New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25
SOME DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLGIRLS.
No. n,nm Mr. RieAard.,s Reok 0n Eton.

Notes from Nr. Richdrds's B0Ok on Zion.
The sA,tchrs o. Lord knsebcry aud Lord Kan
doloh hurchill are part cularly good. RofheTy
t,r Dalmeny. "A, hr then val hal slight h9nrr and
Tcsu, prim, yOuug-laib l'h apprafancr. MS fanny
nlme OF Pumro III ted hIm to "A nlcoy tie
wa, always on he smIlc Uudrr Dalmeny's
duuty appearance there was some Scotch hard
hradcdncss. lie kept out Of all scraprs. waking
yer, erect VITA tripping galt nnd dcmure lOpE. ne
Wa, tie pink OF ucatne,s, dnd seemed wrp'e mp ~
himself until YOU caught "A glance OF MS shiewd
eyes. winch shovel tuat he thought OF mghtltr
tnings than his pers ma appearance. such eyes are
ike lghtcd wlndows. which reveal that mousse Is
not empty
tumble" ufchin, merry rs a grg, aud always IN
scraprs. Dtlmrny never hdd any OF those snort
interview, with tho Head Master winch were hXed
by appointment thIOugd tho sixth f0Im prep's-
tor" cut Churchill was often favored with them.
Ihe attcr WAS au easy lower OOt 10 eaten Whenever
al, thing hau to be uOne iOr ms WprIca outs coulu
pe asceTtancd by his inccssaut peals Of laughter.
there was not boy IN the school VINO laughed so
much or whose laughter was 80 contagious; there
was scarcely 80 folcso ne, for ChurchlIrs pre-
ferred method of descending "a staircase was To
skate DOWN. with rush, ana II he had 10 ohtor
the room f "A brother lower bo', 10 would sooner
buuuo against tao door and force II open With MS
shoulder than 20 through tie stio lOrmalty Oh
turning the handle
I'm LORD I.orue. II should seem. d" the conscious
ness of ranA wa only BETRAYED by o rather anxious
dcslo to be oDgug. aud 10 speak clvllly TO every
bOdy. lie Was not Oi very mrihiui mood Out nad
"A und of playful hu nor Once having leave 10 20
10 London, hr W mt 70 the MILdOr auOn 10 eaten
"A tram but iOund no ought 10 have gone to Sou III
IL happened to DO during Ascot week, ana All Iuo
vehicles OI lnhSbr bolug uhicI ItQulblllli IL was
with some difficulty mat Lorle discovered an old
H. with "A sIrry-lOONng lor,c. " WHAT'S YOur
rare 10 slough ho asked, rs he was about TO sep
III. len shilluIs, SIT ; can't take a penny less
to.day' was tbs dr.yers answer. / didn't ask you
Tor The price Of your horse feiortcd Lone turning
away"
Under the Rod /" is n very amusing chapter AS
lam on sNishing anecdotes wines Mr.. Richards,
IL might rrlate how DR.. GoOdiOrl OncS hogg' d a
certain smith IN mlsfaNe Tor "a ndmesAAe, and how
he III %
sufferer 10y the charming good Elace VIII winch the
Head Master apO,ug Zeu for his error, aud promised
mat the real ii nnuueut should get oil. might toll
how he once swlpcd' Sr Frederick tombstone ON
the morning of 81. AndlowS Day, ten mlnu g. be-
fore the BarOuct 10 breakfast with him. Ia his
capacity rs scotch boy, AMI how, greeting his guest
WI h exqusl bOnhomit. he sad, ell, TOMBSTONE
here we are again.
Mr. Day ono OF the Assistant Masters, made
good JOKE on tins painful subject as It's nature
would aunt of. sixth form pteposJor came one
day TO ms division 10 say tnat boy caIIei Ewes
was To stay" (e, To be ilOggeu) lew minutes Ia er
anOt her pfiepos or arrived, ana repeater mss mes
sage. ITS pity for You, Elves, That TWO aitirma-
tivrs don't MAKE anegltIye" remarked hr Day.
THO aIgnIty OF . wel-dres,ed boy does not APP
pear mpIessIvely when ne Is carrying down pop
ulous highway IA largo covered dish. out OF winch
giayy Is dIiDblIng on to tue pavement but Dig
NAV was "A feather which you could only put III
your CAP when you were IN Inc NTH form. have
seen the present Marquis OF Waterford cheerlnliy
carving a dIsh OF eggs and bacon from WebOer5
Tor "A solicitors son. and the Earl Ot RoSebery hen
Lord Dalmenyl running swiftly down the High
arm. one morning, as ] was gong uptown, u
lower boy asked me to lend HIM Id, rs no had Just
como out without his purse, and had To Guy some
boaters for his fag-naster; IL was the heir of the
Duke OF Marlborough inc present Marquis OF
Being indIscriminato in his punishments,
despots generally are, DIR. Keate once wanted to
Hog Gladstone because the latteTs hat was Knocked
out OF ms hand by boy nudgng his elbow:
Playing at cricket with your hat ehf no screamed
from his desk. IL was with some trouble the ac-
cused demonstrated that there ha boon no offence,
but only an accident. keates distrust OF school
boy honor, however, was Inyetorate. We'll, l
must tiog somebody for this, hs quacked. Find
me the boy who gave you the nudge
Mr.. Gladstone y thus described by Mr. Mansfield,
now Police Magistrate at Marlborough Police Court,
and once ono OF Gladstoncs flags:
81 recall him as good-looknQ. rather delicate
youth, with pale face, aud brown, curling hair
always tidy ana wrll-dressed-not given much to
athletic exercises but occasionally sculling, playing
cricket aud hockey. Neither Gladstone nor his
friend Hallam, nor Gaskel, nor Doyle, shOne 40
much in the scholarship of that day as tho Selwyns
tho socalled scholarship consisting solely in max
ing Latin verses. In fact, no school with great
name could have sunk lower III polnt OF giving
education than Eton III the time OF Dr. koatc."
Here Is "a practical joke played OF upon poor DR..
Keale. DIR. Keate actually pretended not To know
that boys boated on the nver
"In Gladstone's second half-year-Easter, 1922
DR.. Keate was suddenly moved to drop his pretence
OF ignorance about boating by tho fear that tho
eight would 60 upon the river at time when 1t WAS
swollen by floods and dangerous. But he OK pressed
himself in such aOored perphrases that j. A King
lake, the captain. feiRLed not to understand and
joke was got up by hiring crew OF waIemen to
dress themselves like the eight and TO row up To
Surly with masks on their faces. keate, hearing
That the eight meant to defy him, started for the
Brocas In great alarm, and running along the bank,
barked, Il know N, 30 and so; | know you all;
I'll hog you, ri expel you" When the watormen
lifted their masks and gave him q cheer he was
nightly crestfalen and returned to college In tho