SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910 AK ERIC IRF After the dinner table was re- moved, the hall was given up to the Younger members of the family, who ' pted to all kinds of noisy mirth the Oxonlan and Master '$imon, made its old walls ring with their morriment, as they played at romp- ing I delight in witnessing 'the Sambols of children, and partic. ularly at the hagpy holiday season, end could not help stealing out of the drawing room on hearing c.ie of their peals of laughter. I found them at the game of blindman's buff. Muster Simon, whe was the leader of their revels and seemed on all vo- casions to fulfil the office of that ancient potentate the Lord of Mis- rule, was blinded in the midst of the Kall. The little beings were &s busy about Him as the mock 'fairies about Falstaff; pinching him, ' plucking at the skirts of his obat, and tickling him with straws. One fine blue-eyed girl of about" thir- teen, with her flaxen hair all in beautiful confusion, her frolic face In a glow, her frock half torn off her & complete picture of A romp, was the chief tormentor; & 1 from sliyness w w| Master Simon avoided the smaller game, and hemmed this wild little aymph in corners, and obliged her Eid Tr a atts. 1 sy the rogue o ng 'a whit more blinded than convenient. When I returned to the drawl room, I found the company seate around the fire Mstehing to the ~ son, who was ly enscon in & high-back oaken chair, the work of some cunning artificer of yore, which had been brought from' thé library for his particular accommo- dation. From this venerable plece of furniture, with which his shad- owy figure and dark weazen face so admirably accorded, he was dealing forth strange socournts of the popu- lar supe! and degonds of the surrounding country, with w eo had become . acquainted in the course of his researches. Iam ©:° Inclined to think that the old gentle himself was some- what tinctu with superstition, as mare very apt to be who lead a recluse and sequestered life. He 'Five us several zuecdotes of the 'fancies of the meighborir : peasan- considering the effigy of the Crusader which lay on the tomb by the church altar. At it was the only monument of the kind in that of the country, it had always regarded. with feelings of sup- etstition by the néighboring peas- antry, It was sald to get up from the tomb, and walk the rounds of the churchyard on stormy nights, particularly when it thundered; and one old woman, wh cottage bord+ ered on' the churchyard, had seen it through the windows of the Shureh when She. fugon Fhons, How, cing own the als 'was believed that some wrong had been left unredréssed by the deceas- od, or some treasur hidden which pt the spirit in a state of trouble an lossness. | we were all attention to the pardon's stories, our ears were sud- denly dssailed by a burst of hetero- | th geneous sounds from the hall, in which were mingled something like the clang of rude minstrely, with the uproar of many small voices and girlish laughter. The doo: sud- nly flew open and a train came trooping into the room that almost might have been taken for the breaking up of the Court of Fairy. That ble. Mast in the faithful discharge of his duties as Lord of Misrule, had contelved the idea of a Christmas . mummety, or masking, and having i in to his aseista. ie the Ox- ORian 'and the young officer, who Ware equally ripe for anything that . #hould occasion romping and mer riment, they had carried in into in- stant effect. The old housekeerws had been consulted; the antique clothes presses and wardrobes rum. maged and made to yield up the re- los of finery that had not seen the Mght of day for several generations; the of company e Ladies' Home Journal.) _ From = Chior Dimer. an N Roast Fresh Ham or Spareridp FARE Mashed Squash, Mashed had been privately convened from parior and hall, und the whole had been bedizened out into a burlesque imitation of an ancient masque. Master Simon led . the van as "Ancient Christmas" quaintly ape parsied in a ruff, a shor t cloak, which had very much the aspect of one of the old housskeeper's petti- coats, and a hat that might have served for a village steeple, and must indubitably have figures in the days of the Covenanters. ' From" under this, his nose curved boldly forth, flushed with a frost-bitten bloom that seemed the very trophy of a December blast. & Was accome panied by the blue-eyed romp, dish. ed up as "Dame Mince Pip," in the venerable magnificence of faded brocade, long stomacher, peaker hat and high-heled shoes. . The young officer appearsd as Robin Hood in a sporting dress of Kendal green and.a foraging cap with a gold tassel. The costume, to be sure, did not bear festimony to deep research, and thetfe was an evident eye to the plo~ turesqite, natural to a young gallant hich | in the presence of his mistress. The fair Julla hung on his arm in a pret- ty rustic dress as "Maid an." The rest of the train had been met- amorphosed in various ways; the girls trussed" up in the ancient finery of the belles of the Bracebridge line, and the striplings bewhiskered with burnt cork, and gravely clad in broad skirts, hanging sleeves, and full-bottomed wigs, to represent the characters of roast beef, plum pud- ding, and other worthies celebrated in ancient maskings. ' The whole was under the control of the Oxon- ian, in the appropriate character of Misrule, and I observed that he ex- ercised rather a mischievous sway with his wand over the smaller per sonages of the pageant. The irruption of this motley crew, with beat of drum, according to an- clent custom, was the consummation of uproas and merriment. Master Simon covered himself with glory by the stateliness with which, as An- clent Christmas, he walked a min uet with the peerless, though gig gling, Dame Mince Ple. It was fol. lowed by a dance of all the characte ers, which from its medley of cos- fumes, ssemed as though the old family portraits had skipped down from their frames to join in the sport. Different centuries were fig uring at cross hands, and right and left; the dark ages were cutting pir ouettes and rigadoons; and the days of Queen Bess; Jiggling merrily down the middle through a line of suce cpeding generations. The worthy squire contemplated thesp fantastic sports and this re- surrection of his old wardrobe with the simple relish of childish delight. He stood chuckling and rubbing his hands and scarcely hearing a word th: parson said, notwithstanding that the latter was discoursing most authentically on the ancient and stately dance of the Pavon or pea- cock, from which he conceived ths minuet to be derived. For my part, I was in a continual excitement from varied nacent gayety passing before ma. It was Inspiring to see wild-eyed frolia and warm-hearted hospitality break- ing out fro mamong the chills and gloom of winter, and old age throws in off its apathy ana catehing once morg the freshness of youthful en« Joymeént.--Washington Irving in "The Sketch Book." ! * A REASON FOR ENCORE. Mrs, Gabbleg "Oh, Mrs. Noodle, I had so much to 8ay to you, and now the planist ie through." Mrs. Noodle--"T'm . just dying te heart it. Let's encore him." . -------------- EXPERIENCE TEACHES, : Flatbush--"You know musle has & wonderful influence over us." Bensonhurst--"1 know it." * "Did. you ever feel the power of a singer over you?" "Oh, yes, often. I married one, you know!" eS Poinsettia Salad, Bayou Cooked ng. Dressing. Individual Plum Puddings, Christmas Pudding Cake. Almond and Raisin Acorns, Cheese, Crackers. Coffees, ey Fruit Coektall, Roast Turkey With Dry-Sausage Stuffing and Giblet Gravy. Celery. Olives. Pickles. Cranberry Jelly Molds on Lettuce Escalloped Oysters. Candied Sweet Potatoes Mashed Whites Potatoes. Mashed Turnipe, Mince Ple, Fruit Cake, Plain Cake, Raisins. © . Nuts, , 3 Coffee. Candy. - Roast Pig Olives, Celery. California Fruit Cocktail, % Oysters in Shell, Fillets of Sole With Cucumbers, Roast Bucking Pig. 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