PRESENTS OF MIND.

Auckland Star, Volume 304, Issue 304, 23 December 1926, Page 7 (Supplement)

PRESENTS OF MIND.

I resolved to bo sensible this Christmas, and to give nothing but the pro sents that euunt. "After all," I reflected, "it is net the present itself that count*: it is t.ie thought behind it. And if it is only the thought that matters, why make Lie present at all v So I made up some extra L'ood thoughts, tied 'em round with a little red ribbon, and sent them oft to my friends and relatives. "Accept." 1 write to mv best cirl. "my best wishes to you for 1 diamond necklace. 2 ruby rings, and 1 ten-pound hox of chocolates." To my little nephew I s?nt tub plcafant greeting: — "Merry Christmas: I sincerely hope you achieve the skates, the scooter, and the toy drum that your little hear; desires." While T<- my older nephew I wrote: "Happy Christmas: I would send you ties, but I am afraid mv selection would hardly suit your fastidious taste. 1 wish, therefore, that you would buy the ties for yi ur-eif. Now. I would send the money to buy this haberdashery were I not so concerned in developing in you the -pirit of self-reliance. Therefore you shall purchase those scarves at your own expense. N"o one. however. '•ould hope more sincerely than T that you get the ties you are looking for. Always for your welfare " To mv Aunt Tabitha I dashed off this .hoery little note: — "Happy Yuletide: Will you jilce.se. idease jro out and buy yourself a ni. , e lilaek umbrella? I have no m->ney to -"end you-, but I am dispatchins. pre- ■ aid. 1 passionate de-ire that you should be the possessor of a splendid silk-covered. ffold-toppod umbrella. Always your fai'hfnl ne~hr-w "'