, 1874-07-12

upou our IaDle at noon curtAlIeQ u tue!
fair dimensions, as Il soaked in alum
water. for we long ngo learned what
strange sorcery for contracting provisions al
| English clearinghouse keepers touch possesses
Nfo utter but feeble complaint, though ne ar
served with coarse crocke1y that Seems to hav
only hebdomadal rather than three times
daily washing; for once when We ventured II
suggest more Ut cleanliness: we wero comfortet
by the assurance that tomorrow was the day 10
| washing out the cAildren's stockings and WI
should then have our dishes nicely washed fo
us in the <oapy s,tds We do not weep ever
when ne see the filthy sculion, Tho boasts OF :
loug pedigree OF chimney sweeps, come to Ia.
our table with both hands full of pldtes and
glasses, and carrying the spoons for consen!ence
in her mouth We do pot tear our braids over
when this same iu-s1nellins Ann. making
sublime osteutatiou Of neatness With al eye te
prospective slxpences, poIishss our glasses upon
an apron which we know to be protean IN Its ser
| vices, being either pocket handkerchief or sun
bonnet as it's wearor desires. We do pot ovon
| gnash our teeth over tho culinary aboztione tha'
| are served to us continually, ,-scorchcd coffee,
burnt steaks, and suot puddlags OF the coR-
slstency Of boiled cus.ard, for We
count ourselves richly repeid for hun
! ger and thirst, for meals interrupted midway Dy
| excursions to q cooEshop for something
/ to supplement rserably-cooked repast BY the
| knowledge VIC have thus gained OF the inner
| lie Of cheap English boarding school, N 't-
stitution OF which. thank Goo, IA Americans.
| With our noble system Of public schools, Emo"
| nothing.
poTHEdI1Ls HALL
! All Americans have read - Nicholas Nlckleoy,
| but probably few hAye doue SO who have not re-
garl1ed the Squeers establishment AZ an e1-
tr.raEaut burlesque, quite without prototype OF
parallel outside Of Dickens Imagination. The
sordid duplicity Of old Saueetn, tho OBJ
eequious hypocrisy and unuttcrnble meanness of
the she-Squeers, the niegardiuess aud brazsn
pretenH;on Of the whole establishment, seem
to American readers the widest tsment Of an
erratlc fancy. And yet in this house from
whence write, in dilaridated portion where
the ricketty floors rise and sink lise tho hillows
OF o. summer sea;' where the walls are dark and
damp, with rheumatism, neuralgia. aud con-
sumption in their very touch; vi lc1c the doors
hang dcspondently on rusty hinges; where tho
chill winds have fresh acccss and tho beating
lGins run in streams over tho suuken stone floor
Of what was once the monks refectoty, but is
now tho chlldren's dining all" is existing to-
day, 4 wrctcled carcaturo of school. q COM
pete counterfeit Of the SQueers establishment,
which We have named DotAegirls School.
It were to Use pro- -Raphaeltas y pencil in pic
turing this iniquitous fraud upon tic poor chill
dren OF Dotheg,rls Hall some inceused B-lton
would launch a note at The TRIBUNE Tomorrow
declaring that VS. guilty, perhaps OF feminine
lyperhole, perhaps OF malicious falsehood. And
doubtless he would deny the existence Of such
schools in England with al1 sincerity, for it can-
not be, in the nld-afteruoou OF an enlightened
century, IN country where culture ut once
broad and refined il so general as IN the MIDDLE
classes of Englnnd, that such a hngrapt wrong
against the children Of even tbs lower classes
can be suffered 10 exist except it hide itself in
secrecy. The subject OF
ENGLISH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1haye examined with interest, and am satisfied
that the general average Of such institutions is
Of higher excellence than in our own country.
All over the Kingdom many Christian womeu-
and in DO countly III the World ! suppose
ere more sanity women and more blessed
homes than In EnGlaud--haye made their
most sensitive col.scc"ces, aud lottiest stand
ARDS OF wonaulv character, they labor faithfully
to bring harvest ct splritua! aud intel!ect1al
wealth to their pupils. But us long aa England
ncg1ccts to educate her children in schools
where the staEdard OF cducatloa is as high as
in our own, schools supported ty the peoples
money and recognized US the frMtlon OF 4 DEM
ocratic yearn.ng to make the most Of talents, bo
they ten five, or one, III Aii4lolaues child or in
paupers jus1 80 lonS will
MISERABLE CHEATS
like this # take i'll and do for" tho unfortunate
Offspring CT parents too poor or too ig:.o'aut to
do their duty by their children. Every day we
wonder If, in our own country, the law against
obtaining mouey on falso prosenses would not
operate against women who pretend to teach
music aud who set children to prac;:iciag upon
pianos OF which every fourth KEY is
as dumb as once was Saul Of TErsus,
wLila the othars wheeze and whine lie
q superauuusseo diTa with catarrh. They pre-
tend to instruct them in Freuch, bu: put them
i'll tue care Of poor little English nursery ,naid
whose sweet face speaks volumes OF moucnful
patience with her hard LOT. wlo is ca!lod Made
moisele to keep up the base Illusion If Ciaach
Governess, but whose most ar1uous du:ics aIo
not teaching conjIgations, but conblng tho
cAildren's heads, washing sheir feet, aud making
thelc beds. and who could not for her soul's Bal-
walton read page OF Telemaque correctly. This
fraud goes on III this house, where twenty poor
chlldien, showing painfully in dress, manners,
and expression that life comes to them i'll Sack
cloth aud ashes rather than purple aud fine
liuen, bringing them the lot Of Lazarus rather
than that OF Dives, Sre cheAted Of sufficient
food Unnecessary for tue building up OF symmetrical
bodies, arc robbed OF every Bi7ec. license of
ch ldhood, and are regarded not as i'm
mortal souis, concernlng whom their Divine Mas-
ter has given solemn charge, but as go many
nuisanccs which must be tolerated ct .E31 year.
I visited tie Infant Orphan Asylum at Slough |
few weeks ago, aud know the charity Of the
Government to lis Orphans to bc absolutely mag
niicens compared with tho deali.,ps Of parcuts
who send ,acir lucIless children to Do.Lcgir!s
Hall. Surely 5 cry reaching to tho very thlone
OF God would 80 up against any charitable |
institution which fo1ced poo: children to sit |
in the cold and darkness bleak spring evenings, |
when brought to tho light. ais these children arc
forced. Surely tho lar would lay Its hand On |
any Institution provided for pauperB, where |
green baize, foul with much use, covers tho |
breakfast md ten table, removed when larger |
incurEion than usual OF lolS.rs mikes bedding !
scarce, to cover the girls in their squalit beds.
Surely public opinion anywhere i'll ii, civilized |
world would cry vengeance, did it know OF any
school where chld1ea arc required to bring
forks. spoons, knives, towels. and bed-l1ueu,
to have oil these articles coniiscated |
FOR the use of clearinghouse, while
Ibe rightful owners arc compelcd to use the pal
tricsr power plato AID fare isc.ablJ as to bed
linen and chamber -drapery.
TIE BEET PORTION; OF THIS HoCsE
is given up to lodSers, aud We certify thatI the
linen (Which is co'ton) Of our beds Is always
marked with the name Of 3 pupll, the towels the
samc wbie spoon or fork seldom comos upon
our table that We do not wax rigstcously irate TO
read thereuEon the names OF Lizzie Sutherland |
Sarah Dremnliu, Mary Clement, and others OF |
Lao school. And whom re see the
poor little creatures budding about the
pump raw. damp mornings, when the |
atmosphere is like q breath lom tomb, each |
thruEting toothbrush under rhe spout while |
one operates the handle, and NC realize that .
pump is the most luxurious toilet appliance
they have ; when We arc waited upon, our bell /
our tables sot, our dishes washed, by |
these pale-faced girls who are supposed to be |