A Santa Claus From the Sea Arrives for Christmas
On a sandy island Jack Nan and Topsy fear no Christmas without gifts. A jolly boat arrives bearing Santa Claus who is really an old sailor in disguise. He serves soup and bread, fills stockings with gifts, and sails the children to the mainland for a merry Christmas morning.
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Black Topsy
Topsy
Nan
Marie Santa Claus
Little Nan
Santa Claus
Nanine
Santa
Golig
Yan
Christmas Games Telegrams Ready for Holiday Fun
A lighthearted guide explains how to play tele grams a crowd party game using paper slips and thirteen letters per slip. Players craft amusing thirteen word telegrams from the letters, then pass and read them aloud, with care to avoid personal offense.
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Kingston
Willie Candy
Hope
Granville
A Christmas Eve Game Woodseller Amuses Holiday Party
A Christmas Eve game called the woodseller provides festive entertainment for a holiday gathering. One player hides a wood name, others ask what kind, and the answer Find out leads to guesses and forfeits. The correct wood passes the turn to the guesser, with repeated names fined.
Harvard professor suggests less feminine talk boosts beauty
A Harvard professor quips that reducing feminine conversation could increase beauty by keeping still. He also jokes about vacancies in the diplomatic service, reflecting parliamentary cynicism and social commentary of the era.
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Harvard
Very Few Copperheads In Rocky Mountain Woodlands
The copperhead, though venomous, rarely surpasses three feet in length and is sparsely distributed. Few people have sighted one, which favors rocky, mountainous woodlands and avoids open meadows.
Be Joyously Useful Motto Message
A compact quotation about striving to be permanently useful with a joyful spirit, sunshine, grace, and brightness guiding daily effort.
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Carlyle
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