Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-31


cousins.
The railways and tourist folk make lot
out of this Pilgrim business.
mecum. the Encyclopedia Britannica how
ever. just one inch and a half of space Is
devoted to pilgrim fathers
American Pilgrims is what the "pil.
are called in the advertising literature.
1t catches the newcomer to England every
time.
He tits his hat tri1e more and throws
out his chest.
IT'S sort of complimentary, you know!
l. That's why,
Its hands across the sea- stuff.
It lasts. il he Is an observant Pilgrim
TIL he stands in front of the imposing Albert
} Memorial in London.
Surrounding its base are the great names
Of all nations of all times-except those Of
America.
The Yankee tourist can lose an eye before
he will discover the name of n Franklin, or
n Robert Fulton or any other American on
that list.
German names. among the foreigners. pre-
dominate in this muster roll of the mighty
in science, art and literature.
The German strain in the English royal
blood accounted for this Teutonic preponder-
Besides. Abraham Lincoln's name hadn't
yet risen to its magnificent height. and
Thomas Edison was still 'candy butcher"
on Western railroad train.
That Is. when the Albert Memorial. to
commemorate the virtues of that admirable
gentleman. the late Queen Victoria's bus.
band was projected and erected.
To relieve the embarrassment which every
intelligent Englishnan now feels, would
suggest that one of the numerous German
names be erased and that of Pershng or
Sims be substituted.
Or even Woodrow Wilson, not to display
any partisanship.
AS TO Plymouth,
A 1t was out on It's blue sound that the
Mayflower and Speedwell lay that September
morning 3O2 years ago.
The other Pilgrim ships were not visible
at the moment.
l mean the three or four large vessels that
carried the antique clocks. chests, spindle
chairs and other curios that have. in the
intervening three centuries been distributed
as Mayfower relics.
With the foresight of his time, Governor
Bradford anticipated the demand for furni-
ture, etc. that came over in the May.
flower
Old prints that have seen here in Ply
mouth show only the Maytlower and the
Speedwell at anchor in 1920.
1t was the mistake of the photographer
of the expedition.
TNllAT reference to the photographer Of the
L Mayfower expedition recalls story of
the Spanish Main.
1t was originally laid at Port Of Spain,
Trinidad.
A Yankee "pilgrim" TO the island of the
asphalt lake wandered into musty little
curio shop on Almond Walk.
The aged proprietor in vain displayed his
assortment Of swordhsh swords, desiccatcd
startish. coral, wood carvings and multi
colored shells
Nothing suited the Yankee.
Finally, In the semi da rkness Of the shops
rear. the old fellow produced a rusty old
revolver with due soNemnity.
Here, my good friend, iss vot you look
for. Dis ees de very revolver dat Chris
topher Colombo carry ven he discovered
America. It's very rare Very rare
"Wha's that? Columbus revolver?"
yelled the Yank.
Say whatcha tryin' to put over? Don'cha
know revolverS wasn't invented when
Columbus discovered Amerca?" he thun-
dered.
Sure Sure was the swift reply. II
know dat. OATS vot makes it so rare"
THERE'S world of romance associated
with this fine, picturesque harbor of
Plymouth.
Plymouth. Stonehouse and Devonport like
Camden, Philadelphia and West Philadel-
ph,a.
Sir Frances Drake was bowling on the
high promenade when news came to him that
the Spanish Armada was In sight.
Sir Walter Raleigh, that prince of ad-
venturers, sailed out TO the West from Ply
| mouth Sound on an adventure that reads
| ike fairy tale.
1t was his quest for the tabled FL Dorado.
III DORADO, the City of Gold.
IL Or. was it FL Dorado, the Caribbean
| ruler in the heart of the Sonth American
forests whom white man had never seen
a. some contend:
| Who, every morning, was anOinted with
| oil and then sprnkled with Silted gold dust?
| Sir Walter never found the answer. No
| man yet has.
Twenty-Five years ago | walked the single
| narrow street of Solcdad. $50 miles IN the
Orinoco River in South Amerca.
| Sir Walter once knew that street walked
For six weeks his little feet halted there
| to rcft.
He never got nny farther into the un-
| known wilderness. Fate was against the
| galnpt gentleman also fnct.
| He went back; down with the current OF
| the mighty river.
| Down with the tide and back to ENGLAND
to meet nm undeserved death on the heads
| mans block
The Mayfowcr. shalop, CARRYING the
| fa'e or new "orIu III llS HOld, also sailed
| from plymouth.
It's a wonderful stretch Of blue water,
| this sound.
GO FAR as its railway publicity matter
- for the benefit Of American visitors goes
this end Of England is stil doing business
| bnck in early war time.
Imagine the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad or
the Reading, putting out descriptive liter.
AZURE that hadn't been revised Since 1917?
| Distributing booklets telling us, in this
evcntful yanr Of 1922, what Is going 10 hap.
pen in 1913.
What a big time they re going to have Mt
Altoona, or Harrisburg or Atlantic City In
1920?
This retroactive information has made n
great hit with some discriminating Ameri-
cans who are able to read In words Of three
syllables.
Really this isn't joke,
From n henntiful bound cirCnlar Of q COR.