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There is my Aunt Agatha, _par exemple_, who sent me a pair of gloves last Christmas, and even got so far as to choose a kind that was being worn and had the correct number of buttons. THERE IS MY AUNT AGATHA PARGZONE WHO SENT ME A PAIR OF GLOVES LAST CHRISTMAS AND EVEN GOT SO FAR AS TO CHOOSE A KIND THAT WAS BEING WORN AND HAD THE CORRECT NUMBER OF BUTTONS
on the subject are not creditable to a civilised community. There is, for instance, the female relative in the country who "knows a tie is always useful," and sends you some spotted horror that you could only wear in secret or in Tottenham Court Road. It _might_ have been useful had she kept it to tie up currant bushes with, when it would have served the double purpose of supporting the branches and frightening away the birds--for it is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country. Then there are aunts. They are always a difficult class to deal with in the matter of presents. The trouble is that one never catches them really young enough. By the time one has educated them to an appreciation of the fact that one does not wear red woollen mittens in the West End, they die, or quarrel with the family, or do something equally inconsiderate. That is why the supply of trained aunts is always so precarious.  PREVALENT IDEAS ON THE SUBJECT ARE NOT CREDITABLE TO A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY THERE IS FOR INSTANCE THE FEMALE RELATIVE IN THE COUNTRY WHO KNOWS THE TIE IS ALWAYS USEFUL AND SENDS YOU SOME SPOTTED HORROR THAT YOU COULD ONLY WEAR IN SECRET OR IN TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USEFUL HAD SHE KEPT IT TO TIE UP CURRANT BUSHES WITH WHEN IT WOULD HAVE SERVED THE DOUBLE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE BRANCHES AND FRIGHTENING AWAY THE BIRDS FOR IT IS AN ADMITTED FACT THAT THE ORDINARY TOM TIT OF COMMERCE HAS A SOUNDER AESTHETIC TASTE THAN THE AVERAGE FEMALE RELATIVE IN THE COUNTRY THEN THERE ARE AUNTS THEY ARE ALWAYS A DIFFICULT CLASS TO DEAL WITH IN THE MATTER OF PRESENTS THE TROUBLE IS THAT ONE NEVER CATCHES THEM REALLY YOUNG ENOUGH BY THE TIME ONE HAS EDUCATED THEM TO AN APPRECIATION OF THE FACT THAT ONE DOES NOT WEAR RED WOOLLEN MITTENS IN THE WEST END THEY DIE OR QUARREL WITH THE FAMILY OR DO SOMETHING EQUALLY INCONSIDERATE THAT IS WHY THE SUPPLY OF TRAINED AUNTS IS ALWAYS SO PRECARIOUS
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