There is a growing impression that
New Year calling is falling off; that tho
care, vexation and annoyance outweigh
the pleiwure and profit. But so long as
the White Honw nitn tho fashion there
will be hundreds who will follow. Tho
White Hours is tenacious of custom and
precedent, nd not until w havo a bachelor
or widowed prewdent ntterly destitute
of female relativwi will tho Wliito
Hooso fail to keep open New Year's to
all corners.
Bat there are annoyances. At a certain
O street house two gentlemen called
together. The servant whose duty it was
to attend the door had disajipfwred for
tho time being and tho cook was drafted
into service. She was not up to the latent
dereloiuucnt of polite circles, but was.
not to bo canght napping.
After a brief parley at tho door she
in tho parlor with aoingle card in
her bund. Beckoning to her young
tre&i sho aaid in a stage whiuper:
"Thayre'a two mm at th' dure, hut
they've awnly wan ticket. Shall oi lit th
both av thbn inl" Wahiagton Post.
Itrolntiii.
I will wear eAsier s1k tlawi I dkl kst
year.
If I find that I have to wear Kvtaoles
I will.
I will not ntul of the advertisements
in tho Sunday paiwrw.
I will think lrn about niiaiej imd
rwtch out after more of it. Burdetto.
A New TMr't Kvri".
Tw.11 n New TfW'5 v, rpw Umg ten.
Anil binary wi Uie wrathfr,
T1irn Jew iwi1 1 wt all nloi
V(Tf th ftri tocrthf
T1i wwtr lr ly oil
In tnf UxKVt aihl lmtrl.
