Intimate recollections of Joseph Jefferson . ime, as they mighthave been somewhat surprised, if not was quite evident that the coachman and gar-dener were. We had formed a weekly club among themembers of the family. At the time of its or-ganisation in the early spring, before all themale members of the family had returned tothe Bay, there was but one man among us. As heremarked, upon being elected president, It wasnearly a 1 hen club, so thereafter it was al-ways called the Nearly. Every Saturdaynight we would meet at a different house, theform of entertainment varying with the ing
Intimate recollections of Joseph Jefferson . ime, as they mighthave been somewhat surprised, if not was quite evident that the coachman and gar-dener were. We had formed a weekly club among themembers of the family. At the time of its or-ganisation in the early spring, before all themale members of the family had returned tothe Bay, there was but one man among us. As heremarked, upon being elected president, It wasnearly a 1 hen club, so thereafter it was al-ways called the Nearly. Every Saturdaynight we would meet at a different house, theform of entertainment varying with the inge-nuity or talent of the entertainer. Sometimes itwould be a musical evening, sometimes games,of which we were very fond, and into which would enter with as much enthusiasmas the youngest member of the family; for all,old and young, were included in these even-ings. At other times we would play evening Mr. Jefferson brought Mr. SolSmith Russell with him to one of these meet-ings. Mr. Russell apologised for not knowing. JOSEPH JEFFERSON 35 much about cards; Mr. Jefferson assured hisfriend that he knew as much about them as hedid. When all had found their partners,—which was done through small duplicate bou-quets of flowers,—one hand having beenplayed, Mr. Russell disconcerted his partner byasking, as he shuffled the cards, Let me see,—this is the game with a joker, isnt it? And we were playing whist! The most popular evening, and one whichMr. Jefferson enjoyed most, was that given topantomime plays, in which the principal scenefrom a well-known play was acted without aword being spoken. The audience would beallowed three guesses as to the name of the play,but, failing to name it in a certain time, wasobliged to change places with the actors and givea scene in turn. Some of the make-ups andcostumes for these plays were wonderful, aseverything, scenery, properties, etc., had to beimpromptu, and anything from a railroad trainto a buffalo was necessarily
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