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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
SOME OLD LONDON THEaTERs
eistrict Of Shoreditch Had the First
Building Erected for Purely
Dramatic Purposes.

There was a time, shortly sitter the
first theater was opened iE London,
Hhen the opposition to .he Few form
6f entertainment was so great that
ah ordinance was passed by 2arlla-
fnent for the compulsory closing OF
these palaces Of amusement" and
making It crime to he preas1t as 3
Spectator &C a ptay.
This was In 16i2, when only twe
theaters existed in Lontfen, The first
Building specially erected sor dralnac
ic purposes was built by an actor
James Bnrbage, at Shoreditch. in 1919,
and called the Theater. A year or So
later A second theater known as the
Turten was opened, also at Shore
ditch. and these two playhouses CO.
tered to London audiences until the
suppression of the theaters
When plays We're once more per-
nit.ed several new theaters opened,
tncluding the Globe, at Southwark.
~hich was built by James Burbage
the Rose and the BlackfYiars anG
Whitefriars theaterS.
Probably the most luxurious of these
Early theaters was the Fortune. built
bs Edward Alleyn, an actor, in 1888,
and so christened because it cost its
owner the then fabulous SUM, includ'
ing the ground 1t stood on, Of 1890.
The only Illumination during the per-
formance was that afforded by candle
Hight, gas being unknown until 1S17s
when the first performance By gas
Hight was given at Drury Lane.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
The Reason Why.

Tommy, aged six, had been out for
q long walk, and on his return was
speedily put to bed.
Some time later his mother, going
up to his bedroom, found that her
fond offspring had gone off 10 sleep
with his feet resting on that part
Of the bed intended for his head.
She woke him up. reversed him,
and then demanded an explanation.
Two chubby little fists wiped the
Aeepiness from his little eyes, ano
then a plaintive voice replied:
But. mumnfe, my head wasn't tired,
and nv feet We're"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
No Exchange.

%There's one thing about selling
postage stamps" said the tired
druggist.
aWhat is it:' asked the customer.
.1There's no profit in the deal, Of
course. but it's one thing l sell that
my customers don't bring back and
Sant to exchange for something else."
Detroit Free Press.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07

she held It up-"once round my
wrist; twice round my wrist, once
round my neck; twice round my neck,
once round rly waist"
Here she paused, and shri!l voice
from the audience exclaimed:
'"Twice round your waist, onca
round Hyde park"
The lecturer hastily passed on to
another branch Of the subject.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
women,s Hair Price Increases.

The price given by hairdresserS for
women's hair has increased enormous
ly during the last II months. While
some women in America and Britain
sell their hair, the real trade in this
commodity is done in continental coun-
tries. Peasant girls in France, Bel
gium and Italy sell their hair at reg
ular periods to dealers. This hair Is
mostly of the fair and black variety,
while most golden hair is obtained
from ScandinavianS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Embarrassment.

<aOf course" remarked Senator Sor-
xhum, 81 was proud to have vote 50
overwhelmingly in my favor. And yS
n has It's disadvantages"
tS"In what way?"
IA am compelled to feel sense %
ufi,eation toward everybody whe
yotes for me; and a landslide makes
fAe l9snber SO great that l can scarce
Is:.ksep ap with the responsibsassas
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Literally True

Wife-What do you mean by telling
Mrs. Brown that you never ask my
advice about anything?
Hub-Well, my dear, don't. You
never wait TO be asked.-Boston Tran
Script.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Variability.

"Do you regard poker as a gentle
mans game?"
$50 far as that goes" replied Cac-
tus Joe, "it's like every other game
from politics to penny ante. Whether
It's gentleman's game or not de-
pends entirely on who happens to be
playin' it"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07

divine. Icl Uldl!~
ller was of the
type familiarly
known as high.
brow )" it was. in
fact. irritatingly
supercilious and
lofty.
For example"
said she. twice
round my thumb"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
WIT FROM CHINA
Eastern Sense of Humor Very
Much Like Our Own.
SAMPLES Show There Has Been Little
Change in Human Mature Through
the Centuries.

Although the Chinese may seem seri-
Gus, he is not without genuine sense
OF humor. His literature is highly
seasoned with witticisms ana hnihor-
Gus situations Unfortunately, brevity'
which is essentially the soul Of wit OF
his proverbs, is impaired in the trans
laton into English. Also there is
much of Chinese humor, even that
found in the books Of the most famous
writer's, that is too broad for literal
translation.
Nevertheless, human nature is, and
has for a thousand years, been funda-
mentally the same. This is shown by
the following epigrams, taken from
the work of a writer. Ii Shang Yin,
who lived twelve hundred years ago
in the Flowery kingdom. The trans
lation from the Chinese was made by
Mr.. W. #. Mayors.
The headings are the Chinese
authors own:
Conditions Out of Place.
A poor ParSee.
A sick physician.
A fat bride.
a teacher who does not know his
letters.
A gray5eard given to flirting.
What One Does not Despise.
When one is hungry-coarse victu-
ais.
When ere is on the tramp-the sor.
rieSt nag tc ride.
When one is thirsty - cold rice
water.
Comparisons.
A court!er-is like pumpkins, which
grow best In the dark.
A crow-is like fiddler, he makes
music when he's hungry.
A judge-is like tiger, never moves
but he does some injury.
What It is Better Not to Know.
A fiddler had better not know music.
or he will be thrown out Of work.
A woman had better not know poet
ry, or she will lose her reputation.
4 servant had better not know his
letters. or heswill get into trouble.
A scholar had, better not know any
thing about handicrafts, or he will be-
held in contempt.
s:Vexati6n.
Sitting down to a feast and feeling
the stomach ache.
Finding the bottle empty in the
rnidst of a Jolly night.
Not being able to get rid Of ones
poor relations.
Extreme Of unpleasantness.
Blundering upon matters which are
taboo in friends house.
Meeting a creditor when one can't
pay ones debts.
Hearing drunken babble after one
has become sober.
Tribulations.
To invite distinguished guest. who
fails to come to dinner.
To have a lsagreeable fellow come
on his own invitation.
To be buttonhoied by drunken
man..
To have no money when things are
cheap.
To be seated opposite the man you
hate.
Growing FoIlies Of the Age.
Envy. hatred and malice.
Invoking the gods when one Is
drunk.
Women clacking about the streets.
Mnrfoa rinf, ones nrnnarty
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Turnip Grew Throuai.

A turnip with horse bell just be-
low the top was found in his field by
an Ontario farmer. The turnip hac
grown right through the bell.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
He'd Been Well Advised.

Mrs. Benham-You can't get Willie
to bathe before breakfast.
Benharil-No: he says he never
washes his face on an empty stomach.
kansas City Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Where to Draw the Line.

"a man should mind his own bust
ness" spid Jud TunkinS, "but not to
the extent shat gets him to prcf-
ttseriR'."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Jud Tunkins.

Jud Tunkins says after man has
been curzd Of an ailment it's liable to
take him quite some time longer to
get over the medicine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
Probably Worlds Oldest Pine.

A rinc tree In New Zealand is esei-
mated by scientists to be thirteen nun
:
afed years old.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
CHANGING STANDARDS

CHANGING STANDARDS
sSee herew the angry customer
biurted out to the dealer In clothes,
seYou sold me this suit for all wool,
and | find it more than half cot
ton"
"one moment, please" the dealer
softly replied; 81 said 1t was the
best aII.WooI made now"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-07
:. %-- The --*
Scrap Book
GOT A LITTLE TOO PERSONAL
lrreverent Interruption That causeS
Woman Lecturer to Make Abrupt
Change Of Subject.

A woman Of ample proportions wes
giving a lecture on the human form
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

the children, bad blackboards, instant
tary drinking Arrangements, no flag
nothing for the childrens playhows
no clock. thermometer, soap, wash
basin, door mat, scraper etc. The
report goes on 70 snow that the
teacher, though without proper train
ing. does her best and attains what
( efficiency is possible under the cir
cumstauces, that the children are OF
good quality Of human material, and
that the community has done nothing
worthy of credit for the school It Is
touching 10 500 how steadily these re
ports show the children as doing their
best to make Up for the bad condi-
tious we allow to exist around them,
Too many Of our Vermont children,
sturdy, native-born, naturally intelli-
gent. energetic, are spending large
part Of their working hours in bat
teied comfortless, ill-equipped, unsani-
tary schoolrooms.
Who is responsible for this state Of
afaIs} Why we all are Make no
mistake about that Every Nermonter
Is Responsible; you are, am We
need rot blame any abstract entity
like the town or the state We
ourselves are the town and the state
And in no other state Of the Union
has there beelt preserved more Of the
old American feeling Of individual in
dependence and responsibility. Town
meeting is open to any Of us, and
every one OF US is responsible for
action taken there or action that Is
not taken there Our Vermont towns
are proud Of their local independence
Let US not neglect this important part
OF our work
Now what can be done about It?
Taxes are high already most Of Us
scringe at the thought Of paying more
and most OF us are more or Jess du
tious about the value received for
these taxes once they're voted TO
bring our rural schools up to a fair
standard. mast ve add heavily 70 our
tavese
Not bit Of It. a large part Of the
deficiencies of our schools are such
.eqt we can personally 80 right out
and repair them with our own hands
and by tae use Of our own wits \
email sum that would never be missed
from the taxes. u supplemented by our
own Vermont ingenuity energy and
completeness would be enough to re-
generate our rural schools. Tho very
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

care than we have been willing to
give And yet-is there any element
in our nfein-common which deserves
thought and care more than our
schools. or where the thought and
care would be Of more Instant use
lulnesa? We all want good roads as
much as we want good schools; but
for most Of u.s. where roads are con
cerned. we must take it out in want
ing or else pay heavily in cash.
Whereas in the matter of good schools,
1t counts largely towards Improvement
merely 20 provide a good boarding
place for the teacher, and to show
her some pleasant friendly attention,
merely TO hem some towels, contribute
some soap, to give a days work once
in while, to supply q few dollars
worth Of paint and the energy to put
It on; 10 take some personal respon-
slbiity about seeing that the town
authorities do supply the text books
needed on time for the beginn ng Of
th~<erm 20 make some bean bags or
a swing or see-saw for the chill
drens play time; 70 haul a load of
sand for a sand pile for the little
ones; to organize a neighborhood bee
TO clean up the school house grounds
# you're a woman, to join with others
Ia giving an entertainment to make
the money to buy hardwood boards
for a new floor. and then if you're
man to join with others in laying it
without further cash expenditure
there Is no enterprise in the wide
word whore a small amount Of work
riil 20 so far towards a splendid cause
as in improving a country school hore
in Vermont We don't need to wait
for state aid to help Us (although
there Is state aid ready to help any
community that will bring It's school
mp to seyenty percent Standard nor
for town meeting to take action
Anybody who viii write the State
Department Of Education, at Mont
pelier. asking fer an official rating
card for rural schools viii ret It.
ana with this in hand any one Of US
can get a god idea OF what needs to
he done for the particular school for
which. owing TO the location of our
home we are responsible Then If
we viii write the state official tn
charge of this work. Miss Rose Lucia
at Montpelier we can get an exact
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

simple plan Of renovating one school
house each year, if more rapid pro
gre cannot be made, will soon do the
Job, and without a heavy burden OF
taxation. The fact that in 1920 one
hundred towns in the state reported
amounts spent for repairs less than
$4,000 each and twenty-siX less than
$1,000 each. shows why many buildings
are in poor condition. Money is need.
ed but much can de done with com
paratyely little But what If for any
reason enough money is not available?
Then we mu rely entirely upon
thought. and work, and Skin, and
pride ana conscience. and public
spirit.
Any group OF Vermont farmers can
carpenter enough to help arrange de-
cent out-buildings that VIII not en-
danger the morals or health Of the
children; almost any farm has a wood
lot on it from which enough lumber
can be cut To make such few repairs
as are needed, and almost any Yer
mont farmer would be willing to give
a few trees to help along the school.
Any group of Vermont women can
paint wood work and kalsomine walls;
any group OF Vermont homes could
spare, one a door-mat, one chair,
one a clock one a wash basin, one a
waste basket and so on Better 10
have such objects lacking from a sell
dom used sparerooln than 70 make
the children 20 without, day after day.
Any Vermont parent can see 20 it
that his children attend school regu-
larry. any community can see TO il
that the teacher has a good pace to
board. and THAT she gets decent
salary Amy Vermont town is required
by law to provide enough textbooks
in good condition for all pupils DO
you know whether this is done IN your
town? Why dent you find out before
you 80 TO bed tonight? ANY teacher
viii tell you Every Vermont town is
required by law TO provide American
Tags for the outside OF its school
houses and a flag should DO provided
for the inside are they flying in
your town?
No, the trouble is not that good
rural schools in Vermont would cost
as more money than we can spare
We have imply neglected them The
point IS that we cannot have good
rural schools without giving our
selves. individually more Thought and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

airy standard of efficiency (hence the
word Standardization by which the
campa gn is known. This statement
called the Official Rating Card for
Vermont Rural Schools (Which any
body can have who viii write the
State Department Of Education for it,
is based on the plainest, most obvious
essentials for satisfactory school life
There are no fussy expensive require
ments, such as would be hard to meet
in country schools, no mention of run
ming water or furnace heat, or SIDE
show trimmings in teaching, or any
thing nickle plated or Gifted, or ultra,
modern; just an enumeration Of the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19
TODAY'S ISSUE
10 PAGES
Section z

statement Of how and how much the
State Will help. And then we can
just rcli up our sleeves, and do as
every American likes to do, in attack
ing q problem start now" and do
it ourselyes!"
DOROTHY CANFTELD FISHER.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19
PLAN STANDARDIZATION
OF RURAL SCHOOLS
Letter From Dorothy Garfield Fisher
Urging Improvement in School
Arrangements.

Some months ago the State Board
Of Education completed the plans for
campaign for the Improvement Of
our Vermont rural school houses. A
simple statement was prepared enu
merating the different elements nece5-
sary to make a rural school what Il
should be, if it came up to the ordin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-19

--s-sr $500
things that any country school il
america ought to have. to be decent
clean, reasonably attractive and eln
Client to give children a good elemen
tary training; such as. enough Ugh
for the children TO see t,}er work
a floor that can be kept clean: u stove
that gives the right heat and ycntila
ton decent out buildings, sanitary
drinking arrangements; enough up to
date text books to 80 around; plain
Icomfoltab seating arrangements ioi
teacher and pupils; a clock some
soap, a basin for washing hands unt
faces; Geceutlypaid teacher who il
trained for her work, cares about It
and stays on her job; a community
| which sees to it that the teacher has
q fairly comfortable place to live
pupils who 60 regularly to school
when not sick; an American dag out
side and one inside the building; in
terest taken In the school by the par
cnts Of the children. etc.
In order that the matter may be
clear and easily analysed, these re.
quirements are set down on the on
cal Rating Card Thus Il s,,,ool that
meet ali Of them would DO counted
ono hundred per cent according to
the standard This rating is divided
into hyo parts; Cd building and
grounds count for twenty-siX out OF the
hundred; Gu equipment counts for
twenty seven; ca the quality Of the
teacher counts for eighteen; (i) the
attendance and conduct of the pupil
twelve; ana (5l the attitude of the
commun ~ and a misce laneous item
for seventeen
Tina, is a school which had a salts.
factory building and neat grounds
would get twenty-six on that count
but il IL lacked textbooks, good black
boards. and other essential equipment,
Il would lose twenty-seyen credits; Ii
the teacher was faithful and compo
tent it would Win eighteen points;
but if tile community showed no
helpful ntere stn the school, !. would
lose seventeen points.
AS far as that goes, If the comm
nifty did how an interest in the school,
the school would soon be up to stand
ard
Is the requirement set up by the
State Board one hundred points Pr
that IS, do they expect to Lind Yer.
mont rural schools with a complete
equipment and perfect comfort clean
lineas and dacency? No indeed, no;
so much as that II school can show
that Is comes up three fourths OF the
way. and merits seventydyo per cent
of the points given on cleanliness, com
fort. decency and ofic ency such a
school Is q prize, Is TO be marked
STANDARD" by q special name
plate has a right to be proud Of it.
self ana may be eligible for state aid
provided for I'm ten thousand dollar
fund
Now do you sec the situation?--a
plain standard Of ordinary American
country ideals set up, and Vermont
rural schools rated In accordance with
it. What is the result? How many
rural schools ia Vermont are really
wha; they ought % be? How many
ont 90 the eleven hundred sixty rural
schools in Vermont are three quarters
OF what a plain. useful country school
ought to be? How many are even
half2 Il is the first time Vermont has
conducted such a definite minute ID.
yestigation into the actual present.
conditions Of rural schools. the first
time we NcrmontorS have had any
pigtura Of MIR grh0ole We can visual
The New York herald., 1921-12-12

Downtown League. first annual dinner.
Hotel Astor, p. M.
American Game Protective Association,
conference, Waldorf Astoria, all day
international Sporting Club meeting. Hotel
Commodore. +. M.
Memorial services for the late Dr.. W.
Horace Hosklns. auditorium OF New York
University Veterinary College, 331 East
Twenty street. s:l5 7. m.
under the auspices of the Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce, Bankers Club. 10
Broadway. p. M.
meeting Of the National Safety Council.
Hotel Commodore, beslnning, 10 A. NJ.
OF section Of biology. American Museum q
Natural History, Seventy>sGyensS street
and Central Park wer;. s;,s
dencc, New York Academy of Mediclnss
II West Forty third street. $50 2. NJ
ness win discuss Some Aspects of the
PROSPECT Heights citizens association,
Seventh avenue, Brooklyn, s:15 p. NJ.
Dhan Gopal Mukerji will lecture on "Ths
Spiritual Nature Of the Hindu" before the
Half, 1913 West Forty.thlrd street. ii A. NJ,
Costume Design" lecture for high school
Glasses Glasses by Alice 7; Gose0' Metropoiitaa
Meyer Padve WIN lecture on '.Mid-Atlanti9
States" at the Educational Alliance lsz
East broadway, +. NJ
Memorial services in honor or DR.: solomon
Schechter synagogue of the Jewish Theo.
logical Seminary. 531 West 123rd street,
S:11 p. NJ.
''Where Our yssi Comes From" will be
tho subject of : afstN-e for school children.
American Musssyi of Natural History.
Seventy y-seventh street and Central Paria
West, $3.50 p. NJ.
Fordham University Alumni Associatious
meeting Hotel Commodore. p. NJ.
Maryland Society, meeting, Waldorf
Astoria. s p. NJ. =.
Indiana Club. dinner. Hotel McAlpin, Y
y. NJ.
United Real Estate Owners Association
meeting Hotel Astor, p. NJ
Portland Cement Association, convention
Hotel Biltmore, all day.
Certified Public Accountants, meetinss
waldorf Astoria, s p. NJ.
Society for New York state Women, meets
ing Hotel Astor, P. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-12-12
Lore for Housekeepers.
All Inclusive Dictionary Printed in
England About 1910.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In 1S40
or thereabout periodicals were pub
lished in England under the title 'Dic-
tionary of Daily Wants." for the COM
piling OF which credit was given to 17S
authorities for the articles therein. There
are specific directions for everything one
can imagine, from "calies calling for
twenty eggs each to the building of
dams.
In the cookery department alone there
are many hundreds of receipts, from
broths to desserts, of which none so eX-
cellent is now in existence. The collec-
ton teaches how to sew, ride, play all
card games fencing. the deaf and dumb
language; the duties of n blacksmith,
Of servant, of nurse and OF caring
for the sick; the raising of dogs, hogs
bees. chickens; all about ploughing, and
In fact everything from the rearing Of
a calf to the making Of wonderful per-
fumes and toilet accessories.
These periodicals were carefully laid
aside as they were published. alphabet
cally arranged from A to u and put
into book form under their original title
Dictionary of Daily Wants" by my
grandfather.
HENRIETTA LEE MORRISON.
NEW YORK, December 10.