New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17

ing air. he was generously DlrCneu, tu0 A<~eAA~~~
of those days holding high views as to the virtus
Of discipline. He had. moreover. to learn how 10
take a whipping In the right spirit: he was
always made 'to kiss the birch apple tWlS
with which it had been administered. In token
Of penitence and submission" 1t is not sur
prising. when remember also the backward
state Of medicine and sanitation at that time
that Stuart gravestones abounded in the names
Of infants. But Miss Godfrey gives us ample
evidence to show that fathers and mothers we're
at bottom as tenderly affectionate toward their
children in the period of which she writes as
they have been in any age She quotes soma
pleasant passages from the letters of EndynIon
Porter to his wife. "Send word how my
little bows do" he writes, land whether Charles
will be black or fair" Again he says, kiss
my little cartridges for me-, and IN anotheE
letter proceeds in this wise: Il would nave you
cut George his hair somewhat short. and not to
beat him overmuch- L hope you let MIN go
bareheaded for otherwise he will be so tender
that upon every occasion you VIII nave nun
sick" The author describes some of the drou
games of Stuart children, and tells US ABOUT
their horn books: but We find her even more IN
teresting in her chapter the University. TO
which bows were sent. as a rule. when they were
from fourteen to sixteen. but often enough WHICH,
they were only twelve years old young furi-
tan of 1920 is quoted complaining Oh what ne
found at college in the way of swearing, drlhA-
ing rioting and hatred of all piety ana virtue
but Miss Godfrey, nevertheless. draws this pct
ure of university life in the seventeenth century:
While in residence students were strictly confined
within the walls of their colleges and only allowed
abroad to attend the schools Tney coulq 20 mo
dent below a r. A. suffered TO be unacco i
panied by his tutor or by an a. n3 Hebra lie
was forbidden taverns boxing matches. skIttIe pay
brid,e fair. and he might not ioiter the street
market. He might not read lrrehglouS oooA q,
fierce BIRDS nor play cards or dice except dur
tised and Milton was both hogged and rIstieated
the age of fourteen At visit OF King James I'M N
Streets but in St Mary's and in the hall of Trin.
ty The king had well known aVeTsif fiz 70 fim rns
it appears. undergraduates were In the maori o1
soever. blue or green or red or MKT without any
uniformity. but in hanging sleeves and their other
spurs others with stockings of diverse coiors re,
versed upon another and round rusty caps
The author cites more than one happy ro-
nance to prove-what hardly needs demonstra~
tion-that then. as now. men and women mar
ried for love- but she lays stress upon the fact
that in her century English marriages were
constantly arranged by parents when their chill
dren were still in their teens. and exhibits this
practice as In the MAN. fruitful of good The
point may we'll be called to the attention of the
Anglo-Saxon who looks with superiority and
scorn upon the marriage de conrenoncc still firmly
established in France Once married. the worl-
an of the seventeenth century practised submis-
sion and industry. She had to be a busy house
wife. not only looking after the servants, but
giving her personal attention to the kitchen and
the storeroorn- There the smoking and
curing of hams and bacon. the sailing OF fish.
the arranging Of apples and roots in lofts or
long garrets under the roof. and these must be
frequently seen to. that they might last the
winter through. and the apples must be sorted.
the keeping put behind those that must be
used more quickly. the depredations OF rats and
mice. too had to be guarded against" The
mistress Of the house. In the country at all
events had also to understand the medicinal use
of herbs, and was usually physician In ordinary
not only to her household. but also to tho
poor Of the neighboring village" Needlework
occupied part of her time, and OF course. shs
had to keep eye the garden
The country pleasures of the time were about
the same as those which are still enjoyed In
the city there lInusements long since
abandoned, like bull and bear batting, but ths
play house then. always. much in vogue.
Music cultivated by all classes. The
weaver sang at his loom. the blacksmith at hts
forge. the milkInaidS caroled rounds and
catches. the girls chanted ballads to the hum
OF the wheel: the travelling tinker and the
chapman carried new tunes from village to