Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 294
ideathat the first Christmas present was a baby. The distribution of these gifts, it was decided,should be preceded by a Christmas entertainmentabout forty minutes in length, and to contain onlysuch features as would entertain and cheer chil-dren of from four to twelve years of age. So it was that… … AFTER THE BIG CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE THEATRE. warmth, among them many a tiny Mary who hadnever seen a flower growing; or a wee Georgie,fast going blind because of a crippled side; orMaggie with the tubercular hip; each case seem-ingly more helpless than the preceding one. So it was that clothes…
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