the United States.
Outside the sun shone a. only a
I sun can shine on June morning In
Boston overhead were tall elms, one
under which Washington had cslmped
his armies. Through the foliage
) could ~ seen tablets marking this
j. and that-all episodes Of the Rovolu-
tionary era-and roads which ran
10 through bushos of lilac and bridal
wreath-oyer which tramping armies
? had marched long ago. And over
n hilltops some 10 miles away my Wis
ion took me along that road to Con-
cord--a road that seemed to me hal.
c lowed for IL was here Paul Revere
had made his famous ride. and by
the wayside were u lets marking
y events In history In the spring OF
that memorable year 1875. And, TOO
y In my vision, saw another army
u treadlng along that road and mark
n ing events In the history Of their
q great country. They were the spir-
i s. of that Silent Army now asleep
e In the cemetery. sleepy Hollow. near
by-Emerson. Hawthorne. Thoreau.
d Louisa VI. Alcot,, their deeds not
e marked on tablets. but their thoughts
u were engraved tn our hearts. and In
u the hearts of all book lovers. So We
Is smiled nm AZ tha uunshina and hirv.