The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-19
AN EVENING WITH DICKENS.
Contests Over the Works Of the Novelist Are PopuarFour
Good Games Which Amuse and incidentally Instruct

that guessing cannot be indiscriminate-
/ ly INDUCED in by any manner of means.
Here is a list of the characters, with
! suggestions, for forming them:
Peggoty, a modern peg, the letter o
| from an anagram box and caddy
containing tea leaves. Nickleby, a
nickel and jewelry in the form of a
/ bee. Copperfield, a doll dressed as a
policeman and d photograph of field.
| Pickwick; an ice pick and a lampwick.
! Quilp; a quill pen and the letter p.
jingle a number of little bells with a
| cord to string them on. Dora; a pic
ture of a door and the letter A. Ded-
! lock; column of death notices clipped
from a paper and a lock. Captain Cut
! tie; a cap, a scrap of tan bark, and
/ the canarys cuttlefish bone. Carker;
| the baby's toy car and a yellow china
eur" Bagstock; a bag, and the stock
! market news from a newspaper.
The third contest, a most exciting
| one, consists in describing the great
author as the children say, "out of
your own head" AS the connection
| between physical and mental charac-
| teristics and talents is indisputably
established, this game affords all those
who are interested in physiognomy and
| kindred sciences a chance to shine as
| bright particular stars, while those
who know nothing of the matter may
| still win the prize by lucky guess.
Each player is given a slip of paper
with a pencil and is asked to describe
Charles Dickens. No literary attempt
is necessary. The player merely jots
down color of eyes, hair, complexion,
shape of nose and other features,
hight, etc.
good biography containing por-
trait should be on hand to serve as
reference in revising the lists. An edi-
ton de luxe of one of the novels might
reward the most successful contestant.
The fourth Dicke nsonian puzzle,
while it is entirely different from the
foregoing, is equally good fun. To
prepare for it, the hostess should take
as many sheets of correspondence pa
per as she expects guests. Each en-
velope is addressed to some member of
the company and stamped with cam
celled English postage. These stamps
can be secured for a trifie from any
philatellist. The letter in each envel-
ope is the same. 1t reads as follows,
except for the fact that the names of
Dickens stories given here for the con-
venience of the hostesses are repre-
sented in the epistles by dashes only:
London, Dec. 20, 1902.
Dear Friend-Soon after arriving in
London 1 proceeded to the firm of DOM
Notes for coin of the realm. On my
way thither l learned the appalling
news of The Wreck of The Golden
Mary. Whereas our passage had been
quite fair for the mid-winter season,
this unlucky vessel encountered Hard
Times Immediately after leaving port.
How fortunate that all on board were
saved. including our Mutual Friend,
David Copperfield. Had events taken
a sadder course there would have been
more than one Bleak House in New
York this Xmastide. AS it is, several
dozen families will sing A Christmas
Carol of thanksgiving, and The Crick-
ct on the Hearth of our good friends
home will chirp merrily as is his wont.
I have seen little of London as yet,
but have Great Expectations of enjoy
ment here. Have already yielded to
my antiquarian passion and purchas-
ed Master Humphreys clock at The
Old Curiosity Shop. I also INDUCED
at once in half dozen of those in
imitable water colors-Sketches by
Boz one of which 1 am forwarding to
you and beg you will accept. Have
you read the new book called The
Lover of a Queen? 1t is, as perhaps
you have heard creating a great SEN
sation here, and is a Tale of Two Cit
les. 1 will write later, detailing my
adventures. Meanwhile let me know
if can be of use to you in the case
of The Pickwick Papers and the
guardianship of that darling child, Lit
tie Dorrit."
A prettily framed portrait of Dick
ems might be the trophy in this con-
test. 1t goes, of course, to the man or
RI whose letter at the end of the
competition shows fewest blank spaces
and fewest titles incorrectly given.