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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1894.

ways a time which in our home was looked forward to with eagerness and delight, and to my father it was a time : dearer than any other part of the

ear, I think. He

oved Christmas for

its deep significance

as well as for its

joys, and this he demonstrates in every xliusion in his writings to the great festival, a day which he considered should be fragrant with the love that we should bear to one ancther, and with the love and reverence of his Saviour wel Master. Even in his most merry conceits of Christmas, there are always subtle and tender touches which will bring the tears to the eyes, and make even the thoughtless have some special veneration for this blessed anniversary.

Buying Christmas Presents.

In our childish days my father used to take us, every twcnty-fourth day of December, to a toy shop in Holborn, where we were allowed to select our Clyristinas presents, and also any that w+ wvished to give to our little compan ions. Although I believe we were often an hour or more in the shop before our several tastes were satisfied, he never ~aowed the least impatience, was al ~vays interested, and as desirous as we, that we should choose exactly what we liked best. As we grew older, present giving was confined to our several birthdays, and this annual visit to the Holborn toy shop ceased. My father, although the mest generous of mortals, did not observe, except in rare in- stances. the custom of sending Christ mas gifts to people outside his home; there was so large a claim upon him there that the p*easure would have been a tax had he gone beyond its walls.

In the Dance.

When we were only babies my father determined that we should be taught to dance, so as early as the Genoa days we were given our first lessons. ‘‘Our old- est boy and his sisters are to be waited upon next week by a professor of the noble art of dancing,” he wrote to a criend at this time. And again, in writ- iug to my mother, he says: ‘I hope the dancing lessons will be a success. Don’t fxil to let me know.”

Our progress in the graceful art de- lighted him, and his admiration of our snecess Was evident when we exhibited to him, as we were perfected in them, all the steps. exercises and dances which formed our lessons. He always encour- aged us in our dancing, and praised our erace and aptness, although criticised quite severely in some places for allow-

ing his children to expend so much time }

and energy upon the training of their feet. Indeed, a common neighborhood remark on the subject was to the effect that ‘‘the little Dickens girls seemed to varry their brains in their heeis.”

When ‘the boys” came home for the holidays there were constant sieges of ae tice for the Christmas and New

“ear’s parties; and more especially for the dance on Twelfth Night, the anni- versary of my brother Charlie’s birth- day. Just before one of these celebra- tions my father insisted that my sister Katie and I should teach the pelka step to him and Mr. Leeca. My tather was us much in earnest about learning to take that wonderful step correctly as though there were nothing of greater importance in the world. Often he would practice gravely in a corner, without either partner or music, and 1 remember one cold winter's night his avwakenir ; with the fear thet he had forgotten the step so strong upon him that, jumping out of bed, by the scant illumination of the old-fashioned rush- light, and to his own whistling, he dili gently rehearsed its ‘‘one, two, one, two,” until he was once more secure in Lis knowledge.

No one can imagine our excitement and nervousness when the evening came on which we were to dance with our pupils. Katie to have Mr. Leech, who was over six feet feet tall, for her part- ner, while my father was to be mine, My heart beat so fast that I could scarcely breathe, I was so fearful for the success of our exhibition. But my fears were groundless, and we were yreeted at the finish of our dance with hearty applause, which was more than compensation for the work which had been expended upon its learning.

’ My father was certainly not what in the ordinary acceptation of the term would be called “‘a good dancer.” I doubt whether he had ever reccived any instruction in ‘‘the noble art” other than that which my sister and I gave him. In later years Iremember trying to teach hi:n the Scottische, a dance which he particularly admired and desired to a But although he was so fond of dancing, except at family gatherings‘ his own or his most intimate friends’ homes, I never remember seeing him participate, and I doubtif, even as a young man, he ever went to balls. Graceful in motion, his dancing, such as it was, was natural to him, Dance music was delightful to his cheery,

enial spirit; the time and steps of a

ance suited bis tidy nature, if I may so speak. The action and the exercise seemed to be a-part of his abundant vitality,

While Iam writing of my father’s fcndness for dancing, a characteristic anecdote of him occurs to me. While he was courting my mother, he went one summer evening to call upon her. The Hogarths were living a little way out of London, in a residence which had a drawing-room opening with French windows on to a lawn. In this room my mother and her family were seated quietly after dinner on ‘this particular evening, when suddenly a young sailor jumped through one of the open win- dows into the apartment, whistled and danced a hornpipe, and before they could recover from their amazement jumped cut again <A few minutes later my father walked in at the door as se- dately as though quite innocent of the prank, and shook hands with every one;

i of their a faces proving too much for his attempted sobriety, his hearty laugh was the signal for the rest of the party to join his mer- riment. But judging from his slight ability in later years, I fancy that he must have taken many lessons to secure his perfection in that hornpipe.

The Merriest of Them All,

His dancing was at its best, I think, in the ‘‘Sir Roger de Coverly "—known in America, I am told, as the ‘‘ Virginia Reel”—and in what are known as coun- try dances. In the former, while the end couples are Gancing, and the side couples are supposed to be still, my father wou! | insist upon the sides keep

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ing up a kind of jig step, and clapping his hands to add to the fun, and dancing at the backs of those whose enthusiasm he thought needed rousing, was himself never still for a moment until the dance was over. He was very fond of a coun- try dance which he learned at the house of some dear friends at Rockingham Castle, which began with quite a stately minuet to the tune of “‘ God Save the Queen,” and then dashed suddenly into “Down the Middle and up Again.” His enthusiasm in this dance, I remem

ber, was so at that, one evening after some of our Tavistock House theatricals, when I was thoroughly worn out with fatigue, being selected by him as hia partner, I caught the infection of his merriment, and my weariness vanished. As he himself says, in describing dear old ** Fezziwig’s’ Christmas party, we were ‘“ people who would dance, and had no notion of walking.” His enjoy- ment of all our frolics was cqually keen, nnd he writes to an American friend, aprepos of one of our Christmas merry- makings: ‘‘ Forster is out again; and if he don't go in again after the manner in which we have been keeping Christmas, he must be very stcong indeed. Such dinings, such conjurings, such blind

man’s bloffings, such theatre goings, such kissings ont of old years and kiss

ings in of new ones never took place in these parts before. To keep the Chuz

zlewit going, and to do this little book, the carol, in the odd times between two parts of it, was, as you may suppose, pretty tight work. But when it was done i broke out like a madman, and if you could have seen me at the children’s party at Macready’s the other night go- ing down a country dance with Mrs. M. you would have thought I was a coun- try gentleman of independent property resiaing on a tip-top farm, with the wind blowing straight in my face every day.”

“2 As a Conjurer.

At eur holiday frolics he used some times to conjure for us, the equally “noble art” of the prestidigitateur being among his accomplishments. He writes ot this, which he included in the list o7 our Twelfth Nigat amusements, to an- other American friend: *“The actuary of the national debt couldn’t calculate the number of children who are coming here on Twelfth Night, in honor of Charlie's birthday, for which occasion I have provided a magic lantern and div- ers other tremendous engines of that na- ture. But the best of it is that Forster and I have purchased between us the entire stock in trade of a conjurer, the practice and display whereof is entrust ed tome. And if you could see me con juring the company’s watches into im possible tea caddies and causing pieces of 2noney to fly, and burning pocket hand. kerchiefs without burning’em and prac ticing in my own room without any- body to admire, you would never forget it as long as you live.”

One of these conjuring tricks com- prised the disappearance and reappear- ance of a tiny doll, which would an- nounce most unexpected pieces of news and messages to the different children in the audience: this doll was a particn- lar favorite, and its arrival cagerly awaited and welcomed.

That he loved to emphasize Christmas in every possible way, the following ex tract from a note which he sent me in

December, 1968, will evidence. After speaking of a reading which he was to give on Christmas Day, he says: “It

occurs to me that my table at St. James's Hal} might be appropriately ornament- ed with a little holly next Tuesday. If the two front legs were entwined with it, for instance, and a border of it ran round the top of the fringe in front, with a little sprig by way of bouqnet at each corner, it would present a season- able appearance. If you think of this and will have the materials ready in a little basket, I will call for you at the office and take you up to the hall, where the table will be ready for you.” Christmas at ** Gad’s Hill.”’

But [think that our Christmas and New Year's tides at “‘“Gad’s Hill” were the happiest of all. Our house was al- ways filled with guests, while a cottage in the village was reserved for the use of the bachelor members of our holiday party. My father, himself, always de- serted work for the week, and that was almost our greatest treat. He was the fun and life of those gatheriugs, the true Chrizimas spirit of sweetness and hospitality filling his large and generous heart. Long walks with him were daily treats to be remembered, Games passed our evenings in jollity. ‘‘Proverbs,” a game of memory, was very popular,and it was one in which either my aunt or myself was apt to prove winner. Father's annoyance at our failure some times to lead was very amusing, but quite genuine. “Dumb Crambo” was another favorite, and one in which my father’s great imitative ability showed finely. I remember one evening his dumb showing of the word “frog” was so extremely laughable that the memory of it convulsed Marcus Stone, our clever artist, when he tried some time later to portray it in his choice pantomime.

One very severe Christmas, when the snow was so deep as to make outdoor amusement or entertainment for our ynests impossible, my father suggested tbat he and the inhabitants of the ‘*‘ bachelors’ cottage” should pass the time in unpacking the French chalet, ich had been sent to him by Mr Fechter, and which reached Higham Station ina large namber of packing cases. Unpackiag ihese and fitting the pieces together gave them interesting employment and us some topics ‘of con- versation for our snow-bound luncheon table.

Our Christmas Dinners,

Our Christmas day dinners at ‘‘Gad's Hill” were particularly bright and cheery, some of our nearest neighbors joining in the home party. Dinner on all occasions, plain day and holiday, was served, by my father’s special desire, a la Russe. But on Christmas day this rule was infringed sufficiently to permit the appearance at the table of our holi day pudding. The Christmas p!um pnd- ding had its own special dish of colored “yrepousse” china, ornamented with holly. The pudding was placed on this with a sprig of real holly in the center, lighted, nnd in this etate placed in front of my father, its arrival being always the sigual for applause. A prettily de-

corated table was his jal pleasure, an‘ from my earliest gi »d the care of this devolved upon me. When I had

everything in readiness he would come with me to inspect the result of my labors, before dressing for dinner, and no word except of praise ever came to my ears.

He was a wonderfully neat and rapid carver, andIam happy to say taught me some of his skill in this. I used to help him in our ies at ‘‘Gad’s Hill” by carving ata table. returning to

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