The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-07-29
GU|NEAS AND POUNDS
More Than the Mere Shilling Diff
ference Between Them.
MONEY CASTE IN ENGLAND.
The Pound Is Straight Business Mon
ey, but the Guinea Is the Gentieman's
Money-A Nice Distinction In Charges
and In Payments.

Money-A Nice Distinction In CHARGES
and In Payments.
Funny thing" said the writer who
had just received check for ~ IS.
from London. how the editor. over in
England paid me in guineas, not In
English pounds. In fact. II would be
an insult II the editor had simply paid
me e.
'They'r" two kinds of money over
there. one kind IS straight business
money. An even e. would have meant
in effect that ! had performed rou-
tine job Of some kind, such as cOmpil-
ing table Of statistics for The editor,
ana that WAS being paid for mochan-
ical labor
But The editor adds an extra shii-
ling To- every pound he pays me. This
means that ] am not supposed To have
performed any labor at all, but TO have
created work Of art and submitted
this work IF art otherwise litpra ture
for arts sake
My check is written Two guineas,
ana the envelope in which It IS sent
me is addressed John Smith, Esq
This in effect is Il second recognition
that ! have submitted piece OF liter
AIRY art. Yet the figures Oh the check
are - Is 10 prevent errors IN book
keeping
IF Ia been on the stan of the pc.
riodical my salary would be paid me
in pounds sterling for then I'd be
supposed to be working for pay and,
according 10 English ideas. no longer
gentleman.
These two kinds Of money, guineas
and pounds. show up IN many curious
ways. Al professional men ore paid
ii guincas. If you are running a big
private school You make Il charge in
guiDcas for tuition. and parents Of
Your pupils pay you in guineas be
cause you're supposed 10 be merely
engaging in an altruistic. philaDthrOpic
project Of building Drawn and brain
for Britain. But you pay the teachers
IN your school in pounds sterling, for
they're supposed to be working for
pay, not for love.
''If you're Il doctor YOU make your
bills for professional services out IN
guiness. Bsrristers are paid in gum
,eas. Horse race prizes are given IN
all geutiemen's races.
The most curious mixture OF all IL
the clergy mans pay. This is q queer
mixture Of commercial and profession
al ideas The charge Of a parish is
known as a living and IL paid in
pounds sterling, but II wedding or
christening takes place in the parish
the clergyman receives u personal fee,
always guineas instead Of pounds.
Artists are paid IN guiness. The
late James MscNeili Whistler, who had
a delightful habit OF turning keen
wit on friends and making enemies
thereby, was once paid for work OF
art in pounds sterling. delicate i'm
plicatIon that Whistler was - daubcr
and tNru.
Two trades are paid III guincas for
goods purchased but other trades are
paid in pounds sterling. These trades
are the interior decorator and the jew
elcr. The jewelers. goods are suppOs-
cd to be works Vf art, and such com
mcrciaI articles rs watch chains and
watches are priced in guincas. Ger
tain swell and exclusive London tai
lOrS, To- whom YOU have to De intro
duccd. 10y The way. charge You IN
guin"Is for The coats and trousers they
consent 10 make for yOu.
directors of companies were for
merry paid in guincas for their attend
ancc. They ar" now paid in pounds
sterling, but when Il pound sterling II
IN nlintrd gold it isn't a pound sterling
any more. bnt a sovereign.
The idea Is that directors Of com
panics are always feed in gold. md H.
sovercigns only are coined now they
are paid IN sDvorcigns The only ex-
ceptiOn is the directorate of the Bank
Of England. The members of the
board are paid in golden guincas. part
OF n small store kept in the bank and
dated IN III" early years ~ the last
century.
a gentleman wagcrS With his
| friends In guineas. lie buys n hunter
or "A pony polo from friend ia gum
eas, but IN pounds from horse trad
er. But II he j. buying a work horse
from friend and equal he pays IN
| pounds sterling.
II gentleman wagers with a book
| maker ut u race track he posts his bet
| IN pounds If he tries 10 break the
| bank ut Monte carlo he puts mp his
wagers on the roulette wheel in gold
twenty frame pieces and speaks Of bis
/ winnings losses In pounds sterling
while he mentions his winnings OF
losses az bridge. paid in gold. IN gum
| cas-.
There are hundreds Of delicate dis
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