The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18

Some one told her she was wonder.
fully well preserved for her years.
The compliment gave her an idea. She
said:
i've kept down wrinkles, manicured
my hands, and exercised my figure in
to good condition, all for myself. l
wonder If l could show other women
how?"
She took a few lessons from expert
some cards printed, rented a tiny fiat,
moved in what was left OF her old
home-fittings, established her mother
and picked up her new life with q
smile.
l asked her today why she was
thankful. She smiled her radiant, hon
est smile and answered: "Oh. for so
much! First, to think that q way
was opened for me to earn my living
and thus be Independent.
Second. for my health. I feel SO
strong and capable again.
Third, for my mother. She makes
home for me now.
Fourth, for the fact that I do not
owe a dollar. Debt is such a terrible
thing to face on Thanksgiving morn
ing"
How the d%un-colored little lady
would have stared at our new-found
friend.
whats the use of being healthy
and g~ood-looking," she would ask. III
the man you had loved for years Is
not around to admire you?
"And what is the use of being thank
full for just a mother. Every one has
a mother-and then this oma must
support her mother from her slender
earnings. That looks more like a aus
for worry than for thanks.
"Then one deserves no credit for be-
ing out Of debt when you have so
small an income that you do not dare
have anything charged"
Dun-colored little ladies always have
their W arguments with which to
fight any unruly feelings Of thanks
giving and happiness.
But of a truth tie wage earning
woman today has much for which to
be thankful. l recently met a white
haired woman, who ranked among tho
pioneer business women Of New
York.
She said that when she first opened
her shop, the curious-minded. boys.
men and women, used to hang round
the door for a peek at her and often
followed her on the street.
The American girl in business is
particularly fortunate. according to
the light of an Englishman, who has
been studying sociological conditions
in America.
He found himself n noon at a
great white and gold restaurant In
the financial district of New York
CITY. All around him at other tables
were w~ell-groomed, well-dressed. we'll
behaved young He said to
his host:
"And who are these young women?
Do they buy and sell stocks"
His host smiled.
mot at all. They are our stenogra-
piers, clerks and private SECRETARIES"
"Ah-" said the bewildered English
man, "but-er-they look SO like Ia
dies"
Yes, we have reached the point
where we may work for our living and
still be regarded as ladies in the
broadcast sense of the word.
Breadwinning is today a badge OF
honor, and the woman who earns her
own living is not a social outcast. So
much snobbery has America lost
through the womanliness and intelli-
gence of it's business girls.
So much have the little d~un-colored
ladies to be grateful for-indepen-
dence, and honor and happiness in in
dependence, If only they will follow
the girls who have learned to walk on
the sunny side Of life's broad street.
All happiness is comparative. All
causes for Thanksgiving are compare
tive. Do not look towards those who
are better off than yourself when you
are counting your beads of gratitude.
Look rather on the state of those who
may well envy you-and then give
thanks.-Chicago Inter Ocean.