The border vidette., 1926-01-02
OUR HOME ADVANTAGES UN-
PARALCELED.

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as the words most prosperous
nation. Less than $50 years af
ter the founding of our govern
ment we have outstripped ir
spiritual and material progress,
every other country on the globe
The outstanding feature of our
government which every Amer.
ican should appreciate is the op
portunity which it offers to ex.
ercise individual INITIATIVE, en-
terprise and ability to develop
ideas along any line of honest
endeavor.
This is not land of privileges
for few and oblivion for the
many. Any man who has energy
and perseverance can rise from
the lowest to the highest position
in industry, religion. politics or
whatever his choice may be-.
Each man and woman has the op.
portunity for a fair start regard.
less of the handicaps or disad
vantages of ancestors.
1t is no wonder that a nation
where every family can set its
own goal to strive for without
hindrance from either political,
religious or social sources, should
have developed in a manner un.
paralleled in the worlds history.
AS the family of plain John
Smith gathers around its bounti.
fully filed Christmas or New
Years dinner, table, it should
bear in mind these facts. The
Smith home will be typical, of
millions Of other American homes
1t will be warmed by a modern
heating plant. Dinner will be
cooked on an efficient stove which
in many instances will be heated
by gas or electricity.
Water for the table will come
shrough modern plumbing from
sanitary sources which furnish
an unending stream for all house.
hold purposes, including the
modern bathroom which has plac
ed American homes head and
shoulders above those of other
nations.
Music during the meal may be
furnished by a piano, phono
graph, Or the more modern radio
which will bring to the dinner
table the opera, news, music or
lectures from points which may
be actually thousands of miles
distant. In the eveningthe home
will be flooded with lig ht through
pressing button; and the tele.
phone, that indispensable article
to the American family, will offer
communication with loved ones.
or friends who may be in the
next city block or 5000 miles
across the continents.
After. dinner the family will
probably take out the automo
bile, whether it be a $2OC sec
ondhand fivver or a $4,000 en-
closed palace on wheels, and go
for a so or 100 mile ride over
paved highways, or to some play
or entertainment, as the mood
strikes them.
Chance, which in the past
wrecked the happiness and fut
ure prospects of so many fami
lies and industries, has been
largely eliminated in the Amer,
lean home through modern in.
surance methods which have
seen their greatest development
here in order to take care of the
varied needs and requirements
of American family and business
life.
This is not an overdrawn pic.
ture. Tits typical of the average
home in every town, village and
city in the United States. 1t is
so commonplace to most of US
that we are prone to forget the
background of sound govern.
ment which has made it possible.
But at this season of the year,
when it is the endeavor of all
the word to appreciate the bless.
ings it has received, it is we'll
for US in this nation to be doubly
grateful for the opportunities
which we have.
Each of US, individually, should
determine in our own minds to
see that the structure founded
by the fathers of this country is
not weakened, but made strong.
er with age; and that the oppor
tunity and freedom guaranteed
to the individual and industry
under our constitution. is not
curtailed or destroyed, but en-.
larged and strengthened.