... best Christmas, the most eil hitai col Chistas;ard tat he orl ?? de. generated since the last days of December caime to t to7 be distinguished by soft aran and tepid warmth. lt seems also o be generally assumed that every- body feasts at Christmas. from ...

... CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. : 4 as-acs ir the English edition of ' Figaro 1 an e scarcely so attractve as in other Years. - - '-aris the glowing, fresh-looking, phump : - ret roman, seated among her brilliant- r!ivcs which appears in the coyer. It is *. a 1ie ...

... CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. LEE DS. Christmas Day passed very uietly. Despite the I cus-tomary preparation, notto saypleasurable anticipation, t was difficult to realise that the great Christian festival had arrived. The weather was as little in harmony with ...

... CFBELiSTM A-RDS, NUMBERS, &Ca The extensive series of Christmas and Now YeCr&5 eards which Messrs. Marcus Ward and Co., of London, Belfast, and New York, offer to t, noblic cannot fail to meet the tastes and means of all. The no-velties include the coutout ...

... and 13,000. On the busiest day at Christmas, 1886, ' the highest number of parcels posted was between 9,000 ir aand 10;000. AS showing the extent to which, during the hi r past ten years, the practice of sending Christmas cards has ix -grown, it is stated ...

... them fit amusements of various kinds were provided. YEAoNO.-On Christmas Dav, at the Yeadon n Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, was provided the greatest- Si attraction, in the shape of a Christmas ship and fancy u fair, which were attended to by young ladies ...

... their Christmas display the only animal exhibited in the Leeds Smith- field Show by the Queen, and they are to be congratulated on their enterpris iL securing it. Their Christmas beef and mutton also represent the farms of Lord Rosebery, Lord London derr ...

... CHRI:]STMAS AuNNuAs.j Two years ago Mar. Farjeon wrote his first Christmas story. It dealt with the career of twin sisters, deserted and orphaned whilst still in their earliest infancy, and thrust upon the tender mercies of the world as it is found in ...

... Lilliputian Christmas and New t2ear's cards for children embody a happy idea; These tiny boxes are likely to be in demand. * Many designs quite out of the ordinary run have been brought out by Messrs. John Walker and Co. of London. The more beautiful ...

... exceeded the Christmas numbers of any previous year, the excess being 12i per cent. over last Christmae. CHRISTMAS BAZAARS. IDLE.-Miss CroMpton-Stansfield, of Esholt Hall, Lady of the Manor of Idle, performed the opening ceremony at a Christmas At Home ...

... ebriotin0 #atuebe -. ?? _ _ _ _I_ MulhDeowreone ubre e tofao wth jly .8o Christmas, the King of Wintethe only ing we Iemoerate: consent to acknowrledge, always ex., eoqtlagg that may-headsd overeign, .sss Pzopn.' Alas ! to thousaa Chrsntmas will this ...

... companies running out of teeds, it has been decided toI issue cheap tickets at week-end rates to sea-side resorts ! on Christmas Evo and New Year's Eve. These tiketts, which will be issued by all the companies, have hitherto been grautced only for week-ends ...