_Stout Youth._ "DREADFUL EXISTENCE!--OH, AH! I DARE SAY. WHY, THAT'S JUST THE VERY THING OF ALL OTHERS I SHOULD LIKE THE BEST!"] [Illustration: _THROWING STONES THROUGH ICE._ A DELIGHTFUL RECREATION FOR YOUTH, WHICH COMBINES HEALTHFUL EXERCISE WITH THE LUXURY OF WINDOW-BREAKING, WITHOUT DANGER OR EXPENSE.] [Illustration: _URGENT._ _Street Boy._ "I SAY, COOKY? THEY JUST ARE A-FININ' OF 'EM ALL ROUND THE SKVARE--GIVE US A SHILLIN' AND I'LL SWEEP YOUR DOOR AFORE THE PLEECEMAN COMES."] [Illustration: _THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.--IN LEAP YEAR, THE LADIES TAKE THE INITIATIVE._] [Illustration: _THE CHAMPION._] [Illustration: _THE WEATHER IN THE PARKS._ _Skate Proprietor._ "NOW MARM! 'AVE A PAIR ON?"] [Illustration: _NEW CHRISTMAS GAME FOR FOXHUNTERS DURING A LONG FROST._] [Illustration: _THE CRACKER BON-BON._ _Two little Stoopids_ (_with one voice_). "I KNOW I SHALL SCREAM--I'M SURE I SHALL!"] [Illustration: _A MAN OF SOME CONSEQUENCE._ _Elder Sister._ "WHY, GEORGE NOT DRESSED! PRAY ARE YOU NOT GOING WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN?" _George_. "H'M! I SHOULD RATHER FANCY NOT.--YOU DON'T CATCH ME GOING OUT OF AN EVENING JUST TO FURNISH PEOPLE'S ROOMS. WHERE I GO--I DINE!"] [Illustration: _THE WEATHER AND THE STREETS._ _Boy of the Period._ "GO IT TOMMY! THERE'S NO PERLICE, AND THE OLD GENT'S AFRAID TO COME OUT!"] [Illustration: _PATERFAMILIAS SUPERINTENDS IN PERSON THE REMOVAL OF THE SNOW FROM THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE._--] [Illustration: _PLEASING EFFECT BELOW._] [Illustration: _WHAT A TERRIBLE TURK!_ "OH! HERE'S A JOLLY SNOWBALL. LET'S TAKE and PUT IT AGIN SOMEBODY'S DOOR!"] [Illustration: _PUTTING A GOOD FACE ON IT._ OF ALL FOOLISH THINGS, THE MERE PUN IS PERHAPS THE MOST FOOLISH.--NOW, HERE'S A FELLOW (PROBABLY A MEMBER OF THE ST--CK EXCH--GE) WHO, IN SPITE OF HIS REALLY PERILOUS CONDITION, SAYS, "THAT HE CAME OUT FOR A (W)HOLE HOLIDAY--AND HAS GOT IT!"] [Illustration: _FLUNKEIANA RUSTICA._ _Mistress._ "NOW, I DO HOPE, SAMUEL, YOU WILL MAKE YOURSELF TIDY, GET YOUR CLOTHES LAID IN TIME--AND TAKE GREAT PAINS WITH YOUR WAITING AT TABLE!" _Samuel_ (_who has come recently out of a Strawyard_). "YEZ, M'! BUT PLEAZ M', BE OI TO WEAR MY BREECHES?"] [Illustration: _IMPUDENCE._ "NOW, LOBSTER! KEEP THE POT A-BILING!"] [Illustration: _THE FESTIVE SEASON._ _Amy_ (_to Rose_). "GOOD GRACIOUS, ROSE--I'M AFRAID, FROM THE WAY THE MAN TALKS, THAT HE IS INTOXICATED!" _Cabby_ (_impressively_). "BEG PARD'N, MISS!--N-N-NOT (HIC)--INTOSSI-TOSSI-CATED (HIC)--ITSH ONLY SHLIGHT 'PED-PED-PEDIMENT IN SPEESH, MISS!"] [Illustration: _THE NOSE-COMFORTER._ _Sensible Man_ (_who despises conventionality_). "HAH! THE WORLD MAY SMILE, BUT IT'S VERY WARM AND COMFORTABLE."] [Illustration: _DELIGHTFUL PRIVILEGE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS._ YOU MAY BATHE IN THE SERPENTINE FROM 6 UNTIL 7 IN THE MORNING, AND 7 UNTIL 8 IN THE EVENING.] [Illustration: _ARTIFICIAL ICE--GRAND PAS DES PATINEURS._] [Illustration: _HOW DISAGREEABLE THE BOYS ARE._