The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-08
'HAs. REYNOLDS, Druggist.

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David Copperfeld, for them and all
the minor works it was there.
During Dickens last years his
dramatic Readings played an impor-
tant part in his life. The actor he
had hoped to be seemed to pop sud-
denly out of his life like a jack-in-
the-box, and carry him about from
railway carriage to railway carriage.
He gave four series of readings,
appearing in nearly every town in
the United Kingdom, and in 1867
6S renewing in this way his ac-
qualntances with the Americans.
The success of these readings was
enormous from every point of view.
1t is stated that he RENTED from
America $4,000.
The time of the year Dickens will
always come into his own is the
Yule-Tide. Many persons have cared
more for his Christmas Carol than
any of his books. The real spirit
OF Christmas aims to make the
world better, happier place, and
Dickens voiced the message from the
very depths of his thought and feel
ing. He loved the season, and made
much OF it, and today his grand chill
dren continue his custom and give
plays and readings of his works for
charity or their friends. What his
Christmas messages meant to the
public can be realized when one
learns that one of his little stories
sold one fourth Of million copies
the first week of its publication.
His wife, Catherine Hogarth,
chared his first literary triumph with
him, but she shared none of the late
years, when wife was not needed
She may not have been a. proper help
mate, but she was the mother of his
children, and it is sad that a write,
who desired to teach the good in
every thing should have failed
lamentably in his domestic sphere
She stands n the background of his
life, an unhappy figure, lost in the
splendid din of gigantic conquest
Perhaps another century and
posterity viii place her closer to him
Thus time blows away the chaff from
the wheat, and a distant song loses
all false notes.
His oldest son, Charles Tennyson
Dickens, born in England in 1S45
arrived in New York last October
on his visit to America. He toured
the country reproducing his father
works to many people. While in this
country he died Jan. 3, 1912.
Dean Stanley said of Charles
Dickens: "He taught the world
great lessons OF the eternal value of
generosity, of purity, of kindness
and unselfshness, and by his fruits
shall he be known of all men,
He taught the virtues first and last
He taught us manhood more and
more.
The simple courage that stands fast
The patience of the poor.
Love for all creatures, great and
small,
And trust in something over all.
He died June 8, 1870. In his will
he had desired that he should be
buried in an inexpensive, unostenta-
tious and strictly private manner,
without any public announcement of
the time or place of his burial.
These conditions were observed, but
his executors did not consider them
inconsistent with him receiving the
honor of interment in Westminster
Abbey, where he was buried June IA,
1870.
Mrs. Dial gave a review of the
works of Dickens, and the charac-
tiers he uses, showing how they fiji
into his own life, and the expert
ences through which he passed, end
ing with the statement that Dickens
wrote as his soul dictated, and sure
ly could not have done better. Mrs
Dial also read selections from
Dickens works, proving that she
had given the author much study
and was well acquainted with her
subject.
The meeting next Saturday. wall
be with the President, Mrs. Stevens
ON north Michigan street. Mrs
Louise Myers Wood of South Bend
will read s'Peer Gynt' before the
club, and Mrs. Twins will give the
musical part on the program. Each
member of the club may invite one
guest, and request is made that you
meet at 200 CLOCK instead of three
which is the usual hour.
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