Saturday, May 1 1, 1929.
THE SALEMITE
PAGE THREE.
Tavern Renovated
Among the many historic build
ings in Salem there is none more in
teresting than the old Salem Tavern
which is located on Main street, one
block south of the Square. Of
course it has not been used as an
inn for many years, but has only
recently been remodeled as much in
keeping with the past as possible.
There is a bronze tablet on the
wall beside the front steps which
states tliat George Washington, dur
ing his tour of the South, was a
guest at the tavern from May 31 to
June 2, 1791. This bit of informa
tion created an atmosphere of rev
erent respect which made us observe
the entire building with the tliought
uppermost in our minds that Wash
ington had been in the same sur
roundings, and trod the same steps.
We climbed the steps to the porch
and stepped to the door to ring the
doorbell but there was no sort of
button in sight. Nevertheless, fas
tened to the nearby wall was an iron
rod on which was hung a rusty little
bell, wtih a long chain attached to
it. I longed to pull the, chain to
see wliether or not the bell would
ring to announce our coming. I
was kept from any decision one
way or the other because my com
panion knocked loudly on the door.
Immediately a latch was lifted, and
we were invited inside. And, wc
stepped across the tbreshhold—into
the past, as it were .
We were first led over the main
floor. The large front room on our
riglit was once the lobby of tlie inn.
Here the stone fireplace had been
reconstructed as it originally was.
Behind this lobby was the bar room
where the drinks were served—long
ago. On the other side of the
house were the dining room and
another smaller lobby. We were
next taken to the second floor where
tliere were five bed chambers. In
one of the front corner rooms Wash
ington is said to have spent the
niglit. A small table cover is the
only real relic of the original arti
cles in the room, although ■ all the
furnishings now are in keeping with
tlie time which is represented. On
the wall is a framed copy of the
letter of appreciation which Wash
ington wrote to the Salem settlement
after his visit. We gazed at the
historic room in silence, our minds
crowded with fanciful pictures of
former days.
Our guide then led us up another
flight of steps to the third story.
This was hardly altered at all from
the original state. The beamed
■ ceiling and the flooring of wide
hand-hewn planks were very pictur
esque.
The cellar is also in much the
same condition as it was in old days,
because the old brick walls are
standing totally unimpaired. In
one of the rooms the wine supply
was kept; in another vegetables were
stored. The present furnace room
was once the place where the meat
was kept, suspended from iron hooks
in the ceiling. From here we went
into a small room with a highly-
arched ceiling. The floor here, as
in the entire cellar, was constructed
of huge flat stones. Tlie guide told
us that underneath some of the
stones there was an iron vault
which was, at one time, used as a
safe for keeping valuables. We
could see the remains of an iron
gate in the walls of the doorway,
leading into the next room. Proba
bly this served as a further safe
guard for the vault. All the win
dows in tlie cellar are very small.
In times of hostility with the In
dians the people fought from behind
these very walls and aimed at the
enemy from the tiny windows.
It was very hard to return to
the present after such a delightful
visit into the past as this, but time
waits for no man. So, reluctantly
we left the old tavern and sought
again the busy outside world.
“To what family does the whale
belong?”
“I don’t know, teacher. No fam
ily in our neighborhood has one.”
A Song of Hate
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Oh, gosh, the postage
I’ve wasted on you.
ENLIGHTENING TALK ON
DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA
(Continued from Page One)
fresh and clear understanding and
a new experience for Western peo
ples. These three contributions will
help China to carry on that great
civilization which, until it was re
tarded two thousand years ago, had
affected every Oriental nation but
India.
The Chinese are essentially rich
in human traits. They are less
artificial and innately more moral
than any other heathen people.
Their religion is spiritual and ethi
cal and embraces five relationships,
that of son to father, husband to
wife, subject to prince, brother to
brother and friend to friend. Their
code is one of justice, knowledge,
benevolence, courtesy and sincerity.
They believe that order and har
mony are heaven’s first law to man
and that man’s duty is to adjust
himself to nature and law. Yet all
this ancient culture lacked the dy
namic which a redeeming Christ has
brought to the West. China is not
satisfied and Christ is her only
hope. If China, however, needs
Christianity, so much more does the
world need a Christian China that
can enrich the gospel with a fresh
interpretation and their customs of
innate courtesy and family devotions
which, when Christianized, will
solve the loose crudeness of the
world. Dr. Stuart believes that
fifty or a hundred years more VfiH
see foreign mission work in China
done and that within three hundred
years of home mission work China
will be a Christian nation.
PERSONALS
Misses Eva Hackney, Louise
Thompson, Anna Holderness, Eliza
beth Allen, Elizabeth Rhea Dewey,
and Elizabeth Green are the guests
of Miss Jane Harris, in Greensboro,
N. C. They will attend the Caro-
lina-Virginia baseball game today.
Miss Louise Lassiter, who is
spending the week-end with Miss
Betty McGill, in Greensboro, N. C.,
will attend the Carolina-Virginia
game and dance.
Misses Ruth Rozzell, Celeste Knof-
fel, Rachel Hurley, Katherine Babb
and Mary Alice Beaman will also
be present at the renowned base
ball classic today. They are visit
ing friends in Greensboro.
Misses Alice Caldwell, Agnes Pol
lock, and Lucile Hassell are guests
of the Sigma Nu fraternity at
their house-party in Chapel Hill. N.
C., this week-end. This seems to be
a gala occasion, what with baseball
games, tea dances, evening dances,
and a banquet.
Miss Joy Bowers, of Seviereville,
Tennessee, formerly a student at
Salem College, is the guest of Miss
Mary Duncan McAnally.
Miss Catherine Leibey is spend
ing the week-end in Mocksville, N.
Misses K.atherine Schlegel and
Grace Martin are visiting Miss Nan
cy Moir, in Walkertown, N. C.
Misses Nancy Carr Terry and
Rebecca Piatt spent Thursday in
High Point, N. C.
j AT LEISURE
WORSHIP
You say you want to see the inmost
shrine
My love has built to hold all that
Are your feet light
As new snow white
At night?
And are your eyes as reverent and
bright
As silver stardust on a silver birch
tree?
Then you may come and see;
But I implore
You leave your satin sandals at the
—Nancy Moore.
French Club Has Last
Meeting of the Year
Miss Laila Wright Becomes the
New President
The French Club held its last
meeting on Wednesday afternoon at
five o’clock in the living room of
Alice Clewell Building. Miss Mar
garet Stephenson, who has been a
very capable, president, discharged
all the old business and made her
closing speech. Miss Stephenson
spoke of her pleasure in the co-oper
ation of the members of the club
and in the very efficient work of
the committee heads ^ho have been
largely responsible for the unusu
ally interesting and instructive pro
grams that have been presented
during the year. The increasing
interest in the club, which has been
conducted this year on slightly dif
ferent lines, has been evident in the
record of attendance. When Miss
Stephenson finished her “farewell
address” she turned the office over
to Miss Laila Wright who was elect
ed president for 1929-1930 at the
April meeting. Miss Wright made
a short talk of appreciation, out
lined her policy for next year and
made ccrtain appointments.
The program was quite informal.
Misses Margaret Stephenson and
Doris Shirley led the club into a
type of progressive conversation
conducted along the lines of the
procedure in the famous salons of
Madame Rambouillot and Mademoi
selle de Scudery. The talk was
chiefly contemporaneous and hardly
resembled the precieuse jargon that
is commonly associated with the
mention of the salon movement.
When the vocabularies were totally
exhausted the salon was adjourned
and the group began an instructive
but attractive game of authors.
Each member pinned the name of
some famous French author upon
her dress and represented that man
during the conversation. The play
consisted of a series of questions and
answers which were more or less
educative.
Following the program, the com
mittee n charge , served tea and
cakes to the members and their
guests.
The French club decided at this
meeting to present the rest of the
funds of the treasury to the living
endowment.
Dances at U. N. C.
For the convenience of you prom-
trotters, and for the enlightenment
of those of you who may be inter
ested, we are publisliing a section
from the rules governing dances at
Chapel Hill, issued recently by the
German Club.
“VIII. The following rules shall
govern conduct on the dance floor:
“1. No smoking on the dance
“2. No one showing signs of
drinking will be permitted to remain
on the floor.
“3. No girls will be allowed to
leave the hall during an evening
dance unless accompanied by a
chaperone.
“IX. All dances given under the
auspices of the German Club shall
close not later than 10:00 a. m.; pro
vided, that the last dance in any giv
en set of dances given by the Ger
man Club shall close not later than
2:00 a. m. When any dance is given
on Saturday night, it shall close not
later than twelve o’clock midnight.
“In addition to these by-laws of
the German Club, the University re
quires girls to be in their respective
lodging places within half an hour
after the close of each night dance.
There are to he no dates after that
time; the boys are to leave the girls,
and the girls are to be under the sup
ervision of their respective chaper-
Not Particular
Walter, has there been a gentle
man here looking for a lady in
brown?
Yes, miss, he waited an Ihour,
and then went off with a lady in
red.
These Reporters!
A pretty girl who had spent a
week at a summer resort, on her
return home received a letter from
a young newspaper reporter she had
As is customary in newspaper
copy, the reporter had used a small
cross every time he needed a period.
The communication puzzled the
girl very much.
“What I can’t understand,” she
confieded to her best friend, “is
that while he is very formal and
circumspect in the tone of his letter,
he finishes every sentence with a
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