Show there is a new order of things among the gilded youth of today and the valet is in demand this demand has led to the establishment in boston of a finishing academy for servants hero the gent lemans gentleman learns all that is necessary for him to know tho first thing that is done to a matriculate is to cut his hair in the approved english fashion and make him clean shaven or at least reduce his hirsute appendages to a modest mutton chop just forward of his ears ho is then put in livery and made to speak only in an h less english dialect the various courses of instruction include training in all the tr anches of menial work and when a pupil is sent out into the world he is given a certificate of proficiency in liis particular course one of the features of the course is the daily practice in immobility which consists in standing for half an hour a day between two fc bars so regulated that they touch the mans toes and breastbone in front and his coattails shoulder blades and hat rim at the back this gives the requisite wooden rigidity and is practiced by all pupils those whose physiques phy are lacking or too luxuriant arc reduced to the proper form by vigorous exercise boston letter |