At work as usual. Busy all day. Played the piano at night. Did a bit work. Read a bit. Went to the post last thing.
Yearly Archives: 2014
8 March 1914; Sunday
Missionary Anniversary. At chapel and School as usual. Mr Baker preached in the morning. A meeting in the church in the afternoon. Mr Shepherd and a Mr Clark spoke. Pretty good meeting. Collections slightly up but no chairman’s donation. Didn’t have usual walks. Night very fine. I stayed to prayer meeting †afterwards to† get collections and square things up. Played the piano. Father improving. I called at Fred Waggott’s1 at dinner time to see about the School. James told Charlie the sketch for the social is off.
Fred Waggott: the family had a long-established butchery business, and were members of the Methodist chapel. ↩
7 March 1914; Saturday
At work as usual. Some excitement through football match. Sunderland 0 versus Burnley 0 for the English Cup. I walked to Roker and back in the afternoon and again with Willie at night. At the lecture at Trinity1 and slipped down the steps and split my trouser knee. Called in at Mr Chadwick’s and made final arrangements with regard to the service tomorrow. Willie in with me and he insisted on his work scheme. Mr Whittaker had Dr Prowse *, and he gave the same verdict as Dr Blair.
“Trinity”: possibly Holy Trinity Church, Bishopwearmouth. ↩
6 March 1914; Friday
Got up rather late. Busy all day. Went for Willie at night and practised for a short time at the organ. Played ping pong until 10 o’clock. I was no use at the game at all.
5 March 1914; Thursday
Got up about 7.45. Rather late for work. Played a bit. Read a bit. Did a bit work. Went out last thing.
4 March 1914; Wednesday
Got up at 8 o’clock. Mr Aitken away at London. Called round by the dock and got Father’s compensation money. Finished in decent time. Played a bit at night and then went down to Briggs’ and practised with him. Called for Willie and went to the Victoria Hall1 and saw Cherry Kearton’s Pictures of wild animals2. They were very good and interesting. Joe reporting3 at a meeting in the afternoon and got 5/- for it. Went to bed late.
Victoria Hall: See note on 10 January. ↩
Cherry Kearton: early wildlife photographer, recently (2013) re-popularised. ↩
“Joe reporting”: Joe Wiseman wrote excellent Pitman’s shorthand; he and ALL did verbatim reporting at political meetings etc for practice, and evidently for income in Joe’s case. ↩
3 March 1914; Tuesday
Got up about 7.45. Drilled a bit. Pretty busy at work. Finished soon. Played a bit. Went to the library. Shaved. Went to the choir practice and played for the anthems. Walked round with Willie. Told him about Joe being out of work. Arranged to go to the pictures tomorrow night at the Victoria Hall1. Went to bed late. Father sat up for a bit.
Victoria Hall: see note on 10 January. ↩
2 March 1914; Monday
Got up about 7.30. Drilled. Fine morning. George brought the chocolates for the party. Finished in decent time. Bothered on with gas and did a bit Pelman1. Got form filled in. Had walk to the post office last thing.
Pelman: See 6 January 1914. ↩
1 March 1914; Sunday
Got up rather late. At chapel and School as usual. Sacrament at night. Had walk in the afternoon. Raining at night so we didn’t go far. Played the piano a bit. Read a bit Everyman1. Father keeping a bit better. Mr Whittaker very unsatisfactory.
Everyman: I cannot trace a periodical published in 1914-18 under this name; ‘Everyman’ may have been a column in a weekly magazine such as ‘John Bull’; ALL had a letter published in ‘Everyman’ in November 1917. See also: Arthur Linfoot’s Library ↩
Everyman
While Arthur Linfoot’s enthusiasm for Everyman is clear from his many diary entries which mention it, it is not altogether clear 100 years later exactly what Everyman was.
One possibility is that Everyman may have been a column in a weekly magazine such as John Bull.
Alternatively, this may have been the magazine Everyman, founded by publisher J. M. Dent in 1912. Publication was temporarily stopped in 1917 and resumed under a new editor in 1929. The original editor from 1912 to 1917 was Charles Sarolea and, under his editorship, Everyman was a literary magazine favourable to the doctrine of distributism.
Arthur Linfoot’s first mention of Everyman was on 1 March 1914 and he had a letter published in it in November 1917 which, given Everyman’s hiatus starting at an unknown date during 1917, is the principal cause of doubt about this possibility.
The cover illustration above is of the magazine after its reincarnation in 1929 – we have not been able to locate a sample of a 1912-1917 copy.