, 1874-02-15
AN HOUR AT CHRlST'S HOSPITAL.

DT PROF. WILLIAM MATHEWS, OF TIE usIVERs1T1
! OF CHICAGO.
| Among the strange and unique sights which
sttract the eye OF the stranger in London one o1
! the oldest is the apparition, in tue neighbor.
hood Of Newgato street, Of boy dressed in g
mouasric garb OF
J TIRE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
It is raining, yet he is ba1oheaded, and be wearf
q long, flowing, dark-b1ne coat, like monks
tnnic, confined ut the waist By leather belt,
| which, with yellow brooches, Shoes and yellow
stockings, complete his quaint costume. Who
is he = Ii he the ghost Of somo boy OF the si1-
| teenth century, or il lie = living, fesh-and-
blood urchin OF tho nineteenth arr4yed in the
| garb OF 3 by-gone time We need not be
| ashamed to confess our inability to solve this
| problem, for it is one which puzzled even 80
acute and ingenious thinker as Sydney Smith.
| The witty Canon OF St. Pauls brooded long
over the origin Of the
DLuE-coAT BOY
| for it is by this name he is yciept,-and finally
| hazarled the theory that he was = Quaker in tho
chrygalis atate.
"Look at tho clrcumstances," he urged in 3
discussion with tho Countess Of Morley; ''at d
very carly age, young Quakers disappear,-at =
very early age, the Coat-Boya are seen At tho
age Of II or IS, young Quake1s are again SEEM
ut the same age, the Coat-Boys disappear; who
has ever heard OF Coat-Man? The thing Is
utterly unknown in natural history. That such
fact should hare escaped our natu1alists is
truly astonishing. Dissection would
throw great light on the question; and, il our
friend -- would receive two boys into his
mousse aoou1 Tue time Oh tneu enanelnS 'ne1f
eoats' etea1 se1''co "ouAo pe ienoeEea to toe
causo. nave asceftaaneo 1nas the hiuo"ooas
ln1aats are 1eo Win
pAAe-coLoAEo ~
WHICH looKa very SUSPICIOUS. 10 tne9e dat1ng
speculatlons Lady Motley replied with reason-
ings equally shrewd and hard to answer. Tho
possible correctness OF Sydney's theory abe nd
nltted; but there WAS grave difficulty: $'1he
Blue-coat Ii IN Indigenous &nunal,-not 30 the
Quaker. l have seen and talked
much With olr H. Aer Porter on This interesting
subject He has travelled over the whole habits
bic globe, and has penetrated with scleutlnc
and scrutlnlzlng eye INTO regions une1plo1ed by
civilized man, and YET ne has never seen Qn2-
ker baby. He has lived Tor years IN Ph1ladel~
phia Qhe national nest OF Quakers); ne has
1oamed up and down Droad"aSs, and lengtn"ays
IN every nook and corner OF pennsylvania, ana
yet ne never saw q Quakor baoy; aud, Whist Ii
new and most stfiklng' never oio ne See Qnakee
lady IN sitnatlon winch gave nope thas
quaker taDJ might DO seen hereafter. Inns Ii
stunning 1act, ahQ 1nVol'es the queatlon IN
SUCH impenetfanle mystery Is "lA, lear ae1T
ePea yoot sasaeA'}' @cateoess' aoo @1da6tsy ~
elucldate."
How the question WAS ettled,-Whether Sgd
ney continued to MAINTAIN that there never MAS
such thing IS a Quaker baby, that u they are
always born broaa brlmmed and in full quake,"-
we know not and therefore, in lieu Of other
author;tv va will ,ccent
rrAprr1oSAEY HISTORY
~ 1no o1ue-oo"'9 nolane ~ .u40' eni4s's .
HOSPITAL OF inc blue-Coat ochool, WAS 1onndod
in 1853 by Edward W., just before his death.
"I do know" said tho DYING King, then but 16
4,aors od i. th.t +baro ha athoaavho ,ora IN 1a.rn
49,. r.. .ss 49,. .u.o s..
oven o. 'u1'A ns, 81" 'o' "oo eAunos'
for they be Coof- Therefore will I do
that this day which shall keep my memory
.rcen.'' The buildings we're provided On the
s;.o ~ +na noon,sterv ~ tha G-ev-Fr;ar. ~
which few &rches' part OF cloisser, are aa
that remains; and this queer costume OF tho
boys. which they intensely dislike. was adopted
at TN lima Tha IA. rana snnn,;-d tn +ha,o nm
.u =, - H.. Observation-Disclosures. :,
80 Small tna' tne ooys rarely wear tne"' ana 20
barcheaded- IN 1917, Charles IL. founded the
Mathematical School for forty boys, called
KINGS Rore tn which twe1va mora hava hecn
5aoa. ~ +,,,r 49,. a;a+;,,1,;oh.a ~ h.aoo
@aoeo' @Nu Lucy 1.' u'as4Af o4sneo ~ . o"use
on the shoulder. Tho school now las an income
Of 100000 a-year, and it feeds, clothes, and
educates
TWELVE HUNDRED CHILDREN.
~ .u,,,. too ;,a1ran~ 49, .,,,, r.,,-z.x oh;,s,o
oi "nom o'o' lue'uuu an: sue 'ouose. 'nlaten
and girls. are kept IN nrancn school
1t Hertford, to. the sake Of pure
air, -Four boys annually arc sent
from it to the Universities. On New Years Day,
the s'King's Boys'' GRO presented at Court on
Easter Monday, all the boys walk in procession
to tho RoyaI Exchange on Easter-Tueeday,
Day, they deliver oratons in their hall before
the Mayor, Corporation. and Governors. Like
many other noble charities in England, this has
been wrcsted from its original purpose, and
many pupils gain admission upon other pleas
than poverty.
It was through the kindness OF Meaars Trueb-
ner l. Co., the celebrated publishers and BOOK
sellers, whose shop On Ludgato Fill, London, is
within stono's throw OF Christ's Hospital, that
wo found an ''0pen Sesame" to the famous
W1,i1a inI,,1ofrr n,,r p-n.