The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-12-31
Teachers Know Their Worth :

Lee Russell Of the State Normal
School at Worcester writes on The
Crisis in Education" in the current
Scribner's, and says:
Teachers know the worth Of their
calling; they would like more evil
dence that the public really feels
They know that on them, more
than on any other one class of ctti-
zens, depends the future Of the re-
public, but they are somewhat lone
some in the consciousness OF that
knowledge. They would ike more
company.
They would like to see the. pub
lie show its appreciation OF the
power OF education in a demoe:
racy by sending its sons ana
daughters to the normal schools
and colleges for teachers.
They would like to see the most
ambitious and high minded young
men and young women eager to
take up a vocation so honored as
teaching should be.
This, they know, can only come
to pass when the whole Nation
realizes what the public schools
may and ought to be.
Leaving the Nation to figure out
ffor itself the delicate relation exist
ing between the shortage in WE'LL
equipped teachers and a certain tight
ness OF the public purse.
IN tll dll plLlOLl anu ING nlbu AAIhA
must wait upon assurances that
equipment has living market.
Creatures Of the Night
From Romance OF the Rabbit
/ CNicholas J.. Brown, as translated
/ from the French OF Francis Jammes;
love the creatures OF the night,
the screech owls with their grace
full flight. the bats, the badgera
all the timd beasts which glide
through the air or in the grass and
OF which we know so little. What
festivals do they hold amid the
plants, their sisters?
At the hour when man Is at rest.
the rabbits, silvered by the dew,
bound over the mint of the furrow
and hold their conventicles; the
frogs croak in the marsh and make
it ripple: the glowworms filter their
soft and humid yellow light; the
mole bores the meadow; the night
ingale sobs like a fountain; the owl
utters sad laughter as II II too,
however timidly. were trying to
have p share in the JOY OF God.
How | would like TO he a creature
Of the night hare trembling in a
hedge Of hawthorn, badger grazed
by the leaves of the juicy green
corn.
This is, OF course. the rambling
rotlon OF poet. There are other
points OF view.
In the largest city on earth there
are men creatures Of the night who
regardless OF the nightingale, the
gIowworm and the trembling hare
are content to be. lounge lizards.
On GATHERINGS Night Out-.-
In "sheila and Others" (Duttonl
Winitred Cotter offers 'the simple
lannals of an unromantic household
we read Of the mistress who gets ac-
ouainted with her own home on thu
night out of the maid Catherine:
went out to the kitchen and sat
down there. After all. it was the
most attractive place, being the
most unaccustomed. .
vaguely disturbing sense, born
OF long experience, that I ought to
90 and Investigate the condition
Of the pantres began to steal
0S knew exactly how everything
would he found there The little
bottles OF extract, "all In a row."
would be houry or sticky the
'Ieft-overs" would remain IN the
dishes in which they had made their
= debut on the board. II was even
possible the knives would be hud-
died in corner, unsecured and
? Catherine, my faithful retainer
3 ana support, Is lllb pflQG OF tine
household. She will not leave me
nor forsake me. but even she has
her lapses ard 1t is the part OF do
nestle discretion to be oblivious al
times when large virtues are in the
balance.
Ny eyes wandered to the kettle
closet The door stood ajar. and
within ! beheld my new aluminium
ever pot was disgraced by!
Not until hours after. and much
application W brushes and soap to
my suffering hands. did | realize the
hardest part OF this experience, the
real psng, to be the disillusionment,
the truth forced home to me that
shall never again know In its COM
pleteness and freshness the joy OF
being alone In the house
II may be wise housewife VIII
knows how things go in her owl
kitchen.
For II she knows, she will be spare
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