Life — December 26, 1889 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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THEY are! RUSHING THROUGH THE AIR AS WE DO Now! mu Prieto Manas ROBE Stube: 1950, Arabella: ON, GEORGE, DEAR, | NEVER SEE ONE OF THOSE OLD ABANDONED LOCOMOTIVES WITHOUT THINKING HOW PICTURESQUE i ima A TUTTE How ROMANTIC IT MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN PROPLE WERE WILLING TO TRAVEL QUIETLY ON THE EARTH INSTEAD OF George: YkS, MY DEAR; BUT THINK OF THE GRINDING POWER OF THE MONOPOLIFS OF THOSE DAYS, AND CONSIDER HOW IN THE PR ENT EVEN THE POOREST FAMILY CAN AFFORD A PRIVATE AIRSHIP. negotiable securities or mo I also leave on my desk the power of attorney to sign checks on your account at the bank. ‘The account is thirty-six cents overdrawn, and I have no further use for the power, Good-bye, Smith! Merry Christmas, and many of ‘em Robert Smith gasped the customary gasp, and then pro- ceeded to kick himself down to his lawy He wanted to get out an attachment on the grand piano on which the bookkeeper’s eldest daughter had been artistically playing with one finger: ‘+ Christmas comes but once a year, And when it comes it brings good cheer.” Metcalfe. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR. AMMA: No, Tommy, you can’t have any more pud- ding ; it will make you sick. TomMy (su/éely): Well, haven't I got a whole year to get over it? THE ART OF MAKING GIFTS. I N selecting an armchair for papa seek one that will match his temper rather than his complexion, Girls over twenty are likely to feel ‘insulted if presented with wax dolls. If your husband smokes, insist that he shall use the box of cigars which you gave him at Christmas. This may cure him of the habit. If you have a neighbor whose love of music keeps you awake o' nights it will be a polite tribute to his taste if you send his small boy a drum. Your mother-in-law will be intensely gratified if you give her — her own way. A few sheets of postage stamps may be gracefully offered to struggling genius. Your sweetheart will probably be as much pleased with an engagement ring as anything else you can give her.