Show say s vw A practical christmas aunt jennies vanity is ia for aunt jennie emust must bo be useful Insl insisted eted her sister inlaw you know how terribly old fashioned and practical site she la Is so aunt jennies christmas had consisted of a woolen sweater woolen kloves gloves good stout woolen hose a sewing basket slippers lined with lambs wool a little woolen shawl and knitting needles in n assorted sizes As the presents were being opened on christmas christinas morning however aunt jennie uttered littered ii a cry of delight and rushed over and embraced tier her small nephew charlie unknown to the family charlie more practical than ills hla parents hal had given tits his aged aunt it little brass lip stick a box of rouge and some powder and a puff cufr you dear sweet boyl boy I 1 aun annj jennie was saying you dear sweet boyl boy I 1 and to think you thought though t color so youthful and beautiful it must be artificial at tny my age why I 1 feel years younger at such a compliment and you know ive never used a cosmetic in my life I 1 at dinner that day it if aunt jennie look loob twenty five years younger silo she looked tit at least ten and the youthful hush flush of her cheek was a sufficient elent recompense to charlie for the mild scolding he had received from his bis practical mother harold L cook 0 1128 western newspaper union |