Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-24
WHY bE THANKFUL?
Some Things Which Every One
 Can Rejoice In.

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 Il you are tat, be thankful. The stout woman, for example, always looks comfortable and is usually good ,empered, no matter what her feelings and disposition may be.
 Are you beautiful? Be thankful that you are able to fulfill every earth ly desire with no more effort than is required to summon a smile of re- ward for those who flock to serve you
 Do you lack beauty? Be thankful that you are not harassed by the fear of losing your good looks until worry has written it's unsightly lines all over your face.
 If you enjoy the reputation of wit, be thankful; for all persons who have wits are not witty, and one who is never lacks companionship or admir- CTS.
 Have you home? Be thankful that wherever you go there accompanies you the knowledge that your own door is always open to you, no matter what the position of other doors may be.
 If you are married woman be thankful that you need never suffer, like heroines of romance, from SUD- pressed emotions and overcharged feelings. You have always at hand one upon whom you can vent the one and to whom you may charge the oth- er You are secure in the stronghold of Responsibility.
 Are you married man? Rejoice that there lives at least one person in the world who secretly believes that you are now or at least once were a paragon of perfection.
 Do you add "spinster" to your legal signature? Let your soul be filled with '. thankfulness that your es- pecial domains may be kept tidy and furbelowed to degree neither appre- ciated nor tolerated by the masculine mind. Remember that maiden may, if she likes, try on many engagement rings and still enjoy the feminine pre- rogative of failing to keep the con- tracts these imply.
 Are you rich? Be thankful, for your opportunities to enrich the lives of others are many and even your en- emies will kowtow to you.
 Are you poor? Rejoice, for those whose pleasures are few and bought with an effort are best equipped heart fly to enjoy them. Persons who have neither money nor possessions are not harassed by the fear of losing them nor troubled by fluctuations in the world of finance.
 Have you youth? Be grateful for it. Nothing is impossible for youth to attempt, and it is from the exploita- tions of youth that sages draw their wisdom. .as,
 Finally, if you are old, be thankful. Age confers privileges which nothing else, even ibes slows x It is pleasant to be able to tell other people how to bring up their children properly, whether you ever brought; Ap any; yourself or not, and to arregates to yourself, and sometimes express, all the wisdom whidh, years are supposed to garner. < .iss@|44 IT " .F5lsT f5 <. :5'Tr7z- 77''I :, -.
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