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Walking Lovers.

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record.
Lovers who cannot get married for one rea-
son or another. usually not entirely disconnect-
ed with money questions are found in every
town. But it seems to me that there are more
known cases of this sad sort living in Washing
ton than in any other city. Walking lovers
they are commonly called, because i'll many
instances they can only meet Oh the street
Stern parents or gOss!ping companions make
il imprac.ica or unpleasant to meet in the
usual WY ut the girls home, and SO they go
strolling along the streets or through the parks
amid the universal sympathy of SO much of the
world as loves a lover.
The halt hour at noon which most of the de-
partlnenss give to the employees for lunching
purposes is the time when most of these old
lovers walk, for many of them are in the de-
par .nents ana cannot afford to surrender a SAL
airy by marrying. Some of them have been
walking through tie lunch hour thus hopeless
" Tor wears. There is no probability that they
will ever be able to get married. But there is
nothing to prevent their walking up and
down together. Now and then. however one
of these couples whom we have seen among
the walking lovers for years either gets some
windfall from fortunes tree or gets desperate
in either event getting married. Then we all
congratulate them in our hearts, whether We
have ever been in.rcduc sd to them Or not for
We feel that they are old friends with whom
we do well to rejoice.
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A Convincing Portrait.

Mr.. Harry Furniss. the well-known caricatu-
rist on the staff Of Punch, tells the following
anecdote, which amusingly illustrates some of
the troubles Of the harassed portrait painter;
man once called upon portrait painter
and asked him to paint his father.
'But where is your father?" asked he Of the
brush
'Oh, he died ten years ago."
''Then how can paint him?' asked the artist.
Why" was the reply, Il have just seen
your portrait of Moses. Surely if you can
paint the portrait of man who died thousands
of years ago, you can more easily paint the por-
trait of my father, who has only been dead ten
years"
Seeing the sort of man with whom he had to
deal, the artist undertook the work.
When the picture was finished, the newly
blossomed art-patron was called in to see it, He
gaZed at it in silence for some time, his eyes
filling with tears, and then softly and rever-
emily said:
$50 that is my father? All. how he is changed"
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.. = . Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith
. Announce the marriage Of their daughter
Clara
To the Reverend Robert Elsmere, DID,.
On Thursday. January Is,
At Trinity Church.

Country Cousin asks: If a lady gives an
afternoon tea does she pour il herself? II So
how can she receive her guests? Does she have
= silver tea-caddy on the table? Please state
some Of the stylish things with which the table
should be set. Does she have q copper kettle?
Do you offer lemon in the tea? II %, how is il
cut! Does this guest squeeze it. as on raw oys-
tiers? What kind of tea is used? What is the
best sort? Does the hostess sit down? Do the
guests sit down? And now for the guests
After you, have spoken to the hostess and 90 on
TO the tea-tabls what could you do il you did
not know the lady who was serving tea? These
questions. doubtless, sound very absurd to you,
but TO one in a small city they are Of vital i'm
portance."
Country Cousin" could pour tea il she had
only small company. She should have kettle
with an alcohol lamp under it, and the water
should be boiling. English breakfast tea is the
best, and she should have a silver tea set and
pretty china teacups. Then taking the tea out
OF the caddy, she should put il in japanese
teapot and pour the boiling water over il, or a
GOOD plan 10 TO Vse these little perforated silver
eggs Tor the tea grounds. dipping them in the
boiling water. As for lemon slices in tea that
y Russian tea, and precludes the use of milk;
sne lemon Is not s9ueezed. but thin slice Is
laid IN the cup II Country Cousin has a
large tee she must have a maid 10 serve the
tea. o. else she must get young friend TO
make tee for her while she receives.
At crowded tea the hostess rarely sits down
it y the modern way OF giving . party In the
daytime.
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Jusr TIE THrsos
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
EleTant BrsssTsbes with Tops. SIS 90 to s45oo
Elegant Brass Easels from so 90 TO Q 1900
Elegant Cherry and Oak Tables, from 45 TO $40 90
Piano lamps, very rich. from $1,000 to $4,000.
Brass Tables. Wood Tors 1915.
Plush Piano Covers, all prices.
Portieres, all prices
Lace Curtains. from eOc to sIoo 90 PER pair.
japanese Bric-a-Brsc.
Fur Rugs. 81 6s each
Japanese Screens.
Sofa Pillows
Articles in other departments suitable for Holiday
Gifts: We have Fans, Gloves, Neck fi,ines Hosiery
Jewelry Pocket-books. Handkerchiefs Dolls. Albums
Plush Boxes, Bronze and Bisque Figures Writing
Desks, Portfolios. Books and many other things 70
select from that too busy 70 think Of but
you want TO see Just the article your fancy suggests
or lots of things you thought Of II In really
necessary % visit We will lay aside any article
for you until desired and keep in safe condition.
Our Stock Of Christmas Goods varied
before We have tried very hard to suTersede past
splendid showings, and feel as if we had done 20.
Ask for "Sponge, Holder and Moistener," given free
TO the children during this week.
LANsBURGH 4 BRO.
dl4 40. 422. 424 and 4o6 eth st. NV
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II stranger wanders of into another room
and finds lady pouring tea she must of course.
speak to her, and not wait for an Introduction.
The roof is an introduction. and the people
whom one meets at friends house can be
| safely spoken to.
Ii IS pretty fashion to have young girl
friend make the tea. NJ. Z. W. SHERWOOD. -
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Plenty Of Food.

from the n. 7. sun
Scholar lin Sunday school class to teacher)-
Miss Brown, after the flood and when the
waters had dried up, what had Noah and his
family to live on?"
Another Scholar-"Kin answer that ques-
ton, Miss Brown"
Miss Brown very much relieved) -"Yes,
Tommy. wish you would.
TOmmy-"Dey lived on fish and game"
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His Estimate of All Author.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Thickhead (meeting an old acquaint
ance) -"Hello, Pusher, haven't seen you for
an age. What are you driving at now?''
Mr.. Pusher-(successful author)-.I am
writing another book
Mr.. Thickhead-"Sure enough. forgot you
were literary man. drawing e long breath
and shaking his head) / don't think I'd even
succeed as an author. l lack gall. suppose.
haven't got enough conceit. They tell me
you're coming right to the front. Pusher
Glad to hear it-glad to hear it. Good-by
(walking Off. He looked mighty glum. What
in thunder could have said to offend him?"
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Force of Habit.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Miss Romance Cat the theater)-"Note the
precision with which that handsome actor steps
across the stage. Every stride is exactly the
same length
Mr.. Bohemian "a little jealous)-"Yes, that
habit OF measuring the steps comes from walk
ing on railroad ties'
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From the Philadelphia Record
Philadelphian-"I wish you, sir, 10 observe
the color Of that water have just drawn from
the pipes"
Councilman-"Oh, that II all right The
color il not due 10 Impurities, but 70 the air in
the WATER"
s.Air?" @
'sYes, you -, q The Nmpid streams which
enter The 6chuylkill 20 leaping and bubbling
and singing through fheir mountain glens the
soft, brOwniah Indian summer atmosphere per.
nsssss The liqrdd and gives u thai pleasing,
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Precept and Practice.

From the Lincoln Joar1l.!.
Father (to dutiful son)-"My boy, you should
never ridicule the deformities OF others; they
cannot help their misfortunes, you know"
His wife ''Somebody is at the door, John"
81 hope to thunder it isn't that cross-eyed
Mrs. Weeder. 1t gives me the blues to look at
her."
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An Appropriate Present.

From Texas Siftings.
Wife-"What are you going to give me for q
Christmas present."
Husband-"If you could play ON the violin 1
know what I'd give you"
WHAT"
ut is called a chin rest"
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<tApple Charms.n

From Chambers Journal.
Horace mentions the use of apple pips in love
affairs. A lover would take a pip between the
finger and thumb and shoot it up to the CELL
ing, and if it struck it his or her wish would
be accomplished. Nowadays maiden tests
the fidelity Of her beloved by putting pip in
the fire, at the same time pronouncing his
name. If the pip bursts with report it is a
sign that he loves her; but should it burn
silently she is sure of his want of affection for
her. This is often performed with nuts in
stead of pips. Gays Hobnella experiments
with the pips by placing one On each cheek,
one for Lubberkin and the other for BOBBY
clod:
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1t will Amuse Them,

From the New Orleans Pcayune.
Sir Donald Smith, of Montreal, is the owner
OF the cOstliest piano ever made in this
country. When landed in Montreal it cost him
S27, 900. How the firemen will enjoy playing
on that piano when a fire breaks out in the
house where it is stored.
constant Reader'' in the Sanctum.
From the Springfield Union.
Good morning, Mr. Editor, see you are
very busy, but l suppose a cat can look upon a
king without disturbing him.
Certainly"
Don't let me take any Of your valuable
time, but sent you communication the other
day which you haven't printed"
Sign your name!"
mo 1 didn't care to put my name to it, but
the matter was one of such public interest that
Wrote on both sides Of the paper?"
why, ycs-I didn't intend to- but the subject
strung out SO had to, and also round the mar
gins"
Wrote Johnson 40 it looked like 'Smith?''
Very lihely-1 was in great haste"
Signed Constant Reader suppOse?'
Yes, sir. I've taken your valuable paper for
great many years."
Read all our editorials on the subject you
wrote abOut?'
NO! have you been discussing that subjoct?'
Certainly, for some months past, Off and
on
singular haven't noticed it; WELL if you
can't print my communication, I'd like it again
as may make some other use Of it.
"See waste basket"
Il don't see any waste basket but l notice
the floor is Uttered with manuscripts.
Same thing-no room for waste basket big
enough to accommodate all the fool stuff that
comes here.
"Oh. then / CAN'T
"Ask Janitor."
''Where shall find hm?"
''Ten flights farther up
"Elevator?'
mo, climb stairs
'What kind of looking man?'
Savage looking. with big club"
..'Oh-!good day."
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Too Great a Risk.

Too Great RISK.
From the jewelers. Weekly.
Wife-s'Shall put your diamond studs in
your shirt, dear2"
Husband-"What on earth are you thinking
OF Do you want to ruin me? have q meet
ing with my creditors this morning."
Now the skater premature,
Whom the frost bound ponds
allure,
Dons the steel again.
See how swift he glides and slick;
Whatt-a crashs plank there,
Quickl
6Ayedi-but stiff as any stick.
Trot him up the lane.
-Buv3fngt0W Free Presa
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Tedious Waiting.


From Undertook Rough Notes.
''You would be sorry TO lose your sister,
wouldn't you, Johnnie2" asked the visitor sug-
gestively to the little boy who was entertaining
him in the drawing room.
Nope" replied Johnnie. 81 guess could
stand it, Mr.. Hankinson. Nav says I've got
to wear short pants till after Irenes married. {"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22

Twas Christmas eve in Chicago. He (softly)-
'.But, Adelaide, I must speak! Tell me, dar-
Ling, viii you be my wife?"
6he-"Why, Mr.. Lexington, it il all 90 sud.
den, 20 unexpected hardly know how q
answer You. But yoa haven't told me for how
long"
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But Boobyclod soon drops upon the ground,
A certain token that his loves unsound:
While Lubberkin sticks firmly to the last"

Gay also mentions the common amusement
of pairing an apple without breaking the peel
and then throwing the strip over the left
shoulder in order to see the initial letter of the
lovers name formed by the shape the pairing
takes upon the ground. Mrs. Latham, in her
Sussex Superstitions." gives another apple
charm. Every person present fastans an
apple on a string hung and twirled round be-
fore hot fire. The owner of the apple that
first falls off is declared to be upon the point
of marriage. and as they fall SUCCESSFULLY the
order in which the rest of the party will attain
to matrimonial honors is clearly indicated
single b!essedness being the lot of the one
whose apple is the last to drop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22

OGRAms FLOWERS Or FLORENCE
TOILET COLOGNE
Distilled from
ORANGE BLOSSOMS, BALM ROSEMARY, HELLO.
TROPE, VIOLET, AND ROSES
In pint Glass Stopper Bottles, 81: or sold In any
quantity.
FARINA CoLOGNE-Gepuine All: in long, short
and wicker covered bottles
Jean Marie Farine Gold Medal Fariual
Johann Maria Farius NO. A.
SACHET PowDER-An odors Floreutine Orris. /
pound packages. Soc.
HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS Of al leading manu-.
features. in beautiful Plush Cases. Cut Glass and
Plain bottles and in bulk. IS to SOC. ounce. Hall
pint bottles, extract any odor, e24O
CUT GLASS BOTTLES, latest shapes, beautifully
cut, from 81 To $40 pair
Pressed Bottles from l0c. to &1
COLOGNE PITCHERS. 19c. and sec pair bargains,
TOILET CASES,
Manicure Sets Pearl, Ivory. and Celiuloid Comb
and Brush Sets Smoker Sets Of every description
From IL to SIS.
I. Z. OGRAM. Druggist.
d15-2w 1911 Penn ave-
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PRAcrrcAL CHRrsrNAs nrsrsrs.

PRAcrrcAL CHRrsrMAs Presents
Nothing is more acceptable TO a boy for q
Christians present thsn good Suit Of Clothes
overcoat and nowhere can you ind well made Cloth
ing, ut as low prices, at
OAK HALL,
Corner Tenth and streets.
A SPLENDID STORM COAT for So reduced from
Sl2.
a DETER CHINCHILLA STORM COAT for $40.
reduced from Sl5
A MAGN1TICE nj LINE OF oyERCoATs from o.,
TO 60, all reduced 10y one-third
We invite special sttenton to our LORD CHUM-
Lea CAPE OtER,OAJS
Our line OF ONERCOAlS for boys Of all sizes is very
large and prices just onethrd below those Of other
/ houses.
The prices all our Suits have been down below
cost Of manufacture and nothing like bargains
be found anywhere Ne have them from s6 up.
Secial attention is called Ia Bro.dcioth SUITS in
double Breasted Frock aud I ul Dress. Also 10 our
Silk ful1 Dress Vests.
Price Albert Suits from 3 up.
Suts for Boys. to H. hace been reduced prices
below cost vi manufacture, and range from $3.50 to
81.
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HOLIDAY NOTES IN NEW YORK.
Scenes just Before Christmas in Our
biggest City.

AN EXPERIENCE IN CROWDED CHRISTMAS SHOP
-woMAN's COMPENSATION FOR MANS GREAT
GAME OF FOoTBALL-A CYNICAL sCREEp on
CHRISTMAS TINE.
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The Russian government has appointed John
L. Scott, Q successfui planter Of Marion, 9. c.,
70 60 70 Russia's prosecutions In Eastern Asia 70
instruct the inhabitants u cotton culture.
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written for the EVENING STAR.
ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS.
What to Do and What Not to Do In
Polite Society.

MRS. sHERwooD's CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN -
PROPERTY OF NAMING cAILs-How LETTERS
SHOULD BE sIGSED-THE HAT oUEsTIoy-rHE
ETIQUETTE OF INVITATIONS.
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JACK AND JOE.

JACK AND JoE
have to Get an overcoat
Says jack - his friend Joe,
And with but little cash TO SPEND
Where had better go.
This buying clothes just bothers me
The srnsries- man can't tell
FrCnl lC1Allsg at 4 coat. just II
The goods viii wear real well.
AND lots Of these here clothing men
Are that keen on a trade.
i.iey II lie like sixty. anyhow.
AOout how clothes are made.
And some they stick III dollars on
Aid then You have TO jew
I'll they take of what they put on.
Nh:rperin': just for you.
Now, dom. like that kind Of way,
And blame me If know,
With Just the little cash I've got
Where IL is best TO go.
Says Joe 10 Jack, know your FIX.
Inr I've been that way to-.
Bat you'll ge; over that right quick
IL you trade where do.
Just you trade with Adler and You can tie
To every wo ri lie says,
AID lay your money out dead sure
That your investment paN.
Bis prices are way down below
Toe plices others ask.
The folks that tries TO sell with him
i tell You. have a task
Low prices: quality the best
Laree stock and goods all new,
Its plain that Adler's the man
To sell to nle and YOU
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GA X II ALL,

Corner 10th and SITS NV.
Open till 9 p. m; Saturdays till ii p. m dl9
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Here is Barbara Pomfret,

| CARoNDELEr WOMAN WHOSE CAREER Sur
PASSES AMELIAs HEROINE.
| From the st Louis Globe Democrat.
| Rose Messor, French woman, aged sixty,
was arrested yesterday in Carondelet by Sergt.
McNamee and Officer O'Gara, and sent to the
insane asylum. The case has some features in
common with Amelia Rives' rash representa-
lions In her sensational novel
Mrs. Messor came to Carondelet forty-two
| years ago. She married a man named Forman
and lived very happily until he was drowned in
a stone quarry pit. linen. the neighbors say.
she became so absorbed by the memory of Il :
dead husband that she was an automaton
He had left her some little realty, from the
rentals of which sufficient funds accrue i
to give her a livelihood. After few
years of this mechanical sort of existence
she met man who bore some striking
resemblance, taucied or real, to FOrman. ArtCr
brief courtshlp they were married. But it
appears that their honeymoon was even more
brief than was their cOurtship. Messor was
mechanic. and he went 10 st. LOUIS proper TO
obtain work. His affection for her was said to
have been remarkably strong. But when
after short absence. he returned to his brids
she would have nothing to do with him. She
told a neighboring woman that she regretted
having married him. not but that he was an
excellent man. for whom she had unboundeti
respect and confidence. but she felt that she
had violated = sacred tie, which. she maintained.
bonnd her to her dead husband. Iessor left
her, but has secretly kept loving watch over
her ever since. She shortly began to interest
her neighbors with the constant repetition Of
a story to the effect that dark shadow. the
exact image and likeness of her husband, con-
tinually preceded her wherever she would 60
All other stories she told were variable and
disconnected. But in the tale Of the dark
phantom she was firm and consistent. Her
friends smiled incredulously and paid little
heed to her. as she lived all alone in a tumble
down, one-s;ory frame house on the north
east corner of Loughborough ana Pennsylvania
avenues. 1t began to be evident tina. she was
becoming demented. At all times of night she
would startle some of the neighbors by loud
knockings on their doors. When any one
opened the door the nocturnal yisi.ant would
regale her host with the old, old story about
the shadow OF her dead husband. while the
host. in night-clothes. shivered impa.iently.
About am. Oh the LIST instant she aroused
F. Mers OF at his home. 650i South Broadway,
and after she entertained him for a time he
took her into the house iearing she would de-
stroy herself. But she annoyed his family SO
much by her monotonous spook story that he
had her arrested. Her husband, who has been
working in an adjacent village. sent word that
he would be in to-day and look after his wife.
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VICTOR E. ADLER'S
10 PER CENT CLOTHING HoCSE 10
921 and S29 9TH st. NV. corner Massachusetts ave
Strictly One Price.
Open evenings till until after the Holidays. sat
urcays till IL pm. dr.
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Gro RrsrA,. Ja.
AIS SEVENTH STREET n W..
DISPLAYS AN UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE
STOCK OF BRoNzEs. scoNcEs sTATuARY.
cHANpEIIERs, LIBRARY. PIANO. ROCKIES
TER AND n. H. VASE LAMPS: ALSO DECO
RATED GOODS, ARTISTS COLOR BOXES AND
OUTFITS AND pRAuaHTsMAN's SUPPLIES.
REASONABLE PRICES dlS-st
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A Cure for stopped Shoulders.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph
How often one hears the remark: What a
fine, big fellow Mr.. So-and-so would be if he
didn't stoopT' Aud still sach misfortune can
easily be cured. The STOPPING figure and halt
ing gait. accompanied by the unavoidable
weakness of the lungs, can be attended to and
finally cured by the very simple and easily per-
formed exercise of raising ones self upon the
toes leisurely in a perfectly perpendicular
manner several times daily. To take this ex-
ercise properly one must take a perfect posi-
ton. with the heels together end the toes at an
angle of about forty-five degrees Then drop
the arms lifelessly by the sides, animating and
raising the chest muse ulary to its full capacity;
the chin should be well drawn in and the crown
of the head feeling as il attached to string
suspended from the ceiling above. Slowly
raise upon the balls of both feet to
the greatest possible height thereby ex-
ercising all the muscles Of the legs and
body; this done, then reassuming the
standing position without swaying the body
backward out of the perfect line. Repeat this
exercise first on one foot and then on the other
The result will be a surprise to many to know
what o powerful straightening-out power this
exercise has upon round and stopped shoulders.
and it will soon be apparent that the lungs viii
begin to show expansive development
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Two Queer Chunlss

From the London Star
Lord Randolph Churchill is . tory leader,
and Henry Labouchere is a radical of radicals,
but there are no two men in the house OF COM
mons who are 30 constantly together or who
exchange their views more freely than this
tory and this radical It may be that they
are united by q certain bond Of good-natured
cynicism and business-like way Of looking al
dealer wins. Another bond IL that they are
both ipveterate smokers, and inveterate
smokers of the destructive cigarette. Church
i'll il positively miserable after dinner IL he
can't Immediately light up. and Mr.. Labou-
lowed cup Of tea and half dozen cigarettes.
Finally, Il ID q close bond between the two that
they have the mishievousness Of monkeys, and
nothing delights them more than TO upset al
the mature calculations Of steady-goinS party
men.
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bus Ies tnese things pass. There's plenty Of
good left in the world yet despite the selfish
ness and the deceit that intrude themselves 20
insolently that notice Of them cannot be
avoided. And this beautiful festival of Christ
mas time il the period for recalling the good
things rather than the evil. Here In New
York there ere noble hearts, souls full Of great
ness and goodness, deeds Of charity unhersided
and innumerable, rich blessings for others de-
void Of unsel6shness, and grasps Of the hand
that are worth more - evidences OF love and
true friendship than the richest and costliest
gifts. And to hundreds Of Thousands there Il
moro than the mere words In the glad hail, "A
merry Christmas" II. H. Sour.