Then and Now.

Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 839, 28 July 1916, Page 25

Then and Now.

Cat o' nine tails, now, no more Backs of British sailors score; Last up rigging fears no thwack. Rope's end off for merchant jack. Bumble not one loafer locks For a cockshy in the stocks. Scolding wife no ducking stool Half-drowns in the purging pool. No. We draw our bitter mild, To the .weakness reconciled. Never more oh red Triangle Must a soldier swooning dangle. Tight curb greets no carriage horse, Over-reigns we use, perforce. Jehu's passion must not rise, Or the beak will make hi.m wise.

Shade of Spencer! In the school Only stands the oldsr rule, "Ply the strap/ 1 and "swing the cane," Nought relax their ruthless reign I Cut it out, my masters come! 9 From the school curriculum. Save for serious offence Corporal punishment is dense.

To the limbo of the past Let this foolishness be cast. . Classes we must cut in half; Do our duty to the staff. Grateful thanks we know is duo . To majority of you. Hands in purses parents dip, If you mean to take my tip. —"Carlos."