Dearest Mary,--I am sending you a little Christmas card, in the shape of a water-colour drawing with a calendar attached, which can be removed each year. It will remind you of the fine time we spent bathing and boating on the Welsh Coast, which I know you people in the North adore. I have long wanted to send you some token of our days together in that pleasant land, and, after much searching, here at last it is. Your affectionate Friend, Joan Dalgleish. _From Mary Morris to Joan Dalgleish._ _December_ 24. Dearest Joan,--What a treat to see that glorious Welsh Coast, that heaving sea and those sunny cliffs, when I am barely existing in this gloomy city! _Always_ will this _dear_ scene be in my sight morning and evening, to remind me of my friend whom I miss _so much_, and of those grand aspects of nature which we enjoyed together. With dear love, Mary. _From Mary Morris to Miss Eleanor Mendip, Writers' Club, London._ _December_ 30. Dear Miss Mendip,--It seems ages since we met after your _great_ visit to Manchester and after that _splendid_ lecture on "Some Aspects of Nature." I cannot let the New Year pass without sending you a little picture of our Northern coast as a humble token of my _immense_ admiration for your charming work--the poor offering of a constant admirer. Hoping to see you again in our city and that you will again stay at our home, Your affectionate admirer, Mary Morris. _From Miss Mendip to Miss Morris._ _January_ 2. Dear Miss Morris,--Forgive me for not acknowledging before the graceful tribute of your admiration for my work. I do indeed regard you as a friend--few girls of my acquaintance have so real a sense of literary perfection as my dear young friend in Manchester. Always will I cherish your appreciative gift as a remembrance of my sweet young friend. Yours affectionately, Eleanor Mendip. _From Miss Mendip to the Editor, "Women's Welfare," London._ _January_ 4. Dear Mr. Scrimbles,--You said you intended to obtain an illustration to my paper on "Cottage Homes by Western Waters." I can save you trouble and some expense. I have succeeded in obtaining just the picture you want. I accordingly enclose it. You can add the fee of 10s. 6d. to my cheque for the article. I hope it will come out in February. Yours truly, Eleanor Mendip. * * * * * "WANTED. Good School-Master, in exchange for Blue Pom dog, 3 months, splendid coat, or sell L1. Approval both ways." _Welsh Paper_. Lest our scholastic readers should be incensed at this cynical estimate of their value we hasten to inform them that this "School-Master" is a pigeon and not a pedagogue. * * * * * AT THE PLAY. "Puss in Boots."