T i LLAMGOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER 18. 1909.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
ier.tino a Furnished Flat In the
English Metropolis.
THE tricks of the agent .
first Everything Is Pleasant, but
Iftsr «he Place Is Taken the Woes
t, ,M Tenant Begin With the Ad-
,art o< th* ln*»ntor* M,n-
To the uninitiated American the rent
. taruisbed flat lu London seems a
‘ «imple and remarkably lnexpen-
muller Every one lu extremely
.Ute. and your path is made easy.
io sooner have you closed the
,f of your new quarters than you
1 beset by the bogy of "extras.”
tulle vou «re taking a contented
t st the uew domicile, congratu
le yourself on the bargain and
Hiking bow much more a similar
.e would cost you In New York.
L ■oslugs are Interrupted by the
Hrsl of the man with the Inventory.
Z business is to make an inventory
, „ery blessed thing your flat con-
* from a four post bed to a kltch-
tn ¡1)000.
At flrst you are vastly amused over
* listing or such apparently lnslgnltl-
t Items as "a llucrusta Walton
the number of tiles in the flre-
, e. the bolts on the windows, the
id«on the doors, a description of the
Lntlle* on the dressing chest and the
umber of screws therein, but when
,,, hire lieeti dragged through every
Lo going over these—to us absurd
Lin you plunge from rage to de
bar and finally collnpse when your
^mentor at last departs.
For this
iirrminment you have paid from half
minea (about $2.<«h upward, accord-
it to tbe rent of your flat.
Hot tbe real power of the Inventory
I<,oly felt when you take your de
mure. You may be morally certain
ut tbe only damage yon have done
U been to break one or two teacups,
r which you are quite prepared to
ir an extortionate sum without a
nrmur. You may be sure of this, but
Mently you will receive a bill all
utly written out and covering sev-
il pages of foolscap and entitled
Dilapidations."
iou will And that in every room tbe
ills have been "chipped," the enamel
i tbe bathtub "slightly marred," a
«Migrant on a napkin ring “scratcb-
l" several saucepans "damaged.” a
life batidle "bent." a number of
lies “cracked." and so on. I am
«Ing from a list of “dilapidations"
«voted to friends of mine who bad
■spied a flat for two months, during
ikh time, after strenuous cleaning
>rts. they left the premises In much
ter condition than when they went
Tbe bill amounted to £1 18s. 9d..
ably about SOUS.
R«e there Is no such fact recog-
ivd as ordinary wear and tear on
nlture.
rnr tbe lease, which Is here called
iwement." you have to pay from 10
lllngs up to 8 guineas and more, ac
ting io rent. Then tbe government
Lip affixed thereto, without which
* document is not legal, costs you
L bn If a crown («2 cental to a guinea
■ more, again according to rent.
■on may have taken your flat by
I» month." but when your agree-
Bi- In sent you And out It Is for every
L weeks'. You will probably phone
Bigent calling his attention to tbe
Br. and he will Inform you It is cor
■ that way.
B rvntlng an unfurnished flat, tbe
Blent term for which 1« three years.
B dincover that the electric light fix-
v* «re not Included In the rental
Best unavailing, you buy them
■ralf and pay for their installation.
■ mast rent also your own gas cook
■ «ove. You fancy tbe fenders for
■ tireplaces must have been over-
■kd. but not so; you must buy them
■»If! As you have been ao accus
ed to a continuous supply of hot
■*r. It never occurred to you to in-
■'- Into tbe subject. You And you
■ obtain It only by keeping a con-
■* Are In your kitchen range.
■ tbe penetrating, clammy gray
■«of an English winter draws od
■bltn tn appreciate what It means
■»minus steam beat. Your only de-
■ «re the coal Area, romantic in
■ but totally inadequate to defy
■ marrow reaching, damp cold of
■ho. Ratbroom and halls remain at
■’ temperature, for the grate Area
■w radiate beyond a few feet, ao
■ ®«y »It close and burn or retire
■ romer and freeze.
haring learned through pain
■ ’»iwrience tbe futility of struggle
■*' Rogllsb ways and meth ids It
^B»n«lng to watch the explosive
^Bhr«n. who in hotel office, at rail-
® "«lion and on steamships holds
«« to the various things he will
■ "il-mlt to He is usually listened
■*i’b a certain exasperating defer-
B" which the British underling la
■" mart, r But nothing Is changed^
■ '• ha« ' submit and tbe «-«»orc
■ **"« G learned the more comfort-
■ * will be.
■ in»n'«rabie stolidity of the •»
Ariton is not to be disturtwdl.
B'** longer one remains in this
■'tf the more deflnltely one learns
B1* English people have a pretty
^*kl klea of commercialism and
■
«m paying for tbe It sano.—
J1* Cor New York Americas.
0"* Wish Unfulfilled.
"Ton promised that if I would
rt* my every wish should be
M
Husband—Well. Isn’t It?
I wish 1 hadn’t married
™s<trsted Bits.
’ results usually aria»
‘••gers. - Herodotus.
,
Quaint Custom» Ths» Ar. Maintain'd
With Religious Cere.
Th. head master ot Manchester Gram
mar school, in a speech at Rochdale. '
referred to a custom at Rugby school I
which forbids a boy ot less than three
years' standing to turn up bls trousers I
and Insists ou bis doing so after that ’
period.
Tbe custom's only a minor Instance
of tbe quaint practices that exist at
all the great public schools in Eng
land and are maintained with religious
care, though I d many cases their origin
is obscure or unknown. The Shrove
Tuesday tossing of tbe pancake at
Westminster school, with its ensuing
scramble for tbe largest fragment,
which gains for its possessor a guinea
from tbe dean, is perhaps tbe best
kuown among them. A curious cus
tom at Marlborough requires every
boy to bring to school wltb blm a
cushion, technically termed a "kish"-
wltit tbe "1” long. This article is bla
Inseparable companion lu school time
and. In addition to tbe ordinary func
tions of a cushion, is employed to car
ry books from oue form room to au-
otber.
At Shrewsbury school, at the be
ginning of each term, "bali elections"
are held for the posts ot hall crier,
ball constable, ball postman and han
scavengers. Tbe genial brutality of
youth often selects for the position of
ball crier either tbe most nervous boy
in the school or oue wbo is atUicteil
with a stammer.
Tbe new boy In the schoolhouse at
Rugby is early called upou to take his
part in "house singing." At this func
tion. which is held in one ot tbe dor
mitories. he has to render a song to
tbe satisfaction of his audience, the
penalty being the swallowing ut H
mouthful of soapy water.
Another ancient school custom Is the
parade of tbe Christ's hospital blne-
coat boys before the lord mayor at tbe
Mansion House on St. Matthew's day.
when the "Grecians." who correspond
to "sixth formers" elsewhere, receive
a guinea each and the rank and tile
of tbe school are presented with new
shillings.—London Mail.
THE MAN IN THE STAGE.
A Tragedy of the Olden Days In New
York City.
A good ntauy years ago, long liefore
sky» nipers and rapid transit were
thought of and New York was just a
big growing town, they usisl to tell a
story that was ghastly enough to cur
dle the bliss] of (he moM skeptical
and to keep people of uervous temper
ament awake of nights.
The tale went that of a summer
(light a husband and wife, returning
home from the theater, euit red u Fifth
aveuue stage far downtown and for
many blta-ks were tbe only <s-cu|utnts
A little above Fourteenth street, how-
ever, the stage came to an abrupt
slop, tbe door was opened, and three
young men entered. One of ibe three
bad evidently been drinking heavily
for bis cmnpauions were obliged to
help faitn to bis seat. The d<s>r was
dosed behind them, and the stage eon-
tiuued Its Journey northward.
About ten blocks farther on one of
the young men rose and. bidding his
friends good night, stopped the stage
and alighted. A few minutes later
the second of the three said. “Well,
good night. Dick." pulled tbe strati,
stepped to tile sidewalk and walked
off through one of the side streets
There remained In the stage only the
busband and wife and tile young man
who was obviously under Ibe inttu
erne of liquor and who sat In a
crouching attitude tn a corner ot tbe
stage under tbe dim flickering lamp.
After H time the husliHiid noticed
that the young man's head seemed tn
be drooping as If In sleep, and. fearing
that be might be borne beyond Ills
destination, be rose, tapped tiiiu on the
shoulder and called attention to the
number of the street they had Just
passed. There was no respouse, anti
the husband repeated his words, lean
ing over as he did so. Then tie sud
denly straightened up. turned to his
wife aud said quickly. "We will get
ont here."
She began to protest, tiut he simply
repealed the wolds, pulled the strap
and helped her to alight. As they
stood under the corner lamppost she
turned qiiestlonlngly and naked him
why be Insisted on tbelr getting out
of ibe bus so far below their destina
tion.
Most of Them Made by Supposedly
"Because." he replied, “tbnt young
Respectable Mechanics.
tuau's throat was cut from ear to ear.'
Every little while, said a detective
recently, the police arrest a man with
a aet of burglar s tools In bls posses
sion. and one naturally wonders where
An Old Myth That Goes Back to
they all come from.
Greeks and Their Sea God.
It Is easy to buy a gun of any de
Of all the emblems for good fortune
scription. and the most reputable per
tbe borsesboe stands among the first
son would not be ashamed to be seen
purchasing tbe most wicked looking Everybody knows It Is unlucky to pass
a borsesboe on tbe road without pick
knife ever made. But who would know
ing It up. it Is a luck emblem of the
where to get a "Jimmy'' or a device
greatest power. We are indebted for
for drilling into a sate or any of tbe
this statement to old tales centuries In
many tools used by tbe professional
age that have descended from father
burglar in tbe pursuit or his calling?
to sou. from mother to daughter,
There are places In tbe large cities
where these things are made and sold through tbe years.
Tbe old tuytbs repay research The
to the users, but such places are ex
luck of tbe horseshoe bas a most re
ceedingly scarce. It may seem a little
strange to learn that most of tbe tools I spectable beginning. It is traced to tbe
religion of tbe old Greeks aud their sea
used In burglaries are made by me
god. Poseidon, wbo was Identical wltb
chanics who are looked upon as re
the Boman sea god Neptune.
spectable men in tbe community.
To Poseidon horses were sacred, and
When a burglar wants any particu
to blm they were sacrificed. Poseidon
lar tool made be goes to a mechanic
was believed to have created the flrst
who can do (he Job and pays bhn per
borae wbeu he struck the ground with
haps five times what It Is actually
his trident and a borse sprang from
worth for making tbe tool and keeping
tne bole, which afterward Itecame a
quiet about It. Many detectives can
spring. Tbe sea god was the lord of
recall cases of this kind that have
springs
To him all springs were
come to light.
ascribed. In the shape of a horse be
One In particular occurred some
sometimes wandered by the shores ot
years ago when an escaped convict
bls ocean domain, and where be struck
named Williams went to a blacksmith
his hoofs deeply there the waters gush
and got him to make a lot of drills to
ed out and permanent springs were
be used In safe cracking lie |wrs,m
found. This is tbe reason why horse
ally superintended the tempering of
shoes are reckoned lucky. Going to tbe
tbe steel, but when the job wns nearly
root of the matter, one sees a nature
completed it leaked out. and Williams
myth as tbe root principle. From tbe
was arrested. In this instance the
sea all rain comes, and to the sea all
blacksmith knew nothing of thp use to
springs owe primal origin, and to tbe
which tbe tools were to be put. Most
rain and the fresh waters, sea derived,
of tbe tools used by burglars are se
we owe all fertility on earth
cured in the same way. —Philadelphia
Tbe old Greeks therefore worshiped
Inquirer.
Poseidon as tbe fortune giver through
hla springs. They gave him horses, bls
Shoemaker'« Candle*.
precious beasts, and they adored the
1 well remember some seventy years
footprints of horses when they found
ago seeing flat candles In use
To
them, for they might be the very foot
produce what was known as the flat
prints of the god blmself.
candle, which was also sometimes
When tbe horses came to be shod the
called “shoemaker's candle.” two new
transition of tbe luck emblem from tbe
ly made "dips” were pressed clime l<>
footprint Itself to the shoe mark, prac
each other while soft and then again
lowered into tbe hot fat. thus bolding tically tbe same thing, was easy.
Pegasus, tbe winged borse. from
them together as one candle with two whose hoofs tbe water springs gushed
wicks. The size could then I* Increas
copiously when be came to earth, has
ed if desired. This flat candle wns been credited with the origin of the
most generally used by shoemakers
luck.
and tailors, but wns mnde use of In horseshoe
Tbe borsesboe was a speclflc against
some households whenever an extra earthquakes, it would keep a house
bright light for working or reading safe from harm by earth shaking.
was required.—Cor. Dickensian.
Again one perceives the sea myth—
Poseidon was the shaker of tbe earth
Ì
Too Much Like Work.
—Team Owners' Gazette.
“Haven't yon a home?” asked the
sympathetic citizen.
Obeying the Autocrat.
.............. Plodding Pete, "I
“Yep. , ” . answered
That flne old New Englander. Dr
Mau a nice botne. but de flrst I'lng I
had a t
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'' down
'----- 1 the
Oliver Wendell
Holme«, ‘ laid
knew
k.l'-fl It
I. had
...... a
.. wood
-•-----, pile and a garden rule that the law of the road entitle«
- den
-
•• got •---
and
a
pump,
and
ft
so
much
auu a
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, _ . ,
“■ Job
-v dat
-•-* I i resigned.
roolr-nrsl ' — a man to two looks at every pretty
like a steady
woman. This fair and proper limit
Washington Star.
provokes no complaint In Kansas City,
and It Is not commonly exceeded,
Impossible.
though we would have to go far »field
“How do you overcome Insomnia?"
to And a locality with more women
•Hay tbe multiplication table up to
worth looking at than are seen on tbe
twelve times twelve.”
streets of Kansas City every day —
learn
"But I can't get the baby to
Kansas City Times
it.”—Cleveland leader.
BURGLARS’ TOOLS.
HORSESHOE LUCK.
Not Slept In.
“Porter, this berth has been slept
I assure you. sab! Mere-
It’s tbe one over tbe
ly occupied.
__
wheels, ssh.”-Puck.
"No. sab'
Taking Him Dawn.
Brown (very proud of bla firstborn) —
Ah. eveo now my wife say* be la Jost
Mbe me in many of his little way»!
•«nlth (gravely)—I hopo abe correcta
M b tor it
Had All ths Others.
“Were you ever In loveT' naked the
sweet young thing.
"No." replied the bachelor, “hut yon
can’t mention any other fashionable
disease that I haven't bad.''—Detroit
Free Press.
Wanted Harmony.
Soda Fountain Attendant—What fla
vor. please? Silly Young Thing-Have
yoo anything In plok to match tbla
gown?—Harper’s .Weekly.
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