Show expensive presents do not give most pleasure measure it AND MRS gokan were invited M alt to spend christmas with mr gorses borses wealthy sister on hn her farat but we e cant we cant insisted mrs florae our rent lins has been raised raided tills this year arid living Is so dear in town we cannot afford presents that even her children will enjoy its us they want and not our gifts rejoined sir mr gorse you leue leave tile the presents pie to me inc on christmas day the garses gorses drove up tip to the lie big white country house in their flivver liver fl such it a vv welcome elcome as they fetched retched ret ched ed not an idle nor boriin till embarrass ing in moment even een for mrs mis gorse who discarded so KO reluctantly the lie n weight eight of elty city poverty laughter music fun pre prevailed and after dinner when the grownups grown town ups peeked into the nursery to see what the children were doing mr air corse had his ls triumph the children had discarded their expensive toys and sat in a circle on oil the floor playing placing industriously with some ten cent magnets lie had brought you know our childrens likes better than we do said the charming hostess as she lead the garses gorses back to till lip living room and nothing I 1 received receded pleases ine so much as the bools you ou brought me unless it Is to have you jou here on christmas cy even mrs gorse knew that her words rang true if 11 luclus lucius cook 0 Q o 1816 western newspaper union W |