The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-16

the person Of the sufferer. Degrading him,
they degrade US.
No wonder that there is excitement
in England over the revelations con-
corning logging as a punishment for
subalterns found guilty OF social or
military offenses- The Jogging is ad-
ministered on the bare back. after the
removal OF all the clothing and from
six to forty blows with a cane are given
with such severity that the lower num-
Der is sufficient to draw blood. All the
officers present, even the most intimate
friends of the victim, are compelled TO
administer their share OF the blows"
The French and German caricaturists
viii not let this pass unnOticed, even
though English officers Of rank try TO
hush the scandal But logging was
for years one OF Englands most cher
ished institutions, ranked with cricket
and the Prayer Book.
The verb Ito fog" was slang in the
seventeenth century, and IL was prob
ably Of onomatopeic formation: but the
practice has long been known and In
| good standing in all classes Of English
society, from the criminal to the arts
tocratic. Mr.. Buckle did not disdain 10
/ collect curious pamphlets on the sub
4 ject, which. reprinted, now bring high
prices at auction sales: and hagellation
is the theme Of John DavidsOn's &c
centric and unsavory romance, Earl
/ Lavender"
How the English. a hardy race. de-
| lighted in the public Aoggings at the
carts tail. known popularity as "shov-
/ ing the tumbler.' or crying carrots and
turnips." Women were whipped public
| Iy in London as late as 1917: and has
the whipping OF men for a common law
misdemeanor been formally abolished?
Think OF the suffering endured by
/ Titus Oates-who received 2.256 strokes
with a whip OF six thongs-13, $50 strokes
/ in all; and yet he lived 10 receive a pen
sion. And there was Thomas Danger
field. convicted Of libeling the King when
Duke OF York. who was whipped from
Aldgate to NewgaJe. and from Newgate
20 Tyburn. When II was over and he,
half dead, was borne 10 prison in a
coach. a jaunty barrlster named Francis
said 20 him, wickedly; How now.
friend? Have you had your heat this
morning." Dangcrfeld cursed him, and
the genteeI Francis, angered. thrust at
the poor wretch with small cane and
poked out an eye. so that DangerfieId
.oied in two hours. for which Mr.. Francis.
Ibarrister OF Gray's Inn, was properly and
effectively hanged.
ant scene in court when a bum ap-
peared before the magistrate and lifted
up his voice as follows. "Shouldst thou
sentence me. sire. 10 the cells OF your
prison, I must, forsooth, perish ere my
dogs OF war caust set me free To
which the justice replied IN like vein:
Proceed with they prattle, fellow" The
bum proceeded. and ended with: what
a swaggering bully was l IN days Of war.
An thou couldst have seen me then
sire, thou wouIdst cen believe me now
But no one used the expression, by
my halidom." "Halidom." by the way
is popularity supposed to be a battle az
or some deadly "weepun," but il is
something different, very different.
In the isle OF Champagne" by Perry
: and Sugden. which is now running ir
England. the villain. Lord Sales, who
wears a frock coat and plug hat. play:
a cello solo. The instrument has no
been associated with villainy. but the
denth Of scoundreIism 10 which Lore
Sales sinks Is typifed by his selections
Mascagni's 'Intermezzo" from "Caval
Ieria Rusticara." and Home. Swee
| tIorre Vet roua of the critics com
planned because there was no appropri
, ate cue as "Ha, Fooled again! Wha
can soothe me now that my plans have
. mlscarried? What do I seeT All, yes
Il is IL is my beloved and still faithful
cello