Show I Remnlso 1 nees l > f Dlckrns It was at tho juvenile birthday parties par-ties that Dickens Boomed iu all his glory At the mirror table In helping rome little miss to trIfle11 ho would assure her with all possible gravity that It was no It Ilia at all Vr lieu the writer urged to mako n little speech on the occasion oc-casion of Charlies birthday came to n full stop at the words I aui sure Dickens at once came to his assistance and enabled him to retire from tho platform plat-form however ungracefully with the i remark among others Always bo I sure my dear boy and youll got along I all right At jhe little theatrical entertainments t D6 L2he Dickens was the nlphu and the omega I of tho proceedings Ho was comotlmes author adapter condenser musical director di-rector manager prompter ODd oven Etngo carpenter Ho overflowed with energy Dickens doubtless remembering his own acnto sensitiveness as a child could not wittingly wound n child feelings He mndo fun with not of us No party par-ty ever came off at Dickens without Sir Roger do Coverley being introduced intro-duced Dickens shouted with laughter as some novice got badly mixed up iu all hands down tho middle Off ho darted after tho loot sheep generally nn awkward bOYlld turned his blushes blush-es to smiles 1 by saying I What a dancer this I boy will make when hell tackled a little more roast betf I or Isnt Tommy Tom-my a nice young mM for n small party par-ty Them was nothing of Ibo pedagogue about 101mno vulgar attempt to pete as the brilliant Boi Ho was simply a big boy and ho came down the ladder lad-der of his two to meet his fellows on their ordinary platform to bo one 01 them In their own simple way for a time Harpers Hound Table |