The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-16
81 LA MAn0UIsE DE FONTENoY.
~ NJ OF the strangcSt treasures Of
Lord oscbery. at Durdnns. his
. Iavorlte home on the EPSON


Downs. quite close TO where. the
1 great Derby race is run each year is a
! oirch, such as Is used In tho Older.
r.iS!1sh mlSnaincd public schools for
! ne chnstisement Of tho pupils II IL
h drcsoTxed ~ n glass case, in the corri-
nud Jin ,l ~. the ground door rooms.
nv IS Q familiar object to those WHO
my .a.o been entertained there ~, t6is
nf III ~. VINO Is not happy, In spite
lect rs ''hxinS achieved the three OBJ
/ iiss,a OF ms an6ition avowel when ne
/ iicil oxford Thny we're that NJ shn,,id
onvone Prime Minister or Great Brit
h has d ina, M III Snonld Win The Derby he
| WIN the hand OF tho greatest hnIrc.a
! IN IN, the world which he nanaycd 10 de
Mne1 ne married Miss Hannah Rottls-
tho i,othsc MI awaT the richest OF all
..t mere $ no truth. however, In tho
I I.%ry ,, ,hat the birch was stolen b
rate. there was no necessity fos NJ
S:Iteahng. II, since btrches can be ina fo,.
the a caIins BY EtonianF, when leaving
Iuit the school without carry!ng ava :
! one AS mcmento
"a logging liz Europe has been abolish,
nsnts freGuented by children 81 ,i,a
/ nladle and lower classes. as ynl, az
| ~ nose nose. Of n national. municipal ana
ana , Upper e, olassns The aristoGraty
! however, have always refused 10 t,itc
az ,iiatag OF this legal emancipation
/ titud ne'f IN sons ms! from the rod, Their at
nnfablc TO the CONSERVATIVES instIinscti.s
Wien are engrlined in every English
T 1ri3n o. good birth. whether Whig or
,,ofg, ana which render them averso
/ 20 new forms or changes or q nv,
potitlcal character 1t is due also TO
seivcs z ,v on ne Part Of the lads them
| pa parnes concerned to avoid hnip -
J i,ard ' ~ q IN any way with tho common
ton wo nnTs ,n even when thig assoe:as
| hoEg!ng. They would DO IND ,,rst' ~
ter and regard the Scars l lei 'P hy l tic
,hlence OF their g enti!honIhhmGelr;%ee cyl
IRON, Harrow. Rugby. Winchester, and
,nueeo, at all the great schools or tho
j taught little else but Latin ana &c, Z Z
Verses. as we'll as boating. cricket ma
s. 5oo 3 p. OK games at cost OF from
inent IS still in fun force. Some OF them
use ne birch, and others prefer the
c canG: and while in most colleges The
! cu!p:lt takes his punishment kneelinr
there are cutie q number OF colIeges
/ where the offender is .'horsed." h. 5ea :.
/ f boz i''n ~ b on ,he back. Of some big
| less tban ' ~ position he Is more help
| ~ Elton, the whipping Block is on.
r. r. rae tahMoms institutions OF the place
| we sec portrayed in old prints ~ ba,t
ing heen used in mediovai tin ne ~ - :.
h hera l.l'a aI prisoners and the num-
sa,ish IT. is very great. The late Lord
oai!SourE, for so many years preminr
~ in EnginInd, vas logged while knoei
az nsaihIt II no less than eighteen
uihe!eht times; and some time before
f fln dea m tii, when the youthful or
Zen Bit came up for discmssion in
nc noMso Of Lords. he remarked, in /.
a: i. anent thr logging at Elton. that
~ leaves no traces of Contamination"
,nno,, Eatis ourE added that IL the past
Tons. Of ihe. members Of the House Of
| l.oInS were investigated, II would be
.onnd mat they had been repeatedly
auoJected as boys to corporal punish
| With regard TO the block now usod
| at Elton. it is a Gonna ra lively mode rn
affair Eut among the relies prcserv.
S ,yh IN the museum at Elton is the old
| IN l71S when the one enployod untiI
| tnen was destroyed. It bears several
| distinguishcd names. including that OF
W eiinyt eiasldsy III aftie o., fn Duke Of
of years, having only beon recovercd
somewhere some. in Wales about twenty
Was ca aTn or Aro IN whipping block
| Marquis Of Waterford, 10 serve as n
t IT. p, to the Elton Block Club. a CLUB
y, more f'd tan ,o WE had al been fogGed
| this particular block IS prescrvea
| among tho heirlooms Of the Bcreg-
4 ioIIa, at GuTTdS nNOrc.
One OF the very few hoys who arc
on record as having got through Elton
without birchinG WAS tho late Mr..
Gladstone. although OF. one occasion he
friend from the list OF DO BOYS VIC u lad
! shirkcd lessons. Before commanding
| him TO prepare himself for the ordeal,
Or. keat, who was then head master,
was foolish. enough TO give his rna-
sons am and charged him with { breach
replied that he was not guilty or a
breach OF trust because the ,offce had
been forced upon him, This somehow
master FOR lie let the hey Young -" cas siiist
gether Unusual act Of leniency Sy some som
eighty boys in a single night. with tue
| object OF suppressing suspect cd
muttny. having them brought TO him
snt Gf thsir be hso by wos and threes
taking counsel together.
Another head master. the Rev. DIR.
IIawtrey, on one occasion, through an
candidates for continuation. the paper
| with their names on 1t having been
mis'aksn for the pn;nshmsnt list which
traneea but w pn'eS eonsolen tsen
'h1T9HM ng ',J The Shple l nhnoxnd -
l., fully TIED together and pickled for
! aho6t SIX months In brine. a new one
| IL generally used for every third stroke,
the strokes being sometimes six and
| sometimes twelve. They arc Included
among The extras" In tho bills sent
OF each term.
Princess Constantine Radziwill, who
has just been carried Off by puimonic