Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-22
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Some idea of what we are doing here
year after year for the schools can be
CLEANED from the fact that this year
alone there Is an increase of about two
thousand school children. OF course
the problem of how to house them has
been II serious onc but 1t has been
solved in part by portable school
houses. Nine of these are under way,
and each one is to accommodate about
sixty pupils. and to cost about 5000.
These accommodation schoolhOuseS
are built somewhat after the order of
Japanese houses; that is, they are
built in sections, and can be taken
down and put up somewhere else al
most with the ease of Il tent. They
are to be nice. snug little places, too,
and will be heated by stoves or fur
naces. Wherever the need is greatest
these portable knowledge boxes will
be moved; that is. they can he placed
In the suburbs for being of wood they
cannot be placed within the building
limits. Wherever extra room must be
provided within the building limits,
halls or vacant buildings and rooms
will have to be rented. This Is in
deed to be Il busy year in the Boston
public schools, for there are now IT,
GOO pupils, and besides the porta bic
schools three new high school build
ingS are in course of construction, and
several primary and grammar schools.
You have all heard of Rev. G.. G.
Lorimer, the eloquent minister of IRE
mont Temple. He has refused an in
crease of $1,000 year in his salary.
recently proficrcd by the society. lie
gives as his reason for declining the
extra thousand a year that his sense
of duty to the church does not permit
him to take it. DR.. LOrimer is in re-
ceipt of $1,000 Il year. This is the sum
he received when formerly minister of
the temple, before going to Chicago,
und is what he received IN Chicago.
Last spring, when he started On his
trip to Europe, Il movement was start
ed to increase his salary 1t met with
such general approval that the eXccu-
tive committee voted for the increase
unanimously, and while the minister
was abroad notified him of its action.
In a letter which he wrote on his way
home, declining the increase, DR.. Lori
mer said in substance that he thought
he was getting enough already. The
committee did not accept this letter as
final, as Il check was sent to DR.. Lori
mcr OH the basis of $1,000 Il year. He
sent it back to the treasurer, calling
attention to the fact that his salary
was $1,000 n year, and that he did not
want nDV moro.
For somc tipo tboro bos hccn
keepers claimed that the law gave
them n right to keep omen on the Chris
finn sabbath if they closed during
their own sabbath. which is SATURDAY.
There would nrobnbly have been little
trouble if thov had observed tbc spirit
and letter of the law, but the police
claim tbot thc lows have observed
neither their own nor the Christian
Sabbath. and so the ukase was issued
for thcm to close on thr Iattrr. Ten
of tbem made n fest casc nyninst the
order md 81 werc summoned into
court ond fnod $40 cocb All npppnlcd
and woro hold for tbc Suncrior Grim
inoI court Tbcir counsel saws that il
thero is nm adverse decision in the S,l.
nerior court th, c,scs will be taken
to tho Sunremo court "\yc shall also
endcoyor" no saws "to have the lccis.
lnturc take nm thc subicct once more
Some relief should bc afforded this
people who close their places on Sat
urday. as the Jewish Sabbath. and
keen omen on Sundny. believing that
the legislature gave them the privilege
to do 40 Under the law of 1S93"
stroycd so much fruit. will not dc.
prive the poor here of their yearly re-
CENTS of windfalls and even picked
apples. The New England farmer has
big heart, and he does not forget the
more unfortunate in the city who have
no apples because they have no
money to buy. and so the Farmers
Fruit Offering has come to be one of
the happicst of all the harvest festi
vals of the year. Four years ago
when apples were Il delight in the
land, DR.. Edward Everett Hale made
the suggestion that If the farmers
would remember the poor of the city
they would fully appreciate every ap-
pie given them. The idea met with
instant favor and the farmers grncr
Ously sent on apples by the carload.
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