The chronicle=news., 1913-11-18
PRINCE As "SCUC"
TO EAT HUMBLE PIE

This month VIII see Prince Henry.
his MaIcs,y's son. u new hoy II, E,or.
where he Will receive the picasan.
sw.rs. This is the name given TO A.!
the lower boys. its lack of dignity be-
Ing intended, perhaps. to impress up
on the young aiistocIa, a due sense
of his own utter unimportanee.
As the king has decided that
Prince Hcn'y is to hny. no privileges
apart from his one thousand school
fellows. young Eton Will. no doubt.
do It's best to keep him properly hum
BILE. E:,on h the slave OF custom. ani
the prince Will ut once bE taught BY
his fellows what he may and wha, hc
may no; do.
H.. viii speedily learn To turn W.
the bottoms OF his Trousers. to leave
nnionc th. bottom hutton OF his
wa.steoai. 10 wear no braid on his
Etcns. and to sec ,hn, his E:ton coat
Il square Vt the back. no! peaked.
Again. the band on hiH top hat must
be OF black cloth. not Of ribbon-sil
unwrii,en laws made by the bows
themselves. and nsNsS .laisssd. |
The prince will find that certain
boys themselves. for the few. and. ns
u '.scug''. he will not dream Of walk
Ing arm-in-arm viis smother hoy. o:
even walking on th" west side Of the
flower. whitling also Is strictly
forbidden. save for the grca; ones Of
the school.
Again. only the leading boys In
the s.hool-mcrbc.s. indeed. OF u
select society called "Pnp''-arc al
lowed to turn NJ the collars of their
great coats. This habit Is extremely
weakening for the ,hroa,. and n fc'v
years ago Doctor Ware. the great
hcndmRstcr. forbade II. The bows
ignored hts orders and the head wisc- !
IS held his peace. Nothing Is so va
cred ~ custom at Eton.
As to tagging. Princr Henry viii
soon learn that the Car. the Kaiser. |
the sultan and the shah are bu,
most humble individuals us cotnpa ad
to his 11-ycar-old faIn,astcr. -
Besides being at the beck and call
OF every faHnastcr in his house for
ordinary tagging. the prince viii
have his own sncrial fagmas,rr. for |
whom he will he valet. butler and |
slave in one. lie Will have tn pre-. |,
pare this great persons tea FOR him
every day. toasting his toasi+and. !;
II be burned. there is u cane. Foot |
ball boots will have to he taken Off |
M that the mud may not soil hts mas
tcr's fingers. lie will have 10 light
the great mans fire. prepare anti /
empty his bath. aud let not the princt
fail In any of these things. or ,ht
cane Will appear ..v
The good folk Of Eton. in fact. win
probably see scrubby. shabby. top:
battcd little prince rushing through
the street about 6 o'clock at nixht.
carrying his faymastcr's hot tea In :
covered dish from the tuckshop4 !
And when tho prince is rcstins
from the above duties in his arm
chair in the private room. which o.,
cry Etonian has In his tutors house.
and he hears u raucous scream %,
"Boy-oy-oy-oy!" he must rush headA
long to the fagmastcr who calls. les,
he should be the last fag to appear
on the scene. and so have TO do the
job. whatever II be. 4
This tagging probably will contin-
ue for five halves, or terms. and
then. after another weary wait. the
prince will taste of n delight far
sweeter than being a prince OF Great
delight OF becoming II
Mt Eton.
The privilege OF Gaming is nt the
of the upper boys, aud. al
though abused on occasion. the mas
ters practically never Interfere. -. II