Life — December 23, 1897 — page 14: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

“WHY DO YOU START OUT ON SUCH A WET NIGHT, CU: “Ol, 1 DON'T MIND. YoU KNOW I'M ACCUSTOMED TO THE re Christmas Unalloyed. ITH satisfaction quite complete my Christmas dinner I ason I am deep in. y 11 done prepares me for the round of fun; Within my heart there is no room for carking care to peep in. A sense of du There may be others now who quake with burdens that they cannot shake, And shapes of such proportions even Yule-tide cannot hide them. ‘There may be those who do not glow at thought of snow and ul And other joys of Christmas, and who cannot quite abide them, But as for me, with smile sere nd rapture that’s alive and keen, L hail the present joyous time which so long I have prayed for. For though at times I have been slow, with joy I'd like tu have you know The Christmas presents that I bought last year have all been paid for. Tom Masson,