ROYAL CHRISTMAS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 13 December 1912, Page 8

ROYAL CHRISTMAS.

PICTURE GREETINGS IN FAVOUR. • THE KAISER'S MOTTO. '' The Royal Family have chosen their i Christmas ttards, amd in the.icjhodcetho'se i in difficulties over the miatteir miay find .> soittie dnispdiration. i - The noyal dards magh'b 'be .descnilbed as picture cards, for inset rfn ail are repro-. , /Uuotiions of famous pictures, andl no : doubt fthis form of card will-ibe porpui liai*. • ■ ._ . ■' • On fthe cover of the Kinig's card is the rose of Lancaster, and on the first page are the thistle land shamrock surmounlted by a crown. In the centre is , a beautifully icoltoured pioture of the Prince df Wales a.nd Pnimcess Mary a,t the Oononatioh. The greetiin;g .as^simple :—- . . . With every good ,wish for a haippy CSinfetmas and a, briighit New. Year.. The Queen's cair'd has on its icover a, picture of King Henry VII. ipresentdng Lafly Catherine Gordon-'to <.his Queen. Inside is a, quotation from SbaSielstpeare: • HaaiMi and fair time of day, Joy and gooid wishes. Queen Alexamdra <jhoos€is ithes© lines: * Love icaime dlow-n- at iChrisifenias, Love all lovely, love diifvimje^ Love was born ait Chjns^mias, Star and Angels gave the sign*. Worship we the Godhead, Love inoarxwate, love diivdne. ,/ Love shall be our token, Love be yoiiirs and love Ibe mine, 'Love to God and all men. iLove for pleia, and gift, (and sign. A picture of the Madonna ;and Child, Raniited by Harriet M. (Bennett, is thw frontispiece. • The Pnince of Wales' love for.(the• ?ela ie> typified by a coloured ipdcture of iji© Armadia sadling for Engliaii'd, and* as a trontispiece the ffaigship of Lord Howard oif Effingham aippearfi. Niapoleon figures on the card of the Kaiser. He is seen leaviHg the shtores of h&vpt. The quotation is from Byron : O'er the glaS Waters of the dlaa'k iMue sea. Our .thoughts as boundless laind our soule ias free. All the royal cai^ds are printed by Messrs. Rapkael Tuck and Sons, Limited.