Evening star., 1932-10-09
American Patriot, Executed as Spy, Has Place
Among AeMot Famous Of WashingtonS
Fighters Telling Story ofEdith
Ca1eH, Mourued by the World.

tavern the next morning. Act also
divided into two scenes. the first showing the
tent of the British officer: the second, the
orchard on Col. Rutgers farm, New York then
referred to as being on the corner Of Pike
and Monroe streets. Here Miss Elliott did as
fine a piece OF emotional acting as one would
care to witness, although she uttered not
word in this scene while on the stage.
The play was written along historic lines,
but when tradition formed the only part the
author had to rely upon, wide latitude was nat
urally indulged in However, 1t was a whole
some play and breathed Of true patriotism, such
as we cannot have too much of, for it does
seem that even among our more prominent men
some at least, pay more attention to party
politics than to the sacred history OF their
country and to the biographies of the patriots
who made liberty and independence possible.
There are several memorials to Nathan Hale
in this country-:wo in Hartford, one at South
Coventry. one at Norwalk and another at Hunt
ington, Long Island, while in New York City Is
McMonne's impressive statue of the patriot
h lever was the writer more chagrined and
] Y mortified along these lines than he was last
Summer when aboard a vessel in the Medlter-
ranean Sea- 1t was IL o'clock on July 4, and
beautiful day. The deck was crowded with tour
ists eagerly and expectantly awaiting the pa
triotic exercises arranged" for the day OF all
days in the United States of America, whence
at least rs per cent on board hailed, though
many apparently were but naturalized citizens.
Twelve sailors. six on each side, lined the
deck upon which the people were seated.
foreign flag and an American flag were placed
side by side. On the deck above sat the cap
tain of the ship-a foreign ship. On one side
of him sat an American, apparently OF early
stock On the other side a foreign-born citizen
The programAf such it may be called
opened with THE Star Spangled Banner, mis-
erably played once through by the band. The
American gentleman read about 100 words OF the
Declaration of Independence, followed by two
minute address by the foreign-born citizen-a
Judge, some one said, from New Jersey-who
took particular pains to tell us how he was
brought from his native country when a mere
child to the United States, where, through the
opportunities afforded all alike, he had risen
to the important judicial position he then held.
He paid his compliments to the captain, who
hailed from his native country, and said what
fine fellow he was, but nothing about the
Declaration of Independence or any of the pa
triots who made it possible for him to come to
this country and share in the liberties we enjoy.
He did not even mention the name OF George
Washington, and the writer thought OF Sol
Bloom and his efforts to make this year
notable one on account of the Bicentennial of
an occasion upon which the minds of many Of
the people were on their home and their coun-
try and when not a word was said Of him
whose memory we SO dearly love.
There was no invocation or benediction in the
exercises, although there were several clergy
men on board, particularly Catholic priests who
would gladly have officiated. Nor was there any
closing ode.
= It was, indeed the biggest travesty Of an