Show 1 CHRISTMAS CARDS W A Dobson R A It Is Claimed Was Wai Their Originator now most people who took look nn Interest In the Ito matter would have ci ed edited either the lato late Sir Henry Cole Cote or ur J C Hershey II n A J with whit the tho th production than lion of at tho the first Christmas sand card end and they the would have put tho the date dato down ns III bit 7 Hut ut a n new claimant Is II now put forward l the late kite W A Dobson H n A end hits his claim Is III supported with clr cir detail Tim rho birth of ot tho the Christians card In Is I rut put book back two years to ISH 1314 Mr Ir Dob Dobi lat 11 i was UK n lonely lonel young man inapt who one ono day duy tho the Mca Idea Il of or I lug 1111 B the thO kindness A of or u a 1 friend by i ly sending sen ln him mm a n picture Illustrative of oC the festive tc ttO a cheerful family faintly group cur sur rounded by tb the uc tte j The Tho distant friend was suns showed It to other friends and Mr 11 Dobson Dobron was time the following year your to secure the add of the local lithographer Then carne Imitators one after another until ten tell years 1111 later the Putt hll el ness man stepped In t to In make mAIe mon man money ey eh e out of what was n p work ot of o love lose Hut lut the ambitious Christmas cards calla of today ore lire a Il long remove troth from the primitive Father and Robin Redbreasts of ut sixty ngo 1110 London Chronicle I |