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ON SOME CHRISTMAS DIARIES.--No backsliding in engagements if you possess
one of WALKER'S capital _backlooped_ pocket-diaries, they are strongly
bound to assist you. His Society Christmas Cards are, as they should be,
first class. In fact, "WALKER" is not "HOOKEY," but "O. K."
[Illustration: AN EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.
"----AND OH, MABEL, A _WRETCH_ MISTOOK MY SKIRT FOR THE 'BUS APRON, THE
OTHER DAY, AND DIDN'T FIND OUT HIS MISTAKE FOR EVER SO LONG. OF COURSE
HE WAS _AWFULLY_ NICE ABOUT IT; SO I HAD TO SAY, IT DIDN'T MATTER. BUT
WASN'T IT DREADFUL!"]
[Illustration: THE INFANT PHENOMENON.