Evening star., 1927-04-24

tlnental Congress followed the ADVICE
given at the sessions of that body that
they adopt a constitution and manage
their own affairs under the new form
of government outlined in the Declara-
ton of Independence. They met their
colleagues at Kingston and adopted
| the first form of government under
| the new dispensation. All through the
past week the memory of the fathers
was recalled in New York City and
throughout the State and ceremonies
| were he'd in Albany and at the old
courthouse in Kingston. On April p
the provisions formed tentatively were
unanimously adopted, and Gov. George
| Clinton's services were gratefully
called to mind by every ID. A. r. chap
I ter in the State. by the Sons OF the
Revolution and by numerous patriotic
| associations.
Mrs. Helena May Smith of Chau
| tauqua, n. Y. has spent the Winter
and early Spring on the painted
| desert of Arizona. near the Wupatki
ruins, once the home of the prehis-
| toric Hopis, experimenting in a new
| art medium-that is. to grind into
| powder the vivid colored rocks heaped
! about and from the sand make
paint used for her method of mosaic
| rock pictures screened through silk.
| Having painted on canvas for years
and received recognition from New
| York artists, Mrs. Smith is convinced
that this new way is destined to play
a leading part in desert pictures OF
| the future. For many unknown hues
come from the pulverized stone. but
they are faithful reproductions of the
marvellous coloring of earth and sky
at sunrise and sunset and during
rvinI 1x-fpd M
| exquisite grays and lavenders come
| from this sand, and mixed with the
necessary oils, this artist has made
some appealing moonlight scenes,
where the silvery rays change the
brown hills of Arizona beyond the
sand into exquisite shades. She pro-
poses to use these mixtures for surf
and sea coast scenes and her return
to New York after seven months OF
experimenting near the ancient abodes
of the Hopis is awaited with much in
terest. Mrs. Smith is the wife of
we'll known musician of New York,
Mr.. Joseph Smith, who has been
studying Indian music and the wind
songs Of the desert.
Lady Bathurst, a clever leader of
civic reform in London, has aroused
storm of enthusiasm in favor of her
campaign, Cdll6u Itl0 SlduSnCSE Ol the
innocents," to give careless motorists,
and especially those driving under the
influence of liquor, nothing less than
a six months term of Imprisonment
for minor offenses like injuring Pc
destrians and manslaughter penalty
in all cases of death. So many inn
posing names have been added to the
list of Lady Bathurst's adherents,
that the drivers of motors must keep
a sharp eye out all the time. Last
year there were more than 10000
injured or killed outright in England,
and within the confines of London
alone an appalling list of children
and old people. Traffic problems in
London are, according to observers,
the most abstruse in the world. Gen.
Sir Frederick Sykes. who is the court
OF last resort on such decisions, hopes
to see all the city provided with
underground railroads or tubes, as the
Londoners call them, and not ground
| road operating except the bus lines.
following side streets and not arterial
highways. This would give the
motorist a better chance to keep a
fair pace without depopulating the
islands. Lady Bathurst's posters are
all over the city, and several times a
week lectures on the curb, in the
parks and in hired halls are pro-
claiming the day is past when the
motorist ca nkill or MAIN pedestrian
and then pay a fine for It, The Lon
don council is considering a new bill
for traffic regulation growing out of
this Stupendous feminine movement
and other cities in this and European
countries await results with deep
concern.
In Senator Cappers State the
farmers have, according to reports
which have been reaching him for
come months past, gone in tor novel
and entirely original form of promot-
Ing their prosperity. All along the
good roads which make motor travel
la joy in the Sunfiower State may be
found neat signs informing the trav-
eler that at q farmhouse quite visible
from the highway may be obtained a
genuine cooked-and-served home din.
ner, freshly laid eggs, good plump
fowl, milk, butter, milk, and in proper
season all the vegetables which grow.
Sleeping accommodations may be OBJ
tained on the premises, and then is
added subtle line telling that it is 100
or maybe 200 miles to q city with q
good hotel, and then the chicken is
cold storage and the vegetab b1es
canned. Few motorists resist such
lure as this. These farmhouses are
spacious well built and Immediately
clean, and the tourist trade Is a VEN
ture OF the mistress who wants to add
| to her pin money. O. course, the
hotels along the route feel the differ
ence, not only in loss of customers but
in the demands of travellers who have
had the good fortune to stop with the
farm bonifaces. Farther and farther
West this new industry is spreading,
to the dismay of the professionals,
who have hitherto made travellers take
what they could get. Now, If what
| they offer is not up TO the mark, the
driver coolly replies he will look up
farm. For 20 years past farmhouses
about Washington have advertised
from the road fresh produce, or per-
| haps tie, but meals and shelter had
to be sought at inns and hotels. But,
OF course, Kansas will make It's thrifty
farmers buy licenses.
Former Postmaster General Albert
| Sidney Burleson was among the hon.
ored figures at the Statewide celebra-
| ton Of the ninety-first year of Texas
! independence, which began last Thurs
| day at Austin. Mr.. Burleson is the
| grandson of one of the heroes of the
decisive battle of San Jacinto, April
| Il, 1856, and one who had also par
| ticlpated in what is known in Texas
| history as its Lexington--the battle
! Of Gonzales, October >, 1885. This
was Gen. Richard Edward Burleson,
! who commanded u central Texan divi-
| sion under the indomitable Houston.
This Gen. Burleson and his son, Ed
| ward father OF the former Postmaster
| General and before that for many
years a member of Congress from his
State, were prime factors in establish.
ing law, order and prosperity in
| Texas after the MeXicans were driven
out. Both served for years as Pang.
ers, and held many important posts
under the republic after the anneXa-
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