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I must tell you of one of my adventures.
We were in a toy shop, a curious looking
figure holding a wheel attracted my atten-
tion, I asked what's that, the reply was
"just blow in that little tube". Without
waiting to hear more I blew till a cry
of dismay from Mrs. Bernheim and
the clerk stopped and I found that
the toy was a moustache maker and I
had the moustache. It was with difficulty
I could wash it off. Don't you wish you
could have stepped in just then? Our
tree was a decided success, only about
eight families contributed, but it looked
very pretty to us who had never seen a
Chicago tree. I was the happy recipient
of several nice presents, among them a
red and gilt glass toilet set and pair
of vases, a china lighter holder, and a
blue satin and pearl box of perfumery,
and croquet set with walnut mallet
heads, this was made by the donor, but