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52 WILMETTE LIFE ' November S, 1926 against the White Plague. The Jerusalem, and adopted it as his standsugges!ion was received enthusiastically ard whe~ he was elected Christian ruler tn for the Lorraine cross was eminently of the Holy City in 1099. It is gensuited for su~h a purpose. It . dated Ierally believed that ~fter his return .to back to the mnth century when tt was Fran-ce as the Lorratne Cross and dt~The use of the double-bar- made the emblem of the eastern branch . fers from the Eastern Church cross 111 Visitor at Philadelphia Exposition · · · red eros~ as an cmhlem of .tu- ' of the Christian Church. To this day one respect only; the lower bar is Scouts Stories Great Enterhc.rculosts warf~~re hy 1~1echcal it remains the emblem of the Greek !nearer the base. prise Ia Failure · · · sctence has an mtcrestmg or- ' ot Orthodox Catholic Church. From In order to protect the use of the igin. It ,,·as at a meeting of I the eleventh to the fourteenth centu- emblem, the National Tuberculosis astht· International Conference I ries the crusaders, through contact sociation secured its registration in By MERNA McKEE on Tuberculosis held in Berlin I with the Eastern Church in Palestine, 1920 as its trade mark. The doubleIt has been my personal observation in 19P2 that Dr. Sersiron of familiarized Europe with it. Godfrey, barred cross today is strictly the trade- that most persons who have not visited Paris proposed that the ancient Lor- Duke of Lorraine., a leader of one <?f Imark. proper~y .o£ the National Tuher- the Sesqui Centennial exposition, when raine cross ht· m~~c!c _!h~ emblem of the 1 the first crusades, saw _ the _cross m ._~ulo~t' assoctat10n. --· __ _ ___ _ questioned concern~ng it, consider. it either an utter fatlure or somethmg to excite humorous remarks. Thest.· persons inva.riably procee~ to at~ nounce, gigglmg all the whtle, that tt was understood that "the thing" was but half finished. \Vhcn the merriment has subsided and th~ gay laughter has ceased, they innocenth' inquire; "Well, what is it like annvav." Accordingly, I have arrived at tl;c conclusion that very few persons really understand just what the words, Ses<tui Centennial imply. In Philadelphia it is familiarly called "The Sesquec"; in New York or \Yashington one says, "Sesqui Centennial": while in more distant cities a person, who has neither been thex:e nor is thinking of going, screws up }us ' mouth, dons a most dignified air, and carcfulh· t'nunciates Scsqui Centennial expnsiti~Hl, stumbling shamclrssly after tilt.: tirst t\\'o s,·llahlt'S. f11 consequcnet', I shall endeavor to give my imprcs . ion, though faint, oi a two day's visit. Doable-Bar Cross Off· · l E bl Ifight ·c·a em of T. B. Institute GIVES AGLIIPSE OF . SESQUI-CENnnENNIAL I . .. ·· 0 0 · How to Get There .. ... . . . · · 0 · ·· One doc not need to have been in the cit" of Philadelphia long to ha\'(' learneci that the throbbing center of Jiie is the Cit\' hall. Here it ;s that one become.; acqu ainted with Philly: for the two most important thoroughfare", Broad ancl Market strct.·ts, form thrir cros..;road.; in the center of this huil<l ing. A booth is conveniently located 1 there ttl aid the stranger in srcuring temporary lodgings. If you wilt stand at the rntrancc and gaze along Broad I :ootrcet. vou will be a\\'are of a wide a\'<"lllH.' , · though tram le ss, flooded "ith motor cars, taxi s, and btt S<". Tht.· builcling" on both <;ides arc gaily dec orated. tall wooden pilt:1rs grace ea ch side along the way, hanncrs and Ar1g" th· fr ont hott:-.ctop and po. t. while elec tric lights arr strung C\'crywhcrc l Sr~uad... of motor roarh<'s marked "Sesqui" togetlwr with taxis likev,risC' labeled, whose drivers arc vociferously exd ~·iming: "Five for a Qtt:lrtcr Each." rontinualh· roll along Broad strrrt L\ualh· t\~· o rountn· maidens "fall" for thi .... a~td get into the comf~, cah, \\·ait for the three other · who IH'\·c·r arrin. then <H l' clri\'t' ll out to thr ground" paving nne dolbr and a h~li for a fifteen tninute ridl'. Ilo\\'CV('r, ll(' t. dIes .... tn sa). the mainrity nf pnson:-. cho< '"t.' t hl· motor cnach . Tt conve\·:-. 'ntt '" the cd~e of tlte rit,· ,,·lwrr thl' Se~qui grnunrlc;; are; and i1 take::o t\\cnt\· minutes (lt' a hit more to gd there: during " hirh titne you s<'e t\\ <·nty c;;ign.:; of "Room for H~nt" ~·ach mintttt.'. Street Hawkers First .. .... Just t\\O squflres before the main g-ate!'! to the p-rou ncl-; is a lll'"~llllllOtlt rrnrndw·tion 0f th~" Lih<'rtv Bell. Tt hangs above the drivr,,·av · ancl is illumin ed ui(Thth- ll\· thn--e thousand lil!hh in Yelln\\ !'! flnd rrd. \Vhen the hth approaches this grt>at lwll nr\\' cntlll'l'!'! are a111r1zed at its immensitY. thO<;t' UD1111 tiH' unprr d"rk IHO\\. frig-htened it \\'ill not clear their hrads . Even· onr IH·ronws flnxiouc;;, exdtrd, lm>~:erin g- hl~ads and rruc;;hing- hats clo·wn O\'er ears, " lwn the hue;; c;;uddenh· S\\·erve" tn thr ri(Tht and follows a~1 ottt··r drivewa\· arnunrl the hell. l1 nulls lll) h<.' fore a hrirl(Tf' r~tHl halts "'l'hp C'ondurtor" mi""hit·vnusk yrfl,: "All those what's g-cttin' off. gPh off." Immcdifl telv (lftf'r h·avinfY thr co:.lcl1 Iyou art> confronted with orogram (Continued on Page 5~)