Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-11-27
Why Be Thankful.

The person does not exist who is with
out something to be thankful for. One
who isappreciative in a small way tor the
bestowal of favor has, at least, augmenta-
ton to his thankfulness in the fact that he
is not under obligation to return as well
as to be grateful for large ones.
Are you unhappy? Be thankful that
there are plenty to console and more to
advise you ii only an opportunity is al
forded them.
Have you poor eyesight ? Be thank
full that you are spared seeing more than
is good for you and that you have an ex-
ce!Ient excuse for failing to perform many
of the small obligations OF life.
Are your eyes perfect? Be thankful
that you need not contribute to the sup
port of oculists and opticians.
Are you thin? Be thankful that you
are not as the fat, who obstruct the door
to progress in many ways and places.
If you are fat, be thankful. The stout
woman, for example. always looks COM
Portable and is usually good-tempered, no
matter what her feelings and disposition
may be.
Are you beautiful =? Be thankful that
YOU are able to fulfill every earthly desire
with no more effort than is required TO
summon a smile of reward 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
its 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 verlacks
companionship or admirers.
Have you home Be thankful that
wherever you 60 there accompanies
you the knowledge that your own door
is always open 10 you, no matter what
the position of other doors may be.
If YOU are married woman, be thank
full that you need never suffer, like
heroines of romance, from suppressed
emotions and oVercharged feeling. You
have always at hand one upon whom you
can vent the one and to whom you may
charge the other. 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 paragon OF
perfection.
Do you add "spinster" to your legal
signature Let your soul be filled with
thankfulness that your especial domains
may be kept tidy and furbelowed TO
degree neither appreciated nor tolerated
by the masculine mind. Remember that
a maiden may, if she likes, try on many
engagement rings and still enjoy the
feminine prerogative of failing to keep
the contracts these imply.
Are you rich ? Be thankful, for your
opportunities to enrich the lives OF others
are many and even your enemies Will
kowtow to you.
Are you poor? Rejoice, for those
whose pleasures are few and bought with
an effort are best equipped heartily 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 at
tempt, and it is from the explorations OF
youth that sages draw their wisdom.
Finally, if you are old, be thankful.
Age confers privileges which nothing
else ever bestows. it is pleasant to be
able to tell other people how to bring up
their children properly, whether you ever
brought up any yourself or not, and to
arogate to yourself, and sometimes ex-
press, all the wisdom which years are
supposed to garner.
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