New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-03
1hqbts on Mr. Douglas Fairbanks Christmas Spirit

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Thoughts on Mr. Douglas and the Christmas Spirit
Sir it may be that the k Christmas spirit was sun ABROAD
{, this all too human yesterday Let me rela'e les
to-day afternoon the dearest girl to see Mr. D. aroanK give
HE reesion of reclar American This consists principally
in avoiding gateway if there possible chance OIL Jumping ue
fence; making puns names OF estma0e foreign ge. "
whom introduced; being seized with menus" Up
seeing pretty girl and thcIeupon evncng his admiration IN 'ne
standard manner all frequent some OF our street corners
v bir been initiated into mannerisms Of regar Americans
e and in ondeavorng escape the subway rush, "aNeu
over and boarded an Eighth Avenue Now comes the part 81
interest After passenger had risen and rendered my companion
M 4 discovered that the smallest bill had five dollars
The conductor could not change neither could any nearby pasS
GER But gentleman quarter and offered TO pay our
fares and at the same time the conductor No 1905 n l. ha"ay
Cal rang 1p two fares and paid out Of his own pocket
AS said nag been the Christmas splror may De
Douglas has the wrong idea 'LNo
The resolution to use note book year has been renewed
The pleasant part viii involve expense for the same
. book received last yeara donation from the Nces' 0 "
<37vals-remans but for page, Immaculate
We determined year, make note OF everything Ia'
,+ occur to us as being susceptible Of transmutaon into the
gdeaf columnar And we did Jo down as tne phrase
goes everything that occurred The results OF l9l0s Jo
tngs" these:
notation thus; trans.
What that meant we can not recall. Probably it was re-
rr5e 20 write paragraph about ans-somcthing but that is
definite VIC can be about it
A notation thus: B. G.
Meaning entirely unrememoercd
A notation thus Shake. tercent
Meaning that there was to be Shakespeare TER
cerv write something Illuminating ABOUT IL
notation thus: Dresses and lab un
Tho sigDfcaton remember IL occurred to us one
night concert perhaps the musicians union could BOY
who for performance by strings ana
composers to write music whose
5,n would give employment the greatest possible number
Of musicians Well we played with the idea and actually started
% write an ESSAY about but it took, discovered tD more
knowledge of music musical composition than we possess
and more naive grace ignorance than we ever
acquire abandoned the notion resolving 10 relay
idea Mr. Stephen Leacock Mr.. Simeon Srunsky
Those are all the notes made 1916 This year we shall
t to do better Our recorded is memorandum 10
write an account at month Of the noaons made IN
the book.
Tuxedo dispatch The Tribune Fulton Cutting OF
Tuxedo defauted D. L. Hutchinson, 3d. Of Philadelphia IN the
opening play for the tennis challenge cup and an
iea of how nnuyes winter is given in the headline
"Livey Tennis at Tuxedo
Headlines continue to BATTLE The Worlds Albany dispatch
about bills to provide foods and markets system is headed
Hughes 10 Pass New Market Bills
No one but the girls with the paint upon their cheeks
Who sell away .heir beauty whomsoever seeks
From "Salt Water Ballads" by John Maseheld
The civilization charged Mr. Maseheld himself as
the book is published by Macmillan Co, firm which employs
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