The Brinkley argus., 1919-11-27
The LndiuiduaPs
 Duty to Country
By Frances M. Coglin.

mNSt the scenes Of the greatest de- vastation that has ever visited the earth-a dazed and injured people are reeling to their feet. With the horrors of the past suffering still alive within their hearts, they turn their hopeful faces and untiring efforts towards the horizon of peace. Overcome by their great losses-losses such as America did not know. they have yet within their souls the feeling to bring their beloved lands back to peace prosperity. The realization comes to each individ- ual that he must again take up arms" and be united in the great work of thrift and saving.
 The people of France, with their in- domitab.e courage, are doing it. An appeal from the British government has long since gone out through thaA great empire, calling the populace to the absolute necessity of making this great effort, asking all to work in uni son to bring prosperous order out of wartime chaos and maintain the age time solidarity of that kingdom. Shall we of America allow the na- tions that were shaken to their very foundations and lost thousands where we lost tens. to surpass us in this work of reconstruction? Shall we show less patriotism than they by half-hearted interest in the welfare of our country? Thrift is the sister to wholesome. sane living. Saving is the keynote to substantiability. As neighbors we well come thrifty people, for we know that they make lawabiding citizens and de- sirable associates.
 Let every American educate himself in these qualities-Thrift and Saving. 1 Thrift means so much and comprises so many good qualities that it can hardly be spoken of as single at- tribute. With each individual work ing for his betterment in this way, he is directly steadying the sorely tried nerves of his country. He is infusing that great force and irresistible pow CT into the veins of his beloved land that results in supremacy and re- sistance.
 l Surely, what nation is more deserv. l ilg of whole-hearted support from $ 1 people than America? Her forefathers 1 worked with honest heart, stcicisn l and thrifty courage to give us t is lan,. l of great promise-a young, virile na- l tion, founded upon the principle ,f ] self-sacrifice. Shall we of today do 1 less than the fathers of the land, whose possession we now enjoy ae land that has developed so amazingly and given us so much?
 Shall we bring discredit on the greatest heritage people ever knew. 1 by lack of sympathy and accord with our country, by selfish contention, by disregarding every element of thrift l and for the furtherance of our own de. sires, show lack of interest in her 1 welfare?
 If we are people of such propensi- ties, then we must expect to belong to a weak nation whose resources can never be concentrated to resist evil. And, individually, we shall always be contending and building on the shoals | only to come down in wreckage
 Or shall be, as Lloyd George exhort- cd the people of Britain, pull togeth- CT" for our country? I do not believe that there is a single American heart that does not beat the faster with l pride when thinking of the dignified position his country holds among the | nations of the earth.
 do not believe that a country of such rare talents, and so generous in l the giving of new talents, will go un- appreciated and unchampioned save by few careless and unconscionable thinkers and irresponsible livers who could have no patriotism or feeling for any country save as a desirable mart in which to exploit their wares
 The principle of Thrift does not include miserliness or selfish hoarding which is incompatible with the right spirit of sane living and wise spend. ing. It does not mean to add to our own interest at the sacrifice or hurt of others CT of our country.
 When the country is distressed and the nations leaders are involved in 1 solving dinlcuit problems that cannot be solved in month or year. it is at such a time that certain element seems to come forward and seek to undermine the nations health. It is then that the people, to save their own and the nations future, should realize the wisdom of thrift and the conserva- ton of their finances
 Our government Is holding our to all earnest-minded and farseeing Americans the best means whereby substantial living basis is assured. Many Americans want to get rich too quick and often pursue will-o'-the- wisp investment that leads to the Quagmire of failure instead of being secure in government investments. l which will flourish as long As the Red. ! fDr