Judge — December 1889 — page 49: what you’re looking at

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CHRISTMAS JUDGE WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES. Christmas comes, then have good cheer” So runs the li Le sportive, b I the live-long day, to all so dear)— Let no unhappiness appear. Let laughter Now, drop not a tear, where the prospect's dim and drear Let sweetest music pipe and play When Christmas comes. ‘Though the advice is very « said than done, I fear. What if your pocket’s empty, pray? What if for cheer you cannot pay? The ery's, ** No trust is given here,” When Christmas comes. CHRISTMAS HINTS. M° 1 Claus go. EVEN the idle little girl now darns her stocking. ‘THE greedy gobbler now knows days of remo AS we grow old we love Christmas for what it has been. AFTER all, the mistletoe is not as good as the garden gate. Tie, sleigh-bell is as good a Christmas carol as one can hear. UNCLE "RASTUS believes it is more blessed to take than to receive. SOME boys are diss mas tee. isfied if they don't find fire-crackers on the Christ- Mosr things in this world come only once a year, but they stay longer than Christmas. Tue mistletoe is a clinger, and that is why it is so hard for those under its influence to let go. THE small boy soon learns that the teacher doesn’t lick him as much as usual just before Christmas. | FIRST PRIZE, 4T TO MY BELOVED AT ATHENS, GREECE. O YOU, my own Dorinda, who art no doubt at this moment ‘flirting with some gay youth in the shades of the Acropolis, 1 send this Christ- mas greeting ! Know you that, when 1am not taking other girls to the ope thinking of thee? Know you that, when I am not playing. billi poker, all my thoughts are centred upon thy beloved image? Ah! if thou wert but here, with thy classic brow and thy finely-chiseled nose, th ing checks and thy broad and radiating smile, I'd save money, I'm sure; thou wouldst claim all my attention, and one girl is cheaper than twent How thy poetic spirit must rage, being, as thou art, where Homer sang. and right in the middle of the glory that was Greece, Adown the vales of Tempe dost thou spin, and Academe is thine to roam upon, whilst 1 must be content with a view of the East river and a sojourn in Battery park. Ah! and when I think of some Athenian Lothario kissing thy cherry lips beneath the mistletoe in the ancient city all my blood boils, and I think of taking the next steamer across to assert my rights. enough to pay for a ticke Still do T wish thee merry days, and hope that all thy dreams are dreams of me. Come back soon, for thou must be spending a pile of gold, and I'll need all thou hast when T marry thee. Waste neither thy smites nor thy ducats upon a place thou wilt never se again, but hie thee to the arms of him who at this moment yearns for thee with the yearning of a poet for the stars, and who would like to strike thee just now for the loan of fifty dollars. Come ! glow- Perhaps 1 could borrow ALL REMEMBERED, OED SANTA CLAUS now with a smite ‘Takes care that none compl For even the wretch in durance vile He has his watch and chain, I'M SORRY I didn’t ask Santa Claus for a few more things. while | was about it,” said the young miser. “1 ope Charlie hasn't engagement the first of the year, y suspicion that I am going to break the she remarked to herself. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1880. The Champion Safes. World-Renowned, Highest Award Wherever Exhibited, HERRING & CO., Manufacturers, 251 & 252 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com