[Illustration: _AMATEUR PANTOMIME._]
[Illustration: _A HAPPY NOTION._
_Delightful Boy._ "OH! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO! I'LL GO AND PLAY MY
DRUM AT UNCLE FOOZLE'S DOOR!"]
[Illustration: _HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS._
_Arthur_ (_on Pony_). "HOLLO! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT ON YOUR HEADS?"
_Juvenile Swell._ "WHY, YOU SEE, EVERY SNOB WEARS A CAP OR A WIDE-AWAKE
NOW! SO THE MEN OF OUR SCHOOL HAVE RETURNED TO THE OLD CHIMNEY-POT!"
[_As Paterfamilias, we are sorry to say that we have observed this
monstrosity many times this Christmas._
]
[Illustration: _IN SOCIETY._
_Small Boy._ "GOING TO THE PANTOMIME, CLARA, THIS AFTERNOON?"
_Clara._ "A--NO--I'M AT HOME--AND HAVE A KETTLEDRUM AT THREE O'CLOCK!"]
[Illustration: _PATRONISING._
"PRETTY SIGHT, AIN'T IT, CHARLEY, TO SEE THE YOUNGSTERS ENJOYING
THEMSELVES?"]
[Illustration: _PRIVATE THEATRICALS._]
[Illustration: _THE JOLLY GAME OF SNOWBALLING, AS PLAYED IN OUR
SQUARE._]
[Illustration: _THE JUVENILE PARTY.--A GREAT LIBERTY._
_Juvenile._ "MAMMA, DEAR! DO YOU KNOW THAT GENTLEMAN TICKLED ME WITHOUT
BEING INTRODUCED!"]
[Illustration: _THE MORNING AFTER THE JUVENILE PARTY._
_Papa._ "WHY, TOM, I'M AFRAID YOU MUST HAVE EATEN TOO MUCH CAKE LAST
NIGHT. YOU LOOK QUITE SEEDY THIS MORNING!"
_Little Sister._ "OH, NO, PAPA DEAR, IT CAN'T BE THAT. HE EAT THE
THINGS OUT OF THE CRACKERS, BUT HE DIDN'T TOUCH THE SEED CAKE!"]
[Illustration: _AN ENVIOUS YOUTH._
_Sensitive Young Lady._ "POOR CREATURES! NOTHING BUT EATING AND
SLEEPING! WHAT A DREADFUL EXISTENCE!"
_Stout Youth._ "DREADFUL EXISTENCE!--OH, AH! I DARE SAY. WHY, THAT'S
JUST THE VERY THING OF ALL OTHERS I SHOULD LIKE THE BEST!"]
[Illustration: _THROWING STONES THROUGH ICE._
A DELIGHTFUL RECREATION FOR YOUTH, WHICH COMBINES HEALTHFUL EXERCISE
WITH THE LUXURY OF WINDOW-BREAKING, WITHOUT DANGER OR EXPENSE.]
[Illustration: _URGENT._
_Street Boy._ "I SAY, COOKY? THEY JUST ARE A-FININ' OF 'EM ALL ROUND
THE SKVARE--GIVE US A SHILLIN' AND I'LL SWEEP YOUR DOOR AFORE THE
PLEECEMAN COMES."]
[Illustration: _THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.--IN LEAP YEAR, THE LADIES TAKE THE
INITIATIVE._]
[Illustration: _THE CHAMPION._]
[Illustration: _THE WEATHER IN THE PARKS._
_Skate Proprietor._ "NOW MARM! 'AVE A PAIR ON?"]
[Illustration: _NEW CHRISTMAS GAME FOR FOXHUNTERS DURING A LONG FROST._]
[Illustration: _THE CRACKER BON-BON._
_Two little Stoopids_ (_with one voice_). "I KNOW I SHALL SCREAM--I'M
SURE I SHALL!"]
[Illustration: _A MAN OF SOME CONSEQUENCE._
_Elder Sister._ "WHY, GEORGE NOT DRESSED! PRAY ARE YOU NOT GOING WITH
THE OTHER CHILDREN?"
_George_. "H'M! I SHOULD RATHER FANCY NOT.--YOU DON'T CATCH ME GOING
OUT OF AN EVENING JUST TO FURNISH PEOPLE'S ROOMS. WHERE I GO--I DINE!"]
[Illustration: _THE WEATHER AND THE STREETS._
_Boy of the Period._ "GO IT TOMMY! THERE'S NO PERLICE, AND THE OLD
GENT'S AFRAID TO COME OUT!"]
[Illustration: _PATERFAMILIAS SUPERINTENDS IN PERSON THE REMOVAL OF THE
SNOW FROM THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE._--]
[Illustration: _PLEASING EFFECT BELOW._]
[Illustration: _WHAT A TERRIBLE TURK!_
"OH! HERE'S A JOLLY SNOWBALL. LET'S TAKE and PUT IT AGIN SOMEBODY'S
DOOR!"]
[Illustration: _PUTTING A GOOD FACE ON IT._
OF ALL FOOLISH THINGS, THE MERE PUN IS PERHAPS THE MOST FOOLISH.--NOW,
HERE'S A FELLOW (PROBABLY A MEMBER OF THE ST--CK EXCH--GE) WHO, IN
SPITE OF HIS REALLY PERILOUS CONDITION, SAYS, "THAT HE CAME OUT FOR A
(W)HOLE HOLIDAY--AND HAS GOT IT!"]
[Illustration: _FLUNKEIANA RUSTICA._
_Mistress._ "NOW, I DO HOPE, SAMUEL, YOU WILL MAKE YOURSELF TIDY, GET
YOUR CLOTHES LAID IN TIME--AND TAKE GREAT PAINS WITH YOUR WAITING AT
TABLE!"
_Samuel_ (_who has come recently out of a Strawyard_). "YEZ, M'! BUT
PLEAZ M', BE OI TO WEAR MY BREECHES?"]
[Illustration: _IMPUDENCE._
"NOW, LOBSTER! KEEP THE POT A-BILING!"]
[Illustration: _THE FESTIVE SEASON._
_Amy_ (_to Rose_). "GOOD GRACIOUS, ROSE--I'M AFRAID, FROM THE WAY THE
MAN TALKS, THAT HE IS INTOXICATED!"
_Cabby_ (_impressively_). "BEG PARD'N, MISS!--N-N-NOT
(HIC)--INTOSSI-TOSSI-CATED (HIC)--ITSH ONLY SHLIGHT 'PED-PED-PEDIMENT
IN SPEESH, MISS!"]
[Illustration: _THE NOSE-COMFORTER._
_Sensible Man_ (_who despises conventionality_). "HAH! THE WORLD MAY
SMILE, BUT IT'S VERY WARM AND COMFORTABLE."]
[Illustration: _DELIGHTFUL PRIVILEGE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS._
YOU MAY BATHE IN THE SERPENTINE FROM 6 UNTIL 7 IN THE MORNING, AND 7
UNTIL 8 IN THE EVENING.]
[Illustration: _ARTIFICIAL ICE--GRAND PAS DES PATINEURS._]
[Illustration: _HOW DISAGREEABLE THE BOYS ARE._
_Boy._ "MY EYE, TOMMY! THERE'S THE HELEPHANT FROM THE S'LOGICAL GARDENS
GOING A-SKATING!"]
[Illustration: _HOW TROUBLESOME THE BOYS ARE._
_Juvenile._ "I SAY, HARRIET--DO US A FAVOUR?"
_Pretty Cousin._ "WELL, WHAT IS IT?"
_Juvenile._ "GIVE US A LOCK OF YOUR HAIR TO TAKE BACK TO SCHOOL."]
[Illustration: _WINTER IN THE SUBURBS._
OUR DEAR OLD PATERFAMILIAS TAKES HIS OFFSPRING TO SEE THE PANTOMIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, "THE ROADS" (AS THE CABMAN SAYS) "IS SO ORRIBUL BAD AND
SLIPPY," THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO WALK WITH HIS DARLINGS THE GREATER PART
OF THE WAY HOME.]
[Illustration: _THE FOG IS SO VERY THICK THAT FREDERICK AND CHARLES ARE
OBLIGED TO SEE CLARA AND EMILY HOME._]
[Illustration: _THE JUVENILE PARTY._
_Paterfamilias_ (_to Youth who goes with his Pony well across
country_). "HOLLO! HUGH, MY BOY! DON'T YOU LIKE DANCING?"
_Youth._ "A--NO! I DON'T SEEM TO CARE FOR BALLS--FEW _HUNTING MEN
DO_!!!"]
[Illustration: _COLD WEATHER._
_Omnibus Driver._ "BILL! JIST BREAK THIS 'ERE ICICLE ORF MY NOSE WITH
YER WHIP, THAT'S A GOOD FELLER! IT TAKES BOTH MY HANDS TO KEEP THESE
'OSSES ON THEIR LEGS."]
[Illustration: _A VERY GREEN-EYED MONSTER!_
_First Juvenile._ "I WONDER WHAT CAN MAKE HELEN HOLDFAST POLK WITH
YOUNG ALBERT GRIG?"
_Second Ditto._ "DON'T YOU KNOW? WHY, TO MAKE ME JEALOUS! BUT SHE HAD
BETTER NOT GO TOO FAR!"]
[Illustration: _WHAT A SHAME!_
_Grandpapa._ "HEYDAY! WHAT MAKES MY LITTLE DARLING SO CROSS?"
_Little Darling._ "WHY, GRANDPA, MAMMA WANTS ME TO GO TO A PANTOMIME IN
THE DAY-TIME, AS IF I WAS A MERE CHILD!"]
[Illustration: _THE NEW STYLE._