A HARROW SCHOOL BILL.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7345, 25 June 1889, Page 2

A HARROW SCHOOL BILL.

Vanit y Fair. ■ f When you really mean monej.B—_»' t,hete is nothing like going etrilMiQ and refusing to stick at trifles, ofW-U_ ways. They seem to be of that Harrow—that " fine old I— «_» which we are all so proud of—whe_lfi_, pedagogy or pedagogies mast be to _$■ lucrative profession. A young gentleaui aged fifteen or thereaboa-.Utely ho_f from Harrow for the Easter Holidays, _' favoured roe with a sl«ht of his «choslS!-' for the term. It reminds mc, in regatf j;' its length, of the tailor's bill of a _kj which, by favour of the duke's gentlemuj was once privileged to see—a documsl' I that I still remember with feelings fa' deep for words. The' school bill of _i! young friend Georgie (I call him Getm? as that is not his name) is not quitetr | long as the bill of the duke's tailor, bsilr 1 contains some surprising entries. „! first is an item of £80 for "board, ir_hlk' &c;" but from what Georgie tells _s,L might just as well have been forshte washing and plastering; for he has to W out of his own or his father'spockotaw— fast additional to the regulation ms\, v give him a fair start for the day; aad v for washing, an extra charge of DMny h is made elsewhere for " cleaning f«rt_dress." " Hatter, 14s 6d," refers pristtesty,as Georgie thinks, to the cleansing or tii straw hats. He is charged 10a for ■ attendance," which, being ioterprskd, means that once during the term _ ws sent to see the doctor because there vunothing particular tho matter frith i(m| "Repairs, 7s 6d." Georgia'U ts»—_npained at this charge, as ho Bays d? m> not the satisfaction of breaking «q mil; as sixpenny worth of window-glass Ms\ the' Whole term. But I - suppoie .«$£ pickle or other in Georgia's hO-9 -something at sometime; so doWofs seven shillings and saxpenee all wm, and you're bound to come on. the righl tej; that way. Then there's the '* Cstp-is., A sum of 13s, no more and no lcsj s il. charged to the account of tbe.c_-psn&K What this ia for, Georgie has not tit remotest idea, beyond that ho fanc_> "some painting was dene to so- (;,< of the beds" In the dormitory, «;. vain I urged that a esrpnter mm* paints beds; Georgie did no. kao^j M supposed it was all right: was v&* certain, at all events, that ths 18s tgam, to the account of the carpenter w»"~ have to go into the pockets of " W8& body." "Lectures or concerts, „ XL' This ls mild, only Georgie is not«p| sure that he went to any lecture »»J$ concert during the term. Ho at—A* however, that, if a lecture or a conisssi given, you are charged for It whetherP: go or you don't' Seven and tbree-pt-i for " school stationery " Is an item tsga j tive of noble profits; There Is huootnr b j another entry—" Rewards, 6s. j—M means, I understand, that tbey »« ; _eorgie a priite, and are now calling os w. father to pay for the same. A betfcee |<p ( still, however, is the " Matron's Aceocn"Letters, parcels, luggage, „c, - A, Georgie remembers having has oaepsff during the .term, the carriage oCw J*i c4 _ Is not uncommon) bad been paid «Ts" sender; and various letters, e„fflpeaa. accordance with Her Majesty's ng_HKjs so that 8s 7d represents the a_-M«* father Is to be mulcted In for fchs »senp of Georgle'e school-box to and tf*m <*. station, a distance of about of a mile. It ls good to be a p~w*,s Harrow. One Item more, and fa*« sbaU be folded up and returned tE>6e»f* "Head Master's Account, £H<&" igvague about this, and so Is Georgia}-*® ■ we both conclude to.let it pasajs® authorised perquisite of tbe Head-&®f, from every boy ta the school ev-fyjefla*"; the year. I am sure it Is o.ttVf'_S_lt fhe Head Master of a fine old Sntfgsf school like Harrow has a traditional to -eep up, ana the money —BWJ*£{ from somewhere. So likewise «"*££ house-masters. Georgle's house-ffi s&h has his butler and his cwrteMHr as I should have myself if the e_W«E this journal appreciated my'talents&w thing resembing their, worth. S_2* butler and a brougham, I -am tow* »§ cost* good deal one way knew a man who began "with *h_t&i£f|: * and last week he was offeHug ah-J^g; in the pound); and in thesec_rca_»t»»2 s what is one to do but to put it ism *?,, the carpenter, the porter, and the sgwg < caryf ..If to> W« for jg} . 8s 6tf apiece for twopenny won* oxowfi which one of the ten {or MO) ni** JJjB ; not, have done; and 13a for a•* «*P**t r who may, or may not, pocket bM**SSS > in the course of the teftn■■; andlO»J W* doctor, who, perhaps, gets tda«g£ head; and If other charges w> w, on a similar principle,. tha ,fl| • and the brougham may &c ¥&* Georgie says he thinks that soo-WE have sometimes been unwise auOttPJfc monstrate, bnt that (to the c_-t*S school) they have always been 2&W# snubbed. His bill amounts to &% m& there are three terms ia the -Pf *,$, "educatlon,"at this comparatively <»" stage of bis career, I? edsting *fl BSJ about £200 per annum. I may sad Wg, have " cooked " Georgle's aceo_-M*f£ f I exten* of a penny or two in eMSIw, \ I deference to an absurd wmti gMfiS based on his conviction that ttattm be -'no end of a row " if it •hoaUJM& ' covered whose bill had farnUhed *•J3|. the material for this eulogy of •_*s_s English school. Absurd, asi satdj ing oarylthat Georgie, though Remove, is still a mere boy. i i i»wßia(ga_s • - At last a Scotsman has been admit that the. Bnglleh aro »of» T & than his own coantry_en, sajo a 4^.^, journal, and, what is even more m f-. lous, he made the assertion b body e_clai.nlng," Hoot, awa, isftjJS >; fentleman's name shall go down «Sl»l •. [eie Mr Primrose M'Connell, «f»SI, one of the Scottish farmers who to Essex a few yearsaax». ft .. sobebasbeen telling bis old . Heofrewshire-thettha most/_>*!» '\ thlngs'ln Bagland arettse I I ©onntry and the astonishing poIKW ~ the people. '^-'i , ,\. ;, St