Word: vagrant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first made some preliminary remarks on the development of the drama to the time of Shakespeare. In the very early times there were only vagrant performances,-wandering musicians going from place to place, and playing and reciting in castle halls. Later the church, seeing that through plays was the most efficient means of approaching the people, appropriated the drama. The performances given by it were allegorical and dull, the devil who worked largely in these moralities, alone giving them any liveliness. This continued till the people wanted something more real and natural, and began to develop the drama themselves. They...
Professor Peabody has given considerable time to the study of social reform in Germany, and February's Forum contains a long and interesting article by him on that topic. The subject of the vagrant unemployed has been of great importance in Germany. In most towns there is an anti-beggar Society, the members of which pledge themselves to give nothing to beggars. Instead of alms the tramp finds work at a station at the entrance of each town, where by chopping wood he can obtain food and lodging. But as this only served for temporary relief, the "labor-colonies" were...