Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1917 — IN THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS [ARTICLE]

IN THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS

Some people we know would rather not go back to the condition of the “good old days.’’ For they were good days in many respects. We were healthy and we were happy, happy in working to accomplish our ambitions. But these are good d-ays, too.. There is so much to enjoy and so much to be thankful for. We can be just as contented and happy as in the days gone by—if we will. Some of the unpleasant features in connection with the cost of living, features that are galling our sensitive soul today, will have been eliminated in the near future after we have looked the situation squarely in the face and taken stock of ourselves. The hardest thing in the world to do is to trim our personal sails; to cut down personal expenditures; to forego a few of the many pleasures of the eye, ear and palate. For the present that appears to be about the only solution of the high cost of living. If each and every one of us will trim just a little the aggregate showing will be of gigantic proportions.