, 1875-08-01

Atlantic, and lind amusement III slsttloes q poaao-
inc-school or academy OF the olden time.
In the days OF Good Queen Bess schools were
few and far between, Is angels V18lts are Hhld 20
be, but in the Town Of Norwich, England, there
existed celebrated "training school for tho
youth Of both sexes.
bish-born maideus slept in tho cells where
nuns had once repeated their ave Mazlas,
and were gathered by day in school room
which had formerly been used as a refeotory
OF diuing-hall Separated from this building by
q crumbing stone wa11 Of great height Was the
ancient monastery, Which was now transformed
into an academy for the boys Of Albion. Both
buildings we're weil-nlgh covered With beautiful
cambering ivy.
The children Ct that day, in dress and appear
ance, we're exact miniature copieaof gro"n-np
people.
robes iu her wardrobe; and the daughters OF
noblemen carried with them to school from
thirty to three hundred dresses, according
to the wealth and station Of their parents.
Young misses Of 6 to 10 years OF age wore
trains on important occasions, and, at all limos,
appeared in long, pointed waists, with deep
RULES around the neck. Silk robes were ON
broidered with eerpeu.s, and Birds and ostriches,
in bright colors- HtndkercMe1s were trimmed
with gold Iaeo and sometimes orna1ncnted
with q dozen solid gold or silver buttons, which
must have been particularly nice for young
noses. Sleeves were worn separate from crosses,
and often of different material. Ladies and
childrens boots were made with heels two inch
ea high, which were called pantodes, and both
boots and slippers we're frequently trimmed with
artliclnI flowers.
Young lads also, wore sleeves Of large size and
gay colors Wigs had not, in 1870, become fash
ionable for children, but their hair Was often
dyed. Carriers we're worn conspicuously BY men
and boys, and were test Of rank and fashion.
Il is on record that these articles, for state
sions, sometimes cost % four score pound pair, !"
equal to some three hundred and Hfty dollars OF
our money.
and shirts we're often embroidered iu gold thread.
In such apparel as this, the achool-boys ut that
day played leap-frog and hunt the slipper, aud
other ancient games
Tbs beda were the only comfortable articles
OF furniture then known, aud we're frequently
of such size as to Accommodate from tweive to
twenty persons. Thus a teacher could sleeP with
all his pu pills around him. How would you like
that, boys2 One specimen OF these bedsteads,
The great bed Of Ware,-of which Shakespeare
makes mention,-ia still pr eservedin in England as
= curiosity. and VAS, at one time, the property
Of the late Charles Dickeus.
flashes and s.ews formed tho principal food
set before the school-children whose mode Of life
We aro depicting. and as forks were not brought
from Italy till 1850 and did not come into general
use for fifty years they ate their steWs and
hashes with the aid of perter spoons and-their
fingers.
Table linen WAS unknown, but On feast days q
narrow "trip Of Turkey carpetlng extended the
length of the dining tsb1e, thus being the only
purpose for which carpetiug Was used whsn first
brought to England. Bushes were scatter cd upon
the floor, and the remnants Of each meal we're
thrown down to the dogs upon these ruahes,
which we're renewed, az history tells us, three
or four times year!
And now perhaps, You will inquire what we're
the studies pursued by the pupils Of Norwich
Academy in the year 1870?
Education was esteemed OF much less impor-
tance thrn dress and amusements, snd therefore
We mention this topic last Of all IN our account
Of the "good old times"
The bo5s we're taught Latin. Greek, snd fig
urea," but We are told that the Young ladies
could scarcely read. Embroidery and working
tapestry Was the principal occupation OF the fair
se1, and the schoolgirls we're taught ''to pre-
paTe physic and make pastry: to dry herbs and
bind up wounds; to mako banners aud scarfs,
aud to be obedient to their fathers, brothers,
aud Lords"
Early marriages wore frequent. and many Of
these Norwich schoolgirls were welded wives,
whose education mast be completed before they
we're taken home to keep the keys and cut the
bread, and ruio = retlnue Of servAnts,-dut1cs
which would be required OF them in the castles
Of their husbands.
Knitting became customary. about this time.
and on the OCCASION Of the visit OF Queen Eliza
beth to Norwich in 1870, eight young girls walked
in the procession that welcomed her, knitting
yarn hose, which we're then great curiosity.
Having thus rausacked the annals Of the past
to bring before you thus picture OF the school,
children Of TIE olden times, ne humbly submit
to your consideration, young readers. the ques-
tion whether Our republican boys and girls are
not more highly favored, more sensibly dressed,
and better educated in every respect in our
schools to-day than were the children Of English
800 years ago 7-S. S. CoA in 81 Nicho1asf for
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