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ETON COLLEGE.
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ETON COLLEGE.
Eton College, one of the chief public
schools of England, was founded by Henry
VI. in 1440, and dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin. Parts of the College date from
the years immediately following the founda-
tion, but additions are constantly being made,
according to the requirements of modern
education. The playing fields of Eton are
famous, and its cricketers often win renown
afterwards at Oxford and Cambridge, while
the facilities for boating on the Thames
make the Etonian oarsmen invaluable re-
cruits for University eights.
LEGAL TACT.
It is not necessary that a lawyer should be
eloquent to win verdicts, but he must have
the tact which turns an apparent defeat to
his own advantage. One of the most suc-
cessful of verdict winners was Sir James
Scarlett. His skill in turning a failure into
a success was wonderful. In a breach of
promise case the defendant, Scarlett's client,
was alleged to have been cajoled into an
engagement by the plaintiff's mother. She
was a witness on behalf of her daughter,
. and completely baffled Scarlett, who cross-
examined her. But in his argument he ex-
hibited his tact by this happy stroke of
advocacy: "You saw, gentlemen of the
jury, that I was but a child in her hands.
What must my client have been? "
THE KING OF THE BEAN.
Twelfth night, being the wind-up of the
Christmas festivities, was observed with
great ceremony by our ancestors. It was
the custom to bake a cake on this day
having a bean concealed in it. The cake.
was cut up into slices and distributed
among the guests, and the one whose por-
tion contained the bean was hailed as King
of the Bean. He was invested with a
tinsel orown and presided over the revels
of the evening.
"HOW DO YOU DO?"
" How do you do?" That's English and
American.
"How do you carry yourself?" That's
French.
"How do you stand?" That's Italian.
"How do you find yourself?" That's
German.
"How do you fare?" That's Dutch.
"How can you?" That's Swedish.
"How do you perspire?" That's
Egyptian.
"How is your stomach? Have you eaten
your rice?" That's Chinese.
"How do you have yourself?" That's
Polish.
" How do you live on ? " That's Russian,
" May thy shadow never be less? " ' That's
Persian. - "•■■ . f
And all mean much tlie same thing. ■"