[Illustration: _CAUTION DURING THE MISTLETOE SEASON._
_Pretty Cousin._ "WHAT A TIRESOME GREAT AWKWARD BOY YOU ARE!--JUST SEE
HOW YOU HAVE SCRATCHED MY CHIN!"
[_Young Gentleman apologises amply._
[
[Illustration: _NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR._
_Augustus._ "NOW, I'VE GOT YOU!"]
[Illustration: _OBVIOUS._
_Old Party from the Country_ (_with much wheezing and embarrassment_).
"I--I--WANT TO GO TO--TO--TO----"
_Conductor_ (_with alacrity_). "ALL RIGHT, OLD BOY! JUMP IN! I
KNOW--_CATTLE SHOW_!"]
[Illustration: _A PIG PEN AT A CATTLE SHOW._
_Harriet._ "THEN, I SUPPOSE, PAPA DEAR, THAT THESE ARE =LEARNED= PIGS,
AS THEY HAVE ALL GOT GOLD MEDALS?"]
[Illustration: _A PLEASANT HOLIDAY TASK._
_Mr. Punch._ "NOW, BOYS AND GIRLS! YOU MUST FIND OUT THE USE OF THESE
GLOBES BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL!"]
[Illustration: _COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON._
_Reynard the Fox._ "HERE'S AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS, MY BOYS, FOR
YOU, AND MANY OF 'EM."]
[Illustration: _THE SNOW._
"NOW, YOU BOYS HAD BETTER BE QUIET, OR I SHALL CALL THE POLICE, AS SURE
AS YOU'RE BORN."]
[Illustration: _JUVENILE ETYMOLOGY._
_Master Jack._ "MAMMA, DEAR! NOW ISN'T THIS CALLED KISSMAS TIME,
BECAUSE EVERYBODY KISSES EVERYBODY UNDER THE MISTLETOE? ADA SAYS IT
ISN'T."]
[Illustration: _MISS AND MISTLETOE._
_Miss Gushington._ "OH, DON'T YOU LIKE CHRISTMAS TIME, MR. BROWN, AND
ALL ITS DEAR OLD CUSTOMS?"
[BROWN _don't seem to see it._
]
[Illustration: _CHRISTMAS EVE._
_Ellen_ (_who is so simple_). "NOW, PRAY TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, FRANK!
WHAT IS IT THESE DREADFUL GAROTTERS CALL 'GIVING ONE THE HUG?'"
[FRANK _shows her presently_.
]
[Illustration: _UNDER THE MISTLETOE._]
[Illustration: _A FAMILY GROUP--BABY STIRRING THE PUDDING._]
[Illustration: _"A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" A JUVENILE
PARTY._]
[Illustration: _GOOD CHEER._
RICH OLD LADY IS OVERWHELMED WITH BARRELLED OYSTERS FROM DISTANT
RELATIVES.]
[Illustration: _ROOTI-TOOIT--I'VE GOT CHER!_]
[Illustration: _A JOLLY OLD PATERFAMILIAS, WITH SOME AIR-BALLOONS FOR
THE CHICKS._]
[Illustration: _A CHRISTMAS PARTY.--GRANDPAPA DANCES "SIR ROGER"--AND
MAY HE DANCE IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME._]
[Illustration: _VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT._
THAT DISTINGUISHED RIFLE-SHOT, MR. PUNCH, HAVING DONE HIS DUTY LIKE A
MAN, THROWS HIMSELF UNDER THE MISTLETOE, AND RECEIVES HIS JUST REWARD.]
[Illustration: _BROWN ENTERTAINS HIS FRIENDS WI' A HAGGIS!_]
[Illustration: _A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!_]
[Illustration: _OF A VERY STUDIOUS TURN._
_Mamma._ "WHO IS THIS HAMPER FOR?--WHY, FOR POOR JERRY, WHO IS AT
SCHOOL, YOU KNOW."
_Darling_ (_reflectively_). "OH!--DON'T YOU THINK, MA, I HAD BETTER GO
TO SCHOOL?"]
[Illustration: _WHOLESOME FEAST._
_Jessie._ "AND SO, WALTER, YOU HAVE LITTLE PARTIES AT YOUR SCHOOL, EH?"
_Walter._ "AH! DON'T WE, JUST!--LAST HALF THERE WAS CHARLEY BOGLE,
AND GEORGE TWISTER AND ME--WE JOINED YOU KNOW--AND HAD TWO POUNDS OF
SAUSAGES, COLD, AND A PLUM CAKE, AND A BARREL OF OYSTERS, AND TWO
BOTTLES OF CURRANT WINE!--OH, MY EYE! WASN'T IT JOLLY, NEITHER!"]
[Illustration: _QUITE A NICE PARTY._
_Georgina._ "WELL, GUS! AND HOW DID YOU LIKE YOUR PARTY LAST NIGHT?"
_Gus._ "OH, JOLLY--I GOT ELEVEN ICES, AND NO END OF NEGUS, AND WENT
DOWN FOUR TIMES TO SUPPER!!"]
[Illustration: _LITTLE MEN._
"BEEN TO THE PLAY MUCH THESE HOLIDAYS, FRED?"
"AW--I WENT THE OTHER NIGHT. BUT, AW--I DON'T KNOW--SOMEHOW, PANTOMIMES
ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE IN MY TIME; AND AS FOR THE GURLS, THERE
WASN'T A GOOD-LOOKING ONE IN THE HOUSE."]
[Illustration: _HOME ENJOYMENTS._
A DISCREET (!) FRIEND HAVING PRESENTED MASTER TOM WITH A TOOL-BOX AS A
NEW YEAR'S GIFT--THE FURNITURE IS PUT INTO THOROUGH REPAIR]
[Illustration: _HOME AMUSEMENTS._