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Reading by Mrs. Leigh Ward — The Passage Delorme and the Doll-baby Show — The Charm of Home Letters — Sacred Memories — The Christmas Tree, and “ Young America ” — Midnight Mass at the Madelaine — Sudden Death of an American Journalist — Promenade of the Emperor and Em- press on the Champs Elysees, Christmas Day — The Boule- vard dcs Italiens with Holiday Decorations — A Frenchman Intoxicated by Beauty — A Museum of Wax Figures — Pe- ters’ Restaurant, and the French Apology for Oysters, - 151
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Entertainment at the Grand H6tel — Hdtel Lambert, and Fair for the Benefit of poor Poles — The Seine — The American Episcopal Church — The New Year — An American Rose-bud, 1(54