(_Mr. Bull's Song on Miss Columbia's Hundredth Birthday._)
"The chief authorities of the several States of this Union have
resolved to celebrate, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th days of September
next, at Philadelphia, the first centennial anniversary of the
framing of the Constitution of the United States, with military and
industrial displays, and with other suitable ceremonies."--_Letter
of Invitation to Mr. Gladstone from the Constitutional Centennial
Commission._
[Illustration: _John Bull._ "A Hundred Years Old, my Dear! Who would
have thought it! But then you have such a wonderful constitution!"]