The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-25

III. Poem ON the B"ya' Practice Of Cutting
or rIws' Tails.

From Tmpie mar
james Brinslcy Richards has collected SOW
six years stay at Eton, and he mentions e he is
ind;btcd for some Of these which h,n, publishes
nicilied them in conversation"
=, William Ewart Gladstone entered Eton in
September ls2i His , two elder brothers
time Mt the school. and Thomas was in the fifth
form. William was soon 70 be his fag. Tho
insienec that Lord ".b burr then f Lord ROB S
ort Cecil boarded there in after years Glad
stone was placed in the middle remove OF the
fourth form. His tutor was the Rev Henry
Hnrtopp KNAPP nm excellent scholar and u
cleric. and as II tutor by no means exemplary.
IT. s m1rs Than n s ira +" hear that the f
%stis, Glsas,o%o s'a ressiysa no relsieas
(which consists now Of a Ser plural lessonS was
tended service in chapel. and it was a com
mon COMPLAINT among, the pnrishioncrs OF
that the boys in the higher forms used not 70
enter chapel o Until Ne last Il, stroke Of the he'll
Rr n so"s rs in a se snd
making as much noise. as possible,
that every oesunant Of a stall Should. on tax,
Ing his seat for the first time distribute among
Which were. eaten during tho service. Between
and +. NJ. all tho forms below the sixth tbut
upper school room, where Dr. Kcats gave out
the SUBJECTS Tor the weeks Latin theme and
,hen, gabbIed out some pages from The Max
purns asM ths si perorma arS%
With Sem ho w Sys a" ash 81 % and b liz
the others kept up a continuous mproar
Arthur haa had gone to Elton in ,he same
above his iiris , GIaastops had = ana. a. iaF
WHOM srwSrd 1T hee"me his dstS as
Prime Mi9 ste, 70 or!sr Lord Justcsshipp:
ough Street Police Court. Mr. Mansfield says
Time st SHd an had an
thing more than laying ont his breakfast and
ten table. and occasionally doing an errand.
there was an immense distance between us. /
recall him az II good looking rather DELICATE
hairI,always tidy ana well dressad-not. given
much to athletic exercises, but occasionally
1t used to be customary for a boy on promo
ton to the NTH form to give supper in his
s"% on to ali ss ohsr sow 9d
his boarding house. Gladstone. in his NTH
% hs I'll %sar SS
| of the abuses riie in tho school. and in pnrticu.
lar on crueltics that used TO BIO practised
e e%@sTI Ash Wednes ae '0h '"r 'h0' was hea
4 harbarous usage had arisen for boys to
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tn" pigs. Gladstone give great offence 10y re-
Hrkng thft the boys who were in
o ss and he
them I they were Gromd q, Of their work to
hs hs IN m on hes
newly amputated pigtnils hung in bunch on
his door. with q paper bearing this inscription !:
S""s 81, " ensnn"i" h fS rsp.tiia " ID" ms
-, Gladstone wrote underneath a challenge to
the despoilers Of the pigs to come come forth and
mark " in good round hand upon your faces -
but his invitation met with no response.
ldnp.-and he used to stupcfy his fagS by his
prodigons capacity, Tor w1rk; His table and
Is had I to read "a%fs IRON
and yet he always found time to do his school
work well pr kente carper a. ne WIZ could III.
n IAN, apa .S9 even % en%sE * k
one Of the best and most Industrious scholars
IL b 1sef SGs
long 70 tho Literai tPop.l. and Of course you
rrsssnee; I'm sure should hear : sGseeh ,that
ss Aa' Ha II then snSe G EsS
year in the sixth form; but ne had not become
CAPTAIN Of Oppllans, Tor one boy who was his
senior remained mt the school much longer
than was usual and. IN already explained,
BY time. not by merit, Gladstone was however,
President, Of tho debating society. and the
acknowledged bend of Eton in literary attain
ments and oratory.
The Rev. g. C. james writes: The name Of
W. j.; Gladstone may BIZ seen carved on the up
per right -hand panel OF the door which stands
to the left MS You face the head masters desk
in the upper school. His sous have their names
cut on the samo door close by. This carving
was not done by Gladstone himself. but by Dr.
kcatc's servant in rcuuitn for tho customary
leaving fee. Tho name Gladstone tho ". f. Is
cut IN large letters on the long walk near what
used TO bc Shurey's and afterward my home |,
Is on the tenth slab from the HON. and The NTH
from the opening. Mr.. l., Lytte,on says that
tho family believe 1t To be by W. L. Gladstone's
knife"