Show ASSIST THOSE AROUND US New Year a Good Time to Remember the Needy and Struggling Who Are Close to Home 1 All history teaches us that all conditions conditions condi change a and d that every war var cloud must eventually pass away It is the fervent ervent hope an and prayer of all nations that peace will come with 1916 Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while every individual t has his own plans for the new year and they are usually generous generous' and kindly in purpose purpose pur- pur pose ose a universal spirit that explains the he cheery hopes for the new y year ar True it has been with many rather rattier a n strenuous and en exacting Ung time in plan planning planning planning ning gifts gift s for the Chri out of th the surplus of last year but the they will be none the less appreciated because because be be- cause this years year's benefactions possibly bly represent a greater sacrifice than those hose of years past Then too there have been heavy claims on American generosity for Cor funds with which to send contributions for the millions of suffering homeless and destitute pro o opIe pie abroad But on New Years Year's day we should l look ok more closely at home and remember remember ber that around us are many that need help and assistance There are thousands thousands thou thou- sands of struggling men and women that need just now something in the way of encouragement and inspiration to say nothing of a little financial boost here and there The New Year has bas always been a popular holiday with me because the greeting carries the word happy and I t wonder if happiness is not after ater all what most of u us are seeking We Ve work for t It we plan for It and ought ough to be thankful when we find it and when you say happy you must feel teel happy and look happy The word happy comes from hap and hap means chance chance good good d fortune arid and implies peace and Joyous hours What a slender thread be between be tween happy and hapless and we feel teel on this thia occasion like using Shakespeare's Shako Shake speare's greeting All happiness be be- bechance bechance bechance chance to thee We Ve Just stop and look at the word as ft stands out by itself and that is why it seems so 80 ap to have a little talk on hap py Vy when whon we speak of the New Year Joe M. M Chappie Chapple In National Maga Magazine |