Life — December 8, 1887 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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LIFE - HOW THEY WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS. C UE VICTORIA will lend her Christmas presence to Balmoral. She has appointed a / SZ receiver, to whom all gifts should be sent. Her Majesty will graciously accept all favors, — however small. * ° . HE PRINCE OF WALES will spend Christmas in company with John L. Sullivan, who will show His Royal Highness how to hang up socks in the most approved way. * * * eo RESIDENT CLEVELAND will pass Christmas morning vetoing gas bills and other appurtenances to the Christmas Eve reception at the White House. In the afternoon he will drive out to Red-Top to see what there is in his stocking. * * HE KING OF SPAIN will probably spend Christmas in a baby-jumper which the Pope recently blessed and sent him. . ° * © HE POPE will de- HE CZAR OF RUSSIA will spend Christmas in vote the day to - = terror, as usual. games of chants. > 8 A * . * qa se i Q AYOR HEWITT will devote the morning to R. P-LITZ-R will Sn > correspondence and the afternoon to knitting. spend the morning i * = * * swearing to the circula- “3-2 . re NTHONY COMSTOCK will spend Christmas Day ton of the World, and looking for something nasty. Mr. D-na will spend the afternoon swearing at the circulation of the AMY Sun. Ps : ‘ vy 2b fis RUSSELL LOWELL is = y, expected to spend the day at RS. J-M-S BR-WN P-TT-R, after 5 4 Southboro, wishing he was back in the matinée on Christmas Day, will ‘ Sh: England. spend her time trying to become reconciled " ; al . . . to the idea of being reconciled to Mrs. . Ess 3 St-v-ns. ‘ a FE ERDINAND WARD expects to be at home in Sing Sing all ° . . THE NEW ART OF NEVER FORGETTING. ; Christmas, Day- AT AN ELEVATED RAILROAD STATION. ; . is - UMSON (lo friend just disembarked): You're looking a } oy OVERNOR J little fagged and worried lately, Crumpleton. Anything Sarat FORAKER gone wrong? Probably it’s only the effect of this beastly «*> —[" / vy ‘L will exhibit his snub weather. This continual rain is enough to break down the nk and the forshaken strongest of us. hand to a few CRUMPLETON: Oh, no, not at all; quite the contrary, 1» th” S friends on Christ- may seem a little pre-occupied at times, but I'm only taking - Professor Drawnette’s Memory System. Jumsom: And how do you like it? CRUMPLETON: Magnificent! It makes a different man of you. Why, | used to forget everything ; I wasn’t to be depended upon at all. I go over the exercises to myself every morning, coming down in the Elevated. Raining again, I see. We part here. Well—Oh, hi! hi! I say, that train’s gone off with my new fall overcoat and best silk umbrella aboard! A’ a recent dinner given in his honor, the Prince of Wales ordered the band, which was playing the “ Boulanger March,” to instantly cease doing so. The Prince is doing much to ingratiate himself in the affections of the public. comicbooks.com