_Boy._ "MY EYE, TOMMY! THERE'S THE HELEPHANT FROM THE S'LOGICAL GARDENS GOING A-SKATING!"] [Illustration: _HOW TROUBLESOME THE BOYS ARE._ _Juvenile._ "I SAY, HARRIET--DO US A FAVOUR?" _Pretty Cousin._ "WELL, WHAT IS IT?" _Juvenile._ "GIVE US A LOCK OF YOUR HAIR TO TAKE BACK TO SCHOOL."] [Illustration: _WINTER IN THE SUBURBS._ OUR DEAR OLD PATERFAMILIAS TAKES HIS OFFSPRING TO SEE THE PANTOMIME. UNFORTUNATELY, "THE ROADS" (AS THE CABMAN SAYS) "IS SO ORRIBUL BAD AND SLIPPY," THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO WALK WITH HIS DARLINGS THE GREATER PART OF THE WAY HOME.] [Illustration: _THE FOG IS SO VERY THICK THAT FREDERICK AND CHARLES ARE OBLIGED TO SEE CLARA AND EMILY HOME._] [Illustration: _THE JUVENILE PARTY._ _Paterfamilias_ (_to Youth who goes with his Pony well across country_). "HOLLO! HUGH, MY BOY! DON'T YOU LIKE DANCING?" _Youth._ "A--NO! I DON'T SEEM TO CARE FOR BALLS--FEW _HUNTING MEN DO_!!!"] [Illustration: _COLD WEATHER._ _Omnibus Driver._ "BILL! JIST BREAK THIS 'ERE ICICLE ORF MY NOSE WITH YER WHIP, THAT'S A GOOD FELLER! IT TAKES BOTH MY HANDS TO KEEP THESE 'OSSES ON THEIR LEGS."] [Illustration: _A VERY GREEN-EYED MONSTER!_ _First Juvenile._ "I WONDER WHAT CAN MAKE HELEN HOLDFAST POLK WITH YOUNG ALBERT GRIG?" _Second Ditto._ "DON'T YOU KNOW? WHY, TO MAKE ME JEALOUS! BUT SHE HAD BETTER NOT GO TOO FAR!"] [Illustration: _WHAT A SHAME!_ _Grandpapa._ "HEYDAY! WHAT MAKES MY LITTLE DARLING SO CROSS?" _Little Darling._ "WHY, GRANDPA, MAMMA WANTS ME TO GO TO A PANTOMIME IN THE DAY-TIME, AS IF I WAS A MERE CHILD!"] [Illustration: _THE NEW STYLE._ HOW YOUNG GENTLEMEN FROM SCHOOL GO TO SEE A PANTOMIME NOW-A-DAYS.] [Illustration: _UNDIGNIFIED REMINDER._ _Boy._ "I SAY, JOHN, AIN'T YOUR MASTER A LOOKIN' FOR YOU, NEETHER!"] [Illustration: _FAIR AND EQUAL._ _Sister._ "NOT GIVE A BALL, CHARLES! FIDDLE! WHY NOT? I TELL YOU WHAT,--IF YOU WILL FIND THE ROOM, AND THE MUSIC, AND THE SUPPER, AND THE CHAMPAGNE, AND THE ICES,--I'LL FIND THE LADIES! COME NOW!"] [Illustration: _FROZEN-OUT FOXHUNTERS._] [Illustration: _ODIOUS TYRANNY._ PATERFAMILIAS INSISTS THAT THE GIRLS SHALL WEAR VERY STOUT BOOTS IN THE WET WEATHER; BUT THE GIRLS DON'T AT ALL LIKE "=THE NASTY, GREAT, UGLY, CLUMSY, THICK THINGS!="] [Illustration: _SERIOUS ACCIDENT DURING THE FROST._ AS MAJOR--AND CAPTAIN--OF THE 13TH LIGHT POLKERS WERE SKATING WITH THE LOVELY AND ACCOMPLISHED EMILY D---- AND HARRIET V----, THEIR FEELINGS SUDDENLY GAVE WAY; THEY BROKE THE ICE, AND WE HEAR THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN EXTRICATED FROM THEIR PERILOUS SITUATION.] [Illustration: _HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS._ _Paterfamilias._ "WELL, BOYS! I DARE SAY YOU'RE GLAD TO GET HOME; AND HOW DO YOU AND THE DOCTOR AGREE!" _Harry._ "OH! WE LIKE HIM VERY MUCH." _Paterfamilias._ "HAH! AND DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS?" _Harry._ "OH! PRETTY GOOD! I CAN LICK THREE FELLOWS! BUT FRED, HERE, CAN LICK _SIX, COUNTING ME!_"] [Illustration: _A BON-BON FROM A JUVENILE PARTY._