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Show A Mammoth Holiday Issue. The December Dcliucator, (Christmas Number) represents tho high water mark of beauty and utility, and possibly possi-bly of circulation also, In a woman's magazine, having a first edltiou of more than n million copies. It contains con-tains 240 pages. To produce this mammoth mam-moth edition 728 tons of paper and 40 presses, working 2." days were required. In addition lo exquisite color work, clever fiction and strikingly illustrated articles, tho number includes a display of charming Winter fashions coveting fortytwo pages, letters from the foreign for-eign fashion centers and Illustrated articles ar-ticles on tho fashionable fabrics and trimmings, millinery, otc. Among tho notable contributors are: Richard Le Galllenne, with a delicato romance, A Wedding Ring in the Garden, contain-ing contain-ing lyrics In the author's best vein; W. A. Frazer, with an Indian tale, the Net of Leo; Albert Blglow Paine, with a delightful sketch founded on tho foibles foi-bles of the collector; Harriot Prescott SpofTord, with a love story of unusual Interest; Andrew Lang, with a clever travesty on the usual fairy tale; aud Gustav Kobbe, with an Interesting paper pa-per describing the life of Mmo Emma Karnes In her Italian homo, with her portrait In colors. There Is also the third installment of tho Evolution of a Club Woman, the piquant narratlvo of clubdom by Agnes Surbridgc, and a remarkable photographic article by J. 0. Hemmcnt. There are many beauti-f beauti-f ul art features, among them four pages in colors representing Babyhood, Child-hood, Child-hood, Girlhood and Motherhood tho work of Bernard J. Roscmoyer. For the children there aro entertaining ganns and stories, and for the house wife many practical suggestions In cookery, und many other departments of tho home, for the Christmas season |