Show Expensive Presents DoNot Do DoNot DoNot Not Give Most Pleasure R n. n AND MRS IRS GORSE were Invited In In- 1 1 MR M to spend Christmas with Mr Ir Gorses Corse's wealthy sister on her farm But we cant can't i we cant can't Insisted Mrs Irs Gorse Our rent has hus been raised this year ear and living Is so dear In town we cannot afford presents that oven even her children will enjoy Its us as the they want and n not t our gifts rejoined Mr Ir Gorse You leave the presents to me On Christmas Da Day the Gorses drove up to the big bib white country house In their flivver er Such a welcome no cu they received Not an Idle nor an embarrass embarrassing sIng s- s ing moment moment even even for Mrs Gorse GorBe who ho discarded so reluctantly the weight of or city poverty pO Laughter music fun fUD vre prevailed And after dinner when lh the ups grown-ups peeked Into the nursery tl to see what the children n were doing Mr Gorse had his triumph The children Lad fad discarded their e toys and sat In a circle on the floor playing Industriously with some ten-cent ten magnets mag nets he had brought You know our likes better better better bet bet- ter than we do said th charming hostess as she lead the Gorses back to the living room And nothing I received received re re- pleases me so much as the books you OU brought rought me unless It la is to ha have e you here on Christman day Even Mrs Irs Gorse knew that her hel words rang true H. H. H Lucius Cook Q 1925 Western Newspaper r Union |