The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-03
4 o.nNr Iix.pirIrRIjnsos AT WASHINGTON.

Wormy, and it is related, but without pfoof.
that on one occasion Washington Declined TO
sit down in 1t"
| CANINE EXPERIENCE At WASHINGTON.
! Mr. Dickens always had much 10 say of ami
mails as Of men, and there we're certain dogs
| and horses he had met and known intimately
which it was specially interesting to him to
dog in Washington which he never tired OF
delineating. The first night Dickens read i0
] the capital this deg attracted his attention.
,'He came into the hall by himself" SAID he,
sgot good place before the reading began,
| and paid strict attention throughout. he
| came the second night. and was ignomlnlously
shown out by one Of the check-takers. On the
third night he appeared again with another
dog, which he had evidently promised to pass
lin free; but you see, /" continued Dickens, upon
1.-THE imposition being unmarked the other dog
spologized by ho III and withdrew. his in-
tentions, no doubt, were of the best, but ne
lafterward rose to explain outside, with such
inconverient eloquenee to the reader and bis
audience that they were obliged to put him
| down stairs"
WEATHER QUOTATIONS WITH THE CONDEMNED
On one occasion, during a walk, Mr. Dickens
chose to run into the widest of vaearles abou:
conversation The ludicrous vein he INDUCED
| in during that two hours stretch can never be
\ forgotten. Among other things, he said he
had often thought how restrctsd ones CONVEX
sation must become when one was wishing a
| man who was to be hanged in half an hour, He
went on in most surprising manner to imag-
inc all sorts OF difficulties 10 the way OF becom-
ing interestmgto to thepoor fellow. suppose =
said he, sit should be o rainy morning while
you als making the eau, you could not possibly
indulge in the remark, We snail have fiae
be to hIm? For my part, think, ne said, .!
should copfiue my obser vations to the days OF
Julius Cesar or Klng Alfred"
DloKEss AND A PAl1s1AN AUDIENCE.
Mr.. Dickens liked to talk about the audiences
that came 10 hear him read, an he gave the
pam to his Partisan one, saying 1t was the
quickest to catch his meaning. Although he
Gaid there were many always present in his
room in Paris sho did not fully under stand
English. yet the French eye ID so quick to de-
tect expression that it never tailed instantly to
understand what be meaut by look or an act
Thus, Tor instance he said ..whea 1 was
impersonating Stesrforth in David Copperfeld'
and gave that peculiar grip ofthe hand to Emi-
y's lover. the French audience burst into
cheers ard rounds OF applause" He said with
reference to the preparation Of his readings,
that it was three months hard labor to get up
one OF bis, own stories Tor public recitation,
and he thought he had greatly improved bis
presentation OF the christmas CRrolo while
10 this country. He considered the storm
scene in David Copperhelon one OF the most
effective ofbis readings. The character OF Jack
Hopkins in bob Sawyer's Party" he took
great delight in representing. @i,.
D1cKENs's FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH FEcHrER.
Dlckens's genuine enthusiasm for Mr. Fech-
ter's acting Was most Interesting. He loved to
describe seeing h,m first, quite by accident, in
Paris, having stroned iuto little theatre there
ure night. He WAS making love to q woman"
Dickens said, land lie 30 elevated r as we'll
as him self by the sentiment in which be enve'-
oped 5er, that they tod in p lrer ether, and
in another sphere. quite lifted out of the pres
ept. BY heavens I SAID to myself, o man who
can do this can do anythlne.' never saw two
people more purely and instantly elevated by
the power OF love-. The manner, also" he con
tinued. "n which he presses the hem OF the
dress of Lucy in the 'BriLe Ut Lammernoor Is
something WOE derrul. The man has genius in
him which i; unm.stakable."
oYerER PIE AT A WESTERN HOTEL.
Mr. Dickens rellted humorous account of
bis experience at Western hotel. during his
second American tour. What do you think he
asked, OF fowl de poulet? or q 'Paetti de
Shay?' or 'celary| or 'murange with cream2
Because all these delicacles are in the printed
bill of farel We asked the Irish waiter what
.Paetti de Shay was, and he SAID it was the
French name the steward give to oyster patti. "
Al another tms when speaking OF what was
constantly said about him in certain neTspa-
pers, MIR. Dickens observed: Il notice that
about once in every seven years become the
victim of paragraph disease It breaks out
in England, travelsto India by the overland
route, gets to America per Cunard line, strikes
the base OF the Rocky Mountains, and rebound
ing back to Europe, mostly perishes on the
stepDes Of Russia from inanitlon an extreme
cold. :" 80
H1s MANNER WITH CHILDREN AND THE POOH
His talk WAS simple, natural, and direct,
never dropping into circumlocutlon nor elocu.
tion. Now that he is gone, whoever has known
him intimately for any considerable period Of
time will linsnr over his tender regard for, and
his engaging manner with, children; his
CHEEKY 'Good day" to poor people he hap.
pened to be passing in the road;' his trustful
and earnest 'Please God" when he vas prom
islny himself any special pleasure, like rejoin-
ing an old friend or returning again to scenes
he loved At such times his voice had an ir-
resistlble pathos in it, and hls smile drffused
a sensation like music. When he came into
the presence of squahd or degraded persons,
such as one sometimes encounters in aims
houses or prisons, he had such soothing
words to scatter here and there, that those
who had been ''most hurt by the arcbers"
listened gladly, and loved him without know
ing who 1t was that found 1t IN his heaIt 10
speak 30 kindly to them.
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