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PLAINDEALER, r-;;' fU Pickinsorv mm^ • 'V uvoiions c^p'n,iv^eNwt«ofcr: ^wHhan^ e r t ^ f i ^v riovm Many Cities Seek SubrtitutA for Fire Crackers and Toy Canndn. NOTEWORT PAC0ANT FEATURES, IN MANY P F ix HPf McHENRY, vlidL HAT shall we Fourth of July? The continental In session in Philadelphia, passed July 2, 1778, the resolution presented in behalf of Vlr» ginia by Richard Henry Lss that begins: "Resolved, That these United Colonics are and of right ought to be free and Independent states; that they are sb? 1 ' solved from all alllegiance to I'.' the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved." This of course Is the real Declaration of Independence, the document now known as the Declaration being adopted two days later. Of the adoption of the Lee resolution John Adcms wrote to. his wife the historic letter which says, amottC other things: "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most remarkable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary - festival. It ought to be commemorated as die day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solmenlzed with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, bells, bonfires and illumination from one end of t*tft continent to the other, from this time forward far evermore." Time has proved that John Adams, though he Sot his dates mixed, was a true prophet. Probably the Fourth of July is our distinctively American celebration. All the civilized world celebrates New Year's, Easter, Memorial day, Thanksgiving and Christmas in one way or another. But Independence day is ours alone. To be sure, we tiffre Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, which are also ours alone but "the Fourth* Includes most If not all of what they* stand fir. In short the Fourth of July cornea! mighty ne*r being our national day when the American Eagle screams for everything from the Mayflower to the Argonne--from 1620 to November 11, 1918. Armistice day! That Introduces the pertinent point that another change must be made in the long, evolution of the celebration of the Fourth of July. For If the Fourth of July stands for one specific thing that one specific thing is just exactly what Its original name--Independence day-- signifies. And after Armistice day--anfl all that It stands fof--It's quite evident that the American eagle must be taught to coo Instead of screen when It goes to the John Bull part of Its perforpp\ ance. T For we have seen onr old-tljpe--two-time--enettly .fighting for his life and for our lives too against a foe that would have destroyed all that we English- speaking peoples In common hold dear. And after a long while we crowded In alongside our ancient enemy and got busy to make up for lost time. Never mind who won the war. We have gamptlon enough to know exactly what John BoH did for Uncle Sam--and are grateful accordingly. „ And It's quite likely that Uncle Sam came near enough to saving John Bull's life to feel something more than a friendly interest in him. So soot* parts of our Fourth of July celebrattqn will haft to be toned down from now on. Moreover, ifs high time that the American people put their mind to fixing up the "day we cele« brate." Fop the Fourth of July celebration right now Is betwixt and between. The old-fashioned Fourth was done away with. The "Sane Fourth* supplanted It.- Now the "Sane Fourth" is In danger of becoming merely a holiday. Holiday celebrations, like men and nations, do not stand stIH. *And the Fourth of July Is worth the closest attention and best effort of the American people. " The first Fourth of July celebration, which wfcs' held In 1777 In Philadelphia, canot serve as a mcMSeL Its principal feature was a banque? at which many toasts were drank, each toast being followed by the discharge of firearms and^annon. Car-, tatnly too "wet" and possibly too noisy. The peace era Inaugurated by the coming of the Monroe administration and continued during the 'twenties was unfavorable to a demonstrative celebration «f Independence Mifi The enthusiasm of our people for their country and flag can •usually %- be measured by the beat of the national pulse. A typical celebration of the day Is that of 1830 in Buffalo. N. Y., which Is described at some length In the Buffalo Journal. That newspaper says: ' "The return of our national jubilee was celebrated In this village with more than ordinary splendour and the day was duly honoured, fnot In the breach but the observance.'" The procession formed at the Eagle--a famous * tavern located on Main street between Court and Eagle streets--and consisted of veterans of the ^ Revolution citizens and strangers, escorted by the Washington and Frontier guard and the cadets of the Western Literary and Scientific academy, "the whole enlivened by muslck from the Buffalo band." The oration was pronounced by Sheldon Smith, Esq., at the Baptist church and religious services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Shelton of St. Paul's. From the church the procession marched to the Buffalo House in Seneca street and there an "excellent dinner was partaken of." Dr. Powell was landlord of the house at that time and the papers recorded as something worthy of special mention that there were no liquors on the table. But the good lesson this statement was Intended to convey loses Its moral In the very next line of the narratlve: "After the cloth was removed wine was served with the toasts, which were drank with the utmost regularity." It is hardly necessary to draw on the Imagination to any extent to picture the final state of many In that noble company of 100 who drank the wine "with the utmost regularity." But that was before the days of temperance societies and adulterated fiquors. The marshal of the day was Colonel, afterward General, Sylvester Mathews, a veteran of the war of 1812 a hero of the Battle of Chippewa. Apart from these proceedings was discourse by Rev. Mr. Eaton of th% Presbyterian church on civil and religious liberty. The festivities closed according to time honored custom with a ball In the evening. No mention is made of any fireworks. The celebrations of several succeeding years seem , to have been nyich like this one, according to the Journal's flies. In 1849, however--presumably because of the Mexican war--the celebration was regarded by the Journal as noteworthy. ' The Slxtjr-fifth regiment made its first appearance on this occasion. At 8 o'clock In the morning sa detachment marched to the, Fillmore House and 7flred some small arms In honor of the vice presl- ; dent. The line of march Included Revolutionary soldiers. Think how old they must have been sixty-eight years after the surrender of Yorktown and seventy-two years after the battle of Lexington! There were also soldiers of the War of 1812 in the line, officers and soldiers of the army and of the Mexican war. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the Sons of Erin and the German Young Men's association--a sure sign that the city* was beginning to take on cosmopolitan form--were in -the line of march. The exercises were held at Johnson's park, the orator of the day being H. K. Smith. Vice president Fillmore attended the exercise* and was lustily cheered. The Sons of Temperance had charge of the .celebration in 1850, which was held unX the grove 'inear the workhouse." John B. Gough. The leading "temperance" speaker of the day, was orator. With the breaking out of the Civil war Buffalo •. broke loose on its celebration of 1861. The parade 4, **s the "most inspiring In the history of th4 city" tad occupied 58 minutes in passing. Even more pretentious was the celebration following the surrender of General Lee. After 1865 Buffalo's celebration of the Fourth of July was rather humdrum and marked by no special features--Just as In most other American cities. By 1910 the "powder disease" had come to Its climax and those bent on reforming the observance of the day called it the "national nuisance. Moreover, the nation was alive to the tremendous loss of life. Tables prepared by the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that the number of the killed and Injured In.the celebration of, 1909 was 5,307; for the seven years preceding 1910 the total was 34,603. Perhaps the first notable "safe and sane" celebration was that In Springfield, Mass., In 1900. However, In 1910 most of the large cities of the country presented an erttirely new kind of celebration, the basis being the parade and pageant. Flre- ,crackers were taboo; the displays of fireworks wtre municipal affairs. "I must confess that I always like to brag on the Fourth of July," wrote Chauncey M. Depew, a good many years ago. "It is the greatest day In the American calendar. Nay, more, It gives perfume to the whole air that encircles this globe. Every man, woman, or child who breathes It, no matter where he or she Is, feels the better for It There Is not a liberal sentiment where civilization Is known that Is not quickened on the Fourth of July. It reaches the hut <Jf the peasant, and It enters Into the tent of the conscript. The one says: There is for me and for my children something better than this hut.' The other says: 'Why should I fight to uphold thrones and cut the throat of my brother to maintain caste and privilege? The Fourth of July lifts the*thought, the aspirations, the prayers of the people of ail countries to higher planes of living, thinking and dying. Why It is a university, a college, a high school, a common school. It Is a liberal education in patriotism and manhood." That's the way a good many good Americans feel about the Fourth of July even to this day, even if there are those who hold that noise Is vulgar and "brag Is our national vice." Some of us have an idea way down deep that the American who will not brag on the Fourth of July Is hardly worthy of hlb birthright. Still, It Is a self-evident fact that the old Fourth of July Is gone, never to come back. Of coursa we must keep the day and celebrate It. It is too Important a day to be Blighted. It must be celebrated right. But let nobody make the mistake of trying to refine all the fight out of It Our ancestors banded down to us freedom and the love of freedom and and that still more precious thing--the readiness to fight for freedom. And that's got to stick out of any proper observance of the Fourth of |Hy la the United States of America. Great in Freedom's Service a Name ever te Be Meld Reverence by All: Whs. America. Koscluszko, to whom Bancroft refers as "a Polish ofllcer of courage, modesty and, sound judgment," left his native country and arrived In America in the autumn of 1776. He ft** wUtk : * ' • ' ? .4 J. from Benjamin Franklin, which obtained for him a colonel's ,commission. Shortly ' after hie arrival In America Koscluszko was attached to General Gates' army, operating In northern New York. The strategic position taken by the American army at Beyils heights, near Saratoga, was on ground selected by Koscluszko, can army at Saratoga (Sept 9-Oct 7, 1 form one system of defense, which 1777V, when Burgoyne surrendered 6,000 of his Hessian hirelings to Gates,, was largely the result of the plans! made by Kosciuszko. j Speaking of the engineering skill j and military genius of Kosciuszko, Bancroft, the- American historian ; said: "Until 1778 West Point wife a solitude, nearly Inaccessible; now It ' was believed to be Impregnable." In 1780-81 koscluszko served with General Greene Irt the South. The country around ChaMotte had been ravaged and Kosciuszko was sent In advance to select a site for an encampment. Among his latest . official acts, Washington interceded with congress was covered by fortresses with nu- 1 on Jjehalf of Kosciuszko, pleading for merous redoubts, constructed chiefly ; ftim, his merit and services from #the under the direction of Koscluszko as concurrent testimony of allt who . greftt victtwj M *** Aqsfr^«\ylneei> fad , -:§§ to ( "kwwr iwjUalred, and " * ' -* * . * ' . .1 * . 1 ; >• •* CON-CON DELVES INTO HOK RULE Body Takes Up Report of Committee Providing Greater ,• Poaws for Citiftfe ir • u r „ - v * , 4 • * y - ; • * ; * „ * * * , ' « . v ' * * ENURE STATE IS INCLUDED Lawmakers Vote Down Plan to ElimL nate Chicago From Proposition Consider Measure tee-' - tlon by 8eetion. Springfield.--Constitutional convention delegates the past week gave consideration to the measure providing for home rule for cities and municipalities when the report of the joint committee on municipal government and Chicago and Cook county was submitted. Its consideration Is developing very little interest on the part of downstate delegates. In fact most of them say their constituents are not Interested In the proposal, but that if Chicago thinks it needs it, downstate will offer no objections If the proposal does not encroach on any state authority. Cook County and Chicago delegates are united on the principle of home rule, but are not entirely agreed on the language of the present proposal, many feeling that It does not go far enough However, It seems to be the opinion of the committee that they put In the proposal as much for Chicago as there Is reason to believe will be accepted by the convention. If the proposal carries It will give the city general power of government to undertake certain municipal functions, whereas now the city has only special powers conferred upon It from time to time through appeals to the legislature. . In the matter of contracts with public utilities It Is claimed under the new proposal, the city will have power to enforce any future contracts made In the matter of rates and service. There are also distinct advantages granted the city fn*the section referring to zoning. An effort 16 to be made to eliminate a clause In section two which refers to taxation. It reads as follows: "Cities, villages and Incorporated towns may assess and collect taxes and Impose license and occupation taxes and borrow money for corporate purposes, only as authorized by law." Delegates from Chicago want the last five words stricken out, for they fear It will limit the right of the city of Chicago to levy taxes and licenses for purposes of regulation which will tiring In revenue to the city. Friends of the proposal who are guiding It through the committee of the whole are kept busy endeavoring to keep It from being crippled or entangled with amendments. There are some delegates enamored of the doctrine of municipal home rule \jho want to eliminate any vestige of authority of the state over any city that elects to come under this new home rule clause. < Such doctrines are stirring up the more conservative delegates from both Chicago and downstate, who claim it Is too radical andi dangerous a step and Involves the broad subject of transferring sovereign power of the state to the cities. It will mean setting up a state within a state, In the opinion of some of the delegates, reality divorcing a municipality from the state. Many downstate delegates do not want It. First It was proposed that the plan should be limited to Chicago. But the delegates from Cook county said that If there was to be a plan exclusively for Chicago Its delegates would prepare It The protest prevailed. Then It was proposed to make it apply to all cities In the state except Chicago, and the convention voted that down. Then the convention proceeded to adopt the Idea, section by section, fot all Illinois cities. This indicates that It Is not entirely satisfactory and may be materially modified later on. Mayor Thompson's traction scheme, through which he hopes to win the September primary, is In danger of being balked by the convention. That is the present desire and purpose of the delegates In control. The mayor's plan for a traction district embracing the city and suburbs--- a new municipal corporation, like the sanitary district, wlh power to levy taxes and issue bonds.. The sole function of the district would be the operation of the street car lines. That plan would be prohibited. In the opinion of the delegates, by the following proposed section: "No municipal corporation hereafter created within the county of Cook having territory covering the territory of the city of Chicago or any part thereof shall be allowed to become Indebted otherwise than to the extent of Its current annual revenues." Incorporate New Organization. Mayor Thompson of Chicago and others are Incorporators of an organization to be known as the "Pro-American Wing of the Republican Party," to which a charter has been issued. The Object, stated In the articles of Incorporation, are "To revive and promulgate the Americanism of George Washington. to resist the aggressions of organized wealth and to re-dedicate the Republican party to the cause of human freedom and the welfare of the American people, which were the purposes of its original organization." Urge Action on Judgeship Question. Promoters of the plan to have th€ Judges of Cook county courts appointed are making a final effort' to get the judiciary committee of the constitutional convention to report the scheme out. vj-They ask that It be submitted as a separate article to be «nbodied In the constitution if It receive* the approval of the ^ voters of Cook county when the ratification question Is decided at the polls. This comes after the committee has gone on record against taking from Cook county cltl tlHts the right to choow their jvdgea .t VARIETY IS THE IWORD IN WRAPS #- Women Enjoy as Much Latitude [f| Their Coats and Cap4i-r| * as in Dresses. ; MORE SUJUSATM SHOW! Display of Expensive Fabrics More Pronounced Than Ever Before -- Lace Garments Novelty and v. Vogue of 8eaeon. may enjoy Just as much latitude in the choice of our wraps as in dresses. Today, writes a Paris fashion correspondent women do not follow as blindly In fashions as they formerly did. A few years ago two or three styles took precedence over all others each season; consequently we saw our dresses, hats and wraps duplicated at every turn. Now women refuse to accept a fashion unless they find It suitable and becoming, and they absolutely demand a great deal from which to choose. For this reason much more Is offered them. The taffeta wrap for both daytime and evening is very smart, but we see quite as many satin coats and capes shown by th» leading designers and worn by the best dressed women. While nothing can ever take the place of the good, substantial cloth wrap for gen- O i*m Black Satin Coat With Drapery jri Grecian Effect--The Draped Portion May Be Detached and the Coat Worn Without It eral wear, there are more silk and satin coats seen this year than ever before. With the vogue for lace. It l& but logical that we should have lace wraps. Callot Is responsible for the transparent lace wrap, one of the greatest extravagances as well as one ot the greatest novelties of the season. Her models In nearly every Instance are plaited at some point. Wraps From Other Days. Nets and veilings, as well as chiffons, are used to make transparent wraps. When worn over a bright colored frock or a gown with a bug% bright-colored sash, the effect Is very beautiful, for the wrap serves to shaft* ow the frock. The sashes and othetf bright colored garnitures are lovely, showing through the nets. The great dressmakers do not confine thea» selves to black for these wraps, but use very bright colors. The bright colored ones appear often over blade dresses. <, There Is much In the way of inspiration to be had from very old-fash* loned wraps. The charm of other daft Is faithfully mirrored today in hip* length and shoulder capes compose^ of tiers of lace--preferably Chantilly, Modern lace capes are made ove§ i "5 bright colored linings to be In kee^» lng with "the demand for cheerful hues in clothes. Our great-grand* mothers wonld have been verf much surprised--perhaps shocked?**-' " had they known that during the hat midsummer days of 1920 replicas of their lace capes, heavily trimmed with fur, were to be worn. In olden time* women dressed according to the seasons and would have thought It a hug* . joke to have a filmy midsummer cap#: literally dripping fur. Bright Colors Shine Through Lacs;, " T I have Just "seen a cape formed by three full flounces of black Chantilly posed on a foundation of French blue satin. The cape ends at the waistlifie** in front, but Is several Inches longer at the back. 'A broad band of sealskin forms a collar which staqds straight up and well out from the neck continuing down one side of the front, which wraps around the wearer in surplice fashion so that there hi a wide band of fur diagonally across, the front. « Placing lace and other transpa*- ' -r ent materials over'bright colors ajji- " pears, too. In dresses. Foj lnstancfe , ^ an afternoon dress shows a founds? V tlon of flame colored Chiffon with a ; •> waistline blouse and tunic skirt <tif brown chiffon. The tunic is open at each side to reveal a cascade of ecrtt lace, and the bodice Is overhung with the same lace In panel effect both back and front. The frock has a broad brown ribbon sash fringed St the ends and hanging several Inches" below the skirt, which is very short • , v|, Models Agree on Puffy Collar*. While most of the lacy things at» - short, wraps may be of any length. Is lines they are extremely full--this is especially true of those of taffetas-- or wrap closely about the figure and. are as tight as can be about the ankles. These latter characteristics apply more especially to sutin models. - One thing they agree upon, however, that Is the big, puffy collar. Linings are very handsome. And tS the preference appears to be for wrapsi, of brown and black, color is Introduced In the lining, which is made to show by some subtleness of cut sr mode of draping. : • * A long evening wrsp of btown soft gold brocade has an opening down tits • entire length of the back, revealing m 1? bright blue lining. The back portions are open to a depth of about three Inches at the neck, but overlap each other at the hem. Each side Is edged ' with brown fur and the wrap has ft ; big, puffy collar of the material e«K circled by three narrow rows of thA > * , fur. - , A perfectly enchanting full-lengtfe , wrap of soft black satin la lined throughout and collared with flame* ' colored marabou. When the dark- | hatred woman who wore this at ft fashionable restaurant threw it back over her chair It had the appearance of a huge, feathery rug. The coloring of the marabou was marvelous and made a striking contrast to the black satin. In design the cape was notfe lng more than a long straight cloeH$ the interest lay in the lining. II "Mi 3 3p Harem' Effedt in Satin Cape A black clre satin cape that Renee lias sent to America from her famous house on the Champs Blysees Is trimmed on the sleeves, at the bottom ind on the sides, which are slit, with monkey fur. It is lined with bright red satin which shows In a careless fashion, according to the manner In tvhich the garment Is wrapped about 'he body. The feet may be slipped through the silts to give a harem effect Taffeta capes are made both with ind without linings. A handsome lining, however, gives an important appearance. When lined, some arrangement of drapery Is made so that the Inside of the cape Is visible. A new taffeta cape Is made with a 3eep yoke that comes well down over the shoulders. The top of the main portion is pin tucked and attached to the yoke. This, of course, makes a voluminous garment. Great loops reaching to the feet form the sleeves. They are faced with gorgeous green and silver brocade. The yoke Is topped by a collar which i« stoutly a straight piece of the material doubled and ga$%» ered at the neckline. There Is another wrap In which this front continues over the shoulders Mot a scarf, In this way forming a halt sleeve, and is caught together at tint: back to make a hood, which is weights ed by a heavy tassel. Black crepe dis> chine is the fabric chosen for this model. It is embroidered In peat! gray Silk and lined with gray crept* de chine. • -f. Glove* in Beige Color. A favorite shade in fabric glove** promises to be a very light beige coloiy-. Some of these gloves show a llghte# reverse side and where the stitching; overlaps on the fingers and down th*-" wrists you can see the reverse of thfv glove In lighter tone. It suggests th^ effect of a chamois glove that show* ' the lighter reverse side. % Dainty Handkerchiefs^ There arei pin-checked handkerchief^ i; with dainty little rolled and cross* ! - - stitched hjimg. la white. Fashion Fadts and Faiitii^i Many afternoon sod street frocks are of taffeta. The washable blouse of linen marks s popular return. For daytime frocks, lines are more straight than ever. * Extremely long trains are seen on some evening gowus. Some suits have coats uf Silk SBd skirts of glazed taffeta. i Water green -Is one of the most popular coloitf for eveulng. Some evening gowns show edgings of old-fashioned silver lace. Embroidery plays an important part among the afternoon frocks. Black stitching In squares is effective on brick-colored crepe. ' The newest riding boot has a heel one inch high, like a man's boot. One collar of accordion-plaited crepe de chine >s of waist length. Most modish is the short-sleeved narrow-sUlrted black satin frock with ft low w*lati|ftSk " - A smart afternoon frock of blue*- < and-whlte foulard Is veiled with plait*' ed dark blue Georgette. ' A smart skirt is of pink and whit* ^ candy-striped woolen with a belt oi; ^ white worked in pink worsted. {'•2$$ Some Interesting blouses are of «o>. equal length, being longer on the side* >; /, * than in the front or longer In fraot "•'%% than In the back. For Bride's Outfit. • Pet the bride's outfit conies a dsisd^ negligee of tucked net over flesh-co|| ered chiffon. There i%> a foundation" slip of the chiffon, and over this IS posed a "slip-on" coatee or jacket off the net. extending In length well b«> low the hip line and with lavs and short sleeves. _ v/.' • A'fk.'M. For the Brscetet If you happen to he the pround pot* | sessor of a lucky charm. It's from tfct [bracelet it must mm