As Miss Russell remarked his versatility
amounted to universatility. We liked and admired Mr, Cranch very much,
and with all his superficial levity he possessed sterling qualities that
commanded our respect. As an old school song says:
"True winter joys are many
With many a dear delight
We frolic in the snowdrift,
And then the Winter night."
The many winter joys were all that such joys could be, and young folk,
not afraid of the weather, made the most of them. The winter nights at
the Hive were fairly filled with dear delights, and the youngest of the
young folk had their due share of the evening pleasures until nine
o'clock when they went to bed, except on special occasions like the
giving of a play, or a concert with some celebrity from Boston as a star
attraction. The winter had its pleasures, but it was summer that was the
real joyous season. There was a dear delight then, in just living in the
open air, as most of us did the greater part of every day. Work in the
fields with interesting companions, was an exemplification of the
socialistic doctrine of attractive industry.
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