Life — April 19, 1906 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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Gifts Hard to Dodge N WRITING the “Recollections” of the royal family of Germany in the time of an carlier jon, the Princess Catharine Radziwill some impressions which Christmas made er juvenile mind. They may prove not unpleasant reminders to children of less n in life. On the twenty-sixth of December the empress red at my mother-in-law’s, accompanied by her daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, and brought with her an enormous bag filled with various trifles, which she distributed among us as Christmas presents. hese occasions were dreaded by everybody, as re hideous than the knickknacks poor empress used to bring could hardly ned. ct was that she never gave us pretty , and on this particular Christmas, the first Wy experience when Twas admitted among the recipients of her bounty, I remember having been scared by the sight of an appalling thermometer in green bronze, representing the Column of Victory in Berlin, which in itself is a hideous vument. \s my ill-luck would have it, I was made the unhappy recipient of this monstrosity, and never could rid of it in after-life. No matter where I moved, the dreadful thing followed me. It would not broken, or lost, or even mislaid; it \ le to give it toa bazaar, and I expect tone dayit will tum up again from one of my boxes, when T least expect it. Th nts of the queen remind me of an > which beicll one of them, and caused . or mother-in-law some sleepless nights. She had received for a birthday present from the in white china, ornamented by y herself with paintings of the kind Hed decalcomania. It was anything but beauti- J was at once relegated to a dark comer of partment, whence it emerged only when the x] Augusta was expected, Vhis kind of thing lasted for about two years, vat last my mother-in-law thought she venture to dispose of the ugly thing by giving it to wizaar held in her own b he carefully ted until the empress had 1 it a visit, and ), feeling sure of immunity, sent it there. \s it happened, the emperor appeared the next day. and after having been taken round the rooms, was at once caught by the unfortunate table, and ite of frantic efforts made by my sister-in- law to prevent him, he proceeded to buy it as a present for the empress. One may imagine the consternation! How- ever, Augusta, if she recognized her own present, showed herself merciful, for she made no allusion to its fate. —Youth’s Companion, ICK: Suppose I should steal a kiss? Dotty: I defy you. Dick: And suppose I should steal two or three. Dotty: I would never give up. I should keep on defying you.—Chicago News. The Ideal Tonic A Predigested Liquid-Food For Convalescents, Young Mothers, Growing Chil- dren, the Overworked, Old Folks—a// who need health and strength, a keen appetite and good diges- tion— ANHEUSER-BUscy. WW sNulune Malt-Nutrine builds Firm Flesh, restores Brain and Nerve Force—because the os Eats | Pure Barley-Malt, and the N (alt: Ngati nerve-building properties be HE of Hops in predigestedform, are almost instantly assimi- lated by the system, and provide a Quick, Sure, Natural Tonic. strength-giving elements of Sold by all Druggists and Grocers PREPARED BY Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n ST. LOUIS U.S. A. for Liquor and Drug Using A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past twenty-five years. At the following Keeley Institutes : ington, D.C., Portland, Me. White Plains, N.Y. Harrisburg, Pa. Hot Springs, Ark. Capitol St. Lexington, Mass, Columbus, O: Pittsburg, Pa, San Francisco, Dwight, Ps St. Lots, eg 1087 N. Denniston Ave. _ 4246 Fifth Ave. 1190 Market S Plaingeld Tea. -H, Philadelphia, Pa., Providence, R. 1. West Haven,Conn. Des Moines, la. Ba B12 N. Broad St Salt Lake City, Utah Birmingham, Ala. OLD CROW RYE smitor WHISKEY sour toritens, new vorx comicbooks.com