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Show Passing Chimes By James Barton Adams. WIFE'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ME. It stands there in the. dining room, a thing oE beauty rare, Artistic in its every line, filled with imported ware, And every time I gaze on it my glad heart throbs with joy To think how she who gave it me must love her hubby boy! Perhaps a dozen times a day I stand before the prize ' . . ..... And on its costly contents feast my glad enraptured enrap-tured eyes, And feel how I would glow with pride if all the World could see That China oabinet and ware wife's Christmas gift to me. ' For weeks I'd wondered what surprise the thoughtful dear would spring Upon the apple of her , eye when Christmas' belH would ring; ; I dreamed of fine. Key West cigars, of chair in ' which to rest, J And even thought a diamond stud might sparkle on my breast. In fancy I could see myself in smoking jacket neat, With silk embroidered slippers resting on my weary feet, But never dreamed her token of undying love would be A china cabinet and ware wife's Christmas gift to me '. 'Twas just what 1 so often wished, good Santa . Claus 'Would, bring, Oft wondered how I got along without the precious prec-ious thing, . But never dared, to hope sh'ed Hash before my gladdened eyes . Upon the blessed Christmas morn such an expensive ex-pensive prize. But in this life surprises come in unexpected way, As this one came from loving hands upon that merry day; Surprises that will cause the heart to dance with ecstasy, As mine da"nced o'er this costly prize wife's Christmas gift to me. ' ' (5 & J A woman cannot, throw a stone gracefully. Or a fit, either,! for . that matter. bt (! J? The Chicago footpad who held up four men in succession and got only ?1.30 out of all their pockets must have caught fellows who had just retired from poker games with chiled feet. & & t -. An- eastern critic says that the English language lan-guage as spoken in America is "violent, illogical, chastic and absurd." We have ofton hold thai view of it during a political campaign. |