Show ASSIST THOSE AROUND US new year a good time to remember the needy and struggling who are close to home all history teaches us that all condl alons change and that every war cloud must eventually pass away it Is the fervent hope and prayer of all nations that peace will come with 1916 mean while every individual has his own plans or the new year and they are usually generous and kindly in purpose a universal spirit that explains the cheery hopes for the new year true it has been with many rather a strenuous and exacting time in plan nang gifts for the out ol 01 the surplus ot last year but they will be none the less appreciate because this years benefactions bene factions bly represent a greater sacrifice than those 0 years past then too there have been heavy claims on american generosity for funds with which to send contributions for the millions of suffering homeless and destitute pt o pie abroad dut on new year s day we should look more closely at home and kemem ber that around us are many that need help and assistance there are 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 always been a popular holiday with me because the greeting carries the word happy and I 1 wonder if happiness is not after all what most of us are seeking we work fur it we plan tor it and bughi to be thankful when we find it and when you say happy you must tee happy and look happy the word happy comes from hap and hap means chance fortune and implies peace and joyous hours what a slender thread between happy and hapless and we feel on this occasion like using shake greeting all happiness bechance to thee we just stop and look at the word as ft stands out by itself and that Is why it seems so ap prop to have a little talk on happy when we speak of the new year joe M chappie in national Maga ilna |