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Show CUT OUT WORRIES AT THIS SEASON Let Thanksgiving Time Be Given Over Only to Rejoicing. A story which has been told In the atrlcal circles for many years, relates' the adventure of a comedlao, long out of a Job, who, In feur and trembling, sought employment from a grulT and hard vUaged manager. On lit lug Informed In-formed of his visitor's errand, the manager wheeled In his chttlr. fixed the unfortunate actor with a baleful glare and barked out, "Ail right, go aheud and be comical now. Make me j laugh." . Something akin to the discomfiture of the actor thus peremptorily required re-quired to be mirth provoking is often experienced by the citizen when II comes to complying with the official request to be thankful on the annual occasion set aside for that function. He may not feel at all thankful, lie may have private griefs and anxieties He may have domestic worries. He may be oppressed wlih a conviction of impending national disaster. He may feel It necessary to devote himself him-self pretty exclusively to worry. Therefore, on being commanded to be thankful at a certain time he Is disconcerted and perhaps falls to bring himself Into the desired frame of mind. But It Is a good Idea, nevertheless. For the precise reason that most of as spend too much time In examining our causes for depression . and In dwelling upon the reasons we- may have for sorrow, regret or apprehension, apprehen-sion, It Is an excellent thing to be asked at a certain time to remember our blessings. For we all have them, however much we may permit them to be obscured ob-scured by our worries. Individually and nationally we have much to be thankful for and a few moments of thought will disclose ample reason for gratitude. ' |