Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...relief from the imperative "ought," said Mr. Crothers, comes recreation as a rest from excess of responsibility. Without play we should seen reach the limit of elasticity the power of healthful reaction after work which makes work possible. The touchstone for recreation is the word "wholesome." So long as recreation restores our bodily power and our capacity for seeing things in proportion, we need not inquire as to its ethics. Any recreation which is really restful can do no harm. The trouble today, the speaker said, is that play is made, not a rest from work, but an added burden...
...playwright's admiration, and he is debarred from the Queen's players. Broken in fortune, but steadfast still in those beliefs which had gained for him the title of "atheist," Marlowe visits Alison. In a powerful scene he admits to the girl his love for her and finds relief from his despair in her purity and nobility. In the last act Bame, Alison's rejected suitor, believing that Marlowe is responsible for his misfortune in love, accuses the playwright of ill-conduct toward the girl. In order to save Alison's name. Marlowe ignores the insult and pretends to seize...
...raise the standard of living in the settlements which are often degraded by vice and filth; and to give the people who have no means of subsistence the chance to earn an honest living. The stereopticon slides of his hospitals were of particular interest, since they described the relief which is brought to many sufferers each year, and the need which they fill in a land where medical service is practically unknown...
Designed in the style of the Italian Renaissance, they are unique in that parts such as stiles and rails, usually without decoration, are here covered with rich ornamentation in low relief. The delicacy of the individual modelling has been retained in the casting and no chasing, or sharpening of the ornament has been done...
Unwise philanthropy, widely speaking, is the chief objective cause of vagrancy. Indiscriminate public relief-houses, where help is given without investigation, so-called religious institutions to which those conforming to certain superficial tests are unjustly admitted, lack of keen and proper supervision, in lodging-houses--all these encourage rather than decrease the number of non-workers...