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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

1T has been the contention advanced by
some followers of the stage that an early
theatrical training is necessary for child
actors if they are to develop into success
full artists. There is no ground for this
assertion. In the first place the training
of the children seems to consist mainly
of the imitation of adults. They are
coached to follow the gestures, Shuf1inS
steps, the trick of singing love songs di-
rectly at one of the men in the right-hand
box. and all the rest of the by-play of the
professional vaudeville actors. Such a
stage training as this hardly tends to pro-
duce the requisite Of originality, which is
the great attribute of true acting.
II have particularly in mind the case of
a certain little girl, one of whose special
ties is singing cheap ragtime The last
time one Of our investigators saw her per-
form her mother was coaching her from
wing and "A professional from the
other.
Rag it some more. rag it some more
the professional kept calling. The child
did rag it more and went back four times
for encores, amid increased excitement as
she grew tired. She had no singing voice
and shouted rather than sang, after the
manner of professional sketch artists.
doubt whether such experience in giving
a noisy song in the regulation grOwn-up
manner, without trace of childlike SIM
plicity, will help the child to develop the
worthwhile artists trait of being natural
on the stage.
X
"In addition to all this, a stage child
needs schooling just as much as does any
other child: but if she is up till after mid
night at the theater she is likely to be
too tired to go to school in the morning
OF course, there are exceptions. | know
of three children in this city, eight, ten
and eleven years old, respectively, who
have all become little professionals. per-
forming sometimes three nights a week.
These children do attend school regularly
and keep up in their work in addition to
being at the theater until II o'clock at
night: but such life this for a child
is certainly an overstrain, and the results
are bound to be disastrous.
Sometimes it is stated that If the en-
ployment of children under sixteen on
the stage at night is prohibited. as 1t is
in many cities. it would be impossible to
give such "a performance as The Blue
bird or Peter Pan However, stage
experience goes to show the contrary, for
The Bluebird' had most successful
run in Boston under careful enforce
ment of this prohibition. apd Peter
Pan was a big hit in Chicago, where
the law is the same. AS matter OF fact,
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tribute hand bills. circulars, or anything
but magazines and newspapers, this limit
is raised further to fourteen years. 1t
is also provided that these children shall
not work after at night or before 6 in
the morning.
The children who violate the provisions
of the proposed law will suffer revocation
of their licenses to do business, and the
employers who work their child employees
contrary to the law will suffer fine or
Imprisonment up to a maximum penalty
of 500 and thirty days in jail.
Thus. by instituting a bureau of advice
for young people just out of school that
will enable them to get started right in
their lifework, as well by the enact
ment of broad. comprehensive laws which
will insure the ideal surroundings for
their full development, the friends of the
children hope i'm time to see the District
turn out the most perfect type of Ameri-
can which has Yet been evolved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
A Boomerang.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-I'm afraid you won't
do. AS nearly as 1 can find out. you have
worked in six or seven places during the
past year.
Miss Brady-Well. an how nanny girls
has yersilf had In the same tonne? No
less, I'm thinkin'.
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yielded some surprising results. We found
that one. man got a permit to take his
boy out of school in order to put him
TO work. when his own income was &C
tually S2,3JD Il year. In another case the
parents got work permits because their
boys We're chronic truants and they want
ed to legalize the truancy in order to es-
cape the penalty imposed by the compul-
sorry schOol-attendance law In only eleven
cases did Miss Swain find real proof that
the chidren's parents needed some assist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

and the substitute in hand. AND the
American made velour hat can be bought
for as low as $50.
This about exhausts the more nobby lines
of hats offered this season. There are, or
course, bewildering variety of golf
caps i'm all colors and all combinations of
colors, and with all sorts of varying pro-
tuberances of brim They can be bought
for as little as 80 cents. and on the other
hand some of them, Of imported variety,
sell for 81 But the popularity of the golf
cap as an article of everyday street at
tire is fast waning Nowadays it is in
tended more for use at the country club.
for crOss-cOuntry walks, for athletes or
youths still in their early teens. 1t had It's
craze, but the dealers say that the craze
is dying and dying fast
Then, too, there is the wide-brimmed
sombrero. which few city folk ever buy
unless they are going out west or some
where in the country. Finally. there Is
the high silk hat The style in this latter
stead of being bell-shaped, the shape used
by the French has come into vogue; the
top of the hat is more narrow than the
bottom. and the brim is practically
straight Haberdashers tell us. however,
that men are not taking kindly to this
new style. and that sooner than buy it
they cling to their old hats. They can
hardly be blamed for this, either. for
of surety the old style of high nat Is
the more graceful and becoming on nine
ty-nine men out of hundred. 1t may be
that, as was the case with the sheath
gown and the harem skirt, the makers
of styles have gone step too TAR, and
will have their decree hurled back at
them, rejected with the consequent great
loss to themselves After all, in the end
it is the buyer himself who makes the
styles.
1t is a peculiar but common fact that
when the average man buys new hat
he will Immediately turn and begin loo<-
ing at canes. If he has none, he is very
apt to buy: Possibly he will buy, even
though he happens to be carrying one at
the time for men like to change walking
sticks occasionally. To the layman 1t is
rather difficult to see why there should be
any connection between canes and hats.
Yet connection there evidently is. The
cane rack Of the average haberdasher is
placed where it practically obtrudes it
self on the view of the hat buyer Then,
too. one always speaks of taking ones
hat and stick. etc. Probably. it is be-
cause both are symbolical Of the out-of-
doors. Certainly the man accustomed to
carrying a stick would just as soon go
without his hat as his cane
u
And, like everything else, the styles in
canes are constantly changing. A few
years back a stick of some thorny wood
was considered the thing. Also, fash
ion demanded that it have a crooked
handle. the end of which should be deco
rated with filigreed silver. And the cane
should be heavy, heavy enough indeed,
to make a serious weapon Of defense or
offense. II the occasion required. Then
the heavy thorny sticks were abandoned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
ORGANIZATIONS Com

Com
~ bined to Investigate the
Facts-Many Bizarre Ones
Brought to Light-The Law
And Its Exemptions - DIR.
A. ]. McKelway of National
Child Labor Com mittee
Speaks of Local Conditions
Stage Children and Their
Work-Street Merchants and
Messenger Boys-What the
Juvenile Advisory Committee
of the Childrens Council
Hopes to Accomplishing
posed Legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

somewhat like the difficulties experienced
by our business men and workmen in
competing with cheaper foreign labor
The boys are up against a like problem
by reason of the fact that a lot of lit
tie fellows too young to get badges, are
usually purchase from the smaller of
two young statesmen, the older the boy
gets the less his chances become of maxi
ing good money.
"Of course, the offense of selling goods
on the street without a badge does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

debarred from employment in dangerous
or unhealthful occupations. What the
unhealthful occupations are may be de-
termined by the board OF health sub
ject to review by the courts Neither
shall any child under sixteen be al
lowed TO work unless his employer keeps
on file an employment certificate made
out by the superintendent of schools.
The hours OF labor for these young
workers are also sharply defined. being
limited to the period between o'clock in
the morning and at night. In the
course OF which time they should not he
at work more than eight hours. All told.
they shall be limited TO forty-eight hours
of work week. and the days OF their
work confined to six out OF the seven.
Under the operation OF the proposed
law, the health officer will have still
another function I'm regulating child la
Dor. If he finds that any given work Ia
especially dangerous TO life and limb or
injurious to the morals. he may order
the exclusion of children from that par
ticular branch Of trade industry until
they have reached the age Of eighteen
This order. however. may not be issued
until hearings have been held upon it's
justice. and the employer will always
have the right OF appeal to the District
Supreme Court. In this way. II is con-
tended. the rights both of the children
and of the employer will be equally safe
guarded.
The age limit for child labor is raised
TO the still higher minimum OF twenty
one i'm the occupations connected with the
sale manufacture OF intoxicants. as
We'll as in the delivery or messages or
merchandise between the hours OF 10 at
night and = in the morning.
Moreover. the age limit for the street
trader is raised from the age of ten to
that OF twelve years while the minimum
limit for a girl is sixteen years. In the
case of boys who ply the trade OF boot
black or who follow other occupations in
public places. including those. who dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

DENTISTS. social
" Ork erS. juriStS
and society folk
have all in e d
forces in Il cam
pdign to m a X g
Washington t II e
best city iii the
world for children.
Although involVin z
the activities of a
haIf-doZen different
organiZa tiOnS, I h e
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and nowadays one must carry a Smootn,
highly polished stick. that looks as II II
weighs a ton, but which. as matter OF
fact is almost as light as a feather Also
il must be straight handled. tiny
silver knob is permitted, but it must not
under any circumstances be hhgreed
Ones monogram may be chased on H.
but that's all.
Different woods rise and fall in pop
ular favor in the making of canes. Re-
Gently a stick of white malacca was con-
sidered just about the nobbiest thing OBJ
tainable. Malacca is still fashionable.
but the taste in color has changed A
brown a red is now desired.
There has also come a growing demand
for novelty canes sticks that are dill
ferent from those owned by any one else.
And to meet this demand the dealers are
offering sticks of all sorts and varieties
out tot they way corners of the earth. and
glowing in all sorts and varieties OF
colors. And even nature not being able
to supply sufficiently extreme and BIZ
taken a hand and by using burning
irons and dyes have managed to ar
rive at almost unbelievable combina-
tons. One may buy dark brown cane
blotches of black One may buy a cane
of olive or grass green. or delicate pur-
pie. brown and red, or of yellow and
black splotches, not unlike the plumage
of an oriole: of snow white. of pearl
gray or of delicate pink. or it is posi-
BILE to buy cane ringed with alternate
black and white stripes. for all the
world like zebra. This color is nat
ural. too. with the wood, which grows
in the forests of South America. The
wood takes such a high polish that one
can see ones reflection in it. The stick.
on the whole, looks as If it Were made
of agate. Yet as a matter of fact it is
so light that carrying it would not
CT -Vpar-ntd how Then there
are other novelty sticks with the bark
left on. which no attempt has been made
to polish
They are designed to give the effect Of
having been cut from the forest by the
person carrying them. All these. Of
course are for street use. For evening
use the style in canes is exactly the
same as it has been for the past twenty
years and more-a plain stick of polish
ed ebony, with a. small straight handle
of gold. or late there are men who have
taken to carrying slender sticks of dark
rosewood with their evening clothes.
Custom has made this correct, but the
ebony stick is still the evening stick to
be desired above all others.
After buying hat and stick, the aver
age man, nine times out Of ten. will
glance down at his shoes. and not i'm
probably end by buying a new pair. 1t
is wise for the well dressed man to be
careful of his shoes. There is not an
other article of all mems attire than can
have so vital effect on his general appear
ance Let a man be dressed in the
heighth of fashion so far as clothes. hat,
scarf and linen are concerned, but let his
shoes be shabby, and the entire effect
will he bad. Somehow the man win give
the appearance of being poorly dressed.
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been 50 quiet and transformations that
hardly a word OF il has hitherto reached
the. public ear. one of the first things
TO he undertaken is the adequate pro-
lection Of the working child
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

goes in for cats. Princess Victoria, who
lives in Windsor, maintains there one OF
the most luxurious batteries i'm the king
dom. The star boarder'' is a fine An
CORA, which has been described as the
most pampered cat in the world. pos
sessing, besides other luxuries, a private
letter box.
Princess Marie Louise Of Schleswig-
Holstein will open the new club for fac
tory girls in person. 1t is situated In
Jamaica road, Bermondsey. and consists
OF two houses. which have been thrown
into one. with small home adjoining
for the women who will run the CLUB
under the princess supervision 1t Will
accommodate 500 girls, who will have to
pay small monthly subscription. like
the members of any other club. but no
dues" The girl workers of Bermondsey
need such a club, for they have to work
long hours in gloomy factories Tor a
wage of from one to two and hair dol
lars a week. with no homes but the
crowded tenements and no recreation but
that to be found in the street.
=
At their club" besides being provided
with dining rooms. where they can get
the right sort of midday and evening
meal at a trifiing cost. instead of the
cold pork pie and pickles that most of
them have been accustomed to. they will
have recreation and game rooms. and
will be taught simple dressmaking and
'thrift''-how to make their tiny wages
go as far as possible, as well as Swedish
drill and dancing.
The Princess Club, as it appropriately
will be called is not an experiment, being
really the outcome OF a smaller tnstttu-
ton of the same kind which Princess
Marie has carried on for over year.
and which has membership of $50 girls.
Most of them are known personally to
her royal highness.' said Miss Hindley,
the superintendent of the club and she
has visited more than one Of them when
they have been i'll. Yes. they are ex-
actiy the type of East End girls whom
Phil May used to draw. the girl whose
fnery consists Of huge feathers. velve-
teen and cheap furs and dresses OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08
BY THE BOULEVARDIER.

L used to he the
bane of the family
m a ms existence
that these vogue
unknown felix in
Paris who make
the styles for
W % IN n annually
and invariably set
about with fiend-
ish ingenuity to
devise garments SO
totally different
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

HE SELLS CELERY ALL DAY LONG.
ance: but, according to an estimate of
the Associated Charities, the entire amount
of assistance necessary for the whole
eleven families did not total more than
$500 a year.
Now it is my own opinion, we'll as
that of my associates, that deficit in
the family income ought not to be eked
out by the labor of d child who must
leave school to earn it. The philosophy is
not sound which seeks to lay upon the
shoulders of a child of immature age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

Among the lines of merchandise handled
are chewing gum, candy, flowers. celery,
pencils notions newspapers and maya
zines. and. broadly speaking, anything
which requires activity rather than large
capital to make returns upon.
Like his elders in good many occu-
pations. the young merchant has to get
license to do business. This license.
which consists of a permit and badge is
sued by the superintendent of schools, Is
required of all child statesmen under the
age of sixteen. In following up the
operation of this law. curiously enough,
we found two economic developments al
most exactly like those with which our
own adult business men have to struggle
against in the world of larger affairs.
The first Of these developments was
the trust methods of certain young
financier, who had a half dozen smaller
boys to help him sell his papers. Or
course, he could cover seven times as
much territory in this way as he could
otherwise. Moreover, by punching his
whole force at street car crossings, every
time a trolley hove in sight from either
direction, he was able to sell many more
papers than anybody else, for his boys
would be everywhere. The other young
sters in the neighborhood who have taken
out their permits in due form are quite
peevish over his methods. which seem to
be rapidly driving them out Of business.
1.-The other development in the COM
mercial life of young Washington is
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

when the national child labor commit
tee opened a Washington office. with
its secretary for the southern states. DR..
~. J. Mc<elway. in charge
The ChiIdren's Council of the District
of Columbia was organized a year ago
for the purpose of making inquiries
into the Washington child's social and
economic well being. Judge Julian
Mack is President of this body. and
Mrs Murray w. Crane. wife of the
Massachusetts senator, secretary. Not
withstanding the importance of the
project ami the prominence of its off,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

1t is a comparatively simple matter to
produce on the stage the illusion neces-
sary. by simply using children who are
smaller than their years.
Il feel justified in saying. therefore.
that no matter how gratifying it may be
at first thought to the theater lovers Of
Washington to think that this city is a
center of dramatic education for the
child, al the same time 1t does neither
the child nor the drama any good.
Our present child-labor law makes a
special classification Of the young mer-
chants who are in business for them
selves. While it forbids, in general. the
employment of children under fourteen
years of age by day and sixteen years OF
age by night. at the same time 1t allows
them to start out for themselves as early
as the age of ten for boys and sixteen for
girls.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
THE FLYING LA MARS

THE FLYING LA MARS
-3-People-3 in a sensational aerial act
presenting one of the best aerial acts
even seen in Barre, an act that depends
entirely on daring, skill and cleverness.
It's bound to please you.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

Tenements to rent. w. I. Richardson,
Camp street. c.
Muslin underwear save ironing. See
the kind at Vaughan's.
Dancers, came to the Miles hall Thurs
day evening. Dancing at 8.
Dancing from 8 to J. Rowland hail.
Wednesday evening. Music by Rlley's or
chestra. Gents IS cents, ladies free.
The boy scouts of the Methodist church
will meet for practice back OF the LIN
coin school Wednesday at 6:l5 o'clock
All scouts please be present.
Would you accept absolutely free the
gift of one or two of those desirable
building lots at Auto Crest? You stand
as good a chance to get them as anyone,
provided you are present.
Goddard seminary's baseball team viii
play the Logan Squares at Intercity
park Thursday afternoon. Friday the
team will leave on two days trip
which will include games with Stowe
high school ON the first day and game
with Peoples academy at Morrisville
Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
BERLIN.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Grey visited Fred
Blanchard recently.
Willis Belknap OF Bellows Falls called
on Berlin friends Sunday.
w. ]. Rochester of Montpelier visited
at William McCarthy's Sunday.
Alfred Duprey of Mortified was a
business visitor in town saturday
Mrs. Il. II. House has gone to Maiden,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28

Mass, called there by the death of
relative.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Blanchard of
Waterbury, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lennie
of Brookfeld and Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Duprey Of Mortified visited at G. b.
Blanchard's Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28

Plans made by good architect help
to beautify our street and make the
housewife happy. Think it over. c. L.
Bugbee, room is, Rowland building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1912.
Weather Forecast.

Showers tonight and Wednesday
cooler; brisk southwesterly. winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
Court Rob Row, Graniteville, Noticel

, Members of Court Rob Roy, No. 8,
take notice! The next regular meeting
of the court will be held on June 20.
Per order of chief ranger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

Come in to the art square and rug
sale and see what we have for you. City
Auction Rooms.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-22
East Lake Road.

CORNER LOT, near Boulevard DeKalb.
three blocks from club entrance:
fronts east. heavily wooded; probably
the finest building site on the road;
200x35O; price $4,000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-22
Cottage Grove
$4,000

AT THE JUNCTION OF THE EAST
LAKE and DECATUR CAR LINE, we
would like. to show you nice Groom
house, on lot 119x316 This is within
minutes walk of East Lake Driving club.
Will make you delightful summer home.
Plenty of shade All conveniences. Only
$1,000 acash Let us show you this.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-22
A 5-Acre Tract.

FRONTING 400 feet on West North
avenue between Vine and Lambert
streets, lying i'll between Southern and
A.. &. and A. railroads rough tract
of land with immense speculative posi-
bilites: has 5-room house on it. Price
S6500
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-22
Rents for 1896 per year
Price only S., $50

IF YOU WANT good, new piece of rent
ing property, that rents well all the
time, buy this. Two new double 3-room
houses, renting for $500 per side. This is
in a good section, near Ashby street and
Greensferry avenue Terms $1,000 cash,
balance to suit