REHEARSING FOR THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME.
THE BEAR (at rehearsal). "See here, Dorothy, when I begin to devour you in the Christmas performance, you ought to be awful scart, instead of giggling."
DOROTHY. "But you make me giggle, your whiskers tickle me so."


A WREATH OF CHRISTMAS SMILES.

BY CODDLES AND TODDLES.

C. (1 a.m.). "Is it raining out, Tod?"

T. "Raining! No; it's snowing hard."

C. "I don't think Santa Claus will come, then, 'cause papa said he uses reindeers only to pull his sleigh."


T. (2 a.m.). "Cod, I wonder why Santa Claus only comes at night!"