GIVING ONESELF AWAY.
The Admiral (standing beside his portrait). "You've no idea how a Beard changes the Character of a Man's Profile, Miss Sanderson. Just look here!"
Miss Sanderson. "A—a—I see what you mean."
The Game of Christmas Cards.—That Father Christmas is coming to town with his usual entertainment is evident from the cards and advertisements sent everywhere in advance. What is the impossible future of the Christmas card? This is a question suggested by the modern way of looking at things, and especially at the marvellous ingenuity with which Raphael Tuck and Son have saved their cards from dwindling into the obscurity of dull averageness. They are in their pristine freshness scintillating with that adhesive frost on simple summer flowers so entirely metaphorical of the season. Their dainty, artistic, and useful calendars inspire one with a cheerful fascination to begin the New Year.
MORE SHE-NOTES.
(By Iõpna, Author of "A Yellow Plaster.")