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HEROES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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HIS PEN WAS
MIGHTIER, THAN A SWORD
John Hancock attended Harvard
University and then entered his
uncle's trading business. At 27 he
fell heir both to the prosperous busi*
ness and to a large personal for*
tune. His wealth and social position
made him a great influence in the
Colonies, and the battles of Lexing*
ton and Concord were directly due
to the attempt of the English Gen
eral Gage to capture him and
Samuel Adams as the leaders of
the Revolution.
HANCOCK
Hancock fought in
Rhode Island during
the war and attained
the rank of major
general. He was the
first governor of
Massachusetts, and
his popularity was
attested by his re
election eleven times!
He served In that of
fice until his death
In 1776 Hancock was the first
boldly to affix his signature to
the Declaration of Independence,
a very brave move, when it is
considered that as first published
'the Declaration
went abroad
with only his
signature on it.
His name is
now an expres
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the signing of
any great docu
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Hobson's Choice
chet a simple medallion in hum
ble string. Repeated and joined
they make stunning “heirlooms.”
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complete instructions for making
the square shown; an illustration
of it and of all the stitches need
ed; material requirements.
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Pattern 5560
We Perform Most Tasks
“Company’s coming!”—so out
with the best bedspread, the
dresser’s matching scarf, both
crocheted this easy way. You’ll
have reason indeed, to be
proud of this lacy pair, to say
nothing of a tea or dinner cloth,
buffet or vanity set, all of which
grow little by little as you cro
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The
quotation,
“Hobson’s
choice,” came into being as the
result of the eccentricity of Tobi
as Hobson, an English stable
owner. When a man came to
him to rent a horse, he was
shown a number of animals in
the stable, but Hobson always in
sisted that he take the horse
which stood next to the stable
door.
“Hobson’s choice” was
thus born to indicate that al
though the selection was suppos
edly yours, that of another person
was forced upon you.
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Six Hours in an Aisle Scat Absorb
ing a Classical Vengeance
TOKYO.
AR away and long ago in
the fourteenth year of Gen-
roku, 1701, during the rule
the Tokugawa Shogunate, 47
loyal retainers of the Lord of
Ako, inspired by thirst for ven
geance because of humiliation
heaped upon their leader, squared
the account with a series of blood
lettings and acts of sacrifice that
still stir the pulse of Japan.
To give even an outline of the
story, offered the present genera
tion in the form of classical drama,
a single production of which runs
from 3 p. m. to 11 p. m., with two
hours lapsed time consumed by in
termissions, is out of the question.
As a time consumer, any one of
Eugene O’Neill’s earlier dramas
would have been a mere curtain-
raiser and Parsifal a one-act skit
compared with “The Forty-Seven
Ronins.”
The Kabuki-za Theater, where
the production is given every two
years for a period of three weeks,
boasts the largest revolving stage
in the Far East. With a seating
capacity of 1,600 at prices ranging
from 6.50 yen in the stalls and
dress circle to 1.40 in the upper
circle (the yen reckoned as a Jap
anese dollar), the house packed
for every performance and the au
dience being fed at six restaurants
during the several intermissions,
this vengeance drama drags down
what New York managers term
“Important money.”
Death Scene No. 1
In death scene No. One, Uzaye-
mon Ichimura, the outstanding
thespian suicide in the kingdom, ap
proached the tragic moment in a
beautiful setting of silver and jade,
kneeling on an immaculate mat,
himself clothed in no less than
five white kimonos trimmed in pea
green. While murmuring regret at
the necessity for extinguishing his
life, in the presence of 46 brother
ronins kneeling in the background
he removed his raiment, layer by
layer, as one peels a Bermuda on
ion and with such deliberation as
to create a suspense indescrib
able in its intensity.
At precisely 5:05, slowly, like
one unaccwtQWd W haste, wyjg
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the pressure of both hands, he in
serted at the base of his ribs on
the left side of his body a short
dagger to its hilt, his eyes fixed on
space. Simultaneously, the orches
tra, consisting of a one-piece
stringed instrument augmented by
a human voice trained to express
mortal agony, put forth from a
bamboo-curtained loft located 15
feet above the wings on the right
side of the stage a burst of vocal
and musical anguish that chilled
the blood. Ichimura, under perfect
control, then proceeded to carry on
a conversation, apparently with
his conscience, in which he re
viewed the business in hand.
of Withdraws Dagger at 5:30
At 5:30, he withdrew the blade,
examined the crimson stain care
fully and slumped forward in a
heap, the weapon clutched in his
fingers. The orchestra put forth
a discordant note or two,- signify
ing the end of the self-slain ronin
lying in his numerous garments
like one who had fallen from fa
tigue. At this juncture a hench
man, with tenderness in every ges
ture, took possession of the dag
ger, smoothed out the white and
green garb of the departed and
placed incense before the silent
figure.
The hands of my watch recorded
6:03 within two minutes of one
hour from the thrust to the end.
Behind the living screen of his
comrades, the still form was lift
ed into a palanquin brought into
the palace to receive heroic clay.
Parting, they revealed the lifeless
sacrifice to the ancient code. The
suggestion of death was perfect;
the auditorium silent as a tomb.
It is written, "When the master is
insulted, his vassal dies.” With!
vengeance complete, the remaining
46 Ronins followed Ako by com
mitting hara-kiri on one and the
same day.
Public Rushes for Food
In acting and in stagecraft, it ■
was magnificent, this pretense of
reality recalled from the feudal
past
Immediately following this scene
the audience, one and all, made
a rush for the six restaurants
ready to serve Lght or heavy re
pasts in accordance with the public
hunger and took nourishment, thus
fortifying themselves to look upon
the talented Uzayemon Ichimura
perform another seppuku between
eight and nine the same evening,
one in which he used a standard
sized samuri sword, all but disem
boweling himself. In a technical
sense this artist aimed to show
how a plebian ronin would behave
in comparison with an aristocrat,
as depicted in the hara-kiri scene
first described. He showed that
gentlemen prefer complete sereni
ty even in their dealing with death,
aad deliberation as well.
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