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Show CHRISTMAS CARDS. W. A. Dolmon, It. A., It In Claimed, Wan Their Originator. Until now most people who took an Interest In the matter would have credited cred-ited cither the luto Sir Henry Cole or J. C. Ilorsley, It. A., with the production produc-tion of tho flrBt Christmas card, nud they would have put the date down ns 1810. But u now claimant Is uow put ; forward, the late W. A. Dobson, It. A.. ', and bis claim Is supported with clr- ; cumstautlnl detail. The birth of the Christmas card is ; put back two years, to 1811. Mr. Dob- ton was u lonely young man, who ouc ; day conceived the Idea of nckuowledg- lug the klnduess of a friend by sending ; him n picture Illustrative of the festive ! season a cheerful family group surrounded sur-rounded by the fumlllar ChrlBlmas accessories. ac-cessories. Tho dlstunt friend was delighted, HhOwed It to other frleudB, and Mr. Dobson was encouraged the following year to secure tho aid of the local lithographer. Then enmo Imitators onti after another until ten years later the. business man stepped In to muko mom I cy out of what was orlctnaUy & worlA - .oflovor lut the. umhltlottB Chrlstrnttfl cards of today are n'loug, remove" fronj the primitive Father CJiclstmnses and llohln Jteabtcusta of sixty years ago.- London Chrqnlclc. ': ' i i |