| Show iI I t I AN EDITORIAL BY i I II 4 I FLORENCE pA VIES J JNO I NO PRETENSIONS E ca though the tho pine needles bL- bL b be began gan San to drop on the floor and the holly leases enes to curl up in the dry heat hoat ol of the house you nursed them along and made mado them last until after alter New ew Years Year's But this week celt no doubt iou ou nr are goodbye to them theft and brush brush- bru brushing I- I ing jag up the greenery that had dropped on the tho floor That's always s part of the tho post post- post holiday drama And after alter that Is done there are the post you post you thank which must be writ writ- written written 11 ten this week eek eck have babe exhaust exhausted Perhaps you already ed all of sour our es 0 o cr er th the atti e I n which cs the Christmas season brought and iou sou ou pick liCk a little card out of the gay pile on our s de-s e which t-which roads reads read Nothing but Lut card cards thi year thErE there are too many notes Cue oue on the little new house to lea lease lea e any any- anythIng anything thing for presents but my 10 lose lo e goes out to ioa o d Just the same Now what hat kind of a you thank letter let let- ter are arc ou going to write rite for a card cad like that Z The answer Is easy CASy Just about the biggest thank thank-s thank iou Oll letter lettel of or all for sour our friend ha has has- hassent sent iou ou the be best t gift of ot all the gift gilt of perfect faith In you ou There were no profuse apologies no warnings to save sae pride an ass to beg ou not ot to send l an anything thin no hint of exchange change or barter Just a simple statement of fact tact with tho the pel- pel pel feet feet lect assurance that you will under under- understand understand understand stand and not the tho slightest over OHr the little gut girt OU o ha sent as usual An And so vou OU will ill make malee your than you ou note to that card very Er ery val III and grateful for ioui oum OUI friend has bas tt ou she ho he has lias taken tal your frIendship for tor gran granted led and anol th its it's the best gift she Ehe could ho hoe have e given tn iou vou just to pa pay OU the 11 eme com compliment o of knott Ino I knotting ing lug that you will v ill ll not doubt herAnd her bel herAnd And that's not all ail Theres There's a bIt bito ol of a 1 ew ew Year preachment in ir simplicity and her sti ness w ard- ard ness How many loss less I s sensible les Ies honest people would have hae strained their resources resource to the bl just to Keep leep up appeal ances anCl's I 1 hat isn't In ii good taste because e t t tisa I isa t honest and amid things that aren arel t honest aren t beautiful I 1 lime woman who ho pays pass forty dollars for lor a lamp shade when hem hei hu earns arns fort the fh e dollars a week weak t managed to a 1 bit of ol finery which is out of ot the picture It doesn t belong Just as os the girl who ho hangs bangs hundreds of dollars north v of lUI fuis s sn C n U her back and mortgages her salary for a year an and a half bait to pa pay for Li it t the courage to be bo just what she Is For strangely enough it lahs a lot more courage to be l just t what vi hat you ou aro are than to attempt the impossible At least it takes likes es t 1 finer kind of ot courage in III some sonic cacs to be honest than to 11 live IRe e a lie lle I e who knew i l well ell that she had no business buying buy I n a home also knew perfectly w n ell elI th it she had no business buying busing I to gl e gl e a Il a a And Amid eer e every cry fi lend w ho I I ecel eJ ed a cheer cheery little greeting grading ring ring- ringIng ringing ringing ing with Ith cheerfulness and laden with trustfulness and welcomed it I as a gift girt Indeed Suppose Just or or orthis this scar ear car v we e try the experiment ot of actually trusting our friends it might e een en be added as a postscript to our list of ot Xe New Years Year's resolutions |
