Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-29
A THANKSGIVING THOUGHT
EoR PLAINS WOMEN.
nv Anna VI. Saigling.


Thursday is Thanksgiving. and We
all have thanks TO give. And W" WON
en- Of the Plains have more to give than
we think.
The average woman ~ the ilainS
u,hose round or duties cncircles va
,ie,y of interests other than those mere
IN for sustenance or selfish pl'asu'''
may feel iustifiablc pride IN the mt
,erialistic advantages OF living mere,
nm, when Il comes to her intellectual
and cultural development. she t''''
heraelf Handicapped Sh" feels that sh'
~ so far away from the centers oi learn
ing and culture from the aesthetic AT
MARRIAGES. 81 our cities that II Is almost
useless 10 try to keep up Sometimes
she is overwhelmed by circumstances
that forbid much growth but often she
does not realize the wonderful inccn'
tives and the marvellous scope that she
has for selfdevelopment.
we know that physically. We can
grow and thrive In spite OF kicks ana
ruf,s--and 40 We can intellectually u
We only possess desire that IL strong
enough. Owen Johnson saws That W"
women are not our best or our hapmcs'
when we are denied the hard things
Of lie Sometimes there Is no mistaE'
inr the fact that os too much OF tn'
hard things Of life-somcthing when
doubtless every pioneer PlainsWomRn
can toll YOU But Il Is almost trit" Tor
mo 10 say that our handicaps destroy
a. 1 Fnnaf
women Of the Plains have invested ~
themselves. the power to destroy -
better. To utliZe--thcse handicaps TOT
her own development. Scars may abide
vcs Gold must I've refined. \ friend
Of mine had first visit from her moth
or last year The mother came IRON
the cultured atmosphere ot one oi ou'
large cities. and was herself q woman
~ unusual intellect and modern keep
Ing IN" She WIS delighted with IN
charm and mental alertness ~ tn
Plains women, ~ whom she met hrg
number Every one NJ them IL 81
worth while. Il seems 20 me, she said
They are ~ Ear ahead Of as with on
advantages n some ~ ,hom had hand
roughcn.d from winds and work, ! ~
not see them, for ! was engross"d wit
the brightness Of their conversation an
N their faces
So there IL incentive to hc more tina
tumble weed. which iazzcs about wit
every furry u wind, until IL finally
caught In some corner with lot q
other brittle spincd companions Som
folks are like tumblcwccd. but the
don't have to he A newspaper man Z
som" note In our largest southern ciu
who has had acquaintance with N
Plains. says that people out here haN
clearer. keener minds than people Twin
down In Texas"
And why notF Some of us may y
aud pine Tor the green hills and runulr
streams. which We have not. and 50 u
To- sense the exhiilsrating tingl" In u
air. the glory ~ the sunsets, the hcaui
- a sunrise tho wonder - the sta
seems through the clear atmosphere
and above an. the greatness 10 the vas
ness ~ space!
pcrhaps Il IT. this arm stretch IN
SPURS on the stretch ~ the iwaginatr
and the desire for greater dovolopme
~ mental and aesthetic faculties An
uerchance the deprivation ~ Just su
beautiful things a. thu forests a.
streams and mountains develops IN
greater heart hunger FOR. and app
citation of. them. We cannot fan Co
IN somo small measure ~ least. ol"Nai
nv the effort 20 discover within 81
selves mower 10 bring 90 our selves a
10 others wider and more lasting hap
ness
There are many women u the Pa
who stand out as strong. I'm" intiu'
tal characters. who have wcaihered ?
only the real winds bat yeriiabie "a
OF misfor,unes and doprivaiions :
most 81 them have strong cor
hack Such a woman has trained p
sen into discriminating among
values ~ things. into eliminating
tightening some ~ the inuumerf
tasks that confront and often handr
her. into remembering always 90 De-
op herself IN IL Winter Comes ~
ia nugget ~ thought when Hutehin
says. Write a little every day--~oi
thing you've thought What YOU
done belongs partly to some one els
what you think i YOU yourself
When women's clubs had their :
beginnings. they were organized ain