Show A WORD FOR CHRISTMAS the beautiful custom of gift giving at christmas is becoming so go mereen ary and exacting a process in this thia ad va ced age that many people are almost of the humor to desire that it be honored rather in the breach than the observance the habit of giving numerous and costly presents far beyond the pecuniary ability of the donor and hence coming far short of causing the pleasure to the recipient which a simpler token of affect affection iOD would inspire is to blame for this lame lamen lamentable tabe le cadence I 1 in i i th years best beat holiday but no one likes to be considered mean ar stingy or ungrateful an i 1 therefore every one thinks khinki s it his duty to follow in the wake of the heedless heed less throng throne buying presents which he be can caa ill afford or incurring debts which may take mai weeks p n r haps even month to 0 o pay the L litter later ater day saints are not dot given to iol hollowing lowing after the patterns of the world and here to is an occasion where they have a flue fits opportunity to show sturdiness and independence they can if they will rescue christmas from the unpopularity larity into which it lie is sinking the news appeal i to them to do it we thail n A t undertake to t multiply words or a advance vance dreary defay argument arguments but if each one will give to the Ou subject bett a moments calm and hont honest thought we are colv convinced need there will be little money spent frivolously leaving the more to alleviate a neighbor dit theoe and to work other deeds of real charity we would sot not discourage the custom of remembering mem bering vie tie children an I 1 one si mother nother in the time way but we would like to see excess anti and 4 extravagance checked so that the joys of the occasion may not be marred by regretful or reproachful I 1 a n a should like to see the old idea of nf christmas revived and the day honored in its true |