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Show NOW IH THK TIME. iWdrtitnK b-rforc the U.lidayi.) YV.iit ntr,, iay friend, for New Year's breatli Ti) r'.can; tit fiimc-pllutcd lip; Ya: niriiituftr grows tiio gra.p of Denlh With ever- alcoholic sip. .t onvrefolvt! 'l'1 nn wfl11 lorake what too oft lends to crime, .a, U'i brinhti'r hopi-a thy lirart will thrill, Now in tlie time. V.'-dt nut till after (Mway, L'.iholy rcvela to enjoy : 1 'itou'lt -illy more thyself debnse Tiiou cansL uot with the evil toy. i:t t-K late, "do win no more,'' 1 1 t lie counsfllor'H word sublime, ): !' nn linda o'er an open door y- , - i ti.o time. Wait li'.t till other Axy? of Mil A.-o joined to other nights of Hhnuue, - .Hii-!:'. now, ere ciiuset falls, hegvn ; Jin.1, qticnclt unri;;)itL'ourt jjafiou's tin nic. Jur it. consume all Ihuu ait worth : ii"th hoitM- and ii-mie, dollar & dime, And d-'iivpdt yet a family'ri inirtlt ;:uw is the time. !i : if t tli former comrade.''' .scorn, tici-d not the eeoirof former matOH. J 'or time rfmik's greetin'ty a morn In Peace and Virtue's golden gates. 0 r.ot rli 'grace with clinking glnsd 7 tie .wecliifan of the Christmas chime. wiv lu'V lri"tincts lo nurpafje, '.v: i-i the time. Leo II.itkli, uthor of "An You Like It." |