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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-09

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Stellar. Of Ma.
lone. visited Aberdeen friends Sunday.
-
Willis r. Lebo went to Portland yes
terday to attend the Rose Festival.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. A. Lalk visited
friends in Tacoma over Sunday.
-
Mrs. B. F. Luffgren left this morn
ing for Shell Lake. Wisconsin.
DR.. o. r. Austin and family return
ed yesterday from a weekend outing
at Pacific Beach.
Il
Miss Frieda Snyder went to Port
land Sunday, to visit friends and at
tend the Rose Festival.
F. 8. Stimson, q prominent lumber.
man Of Tacoma. with a party Of
friends. spent Sunday in the city.
Professor and Mrs. O. F. Shepard,
Of Belmont, Cal. are in the city, visit.
ing Frank G. Jones and family.
-
Many Aberdeen people are taking
advantage Of the reduced rate to At.
tend the Flower show At Portland.
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A SON. weighing ten pounds. was
born Thursday to Mr.. and Mrs. r.
williams. Mill and Stockwell streets.
Miss Leda Henderson visited friends
at Satsop last week, where she met q
brother she had not seen for ten
years.
Misses Persis Bower and Esther
Penn left Saturday for Bellingham. to
take the summer course in the Nor
NAL school.
f.
A son, Weighing eight and one-half
pounds, was born yesterday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. William Forshay, 1924
Lindstrom street.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Rogers returned
to their home in Olympia yesterday,
after a visit with their son, R. R.
Rogers and family.
=
Mark Ennis has purchased the inter.
est Of Grover w. Boyle in the linotype
firm of Findiesen & Boyle, and as
sumed charge last night.
-
Mrs. Edythe G.. Melville went to
Portland last night to attend the sixth
annual convention Of the Northwest
Music Teachers Association.
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Architect G. B. Reid Is here from
Seattle. drawing plans for the new
business block to be erected by X
Zelasko, on Wishkah street between
6 and F.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. June left today
for their home in Big Rapids, Mich.
after q visit of six months with their
daughters, Mrs. w. w. Miller and Mrs
r. Spaulding.
The meeting Of the Swastika club
which was to have been held thii
afternoon at the home of Mrs. w
B. Elsas. has been postponed until
next Tuesday. ~
Killaly Greene. Wilder Carter and
Dunbar Pinckney returned home Sat
urday from Corvallis, Oregon, where
they are students in the Oregon Agri
cultural college. x-
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Mrs. B. F. Burgess left Saturday
for Medford, Oregon, where she was
called by the illness of her sister.
Mrs. J. R. Smith returned Friday
from visit with relatives in Seattle
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-09
Paid Her Back.

Paid Her Back.
Mae-So you are engaged to George!
refused him three times. Ethel
That must have been what he meant
when he told me that be had had sew.
eral narrow escapes.-New York Jour-
nal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-09

Roser was man who had great
many warm friends and his downfall
came as distinct shock and sur.
prise to a large number Of people.
He was sincerely liked and the trouble
into which he has plunged will be as
sincerely regretted.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
LEADING PROFESSIONALS TOO
WILL PERFORM IN THE BEAU
TIFUL CALIFORNIA NEIGH
BORHOOD PLAYHOUSE

and planning of the work 10 Mrs. Gra-
ham.
To Open with "Prunella.
It has been a great labor for her,
but now that the beautiful building
has been erected and plans for the
opening, on February % with per
formance of "Prunella," are completed
she feels that her efforts have been
amply justified. Active and clever,
task of this magnitude has not at all
dismayed this charming woman.
The actual theatre itself is salts
fying monument to her ability and to
her artistic discrimination. The Coun-
try Playhouse is fully worthy OF is
carefully selected setting. In the dis
tance Rincon Point, and the sea
luminously cleaning at night, form the
back drop of the stage, for the rear
wall slides out of the way to admit !,
this scene when the play calls for it.
The Playhouse archtecturally is
in the form Of q Byzantine ba-
silica, with detail in Italian Renais-
sance. The beautiful shadows which
the arched loggias afford add
wonderfully to the effectiveness Of
the warm gray color Of the exterior,
and deep in the shadows are the en-
trance doors, of verde antique. Above
these doors, Aanked b. comedy and
tragic mask, is a quotation fro I'll
Penseroso"
Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

come 10 understand the beauty OF the
greater dramas. We will rehesrse and
produce our plays by ourselves, and
We will see TO all the details, and II
our work is not up to professional
standards, we have no fear that our
audiences will fail TO make allowances
for US. But that does not mean that
we shall not try for perfection.
1--WE shall produce all of the good
modern plays; in fact, We have actual
ly planned for the working of many
now"
Mrs. Graham, who is a devotee of
this form of literature, is indefatigable
in her efforts to infuse life, reality and
a definite permanency into this project
of hers.
"Ths playhouse is not to be con-
Quoted for profit. 1t is built purely for
our amusement, and the cost of the up
keep will be met by the price of the
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

IN CALIFORNIA has arisen toy
theatre, built and supported by
- small community Of friends who
would strike for something higher than
the rapidly spreading motion picture
mood seems to bespeak.
Not only to amuse themselves, but
also TO prove q source Of education to
their young, these people, under the
leadership Of Mrs. William Miller Gra-
ham. intend to bring forth plays th~t
are written by ambitious amateurs
among their number, by young friends
in whom they see perhaps generally
unrecognized talents, and by men OF
acknowledged genius at the Country
Playhouse, built by Mrs. Graham at
Fl Montesito, Cal
They will be the amateur performers,
so appeasing that wholesome and artis-
tic desire to act. and at other times
professional casts will play for them
in their theatre. This little colony OF
women and men has been active in
the field of amateur dramatics for -ev-
eral years past, and Mrs. Graham has
been coach, stage manager, director
and occasionally participant in these
performances. Therefore, it is bI
natural that the committee and board
of trustees, composed of Clinton
Hale, Edward Salisbury Field, Mrs
Isabel Strong and Earl Graham, shoulC
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
nv LEONARD rEIrx FULp. III" NJ
HH. ID.

IN. ~.
Assistant Chief Examiner. Municipal Civil
Service Commission.
IN every large city hundreds OF girls
leave the public schools each year
- 20 seek employment in the depart
ment stores. Their wages are hazard
ously low, but they are generally paio
rs much as their services are worth
They are unframed workers who have
received in the schools little instruc-
t;on which tends to fit them for the
performance of their duties. Unlike
teachers. nurses and artisans. who en-
ter upon their lifework after careini
course Of training, these girls arc
obliged to begin their struggle for e~-
;stence handicapped by lack OF train
INC. immaturity, adverse home conoi-
tions and a pitifully low wage
In an attempt 20 solve some OF thc
problems connected with the employ
ment Of unframed girls in department
stores. the Women's Educational ana
Industrial Union Of Boston established
in 1905 the Union School Of Salesman
ship. The pupils of this school are Sc
lected from the regular selling forces
% the seven cooperating Boston de-
nartment stores by the superintendent
Of each store, subject to the approVai
Of the director Of the school. Each
nupil must be at least eighteen years
Of age. and must be q grammar school
graduate. There is no charge for tui-
tion. and the pupils attend the schooi
without suffering any reduction OF
wages. The school is in session from
8 80 70 1880 every day, except Mon
dsvs. giving the pupils an opportunity
10 sell in the stores all day on Mon
days. and from 1880 to $3.50 on each
Of the five other days Of the week. The
course of study covers three months
classes being formed in September
January and April.
Salesmanship Most Important Subject.
The purpose Of the instruction Is 70
irstil a regard for system and 70 cult
vate a habit OF attention TO details; to
instruct in subjects which will increase
the pupils knowledge Of the stock to
be sold; to teach right thinking toward
the work as q profession and to arouse
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
May I not dare
Your grief to share?
Pm not so very stupid.

II every city would follow in the
footsteps of Boston and furnish to its
girls in the public schools or in con-
tinuation schools systematic instruc-
tion in salesmanship the wages Of our
department store saleswomen would no
longer be so hazardously low, because
they would be worth more TO their en-
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
Christmas Play an Occasion '0'
mocracy.

every year at Christmas'ias -. -.
will be a big play for the li''s La
This occasion will be one Of e0~r
democracy, for the performsne's = - !,
rot be limited to our children. Al !
little town children, those from
Neigbborhoca House, from the 0'p'. :.
ace and e.,m all the regions s0011
oardlc.. of race OF color or erss1' 4,
be /, emitted TO act and TO "''''
fu... This coming Christmas We >" r;,.,
ing TO perform The Shephsrds'' '.Sl ~.
one o", a Heart, 1t is going to be 'pI''s,, y,
Every one shows great en'n'''
IT," ~ "a, y
The Country Playhouse VIII q
devoted exclusively 10 drsm ,s.s
each year, at the end Of M.Tea' .l
will be an art loan e1hibi'l'n' ~.
every spring there will be a f''.. ..,,s, !,
s,c,' s,ra,' time to time there will be re- :.
and concerts. In April Of ns@ ~,
tbere '. will be shown a collects. .,,
Spanish heirlooms OF value b.
70 the many old families in Ssns an. ,,s|
bsra. some of whom are desesn''
the earliest pioneers. -
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

design the principles of suitability and
common sense arc emphasized with
view 10 eliminating sofa pillows use
full only as ornaments, rugs with pic
torial homelike designs OF cats, ana
similar examples violative OF the prin-
ciples Of correct design.
In teaching arithmetic there is much
drill in simple addition to qualify sales
persons for adding the tally sheet OF
sales at the end of each day. Store cx-
ecutives constantly complain OF the diff
iiculty experienced by them in their eff
forts to secure correctly added tally
sheets. Problems in simple multiplied
ton, fractions and percentage are also
taught to the pupils. One period each
week is devoted TO the study Of the
sales check in it's varying forms and in
struction is also given in business
forms and in the keeping of cash ac-
counts and the planning of personal
budgets to maintain proper balance
between income and expenditure.
Personal Hygiene Taught.
A course in personal hygiene is given
TO impress upon the pupils the fact that
a regard for the laws OF health is a
part Of business honesty. The most
important lessons are taught by wom-
an physician. who sees the working
girls point of view, understands her
peculiar problems and is able TO make
clear her personal responsibility TO her
employer. The girls are taught to take
a professional interest in the principles
of hygienic dressing, personal appear
ance, bathing, sleep and ventilation;
they are taught TO realize that n per
sonal whim is not a rational. or safe,
or businesslike guide in the selection
Of food. Senseless notions are 'dissi-
pated and the girls are developed and
trained to adopt a sane attitude toward
themselves, "A systematic course OF in
struction in physical training assisting
much in this work
Although the course Of study is
thoroughly practical, the subjects OF
the curriculum are treated broadly and
the instruction possesses considerable
cultural value. Although there IS no
special course in English, the value Of
good discriminating English is con-
stantly emphasized by the careful cor
rection of notebooks and by classroom
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

ployers. and the shoppers would be Ie
lighted by the efficiency Of the sslss.
girls. who would, by reason Of ihsr
training, be enabled 20 cooperate non
intelligently with them and assist thsa
materially in reducing TO a mininsz
the discomforts Of the hard task u
shopping.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
A7171ts and Children Learn and Play i'm Toy Theatre
ACTING EDUCATING THE CHILD AND HER TOY
THEATRE WILL PRESENT AND ACTED BY
CHILDREN. MILLER GRAHAM

him, for he learns TO know and sppr..
ciate the plays Of higher STANDARD
He is taught TO enjoy work on son''
what higher literary level than via:
is customarily offered for his delse;s'
ton. Acting good plays will make BIN
love things which might otherwise r@
nave been made to appeal to hin .
the slightest, and will in a short WI.
make him seek the better instead o
idly taking what is offered 70 hin T.
thinkingly. Il will teach him dlse's
ton and aesthetic discrimination.
Importance of Using His Imssinara
Quite as important is the ssA
mental exercise given to him, HS
from the mere training and tuition :
must learn 20 use his Imagination S'
is unccnsciously broadened, Tor s ,
forced 10 alter his natural poin' "
view, to twist his perception and cav
ish understanding, and make II lo'S u
quite a new direction, thus starring
valuable mental activity eompars'"''
early IL his years. -,
OF the dancing methods emplO!'''"
children and Of the rhythmic, the shF
tional, the physical and the peFesP'"
training impaired 70 the child WINE I"
is following this most natural ana :"
Gus of all instincts, Mrs. GrsHs" >" =.
all words Of praise, and mentioned y. y
intention OF inaugurating dancing
sons for them whenever the play *
Iected called for it. She said'
"A great part of the Playa0'N'
repertory will be taken up by en'ld''' !,
plays. All the sons and daughters =
our friends will be allowed to p'i-s
pate. when they are suitable f0' p',. 'i.,
and look forward eagerly to "S''1','
them act and, of course, too 20 'v'
ing them Mrs. Graham will coach l.'
only the grown-up plays, even VICE '..,,
herself performs in them, as her ',''', !.
confidently expect, but she Is sl'S
tsEe charge Of the children's pF''''
tlons.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

when in New York recently, "for the
drama, believe, is one Of the big
modern forces. Despite the usual de-
tractory statements, it has to-day a
splendid scope for artistic expression
its opportunity is limitless. And for
that reason the popularity of it seems
excellent. One comes to understand so
much better the intricacies through
which the dramatist has TO accomplish
mis- purpose when one has acted in any
of the plays, or ven when one has
helped in the production of any. The
problems are then understood, stage
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

portunities TO obtain actual experience
in stores and shops. to arrange for the
interchange of teachers between con-
tinuation schoo and high schools, and
to assist in instituting and conducting
plan for the training Of regular
teachers for service in continuation
schools"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

conventions appear in their true light
and actual grasping of the meaning OF
the art increases with knowledge of
its technique.
with a greater knowledge gained
in this manner, not only the enjoyment
but also the critical faculties will be
increased. Already the drama is as
suming foremost interest for the peo-
pie OF America and dramatic illiterscy
is disappearing. 1t is this for which
the toy theatres are laboring. People
demand an inferior sort of play, so
the critics and the managers tell US.
We desire them to become acquainted
with the issues, to know the better
offerings in this art, and to give them
the kind of play that they would want
if they but knew that they might have
it for the asking.
"Coincident with the growth Of these
toy theatres throughout the country is
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15
n ~SAIFSIADY" IS BORED AND FL1PPANT
It's Lack of Training, Immaturity Adverse Home CON-
ditions and Low Wage That Prevent HER from Deins
Help to Weary Shoppers, Say Investigators.

discussion of oral expression. A series
OF stimulating discussions gives the
girls some comprehension Of such SUD-
jects in the field OF economies as the
relation Of capital TO wages, the dis
tinction between a real and n nominal
wage. the balancing of income and eN-
penditurc, The satisfaction OF material
and cultural needs. the spending and
saving of money, the minimum wage
the trades union movement, woman
suffrage, etc.
Benefit Evidenced in Increased Wages.
No girl can take this twelve weeks
course without having her personal and
her business efficiency increased. she
will exhibit new thoughtfulness,
new interest in her routine duties and
an ability to sell as much in the af-
ternoon as an unframed worker can sell
in the entire day. The work means more
TO the trained worker, and so she puts
more into her work. The education OF
the salesgirl gives the public more IN
telligent and more courteous service
The trained saleswoman knows the i'm
nortance of careful attention to every
customer. OF 1875 girls who took this
twelve weeks course in one year. l4b
received an increase in their wages dur
ing the year. OF these 145 "a were
advanced SO a week, 1S were advanced
SO a week, and we're advanced SA The
remaining 81 received increases vary
ing from 90 cents to sll week. The
girls value this vocational training for
the personal benefit which they receive
from it; the merchants indorse 1t be-
cause it means greater profits for Their
business. and the public approves OF II
because il makes the task of shopping
easier.
The Course for Teachers of Salesman
ship.
The Union School of Salesmsnship
Of Boston also offers in cooperation
with Simmons College a training
course for teachers Of salesmanship.
The course of study, which is one year
in length, is open to graduates Of col
leges or normal schools, those having
had some business or teaching expert
ence being preferred. The morning is
devoted to work at the School of Sales
manship, and the afternoon to courses
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

I a feeling of responsibility and to de-
velcp individual power.
The most important subject OF the
curriculum is salesmanship. This sub
| ject is studied through .hc discussion
Of problems arising daily in store WORK
by carefully developed lessons and
conferences on special topics, such as
Approaching a Customer" "Care OF
Stock" or Service TO Customer py
demonstration sales, in which mem
ber Of the class sells merchandise TO
Customer who plans TO test the sales
woman on important points in store
system, knowledge Of stock and per-
sonal service. and which arc followed
bv critical class discussion. by lectures
by store officials. who explain the WORK
Of various departments and show the
relation Of the saleswoman to the dit-
ferent activities of the store; and by
individual conferences with the girls
on points observed by the teachers IN
.heir follow-up work in the stores
The special instruction which Is
given .he girls on textiles is offered
because in most departments OF large
store articles made Of cloth are solo,
because this study enables the pupils
TO assist customers in the selection OF
reliable material. and because IT is OF
value 10 them in their personal ex-
nenditures for clothing. The instruc-
ton in textiles includes q study OF
wool. silk, cotton and linen hbers, the
processes of manufacture, and CONNER
cial geography.
Help You Choose Colors.
The purpose Of the instruction IN
color and design is to enable the girls
70 recognize color tones and color com
b;rations. to advise with regard to the
appropriste use Of colors and to be able
10 apply the principles of design TO dress
and furnishings. The selling OF goods
provides many opportunities for the ap-
nlication of the principles Of color and
design. Customers who choose unoe-
coming or inappropriate colors may
frequently be tactfully influenced 10
make better selection. Ability 10
recognize color tones is of great value
in matching colors for costume COM
binations and in connection with nu-
n,erous other feminine contrivances for
putting colors together. In teaching
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

admission ticket We will not limit our
dramatic productions to those plays
which have been accepted by the world
at large.
Unsuccessful Play Not To Be Ignored.
There are among US those who have
written highly successful plays, and
there are others whose plays have not
been at all successful. Ii any of these
latter appeal to US we will produce
them. Of course, it may not do them
much good, but we feel that it will
help them little, if only because OF
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

the parallel tendency for people to take
more and more of the responsibility
into their own hands, examining, ques-
tioning and doubling the work of the
professional producer. The aura of
professionalism is being removed, along
with the idea that playing and init
mate acquaintance with the theatre be-
long merely to a segregated class Of
people.
"The Country Playhouse was built
for the amusement of our members.
We want to learn the art of play max
ing and through study of the lesser
New-York tribune., 1914-11-15

{ the slight encouragement this affords
them. They may be really good, and
our production may perhaps have some
weight with outside producers. On the
other hand, they may not be valuable
in the least, but we are quite willing 10
give them a fair trial, and it may hap
pen that a presentation OF this sort
may help the playwright to see his
shortcomings.
ave intend, besides, 10 have profes-
sionsl casts visit US, when they are en-
route, and give their plays just as they
would in any ordinary theatre"
Mrs. Graham has managed this end
of the theatres activities, and one can
readily understand why il was that she
said it was great deal of work, even
though she smiled softly and not at all
self -pityingly when she made the re-
mark.
"a have practically concluded ar
rangements with many of the leading
theatrical companies who are to travel
in our direction from time to time, and
all that remains to be decided is the
dates on which they will make their
appearance at our playhouse"
Surely this theatre will be splendid
temple for the performance of the best
that drama has to offer, and the spec
tators will be not only keen admirers,
but also observant pupils. 1t is the
hope of Mrs. Graham that after a while
the many and varied toy theatres will
have so trained the people to a keen
perception of artistic fitness that our
plsywrights will no longer have to
write down to their audiences-they
will write for the stage.
Important Influence on Children.
Mrs. Graham is keenly interested in
play-acting as a medium for education
for the young. She has observed the
results of the various children's thea
tres throughout the country and mas
even taken stock Of what has been done
in little school and play dramatics, and
has found that there is a definite ben
eft accruing to the young from this
plessurable sort of schooling.
THE prime Importance of this is a
powerful negative influence which il
eXerts upon the child's mind and pref
erences. Of course. am alluding to
the motion pictures, many of which
iind-except where they are instructive
or built on classic lines unfit for them.
The censorship 10 me seems wholly in
adequate, for while many of the pict-
ures are very beneficial, at other OF
these performances have seen bloody
, immoral. hyper-emotionsl photo plays
put on and children drinking them in
receiving perverted impressions, becom-
ing surcharged with unwholesome emo
! tions, and imbued with the idea of the
all-pervading quality of certain social
/ problems. Children have no business
] witnessing the familiar and lurid vice
plays. They are wholly unfit for the
young mind"
The toy theatre will, to a certain ex.
tent, keep the child out of these re.
sorts, and give him healthier mental
activity, Mrs. Graham believes. Then
too, acting is valuable education foI