Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-10
A THANK -oFFERlNa HoLIpAY

Dear Social Cornerites: My Cousin Kip lives in a distant town, where she chiefly spends her time worrying for I fear the million dollars which her par ents left her may in some way be talk en away from her, or that her fine l jewels-wnicl1 she mostly keeps .in a safety denRsit box fearing that they may be stolen or lost -, will be dis
 covered missing, # at any tine she l gets courage to. wear them During last faD, Cousin Kip had 8 :! big scare. must tell you that she 1 has a lovely hone-also inherited, this 1 time from her grandrnother- Wfich ] her poor relations would dearly love to go for a vacation visit in the hot l summer, since most of us are work | ing folks. But any such hint to 1 Cousin Kip is always met by the state
 ment that she is shutting lip the house I and going to the mountains; 50 that 1 a sniff of the sea air from her piaz- 1 gas.
 We'll, as I started to tell you. Cousin
 Kip got such a big scare that she real l ly changed her cold. selfish nature wonderfully. One night two men tried to rob her fine house. To the sur
 prise of everybody. the old coach dog
 which was held by the public as sim ply an ornament to the place drove 1 tAtS 4ACtl away, dAll 1OuStI5 HiD never 1 lost so much as one of the plated forks
 or spoons with which She has to eat. so fearful is she that some of her
 solid silver may be stolen,
 Any way, her heart being touched, 1 this Christmas Cousin Kip surprised her poor relations, startling us all out of 8 years growth by sending each of
 us a cheek for $50. With the gift came a cheap. penny Christmas card, ex-
 blaming that it was given as 3 thank
 offering for Kip's escape from death or
 robbery.
 My. what a lot of fun I've had
 With that check! just made bee line
 to the bank. got it changed into clean
 new s bills. and started out to paint
 the world red
 First of all, I slipped a brand new note into the grimy hand of the jani- , tor of the building where I work daily; his wife had presented the
 weary locking man twin boys for a Christmas gift-and there were six other children in the family as start | CT! Did he nearly drop dead with : happiness? Well, that is just what he didi
 A girl on our street who has to care ) for her widowed mother and elderls } uncle came to my mind. I met hel t down town, took her to store, le 7 her admire dainty georgette crepe j. waists and when she had admired 1T r particular a delicate pink one, bough
 it, giving it to her with the surprising ,, remark, My Christmas gift. Nellie!'
 Was she happy? Say, she just criet
 with joy! That waist cost ST, and
 insisted that Nellie take the remain
 ing 8 that she n:;9ht get something : in the shape of a ss1t for her mothe 5 and uncle.
 There is a small boy on the mex 7 street who has a sick father. ant | whose mother has to be the bread : winner for the family of four, s, ! often I have noticed that child watch T ing other boys who had kiddie cars e and steam engines, and kites, and ex
 press wagons, and all other thing e which delight a boys heart; he wa }, toosprou6 to admit that he wanted any g of them. and that is what made m 2 happier than he was, when I spen
 another five dollars for toys for tn d little chap, and then some more mon e ey for warm Inittens, stockings, = reefer and a cap for himI
 If I just kept on, buying 8 big baske l. of fruit for the family of a 1aundres IS where I suppose the small folks hadn le had an orange or an apple nohod m knows for how long. tucked som S, basket, and for good measure ser a along a couple of gay hair-ribbons fc a, the girls and several funny games fc ,t the boys.
 r. Of course Cousin Kip sent me tn: .n wind-fal1 to put at interest; but ar would have made her gasp to see ho n quickly I made it melt. and the ger I'd uine joy I got out of surprising son z- acquaintance with little bit of finer a new book, something nice to eat,
 whatever I felt sure would nal
 Christmas one of unusual joy To
 honest, when stingy Kip's fifty ";
 spent-and it didn't take long to nal
 1t fiy| put few more dollars of IT - own (hard earned, but never mind 1g till had just made as many persol v- happy as wanted to!
 as I asked them to remember kindly W generous lady who had sent me u
 money; and the ianitor's wife told II If afterward that she would pray dai e. for the kind lady-well, guess DO d. Kip needs prayers, seeing that she ng so welded to her idol, Money, tn of she can't spare time to pray for he t self But she certainly helped me ID have the very merriest Christmas en my life!
 he SALLY LUNN.