acting charades, for our benefits. It was great fun.
"Henry
had "He - read - at - tea"(!) and "Des - per
- ray - shun" and others. Ruth
was a man & swaggered and smoked
cigarettes (would be) and Gurdon, in
one was a giggling Papa (very funny!) and Margurite and Ralph
proved they had actor's blood in their
veins. Then they played "Dumb Crambo" and
Alice had Gurdon "shooed" to bed by acting a word that rhymed with
"Miss" ("Kissing his father goodnight) and finally they asked us - The audience to act & let them guess -
and forth- with - at Wiltsie's
suggestion - It was "good" - "night" (with audible snores &c.)
and away they went. We managed to endure the time till the mail. byMrs. Perrin writing to her husband and
reciting a "monologue" to Mrs. Miller - who was
reading "His Fated Bride" or some such thing (Alice calls them all "The Peanut's
Revenge") Alice reading on
the sofa making brilliant remarks, and I looking on. I received
letters from Papa &
Mama, a dozen more P.Ks and letters
from Freddie & Ned
which were written at
Stony Lake Sunday! I had a short
chat with Wiltsie on the piazza -
watching the fog - and looking for
acting charades, for our benefits. It was great fun.
"Henry
had "He - read - at - tea"(!) and "Des - per
- ray - shun" and others. Ruth
was a man & swaggered and smoked
cigarettes (would be) and Gurdon, in
one was a giggling Papa (very funny!) and Margurite and Ralph
proved they had actor's blood in their
veins. Then they played "Dumb Crambo" and
Alice had Gurdon "shooed" to bed by acting a word that rhymed with
"Miss" ("Kissing his father goodnight) and finally they asked us - The audience to act & let them guess -
and forth- with - at Wiltsie's
suggestion - It was "good" - "night" (with audible snores &c.)
and away they went. We managed to endure the time till the mail. byMrs. Perrin writing to her husband and
reciting a "monologue" to Mrs. Miller - who was
reading "His Fated Bride" or some such thing (Alice calls them all "The Peanut's
Revenge") Alice reading on
the sofa making brilliant remarks, and I looking on. I received
letters from Papa &
Mama, a dozen more P.Ks and letters
from Freddie & Ned
which were written at
Stony Lake Sunday! I had a short
chat with Wiltsie on the piazza -
watching the fog - and looking for
acting charades, for our benefits. It was great fun.
"Henry
had "He - read - at - tea"(!) and "Des - per
- ray - shun" and others. Ruth
was a man & swaggered and smoked
cigarettes (would be) and Gurdon, in
one was a giggling Papa (very funny!) and Margurite and Ralph
proved they had actor's blood in their
veins. Then they played "Dumb Crambo" and
Alice had Gurdon "shooed" to bed by acting a word that rhymed with
"Miss" ("Kissing his father goodnight) and finally they asked us - The audience to act & let them guess -
and forth- with - at Wiltsie's
suggestion - It was "good" - "night" (with audible snores &c.)
and away they went. We managed to endure the time till the mail. byMrs. Perrin writing to her husband and
reciting a "monologue" to Mrs. Miller - who was
reading "His Fated Bride" or some such thing (Alice calls them all "The Peanut's
Revenge") Alice reading on
the sofa making brilliant remarks, and I looking on. I received
letters from Papa &
Mama, a dozen more P.Ks and letters
from Freddie & Ned
which were written at
Stony Lake Sunday! I had a short
chat with Wiltsie on the piazza -
watching the fog - and looking for
