Life — December 26, 1895 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE NOT THE SAME GIRL. O you remember, dear,” he wrote, **'Twas just one year ago, When I kissed you so fervently Beneath the mistletoe ? “ “* T wonder if you've quite forgot ; Or if it is a bore To now recall, that on that spot T took—well, several more. “ Since then I have not seen you, dear: You know I've been away ; And other loves, maybe, have come And veiled from you that day. ** But your sweet face is just as fresh As when IJ saw you last. I hear your voice—it thrills me still As in that hour long past. ** Say, sweetheart, are you just the same Since time has taken flight And we stood heart to heart? If so, Then bid me come to-night.” “* Dear sir,” she wrote, ‘I'm in receipt Of yours of even date. Tt would be quite impossible To see you as you state, ** Tam engaged to-night. But if Some striking truths you'd hear : T send with this two tickets to My talk on ‘Woman's Sphere '” Tom Masson. CHRISTMAS ADVICE FOR A MILLIONAIRE. HE TEACHER: Patrick, why didn’t the lions eat Daniel when y . 3 . . he was put among them? genes hgonsaen oe yout ek- , “Shure, mum, Oi don’t know, onless dey were good Catolicks and tract some comfort from Christmas. One of the it happened on a Fridhay. best rules is not to allow yourself to think about ~ aaa your condition. You would gladly swap places and stomachs with some poor devil who has to earn his own living, but do not dwell upon this. Instead, ascertain the address of some misguided philanthropist who is in the habit of giving a Christmas dinner to a lot of ragamuffins. Get him to take you to the place and view the moving spectacle. He will be glad to have you see it and it will be a source of considerable amusement to you. Then, after you have been driven home, you can estimate the cost per plate and the number fed, and easily ascertain how much you have saved by not doing the same thing. This will cast a gentle glow over the remainder of your holiday, and help you to enjoy what otherwise might be a cheerless Christmas. T will everremain a mystery why George Wash- “1 SAY, BELLA, IF WE WERE ON'Y SAVAGES WHAT A SPLENDID CHRIST- ington never went fishing. MAS WE COULD HAVE!” comicbooks.com