The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . T^HE year was departing—the very last day-*? Of the month of December was passing away—When old Mother Earth, with a slight quake of fear,Said: Father Time, please, could you spare me a year?Zounds, Madam! cried Time; another year? No!Wheres the one that I gave you a twelvemonth ago?I spent it, replied Mother Earth, looking down;^ You did? thundered Time with a menacing frown;Then give an account; if wisely twas spent,And none of it wasted, perhaps Ill spent it as usual, confessed Mother Earth,In the pursuit of h
The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . T^HE year was departing—the very last day-*? Of the month of December was passing away—When old Mother Earth, with a slight quake of fear,Said: Father Time, please, could you spare me a year?Zounds, Madam! cried Time; another year? No!Wheres the one that I gave you a twelvemonth ago?I spent it, replied Mother Earth, looking down;^ You did? thundered Time with a menacing frown;Then give an account; if wisely twas spent,And none of it wasted, perhaps Ill spent it as usual, confessed Mother Earth,In the pursuit of happiness, pleasure and have you to show for it? Father Time , I have nothing ; and Earth hung her head;But if you will give me a new year to-night,Ill make earnest resolves to spend it reached for his wallet and took out a year,Saying: Those resolutions are worn out, I fear;But its growing quite late, so take this one, then,And he gave Mother Earth 1910, Sun. 26- MoN. 27. TUES. 28- Wkd. 29 - Thur. 30- December 26-31, 1909 Fri. 31. A Metropolitan Guide-book and Dictionary ofLater New York.* CCIDENT—In case you are runover by an automobile or atrolley car, ask the nearestpoliceman to take you to adrug-store. Do not worry aboutthe chauffeur or the motorman ;they will look out for them-selves. Ambulance—In case you are run over by an ambulance,jump in. Apartment Houses—Tenements in which flats concealthemselves under assumed Galleries—(See Europe.) Ashes—(See Street Cleaning Dept., or telephone to them.)Battery, The—A shady part of ]\Ianhattan Island. (SeeAssault and Battery.) Beaver Street—One of the first streets laid out in the 1650 it was called the Beaver Graft, but since then grafthas been transferred farther up-town. Blackwells Island—One of the citys waterside resorts towhich New-Yorkers frequently go for an outing. The resi-dences on the Island are large and imposing, and the majorityare handsomely built
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