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To day, after lunch, Mother took Ethel, Archie and Quentin, each with a friend, to see some most wonderful juggling and sleight of hand tricks by Kellar. I went along and was as much interested as any of the children, though I had to come back to my work in the office before it was half through. TO DAY AFTER LUNCH MOTHER TOOK ETHEL ARCHY AND QUINTON EACH WITH A FRIEND TO SEE SOME MOST WONDERFUL JUGGLING AND SLEIGHT OF HAND TRICKS BY COLOR I WENT ALONG AND WAS AS MUCH INTERESTED AS ANY OF THE CHILDREN THOUGH I HAD TO COME BACK TO MY WORK IN THE OFFICE BEFORE IT WAS HALF THROUGH
ight by occupying the middle of the bed. From Alice to Quentin, each child was absorbed in his or her stocking, and Edith certainly managed to get the most wonderful stocking toys. Bob was in looking on, and Aunt Emily, of course. Then, after breakfast, we all formed up and went into the library, where bigger toys were on separate tables for the children. I wonder whether there ever can come in life a thrill of greater exaltation and rapture than that which comes to one between the ages of say six and fourteen, when the library door is thrown open and you walk in to see all the gifts, like a materialized fairy land, arrayed on your special table? A DAY WITH A JUGGLER White House, Jan. 18, 1904. DEAR KERMIT: Thursday and Friday there was a great deal of snow on the ground, and the weather was cold, so that Mother and I had two delightful rides up Rock Creek. The horses were clipped and fresh, and we were able to let them go along at a gallop, while the country was wonderfully beautiful.  DELIGHT BY OCCUPYING THE MIDDLE OF THE BED FROM ALICE TO QUINTON EACH CHILD WAS ABSORBED IN HIS OR HER STOCKING AND EDITH CERTAINLY MANAGED TO GET THE MOST WONDERFUL STOCKING TOYS BOB WAS IN LOOKING ON AND AUNT EMILY OF COURSE THEN AFTER BREAKFAST WE ALL FORMED UP AND WENT INTO THE LIBRARY WHERE BIGGER TOYS WERE ON SEPARATE TABLES FOR THE CHILDREN I WONDER WHETHER THERE EVER CAN COME IN LIFE A THRILL OF GREATER EXULTATION AND RAPTURE THAN THAT WHICH COMES TO ONE BETWEEN THE AGES OF SAY SIX AND FOURTEEN WHEN THE LIBRARY DOOR IS THROWN OPEN AND YOU WALK IN TO SEE ALL THE GIFTS LIKE A MATERIALIZED FAIRYLAND ARRAYED ON YOUR SPECIAL TABLE A DAY WITH A JUGGLER WHITE HOUSE JANUARY EIGHTEENTH NINETEEN O FOUR DEAR KERMIT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THE WEATHER WAS COLD SO THAT MOTHER AND I HAD TWO DELIGHTFUL RIDES UP ROCK CREEK THE HORSES WERE CLIPPED AND FRESH AND WE WERE ABLE TO LET THEM GO ALONG AT A GALLOP WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL
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