Life — December 5, 1912 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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ANNETTE KELLERMANN Suite 812L, 12 West 3122 St., New York Washington Irving Describes a Christmas Dinner (The following account, somewhat abridged, is taken from Irving's" Sketch Book.”) The dinner was served up in the gre hall, where the squire always held his Christmas banquet. A blazing, crack fire of logs had been heaped on to wan the spacious apartment, and the flame went sparkling and wreathing up t wide-mouthed chimney. The great picture of the crusader and his white horse had been profusely dec- orated with grecns for the occasion, and holly and ivy had likewise been wreathed round the helmet and weapons on the opposite wall, which I understood were the arms of the same warrior, I must own, by the by, I had strong doubts uit the authenticity of the painting and armor as having belonged to the crusader, they certainly having the stamp of more recent days; but I was told that the painting had been so con- sidered time out of mind; and that as to the armor, it had been found in a lum- ber room and elevated to its present sit- ion by the squire, who at once deter- mined it to be the armor of the family hero; and as he was absolute authority on all such subjects in his own house- hold, the matter had passed into current was set out just under this chivalric trophy, on which was a display of plate that might have vied (at least in variety) with Belshazzar’s parade of the vessels of the tempt beakers, goblets, hasins, c the gorgeous. uten- sils of yood companionship that had gradually accumulated through — many genefations of jovial housckeepers. Be- fore these stood the two Yule candles, beaming like two stars of the first mas: nitude; other lights were distributed in dranches like a firmauent of silver. We were ushered into this banqueting scene with the sound of minstrelsy, the old harper being seated on a stool heside the fireplace and twanging his instru- ment with a vast deal more power than melody. ver did Christmas boa display a more goodly and gracious as- semblage of countenances; those who were not handsome were at least happ; and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favored visage. I always consider an old English fam- ily as well worth studying as a. collec. tion of Holbein’s portraits or Albert Darer’s prints. There is much antiquar- ian lore to be acquired, much knowl- edge of the physiognomies of former times. Perhaps it may be from havin: continually re their eyes those rows of old family portraits, with which the nsions of this country are stocked ; at the quaint features of a are often most faithfully per- petuated in these lines, and I have trace: an old family nose through a whole pic- ture gallery, legitimately handed down from generation to generation, almost from the time of the Conquest. Some- 2336 HAMBURG AMERICAN Largest S.S. Co. in the World Over 400 2 SHIPS TONS “NOW IS THE TIME”* to visit the PANAMA CANAL West Indies, Ber- muda and the Spanish Main We havo inet steed our: service this 8 CRUISES by the S.S. Moltke, January 4: Fe February 25, March 2! 13, and S.S. Victeris Lae 15, February 8, March 11, April, 10, 1913. Two cruises from New Orleans, bey 23 and February 10, by ronprinzessin Cecilie (9,000 tons) 16 days, $125 up. One Week Tours, sailing from New York, Dec. 21 and 28, by Twin Screw S. S. Hamburg, (11,000 Tons). 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