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Show Hoi f. It In llirltlhoii Ultlnr. The extent to which mfti'nnl woim-n onlinariiy honest and truthful grow dii-lioiust dii-lioiust and untn thful at thUwaticf the )ear Is laiiiiutalli An the fact It lirgel) due to thouithtlesoiislt h well worth while to mention tho nuttir w ith I a warning intent If )otigliem resent AtChrlKiinas)on j doaob) way of prufoMtng affettion ir i reganl for the lruit towhem )nuniali tho gift If )ou feci no siKhuffiiti 11 f rregarl, but make thn resent from n siisui f Bociil obi 1 git lou or with a vlur to soinu io4lble ahantagu to bo Rot rum llattery, )ou aru a h)pocrIte. If by naxm of vainglory or shame-facdnew, shame-facdnew, or whit not, )ou gho mora cwtly irtrtcnts than 3011 can affonl you area dishonest pretender, ft sham, and are acting In llm iqfilt of tho Uunky who prt ten Is to Ui my lord IiinlUmh giving thiro Isnotgrne, but slmme. It Is utterly out of time with tlo siirlt of thoholidiy season, tho spirit of good will uud gladneui nud true frtfndshtji. 1hoalueof a Christ mis klft lbs In the teiitliuouy it gf of tho offectlou tint prompts It. If thit tentlmouy b) f il-e the gift Is forsworn If that testimony testi-mony ! trno It matters not at all what Its form liny Ire If )oueanaffivd n rich gift mid ure inoed by affvctlon to miko It, all is wdl Hut If )onr means ltd small and jour affection greit the expression may bo made as cffectUo as In tho other cao. 1 lu re w u n ioor lit tlo toddhr once, tho Mil of n linn) Irw, who on Chrlilmas morning sput his atdlttr) penu) for a cl iy pipe, an 1 toik 1 thr null tho suow to giu It with raliant face, to one for whom ho had ionceIed nn affection. It w us a k r) common clu) It.-, an 1 ho to whom It was giuu pom-eased carveu mfcrselmums with cost!) amWr stems Dut this w as to him tho most ret lous of them nil, becajsttlu tho smokowrctlhs tint rose from it hosuw tholoutof a little child reflictel Thit was a truoChristmii fifLbon-ostly fifLbon-ostly ma U Iu tho spirit of ChrUtuiai New ork Leuiug World |