New-York tribune., 1922-09-03

story, will stand with his flock on the corner
opposite the sehoolhouse; school .let outn
from i50 years ago to review the past on the
spot whore the FIRST free school in the colony
Of New York was built.
And as you wander ON down the dear old
streets between the elms and naples you will
sun yourself in that placid serenity with which
age crowns vivid, active, well centered life,
be it d town or man. You may encounter an
Indian chief Ca real one, Chief Deskahah of
Ontario Canadal or meet up with Penelope
Grant, the Scotch heroine of Chanabers's novel
"The Little Red Foot. Cher author NAV be
walking with her, for he is to be among those
present9 Have an eye out also for Nick
Stoner, the famous trapper {Grover Yerdon),
ne who at the Revolutionary tavern Union
Hall Drained the Indian who killed his father,
The chances are even that Charles Carroll.
of Carrollton tFred Linus CARROLL and George
Washington, of Virginia IS. Elmore Burtonl.
in buff and blue may stroll by together. with
perhaps an Indian maiden DOROTHY Dernp-
ster). For they all did love winsome lass
IN their leisure moments or between battles.
did these Revolutionary gentlemen.
The grand finale of the pageant will take
place at o'clock at Johnson Hall, when the
painting representing Sir William presenting
gifts to the chiefs of the Six Nations viii
be reproduced. This picture was made bv E.
L.. Henry, of New York, for Mrs Charles B.
Knox, of Johnstown, and hangs in her home
together with its companion piece, the picture
of Johnstown Of 1862. Photographs of both
OF these interesting and truthful paintings are
shown on this page.
johnson Hall to-day has a charm as never
ayang and intangible as the shadows of the
ems that lace its broad white front And
when the braves gather once more before il
ana Slr William fronts them again there will
De tight throats in the crowd, we warrant
Perhaps 1t would be a good thing to hold
labor and capitalist conferences and sociaIiet
meetings IN such gracious SURROUNDINGS wbera
mellow memories Of great deeds and hard
won victories, of rough places made smooth
at great cost for those who would come after
must surely convey responsibility to
carry on"
10 heart and mind not utterly imuerv;-
Gus to beauty and reason these thinos ,nrs+
tend to poise and perspective and fair iudo-
ment Nobody ever had harder lob than Sir
William when he stood between the Fnplisb
and the red men, but he won applause from
ooth ana peace for his community. page Sir
"llllam, some one, and get good word from
him as to the blazing of the trail for 1928,
AS the shadows lengthen there will be com
memofatlve services at the grave of Sir Will
liam, conducted by ST. Patricks Masonic
Lodge, No. q, which he instituted in 1855.
And then the formal days proceedings will
be over but there will be filibuster parade
and Gen raj Trainin' in the evening a pag
cant OF dances on Courthouse Corner and
move based on Chambers's historical novel,
cardigan, which was filmed in Johnstown
On Saturday our latter day notables Will
have their turn along with the repetition of
Fridays program. The local bar association
viii entertain distinguished members of the
New York State judiciary at the courthouse,
and in the dining room of Sir Williams man
sion Governor Miller will speak to the other
distinguished guests at luncheon.
The whole town has mustered in to paw
tribute to the past, and it is impossible to do
more than hint at the organization of lineal
descendants and newcomers. All are enlisted
to drive back the threat of oblivion and for
getfuness of the past that threatens US all in
America.
When the town of Sacramento gave it's
pageant on "The Days of '49" and the gold
seekers invasion all men were ordered to let
their boards grow and to wear red flannel
shirts that the "city mob" might "go on" with
out making up and add to the realism of the
celebration. Amusing penalties were infct-
ed on those SO lacking in public spirit as to
shave before this event, and general co-opera-
ton gave an atmosphere" that no individual
effort could have produced. The women were
so patriotic as to wear gingham dresses of
49 pattern!
The same sort of community spirit must ami
mate any historical pageant, and the main in
dustry Of Johnstown, just now, famous as it
may be for geiatine, gloves and knit goods, is
pageantry. Bank presidents and members of
the bench, society and business women, judges
and lawyers all have their assigned tasks.
There is nothing that more enlivens life
than constantly putting new and deeper con-
tent into old words and names that have
become stereotyped. Perhaps When people
have said s'Johnstown" in the past your psy-
Geological reaction has been Pennsylvania
Flood" Forget the flood! 1t is direful that
disaster affects our memories so deeply, while
beauty, success and attainment are so easily