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"The membership of the Soiclety of Moyflower Descend lints Id not mudu up of persons of a sin gle glass, by any manner of means. It l? far from be ing limited to Hack bay and I'ark ave nue. l'ersons from all walks of life ? soldiers, workmen ? came over on the Mayflower. The So ciety of Mayflower Descendants Is a thoroughly demo cratic body. It bus In it members from every trade and calling as well as many leading fig ures In our social fabric. The west ern farm and shop are Just us much represented as ure the eastern bank and drawing room. The Mayflower mmm E$$ 7 f \ Mayflower Descendants Mow Number Over 6,000 ?y JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN IHANKSGIVING, according to ' American tradition, Is Inti mately connected wtfh the ' Pilgrims, and' New England, while fit CbHstmas any thought of the beginning of the American celebration of the, day takes up- back to "Virginia and to the Jolly Do'tid? burghers of New Amsterdam. / " And' this Is historically correct. For the "mass" In Christmas shows that 41t w*s an anpual church, ' festival iii celebration of the anniversary of (he , birth of Christ. The Pilgrim^ as ev eryone should , know, ' had separated from the Established Church of Eng land In p^rt "because of their dislike for its . tftual. , therefore, while ac cepting the great event of Christmas ; \ ? }4*r;\ they disparaged its observance. ^Thanksgiving day, however, ' estab lished ifBelf naturally, as the out growth of the conditions of the col ony. The turkey, which the friendly Indian banters ottered to them, came naturally to-be the big thing of the Thanksgiving feast. , And so did the pumpkin pl^ for this was the agrlcul ,V tnre of the Indian: corn In hills, with a climbing bean ; pumpkins between the rows. 1 ' rio, If anyone' should celebrate Thanksgiving day with enthusiasm It is the descendants ' of the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower. No body knows Juat how many of them there are today,' but more than 'five thousand are enrolled lit the member ship of the General Society of May flower Descendants and the society Is growing! It's no easy 'matter to grt on the rolls, either. There Is a his torian geiiferal wfio traces all l|nes of jf-.'i descents. Altogether there are prob ably between 0,000 ahd 7,000 descend ants scattered .all over the country. There were 102 passengers on the .Mayflower when she sailed from Plym outh, England. on September 16, 1620. One man died on board ship and one male child,, Oceanus Hopkins, wfcs born in mid- Atlantic. ' It might seem that With an original band of 102 there might be scores of lines of descent, but fuch Is not ,the case. The Mny , flower scions In thl^ country todny are In reality descended from only 23 pos sible lines. The intermarriage of the Pilgrim families is responsible for this reduction. Four lines are practically extinct. Louis Effingham- de Forest, historian of thp New York Society of Mayflower Descendants, says that many lines have Sa-'-.. been extremely prolific, while others through {he centuries have almost dis appeared from the earth. The Brnd KjVVt-. ftord. Brewster, "Howland and Allien 'lines .perhaps hnve been Hie most pro lific, while the number of Stnnillshes and Allertons Is' compnratlvely small. The descendants of the original Gpv ernor Wlnslow are now. HvHig In Can ada. When the Kevoliitlonnry wnr broke out they decided for the causc of the king and moved across the border. The NVInslows 'of Mayflower descent now found In tills country are of the_ line of the original Governor > wtortow's brother, . * The 10 more or less proline family .lines arc those of John Aldcn. Isaac Allefton, William 15m dford, William ' Brewster, James Chilton. Francis Cookie, Edward Doty, Kihvnril Fuller. Dr. Samuel Fuller, Stephen Hopkins. John Howland. ^egory I'riest, Thomas Rogers, Henry Saninon, George Soule. Miles Slandlsh. Itlchurd Warren, Wll Ham White and Edward Wlnslow. The lines of. John BUllngiqn, Peter Brown, Francis Eaton and Richard More are the ones practically extinct. New York STKtehas about 850 mem bers. The total enrollment to date Is about 6,200 members;' Here Is the New Sfork table to descendants. The pro portions probably hold all over . the country,- The table: John Alden, 160; Isaac Allerton, 40; Francis Bllllngton, second generation, 5; ' John ' Bllllngton, 0; William Brad ford, 163; Love Brewster, second gen eration, 27; William Brewster, 164; Peter Brown, 8; James Chilton, 15; Francis Cooke, 74 ; John Cooke, second geperptlon, 28 ; Edward Doty, 16; Fran cis Eaton, 0; Samuel Eaton, second generation, 0 ; Edward Fuller, 84; Samuel Fuller, second generation, 33; Dr. Samuel Fuller, 2; Gyles Hopkins, second generation, 17 ; Stephen Hop kins, 62; John Howland, 140; Rlch nrd More, 0; William Mulllns, 160; Degory Priest, 11 ; Joseph Rogers, sec ond generation, 14 ; Thomas Rogers, 43; Henry Samson, 7; George Soule, 8; Miles Standlsh, 29; John Tllley, 140; Richard Warren, 148; Peregrine White, second generation, 0; Resolved White, second generation, 6; William White, 15 ; Edward Wlnslow, 10. Many members, It Is pointed out, have nu merous lines of descent. Capt Richard Henry Greene, a Civil war veteran, formed a Mayflower so ciety in New York state in 1894. Con necticut, Massachusetts /and Pennsyl vania quickly followed the example. These four states met. In 1897 at Plym outh, Mass., and organized the Gen eral Society of Mayflower Descend ants. A state society Wag chartered In Rllnols In June, 1897. The societies ot the District of Colombia and Ohio come, into being In March, 1898. New Jersey followed. In August, 1900; Wis consin, Rhode Island and Michigan in February, 1901. Later state societies were chartered In -Minnesota, Maine and Colorado. There followed a period of steady growth until 1908, when California formed its society. The state of Washington's branch was chartered In 1912, and later charters were granted to societies In Kansas, Indiana and Nebraska. The Mlnne soto society Is now Inactive. ? ^'Roughly speaking, the Society of Mayflower Descendants has, I should say, about 5,200 members," declared Frederick Dwlght, secretary of the New York State society. "Massachu setts, as might be expected,' heads the list wlth'tt membership of more than 1,600, while New York state hns about 850. I doubt If the national member ship Is more than a small percentage of the pefsons who have Pilgrim blood in them in this country. Our con gresses at Plymouth are becoming bet ter nttended each time they are held. At the last congress there were pres- \ ent 17 ofllcers of the general society and 144 qualified delegates from nil over the country. Some of them came from as far west as Nebraska and California. stock is virile ? the descendants of the original Pilgrims have very largely pushed their way to the front In local, state and national affairs. "We do not Intend merely to sit around and glorify the past," contin ued Mr. Dwight. "The General So ciety of Mayflower Descendants is now actively engaged in a definite pro gram of patriotism. We are striving to educate the foreigner who does not know the history of . the country to' which he has come as an Immigrant-. We want to make him realize the tre mendous background there Is In early Colonial htttory. The Society of May flower Descendants Isn't an organiza tion formed for mutual approbation. It Is an active working force for Amer icanism." . The membership: of the society Is on the Increase. Since the 'last con-' gress was held' at Plymouth In 1021 the names of 010 new members have been added to Its rolls.' In the last year alone 173 new members have been enrolled. In the West and the Middle West the membership Is Increasing to such un extent as to make probable, In the fciture, a meeting In Chicago. In 18 states there are regularly chartered state societies which, taken as a whole, form the General Society of Mayflower Descendants with what Is defined as "sentimental headquar ters" at Plymouth and actual national heddquartera at Boston. The Increase In the membership is declared to be due to a healthy growth apd a newly, awakened interest In the founders of our country. Many other patriotic organizations hnve not much more than held their own since the war, losing members steadily through an Increasing death rate, while the Society of Mayflower Descendants has gone steadily ahead. Its require ments for membership are rflgh. When at the Plymouth congress It was voted to have the line of descent of all pro- i spectlve members traced by the his- ! torian general of the national society | before permitting these applicants to j be certified by the state societies. It j was simply making a part o| the con- I stltution something which was already a custom. Not only must the pro spective member have state sanction, ! but he must also have natlonnl sanc tion, before he can Join the ^layflower j descendants. When congress voted to tnke part In the tercentenary of the Pilgrims the following was made a part of the records : "The landing of the Pilgrims sym- [ hnll7.es one of the world's great ad- ' ventures. The hardships of the voy- | age. the perils of the wilderness, the ' ravages of that first dreadful winter ? these are hut circumstances tlint frame the picture. Acting for the nation. I our concern today with the solemn ' story Is that it rivets Imagination on the noblest pages of human nature ? lofty purpose, dauntless courage, stead- ! fast eriduranee. pious enthusiasm, holy j faith." Hired Man Knew jy * ? ? ? "TJhnt new hired mnn of mine Isn't * modi of a worker, but he la a llvlnc wontler at nrsylne politics." stilted Farmer F"u nth legate. "He not only known all nhout the suhjeot. hut tells i? ; It to everybody who will listen. T ex ? terday he was sitting on the tap mil v* of the fence stnnklnc his pipe and ?denounrlns our statesmen Id a wny **th?t ort to liove made 'em ashamed at thetn?*'TM. MHk " 'Wo pny for extry sessions of con Kress un<l tlien And they ain't worth It. soys lie. 'If tlie.v cot cnsh for their pihble nil the Hons. In WoshlnRlon i woulil be richer tltnn Henry Kord. A I political Issher.' siiys he, 'Is the p'lnt I Hint n stntesuuin gets th* voters to fix t their eyes on while he slips nroun<l ami tnnnels In At the bnck sld& It looks ? 1-Rorry ! ? os If n good many of our honornblcs would be exterml noted hy the ? ' "Then the mil broke under him. He Just ca'mlT droooed down to the sec ond rail, bltibK off the mem of hi* pipe as he done so. but never missing a lick In his urgyinunt. J" ? foot and mouth disease!' says he." ? Kiinsna Clt.v Star. Profit From Experience ?experiences nre ?tepp*r.? stones In life's progress said Emerson, but he Implied that one must prnOt from perlencea In order to advance. The great trouble with most ;<eople ?no stand >tII1 Is thnt ' hey do not profit at the* should. ? QrlL. Daddy's ^Evei\ii\? | '? ? np I V/ rainy Tale ^V^AARY GRAHAM BONNER ? cortfc^nT rr vi>h*m mw?mi uh?w - THE TENCH DOCTORS "It was a long time ago that they thought wo were such good doctor?, '' said little Tench. Little Tench was a very small fish. | He had only lately come to the aqua rium. . ' A. number of other members of his family had come, too. 1 "I'll tell you. why we were thought to be such good doctors," little Tench continued. "You will please me greatly If you do tell me," Blllle Brow hie Bald. "It wns this way," said little Tench. "Years ago," he began, "We were used to make poultices. Not very pleasant for us, perhaps, hut an honor, nevertheless to bo considered so help- | ful. "Then n story got ariund that we would lick the wounds ot any Injured member of the pike fanilly and heal them In this way. "It was really more ot a story than anything else. /The pike family, at any rate, haven't any great love for | us ? unlens you consider their eating us Is loving us. ."I don't believe It Is really. I no tice people come to the aquarium, and they feel very fond of each other, but | they don't show It by eating each Qther. "We are sljmy little fishes. We | aren't fery bright. We're stupid and ! sleepy HUd lazy. ?"W? love to sleep a lot, and often peopjtt can pick us right up while we're bavin* a nnp, and we hardly notice it. "Bui we are strong, and we cart stand hardship. We don't mind It If "You Will PltMe Ma Greatly." we go for a while without food. W? trill eat mud, too. "And you know we're not taking away food from any otliers when we eat mud, for mud Isn't popular a? food. "We eat little InscKts and molluscs and bits of pond plants, but we will not complain during summer dry sea sons when we hnve to stay In ponds that are nothing much more than dried up mud places. "Well, Blll'e Brownie, "I hope 1 have told you enough about ourselves, and that you have feeen Interested. "You see, I cannot telf you too much, because It might take up much of your time; and when you went back alijl they asked you what the news was you'd say that you had used up nil your visiting time by talking to me. ''I don't want to use up all ? your time. Then, as I said before, I am pretty stupid and I haven't- much i to, say tot myself." * , >' "You've dftne splendidly," said BUlle Brownie. "I am glad to hear your story, and your story will be enough this time -tov the Brownies and Fairies, for they have never heard of you be fore. "I had hi;ver heard of you until to day when Mother Nature totd me you and other members of your family had lately arrived from Europe and that; It might be nice to see you." "Has It been Rice?" asked the little Tench. "Very nice," smiled Billie Brownie. "Well, then," the little. Tench said, "you will escuse me If I d*> not talk any more. "I have no more ideas in my sleepy, slimy head. 1 must sleep now. "They raaj say fish Is brain food, hut I don't s?>c how they could Improve their braltt? by eating members of my famtly. when we're so stupid. "But, BUI!* iJrosvnle. It Is rather nice to be stupid. "We ?ire known 'to he sraphl. and we don't hav? to try to nppi-ur bright. "We don't have to make any effort i to keep up h conversation, and we I don't have !o try to think up clever things to BUT. "We can have a vety easy time. Perhaps !h:it Its why we llvo n good while. Wv don't tire our-?el\<jn out by thlnklif 'on hard. "Heally, I'lllle Itrownle. :t is' very restful to !?'. stupid. Ciood-hy." And the i ?-<-py liltle Tenrli Joined his sieep'iiK brothers and sisters and mothers and aunts i A Forest of Riddles Here is .i whole "forest" of riddles, j and the a'. ??tr to earh Is the mime of a tree ; ? ? ? What doe* the sea wash nsnlnstl Beech. ? ? ? What tree Is on your hand? Palm, t ? ? ? Whnt a rnrvrntfr use? Pin no. ? ? ? What Is another ?w?r?l f->r ^*ripre1 Tine. HOW TO KEEP WELL Dr. Frederick R. Green, Editor of "Health." (?. 1924, Western Newspaper Union.) n Are Microbes Real? 'TM-IE mlcroscopo Is Just ninety yours old. Yet In that short time, no longer than the life of inuny persons still living, It has changed our Idcus of tho world we live In. We nuturully think of the w/irld us limited to what we can see. Yet 'we know tliut there ure inuny things in the world beyond 'our vision. The suilpr knows tliut the land too fur awuy for him to see will he made visible to hlih by the telescope, which brings far ob jects near. The liumun eye Is. limited, not only as to the distance which it cud see but also as to the 'size of the objcct it can sie. The microscope makes small objects visible Just us the tele scope makes distant objects visible. When the watchmaker bus a delicate Job of repairing to do, he uses Ills microscope, so that he Can see the tiny springs and wheels plainly enough to work on them. The wheels ,are there, even If they are too small for hlij eyes to see. They are Just ?s real as larger objects, only we can't see them until the microscope lias given addi tional power to our eyes. , The microscope was invented In its ?present form in 1835 by three men ? Lister, an ^Englishman; Chimiller, a Frenchman, and Amici,' an ItalluD. i The microscope Is used todar In hundreds of factories and workshops, and Is Indispensable In any work which Is too tine for the unaided human eye.i Yet there are still many people who regard anything seeh through a micro scope as imaginary rjither than real. The microscope duesn't create any thing br Imagine anything. It doesn't increase the size of the object looked at, any more than a telescope' brings a distant ship any nearer." It merely increases the power of the human eye, so that it can see .an object too small to be seen by the unaided vision. One of tlie first discoveries made with the microscope was that , there were many living things In this world too small., for the human eye to see. These tiny living creatures were called "anlmulcdlae" or little animals by old Van Leeuwenhock, the Dutch spec tacle maker, who .first saw them In 1083. He thought they were anltiials. In 1878, Sidlilot, a French scientist, called them ""microbes" pr "little lives." They pre little ' plants, very small but Just as real as ah oak trpe or a cabbage plant. There are many differ ent kinds. and they grow -from seed JuBt like wheat and corn. ((?}? 1924. Western Kewnpaper Union.) ' t ? ( *? ? ? Dodging Diabetes '"pHE discovery of Insulin Is a great advance In the treatment, of di abetes. But insulin does not In any way prevent this disease. It only en ables the doctor to control It and to keep the diabetic alive a fow years. No one knows why. In some persons, diabetes occurs: But we do know that it Is increasing. Doctor Joslln, one of the best-known authorities on this disease,- says there , are probably, more than half a million persons in this country suffering from this dis ease. We do know* that It Is more common among the well-to-do than among those In moderate clrcu+nstunces. It Is more comnirfti among those who lend sed entary lives than among those who do hard physical work, and. most Impor tant of all. it Is milch more common nmong the fat than the thin. During middle life, a fat person' Is 4Q times as apt to have diabetes as a person of normal or slightly under normal weight.. So diabetes seems to be a disease of the prosperous. Those wUo over eat and under-exerclse aro preferred candidates for this disease. * After you once get It, there "Is no cure. You can control It by proper living but you can never get entirely well again. You've got to pay th?< price, the rest of your life, of eating too much, especially too much sugar and stiych, and working too little. After you get It. the first thing the doctor will do will he to cut out KUgar and starch and to reduce your weight. Knowing this, Isn't It sensible/to 'hose things yourself, before you are sick, rather than to wall and do the same things after It Is too late? The most common defect of tnlddh age Is overweight. Fat is not only it :>urden hut a danger. Cut down on candy, pie. padding and other sweets Eat le?s white and c reals and more fr-sh fruit and vegetables. Drink more milk alii fewer Ice cream sodas If your work doesn't give you enough overdue, give your muscles something to do that will keep tlietu active. Drink plenty of pure water and breathe plen ty of fresh air. flood health is easy. If you will live ?rimply It i-osts less than th? disease and Is a great deal more com fort a hie. 1 0 T ? Western Netv?p?per Union.) A Tragic Comedy The profid |i.i>ses?nt ,.t a palatial '?ome wrs much ;n>|M>rtuned by o movie company to let them use It for . few takes. One day he assented. ft ',.r his . fllce as usual, und In due rrt 10 r-turned. He found a bath tuh ?n th?- lawn. half the windows broken, ir.'l ttie front door In splinter*. *i ?lliln f k:?nv ft was to be a comedy." -eniarked the owner as he surveyen he scrne WEAK, RUN DOWN AFTER SICKNESS Lydia E. Pinkliam'a Vegeta ble Compound Made Mrs. Dube Well and Strong E. Hartford, Conn.? "After a eevorej ' sickness I was bo w^ak that I could vflt lllllltllllllllllllliiiti"0 my housewortc, ho lllllllillllllllllllllll my mother ,no to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta* ble Compound. The firstbottle helped me so much that X took six more bottles and felt fine. I have just given birth to a nice baby girl and am feeling strong and well. So. different Jfrom the way I felt before. X am taking the Vegetable Compound right along while nursing. The baby seems to be in. good health, and my mends say they see a big change for the better in me. "?Mrs. Eugene Dube, 69 Woodbridge Street East Hartford, Connecticut. The Vegetable Compound ia a splendid medicine t$" bring back health and strength. Many mothers have found this true, as did Mrs. Dube. Ask eome of your neighbors and friends, for there are women everywhere who know by experience the value of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. - Write to Lydia E. pinkham Medicine , Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, for a free" copy of Lydia ? Pinkham's Private Text-Book upon "Ailments Peculiar to Women." 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Hallrs Catarrh Medicine SL^r; rid' your fyttem of Cataixh or Deafneu caused by Catarrh. ; StU br drvisuti far cm 40 yon V. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio Seeing Darkly Samuel (jumpers <>bJecti?Uv at u ban quet In Washington, to the "vision" that n fellow banqueter, uttrlbuted to the Soviet leaders. "Vision?" he said. "Well, the vision of those fellows Is Just ubout equal to Blank's. '? "Blank, yon; know, vlslteil an ocu list to have his cyesgfesteil. The ocu list tried him on all his biggest charts, hut lie, couldn't make out a single let ter. So, In desperation, the oculist : dashed off to tile anil came
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