The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-25
oESri.rMES's MONEY.
The Distinctions Mads In England ~
tween oulneas and Pounds.


.Funn, thing" sAii the writer. Who had
,u.l received q ehcsk iof tao pounds leo
shilling. from London. .hos Tho editor
over Nj England lald me IA yainsss, not IN
Rnsl,sh pounds, In isei u ~eald hs an ~
sall il The editor had SIMPLY laid me Ia"
peands.
They've tao kinds u ncnr, over ihrir.
one Kind Is straight business mon.{' An
s,.n tao iounds sterling soah have
meant in effect that ! had performed .
routine Job oi conc Kind. such - eompii
ing q table oi slaiisiics Tor the @sih.t' anu
that l. mas being paid ior mechanical lai'of,
.'llut the editor adds an extra shilling 70
every pound he pays me. This means thai
/ am not supposed 10 have performed an,
labor al all, bat TO have created work OF
ART and submlltrd this work Of aH-oihsi'
Wise hteralnre-ior arts sake'
sMy check IL written Two suineas, ami
th. .ny.lope Ia which u is srni me u ad'
dressed John smith, Ed This Ia elect y
a second recognition that | have submit
ted a piece ol literary art, Yet the hsnirs
on the cheek are -, -, 10 prevent errors
in bookkeeping,
my salary would be- paid me ~ pound,
sterling, Tor then I'd be supposed 10 he
working for pay, and accounting To hnslish
ideas 40 longer a gentleman,
'sIhe,f two kinds ii money, guinvas AMI
i.annds, show np M many curious N"s :
All professional men are paid IN guinea u
Non are running a his private school You
make a charge ia gnneas ior tuition ahd
par,n,s OF your pupil, pay Aou "a salnra'
because you're supposed 10 br meicly ga
eaging ia an altrui.ile, philanlhropie Ci"
,rt u building Drawn aud brain lot bii'
tain. hut sou pay the teachers ~ your
school ia pounds sterling, ior they &c sule
posed 10 b. working for pay, mol iof ioAS'
III you're doctor you make your h'h'
for professional services out IA gulhcas
Barrsicrs are paid in gulneas. Horse Iao'
prizes are given IN guincas lot an s'h'W
mems races. -
The most curious mixture OF all Is the
clergyman pay. This Is queer mixture w.,
Of commercial aud professional ideas ~,
charge Of parish l. known a. hNihg ahu
l. paid in pounds sterling, bu, u a wedding
or a christening takes place IN the pailsi
the clergyman receives personal l'
which is paid in g,lineas instead OF pounds
Artists are paid IN guineas. The late
lanes Mcneil Whistler, who had de
lirhtiul habit Of turning Keen wlt oi
friends and making enemies thereby, wa
once paid for a work OF art IN pounds s'ef
ling, a delicate implication that Whistler
was a dauber and tyro.
Two trades are paid IN guineas for good
purchased. but other trades are paid ~
bounds sterling These trades are the ~
ierior decorator and the jeweler The Jew
eler's goods are supposed To lie works o
art. and such commercial articles a. water
chain. and watches are priced IN guineas
| Certain swell and exclusive London tallors
Ia whom you have To be introduced, by
| the way, charge You IN gulneas Tor IN
coats and Trousers the! consent To maxi
| for you.
directors of companies were iormeri.
naid ia guineas for their attendance. Inc!
are now paid in pounds sterling, but whei
a pound sterling IL IN minted gold u lsh
A pound sterling any more, but sovereign
''The idea j. that directors OF companle
are always feed in gold, and a. sovereign
onk are coined now they are pad IN soy
,relpp., The only exception l. the direc
torate of the Bank of England. The mem
her, of the board are paid IN golden gum
eas mart of a small store kept IN the BAN
and dated in the early years OF the la'
century.
"A gentleman wagers with his friends II
puineas. He buys hunter or polo pom.
from a horse trader. But if he Is buyin
a work horse from friend and equal n
pays in pounds sterling =,
III a gentleman wagers with BOOK
maker at racetrack he posts his bet II
pounds. Ii he tries to break the bank a
Monte Carlo he puts up hi, wagers on tn
roulette wheel in gold twenty-franc piece
and speaks of his winnings or losses y
hounds sterling, while he mentions hls WIN
nings or losses at bridge, paid IN gold Il
guineas. Al.
There are hundreds of delicate DIS
tinctions in British etiquette in the matte
Of money. One OF the most curious is tina
Of certain London club where the mem
hers receive their change in gold, silver an
penny postage stamps, neither ,pape
money nor copper being gwen, ana gen
money except coined gold and silver. :
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