Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-12
GU|NEAS AND POUNDS
More Than the Mere Shilling Dit.
ference Between Them.
MONEY CASTE IN ENGLAND.

The Pound IL Straight Business Mon.
ey. but the Guinea Is the oentlsnlan's
Msnsy-A Nice Distinction In Charges
and In Payments.
Funny thing" said the writer, who
had just received check for 70 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've two kinds OF money over
there One kind Is straight business
money. An even e would have meant
In effect that ] had performed a rou.
tine Job of some kind. such rs compll-
ing table OF statistics for the editor.
and that was being paid for mechan-
ical labor.
But the editor adds an extra shil.
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 OF art otherwise literature
for arts sake.
My check II written Two guineas,
and the envelope In which II n sent
me In addressed John Smith, ESQ
This In effect Is a second recognition
that have submitted a piece Of liter
airy art Yet the figures on the check
are ~ rs to prevent errors In book
keeping.
III I'd 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 aud.
according to English ideas. no longer
gentleman
these two kinds OF money. guineas
and pounds. show up In many curious
ways. All professional mel are paid
In guineas. II you are running a big
private school you make charge In
guineas for tuition. and parents OF
your pupils pay you IN saineas be-
cause you're supposed to be merely
engaging In an altruistic. philanthropic
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 u doctor yon make ytar
bills for profes 'lona servl ~ out In
guineas. Barristers are paid IN guln.
cas-. Horse race prizes are tlven In
guineas for all gentlemen's ra ~.
'Ihr most curious mixture ~ all Is
the clergyman's pay. This Is a queer
mixture of commercial aud profession
nj IDEAS The charge Of parish Il
known rs living ana II paid IN
pounds sterling. but II wedding or y
christening takes place In the parish
the clergyman receives personal fee.
always guineas instead OF pounds.
Artists nre paid IN guineas The
late James MacNeIl Whistler. who had
a delightful habit Of turning keen
wit on friends and making enemies
thereby. was once paid for work Of
art la pounds sterling. a delicate im-
pllcatlon that Whistler was dauber
and a tyro
Two trades are paid In guineas for
goods purchased. but other trades are
paid IN pounds sterling. These trades
are the interior decorator and the Jew
eler. The jewelers. goods are suppos.
ed To be works OF art. aud such com
mercial articles rs watch chains and /
watches are priced IN gulneas Ger. /
tain swell aud exclusive London tai. /
lors. to whom you have 10 be intro /
duced. by the way. charge YOU In .
gulaeas for the coats and trousers they 4
consent 10 make for you
Directors OF companies were for |
merry paid In gulneas for their attend /
ance. They are now paid In pounds |
sterling. but when pound sterling Is
In minted gold IL isn't pound sterling
any more. but a sovereign.
The idea is that directors OF com.
panies are always feed In gold. aud rs
soverelgns only are coined now they
are paid In sovereigns The only ex-
ception Is the directorate OF the Bank |
OF England The members OF the
board are paid In golden gulneas. part
OF small store kept In the bank and
dated In the early years OF the last
century.
"a gentleman wagers with his
friends In guineas. He buys a hunter
or a pony polo from n friend In guln.
cas-. but IN pounds from n horse trad
err But n he Is buying work horse
frSn friend and equal he pays "a
pounds sterling
IF gentleman wsgers with book
maker at a race track tie posts his bet
In pounds. II he tries 20 break the
bank at Monte Carlo he puts up his
wagers on the roulette wheel In gold
twenty franc pieces and speaks Of his
winnings or losses In pounds sterling.
while he mentions his winnings or
losses at bridge. paid In gold. In gum
ems.
There are hundreds OF delicate dis !
tinctions In British etiquette In the
matter OF money One Of the most
curious IL that OF a certain London
club where the members receive their !
change in gold. silver and penny post. 7
age stamps. neither paper money nor
copper being given. and gentlemen are
not supposed 10 know any money ex- {