Life — December 7, 1916 — page 66: what you’re looking at

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

-CHRISTMAS LIFE- Ballaré of Xmas Giving WONDER what I'll give to Paul— Perhaps that wooden Swiss cuckoo T won somewhere at bridge last Fall Another prize I'll send to Sue— That pink sachet; and as for Prue, I'll give her that green china sheep— Although I generally do Give something that I'd like to keep. That basket hanging in the hall, It came with flowers and needs some glue, T'll mend for Gladys’ knitting-ball. That desk-set will be nice for Hugh; It's carved with flowers that never grew, And though the inkwell isn’t deep, THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK T always thought it sweet. Don’t you Give something that you'd like to keep? This little crocheted woolly shawl I'll give Aunt Kate—it’s Alice blue, And I can’t wear that shade at all. And when I’ve read this novel through, ‘Twill just suit Maud—it's quite ta- boo— I got it at that French sale, cheap; I think it’s so much nicer to Give something that you'd like to keep. Each Xmas time I watch anew This clearance of a uscless heap, Until I always wonder who Gives anything they'd like to keep! Charlotte Becker.