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TBXTOHAKIiOTTK HZWv, FEBRUARY 8, 191 2. c ARLES DIGKEHS AT HUE. (By STEPHEN FISKE.) i.-ns was very happy at Gad's P:C Whn a boy, tramping with his I":i'1' f-Vm London to Rochester, he father - fefore the pretty house S. :' j TVir.rj T shall lira 1 UV V ........ u lj The fulfill- exclaimed. a man: ... nrnnv fMmea to- Dick . - - r . fU? :5 0V-. fairy tales. Besides, the umes. -Egg- o! J1 -e portly vo1 "Coke dSJi the authora .L,lc.KenB recalled would roll on thT fl ine ?ummes and told aW SfJ?8 floor wltl ee as he i -H8 Portant writinz waa dmw". in or in a chalet nected wlTi. tQe road. -: ' - i it., m--. . . -"n. ouii. so rrmr 11 1 , y-1 trodden oy me icei or , ens might nasa to. or, yrr tfJSand wm a resort of Fal-! countering the oZofVwT t c-M?f-' r toi tv . . scores or admirers whe ' r'tocuicu iu mm oy rechter. th fammo v. .saw, u at the Paris Expos! tion. It arrivpd at ci- tt.-h :;and that Dickens preferred , Hons, carefully numbered and Soi!? Hi'.'.. His iaorite waiK-was uicRens had' the boxes strpwn rl ... --,1 ,o wnuM cto-n Uri,, , UUAe8 strewn care- :ps:-:. .v.. ucr me iawn, and when Fech- ft and repairing it: repeopling it ."Why have you sent me this lumber te Wngs and queens lords and."Clel! cried Fechter, 'Lt I ha? been ,.V ,c uhn had lived within its massive swindled! They told me thev would ,;5. ure ua iic . "U juu a owiss cnaet to write inJ lf i co.i'd only have this. old castle j I never knew any visitor to be a V Fourth" follows. rv,r'-- Va3 enly or.e other residence tion it ;' K' ro Gai to ; aad k?eP u Pn to th TfS as ded as at a hospice on the ad Dickens en certain days special view to pr hours. If Alps. There was no ocft so very much. I have distract his attention frnm hie tvl- T8c i"3 raicuianons. uiu mis is one uniy tne meadows, the woods of Darn jVniv dreams that will never come ley-Park and the changing sky He s fur regular . working hours! and While Dickens was lecturing in no day laborer was more punctual His ;T"jca I ottained an interview, with vacations were his lecturing tours 3;c.ter -.rat novelist. Disraeli, then In the centenary notices too little p-rmier of Great Britain, and told him has been said of the fact that Dickens jrer-. He replied promptly and was always a journalist; first as a re- ricA.:y. ' There is nothing in the porter on the "True Sun" and the sr'scom sac Mr. Dickens cannot have "Morning Chronicle;" then as editor :f"j. -a-ants it. Tell him to forward a of the "Daily . Xew3" and of "House- f rca! request to be appointed cus- hold Words." and to the end of his iodisn of Rochester Castle, and he life as editor and proprietor of "All cha'l receive his commission from Her the Year Round." He was not a mere Cacions .Majesty, who will be as figurehead. His editorial duties were raised as I am to accede to his wish- performed most conscientiously and .'" ' alas! for Its rarity! most sym- raus. within a year, the dream, of pathetically. He read all the proofs, Chester Castle would have been re- and would write upon them, "Should Cz'A tad not Dickens died untimely, not this revelation be reserved until Gad's Hill is a small, stone parson- nearer the close of the story". "Have L;e. swcei v-ua nosers. ,io ine leic omitted this as superfluous," "Better ; ' . t :r,A ' SS, '3 YL :.-'-l'.'- v' -:h if J DICKENS CENTENARY Pi"ct:graah of Charles Dickens." the Enallsh novelist whose 10Cth an- ve-sary of his birth was celebrated all over the civilized world yesterday. J:kens was born at Portsmouth. Enaland. February 7th. 1812. Central hall irhioh nras linnir scenes painted by-Stansfield for -eur jerformances were the' re- 'on asd dining rooms. On the were the library and billiard JS- On a side door was the notice, pleads to the kitchen; please keep 33card?, labels and signs were pe "iarities of the 1oiisp. Tn the sleen- -? rooms were bench lettered in "for trunk." "Vnr nortman- ?u:.J Dickens laughed as he explain- us; everything that, can be Ia is labeled. I used to be the most less of meil and to cure my. '"3 Esniiit r-i-., n n r, v, . T Or 7 r-' Ml 1 ILI. jn -Ha!i:M . . room host V-rimm. rii'K1?r '.' library, because of the, picture Which has hrnnirhf tears to Jjjy res. But. so far - as Dickens jj acerned, that chair had always vacant, rt nras for the accommo- :?f 5 ts. He never used it, tu nte tne most casual notes, -could I write works In a libary." claimed - with all those rolumes i. fit We firH mnHfirlnw 'Wllflt! t.1100 00 th lowest shelf of the 7vTer dQEiraies, with titles se- SX!cix London humorists as Wr?th Mark Lemon, Edmund thAD ArATevr Halllday. "Lives ru tr, .tB" was 80 thin that there -yroom for the title on the ii00 Reward, 5100 SSf a to IS! l tWs Paper will . mat ineTA at lAnt n to Cijrlf e t5at science has been irrh ? J? &-1 it3 Stamps, nnrl that is, S. T cur 'arrn truro is tne oniy iity Cat, w knwn to the medical Hs constitutional treat- F4- ,I-cunff a rooter ?s cr the system, there foundation, of the dis- Jus .,, rectIy" upon the blooa f-rirl tlaces cf th aystem. there- In A j;. lr'e fOUndatlnn nf th rlfs. 'lth V,.10 iUchKfatft?rk; The Proprietors . the th ln it curative pow ca'J.Cvfrtr.ne Hundred Dollars tJL13 t cure. Send U rn-iNEY CO., Toledo, Ohio. PlUa lor ContlDtIon. for constipation. to put this into dialogue form. When he changed the heading of an article upon a "Baby Show at Woolwich" to "Woolwich Infants," he wrote "More taking." His cheque was always mail ed on the day of publication and was for more money than the exact price per word or page. v On an anniversary of the Henrietta Yacht Race he asked an American cor respondent for a more Intimate ac count of the voyage than the report in the London "Times" saying. "Tell us how it felt to be alone on the ocean In December; what you did to pass the time on such a little craft, etc." The article was sent with an apology for being much too long, as the writer had no time to condense it. - .... "Not a line, not a word must be cut," he replied; "I will give the 'Hen rietta' plenty , of searoom." He gave the story eight out of the sixteen pages of "All the Year Round," and told me that It had sold thousands of extra copies. , He published serials by other popu lar novelists Wilkle Collins, Charles Reade, Edmund Yates, Anthony Trol lope and paid for them most liberally. .The Dickens-manuscripts were writ ten in blue ink. and this became a fad of what used to be called "the Dickens school of writers. Though ne never mentioned his immortal characters. and turned the conversation immedi ately if Pecksniff, or sam vvener or Mr. Dombey happened to be quoted, T.ntnrpd to ask him lf he enjoyed his creations as much as his readers did. "Certainly," he eaid; "I always have the first laugh and the first cry! violin hna broached a forbidden ehwt TMrkens was induced to show me the original manuscripts, of some of his novels and to explain ma of composition. There were no iw lineations, after thoughts, changes of expression, as in Balzac's manuscripts. If a word or phrase were altered the change was made after, not above, the first text, nor on the margin. - He said that, when he had selected and named a hero, he would jot down memoranda about him "Shall he be rich? The property in chancery?" "An old aunt or uncle?" In this, as in everything else, he was methodical. - But his works show n traces of these aids to Imaei nation. Gad's Hill was only an appanage of lu wge, aajoming estate of the Earl of Darnley, but it carried with it the title of Lord of the . Manor, of which Dickens was secretly proud, and the umce or. justice of the Peace. But he refused repeated invitations to sub merge filmself, like Disraeli, in the peerage. The title of which he was most proud was, "Chief," as abbrevia uuu wi liiuiior-unjnier ana ne was thus addressed by all his Intimates He would not talk of. his own cre ations, but he frequently referred to those of other authors. On a visit to Darnley Hall we noticed among the iamuy portraits, dating from the Cru saders, that of a golden-haired boy. dressed in black velvet, and lo! a per- iecc aupneate or that boy, the likeness reproduced after generations, walked into the picture gallery to welcome us. "what a story that would make ror Charles Reade!" exclaimed Dick ens enthusiastically; "I shall tell him about it." - Upon a miniature scale, but with ample means, Dickens maintained at Gad's Hill the estate of an old English country house. Miss Georglna Ho garth, his sister-in-law, was his house keeper. He had an excellent chef. The dinners were very elaborate, with sev en courses and a different wine with each course. Almost every day there were distinguished guests, coming from all parts of the world, and often the entire conversation was in French, which Dickens spoke as fluently as his friend Fechter. Choosing the wines for the dinner was an afternoon fes tival. Seated astride a barrel, in the cool cellar carved from the chalk rock, Dickens told a good story with every bottle selected and fairly revelled in boyish humor. The intense vitality of his novels glowed through his person ality. After dinner the guests were invited to taste the bowl of cold punch that Miss Hogarth had prepared in the cen: tral hall. Then there was whist or bil liards, which Dickens turried into a comedy bv a constantly comic com mentary upon the play and players. He grumbled to himself, "Well! Bad play ers always win!" or"It is very easy to play with one holds all the trumps!" On my first visit he remarked air ly, "I suppose that the aristocratic cus tom of leaving all the winnings on tne table for the servants has been adopted in America?" "Dont, mind him," Miss Hogarth in terposed; "he is always like that!" The housekeeping at uaa s win was managed so ' perfectly that, ex cept at dinner, never saw a servant there;-Miss Hogarth, as methodical as Dickens himself, seemed to do every thins. ' , in London, one morning, I received the following note: Shimnate. ahoy! How am I to en tertain an American who neither eats, drinks, smokes, chews nor Please to man the lifeboat and come at once. - CD. Arriving at Gad's Hill, I found Mr. Georee Washington Childs, of Phila Hplnhia. beamine with contentment and reauirine no other amusement than the pleasure of being with Dick ens. At dinner Mr. cnnas ate nine and drank nothing but water, and Dickens slyly pretended to shudder with horror every time his own glass was filled. Persisting that Mr. Childs must be amused, Mr. Dickens asked him to play a game of billiards. Mr. Childs did not play billiards, and Dickens proposed "a grana interna tional pool tournament," his son Charles representing England. With much argument "Custom 01 tne country" and so on and mucn per- suasion, Mr. Childs was induced to back me as the American champion for half a crown (sixty cents), and was appointed umpire as soon as he declared that he knew nothing about the game. Dickens was marker, and shouted after every break, "Two for the American eagle! Fluke!" "Three for the British lion! Hooray!" By good work, the American eagle won. The clock struck ten and Mr. Childs said that he always went to bed at ten o'clock. So Dickens, with a low bow and a countenance express ing the deepest sorrow and despair, handed him the two half crowns. It was all like a scene from "Pickwick," and, as the door closed upon Mr. Childs, we continued the similarity by holding hands and dancing around the table. Presently the door opened and Mr. Childs reappeared with his bedroom candle and the two half crowns. In a speech that was so sincere as to be dignified, he said that never before had he been guilty of gambling; that, when he attempted to say his pray ers, the two half crowns weighed upon his mind and interfered with his devotions; he must ask Mr. Dickens to take back the money. Dickens regarded Mr. Childs very gravely; Was this a joke or a too sensitive conscience?- Then he ex plained at great length that the cus toms of England did not permit him to take back the half crowns, , but that he would consent to wager double or quits until the British lion had won. 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And yet he is a great man! He has done wonderful things!" None of the portraits published re sembled Dickens at the prime of life and the height of his fame. He look ed like a retired sea captain, and had an alertness and vigor that suggested "Heave ahead, my hearties ! " This suggestion was heightened by his ruddy, weather-beaten, face, .his .griz zled; foam-flecked hair and beard, and his keen, calm, serious eyes that seemed to reflect the wonders of the deep. He had a brother, Frederick Dickens, who looked so like him that I had often thought they were twins the same sailor like face and man ner, the same talent as an amateur actor, but with no literary ability. It was curious to study the two broth ers, exactly alike, but one lacking the inspiration of genius, as if Nature had created duplicates and then de cided to endow Charles, instead of Frederick. The world knows -Dickens as a writer, but as an oral story-teller he ,was even more marvelous. He told stories almost as constantly as Lin coln of Schcherezade, but. they had a mysterious peculiarity. Remember them repeat them word for word and they had lost their magic. For example, when we were a small fam ily party at Gad's Hill, we would coax Dickens to tell us the story of the "Woman with the Red Shawl." He had dreamed of a woman who wore a red shawl, and at night, go ing home after his lecture, he had met the identical woman, wearing the same red shawl as in his dream. There was nothing very remarkable in such an incident; but, as Dickens told it, the story interested, amused and thrilled us, though we . had heard it over and over again. He talked with such a quaint pre cision, sucn an undertone or tun, wit and satire that it seemed as if he might have saved himself many weary hours by dictating his novels .to, a stenographer. Across the road, but- within the manor of Gad's Hill and under the jurisdiction of Dickens as landlord and as a justice of the 'peace, was a country tavern, originally called "The Jolly Plow Boy," but rechristened "Sir John Falstaff's Inn " One night there, was a disturbance In the tav ern, and we went over, in a body, Dickens leading, to investigate it Among a party of rough fellows was a man witn diooq streaming aown his face, and he said that the land lord had struck him with a pewter pot. "Did you strike this man?" asked Dickens sternly. ; Veil, sir," ' replied the landlord, "vether Hi 'it that mon on the 'ed vith a pewter pot hit his not for the likes of me to say, sir; but the him pression on my mind his that Hi. did not." "Well, sir," retorted Dickens judi cially, "whether you hit that man on the head with a pewter pot it is not for me to say; but the . impression on his head is that you did!" Dickens left no. memoranda from which the plot of his uncompleted novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," could be discovered. But, be fore writing his novel, he told me of a plot which he was considering. Pointing to a buildine on the banks of the Thames, he said: "That is bur ' -r-r A ' -11 i J foor JriOuse. a ..weii-imio overseer put his father into that house, under an assumed name. The old man re vealed his identity to the board of managers, and they sent him back to his . son, whom they threatened to prosecute for fraud. Angry, mean and alarmed, the overseer put his father into a buggy and drove into the river, here at this spot. His intention evi dently was to drown his father and pretend there had been an acci dent. But the father clung to him and both were drowned. The overseer had taken out insurance policies upon his own life and that of his father, and distant relatives applied for the mon ey.' The insurance company refus ed to pay. Litigation ensued, and the court decided that the policy upon the father was void, because he had been deliberately murdered, but the policy upon the son must be paid, because he had not intended to com mit suicide. There are hundreds of such ready-made plots in British ju risprudence."" v Thrift Is a blessing, if men steal it not. Shakespeare, . JJG?JU.iJUiJO , W'fl fiil Vahi.'- - Wi t Home i:;:i3j Fumistaeg i-wWn "" ; Problem For fm r i I7.w- win Ws "The Cow and the Moon." Tonight. Chas.' A. Sellen's big musical extrav aganza "The Cow and the Moon'" will be offered t here at the Academy of Music this afternoon and tonight, and suffice to say, the attraction will prove a popular, one. Mr. Sellon sent "The Cat and the Fiddle" to this city several years ago. and it will be remembered that it Iproved a satisfactory offering. "The Cow and the Moon" is said to be even better than "The Cat and the Fiddle," and this season's produc tion -will surpass - last season's in ev ery way. .- There has been a large advance sale for both performances. "The Smart Set." Seats will goon sale Monday morn ing tor "The Smart Set", that well known colored organization which will be : seen here next Wednesday after noon and night at the Academy of Music. . The company is headed by Salem "Tutt" Whitney, and, he is ably sur rounded by a capable 'cast of players. For Husbands and Wives. "With the real stamp of success comes Henrietta Crossman and her company direct from New York in "The Real Thing," the comedy that has been playing at the Maxine El liott Theatre for months. "The Real Things" is the kind ..of play that will please everybody. There is a laugh 'for every minute of the two hours and a half and a theme that is appealing to all. lf Miss Crosman for the first' time in her career has with her tvo children in the cast who are not only really children, but who are clever, in fact, perfect little artists.. The cast is the same as that which played in New York City for so manymonths and the play comes with , a reputation of the best that has been seen in years. Upholstered Furniture CHICACOrlNEWVDRK That's what's worrying you, Isn't it? You want a home and don't sea your way clear to get it. ..' ., . .. Well, sir, then you're- the fellow that wants this store, for the things your home will want arer all here; the prices-your pocketbook will - stand are here and the payments each wek or month that your pay-envelope will easily meet will quickly be arranged. v ! Coming-in, aren't you?- We are ready for you. We are making some special low prices this week on Upholstered Furniture for your Library or Parlor.' 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