Life — December 2, 1926 — page 75: what you’re looking at

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Jingle Bells HAT is so gay as a ride in a nh! There's plenty of fun for all in a jolly canter over winter roads packed hard with snow, and if some one has thought to bring along a sprig of mistletoe, then it’s watch sharp, girls! or you'll get a sly hug or a dig in the ribs for your pains! The happy crowd of merry- makers meet at a friend's house. Sarah Brown has packed a basket lunch; reckless young Arthur Tutt has brought a jug of cider, and the jolliest crowd you ever laid eyes on go laughing and cutting-up through the country in a big red sleigh be- hind two spanking bays. There’s a Joan for every John, and many’s the lively prank that is played before the sun goes down. The boys will put handfuls of snow down the girls’ necks, making them shrick: EE! Stop it, Henry, you tease! Let a poor girl alone!” ” But the best time of all is when the afternoon grows late and it's hey! for a snapping good fire and a plate of Aunt Jo’s home-made bis- cuits. Blankets are tucked more snugly about limbs and ankles, the sleigh is headed toward town, and some one starts a song rolling: lls, jingle bells, jingle all Oh, what fun it is to ride horse open sleigh!" And it won't surprise me in the least if one or two of the boys and girls in the back seat are holding mittened hands when the sleigh pulls up to the front door And when Aunt Jo mects them there, she cries: “Mercy me! You look half-frozen. Shake that snow off your coats and corhe right in where it's toasty.” But they're none the worse for their day in the open. Ah, it’s a great thing to be young! We old Sail on the Holiday-Cruise Glo the West Indies From New York, December 18th on the S. S. RELIANCE “The Ideal Cruising Steamer’ Here is a fascinating 15 day holiday adventure to tropical seas and enchanting isles of per- petual summer. Havana, and Nassau. JAN.8 JAN. 26 15 Days 27 Days 15 Day Cruises $200 up 28 Broadway, New York A glorious vacation cruise of happy days and carefree nights to lands of wonderful beauty and charm. A “Pleasure Pirate Pilgrimage” to San Juan, Kingston, Additional West Indies Cruises Sailing from New York FEB. 26 MAR. 30 27 Days 15 Days 27 Day Cruises $300 up The RELIANCE is ideal in size and appointments for tropical cruising. Luxurious lounges, winter garden ball room, spacious decks, sunlit swimming pool, gymna- sium and many other features. The wide cruise experience of the management and staff assures unexcelled service and comfort. Write today for descriptive literature HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE UNITED AMERICAN LINES, INC. 177 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 230 South 15th St., Philadelphia or Local Steamship and Tourist Agents General Agents 131 State St., Boston 574 Market St., San Francisco graybeards must be content to hug the fire and let the youngsters have their fling. We aren't as spry as we used to be. But I guess maybe we could teach them a trick or two, ch? ... It’s your jump, Jim. Norman R. Jaffray. Fairy Story ONCE upon a time a man was ob- | served saying grace in a cabaret. Sa Ses — Mrs. Claus: WHY ALL THE ARTILLERY, cHRIs? “MUCH 4S I DREAD IT, I SHALL HAVE TO STOP OFF AT cuiIcaco!” SSS SSS SS SS SSS Special Christmas Offer of Toilette ¢. Hebrew Lady | By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A little known but remarkable piece of writing by the author of “The Confessions of an English Opium Eater.” This beautifully | printed book bound in colored paper wrappers, size 7 x 8, will be sent free with a year’s | subscription to Book Notes for $1.00. | Book Notes is in closer touch with the publishing world than any other periodical published in the U.S. It is the fastest growing literary paper in the country. To Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 27 Lewis Street, Hartford, Conn. Herewith is $1.00, Please enter my subscription to Book Notes for one year and send me without charge a copy of mas De Quincey's “Toilette of the Hebrew Lady.” SSS SSS SSS comicbooks.com