Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-30

 to honor it. And that we of today may welcome and aid in shaping these newcomers into noble, self-helping cit izens should give us cause for thanks giving
 And. happily, in this work of model ing by example. we each can aid, for education is largely imitation, foi- lowing the word and art of another. so the small child. the middle-aged child, the adult and the aged each can have a part in this thanksgiving mak- ing, this standard bearing.
 There is SO much to be thankful for Not only for the earth's increase. but for everything that comes, Of good or ill For we may thus bind the good in our hearts and work to eliminate the i'll Let's think. mothers dear, of a few more things for which we may be thankful
 For the smiling faces of children, the touch Of baby fingers. For the sights that please US. the sounds that soothe us, the hands that serve us. For the workers seen and unseen whose labors lend to our comfort. For ears to hear. eyes to see and strength to speed us, thanksgiving For the stretch of woodland, the valleys and the hills. for the art in nature that causes a stream to pursue it's sinuous course rather than the straight line. For the glisten of the plumage of birds and their sweet-throated notes at mathis or at eventide. For the beauty and wonder and vista of thought opened by polished. sculpt- UTed column of shimmering marble. Its journey from the quarry to the dome 1t supports. the road builders, the vehicles of transportation and they who conduct the traffic, all these represent uncounted toll and ability and genius. Of the tools with which all these are fashioned and the skill directing them. For all these works wrought and for the workers, thanksgiving.
 For the blessings of the present thanksgiving They come to us as iruitage of the blessings of the past
 For the iOurneyings of the Tsraelites. for the selling of Joseph into Egypt, for David and Goliath. for the light from Nazareth, for the doubts of Thomas For all these. thanksgiving. Are they not blue prints or charts for character building? Do we not see in these stories of old parallels daily?
 We wander and disobey, we repent and are blessed, too often turning again. forgetful
 And often does not the going of our Josephs down into Egypt found our future prosperity and happiness? We mothers know the anguish of bitter parting. whose clouds are but screen ing coming light. And daily do we little Davids not meet our Goliaths? Stalking. disdaining. but surrender ing if we are valiant and use the weapons We know best.
 Would you believe there is really so much to be thankful for?
 Yes, for the ccrds that bind US. the trials that shape US, for our present day comforts and conveniences. With all these for which to be thankful how can we go heavily about our work? Because of the evils that beset? True enough. but for their realization we should be thankful. for 1t Is cnly so that we, recognizing. may work to banish. And that Is our present work. That less of wrong shall confront those who come after is our desire.
 And greatest of all things for which we may be thankful Is friendship. it shall bring our souls singing into end less day. for that being Is blessed who finds from cut the world the true heart of a friend