Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
A CLUB MANS FORTUNE.
How He Made 10 by .tSxyearing Off.
GA New Years Day.

From the New Yors Times.
Il am very much indebted to the Times"
said young club man yesterday to a reporter,
for the Times has made my fortune. l have
had just about enough spending money for seve-
raj years to pay my billiard and cigar bills and
now am perfectly independent. 1t is a very
comfortably Keeling. too. to be worth some
where in the neighborhood of 5000. 600
The reporter, Of course. asked for prticu-
lars.
"Ycu see.'' said the young man, II saw an
art Gle in the Times good while ago showing
Row inuc; money a man might lave when he
was Old il he saved the money he would other
wise spend for cigars-say. thirty cents q day.
1t Inquired up to 500 80 for the first year. ard
Kept on increasingyery fast after hat till. after
SIXTY Years of saving. it amounted to mere than
$4,000 at compound Interest. Well. could dis
Count that. because | smoked more than three
cigars Gay and raid more than ten cents apiece
FOR them. l never smoked less than five a
day. and always paid twe nty cents apiece for
them. That made dollar day. | thought
1t would be good plan to have something
to tai back on when got old, SO Just made
up my mind to stop smoking aud be rich
man. The LIST of January l thought would
be Ii good time to quit. and | set aside this
upper pocket In NY vest to hold my cigar
iniit-Sl Il day. and no nonsense. On Monday
l stored away the dollar, and didn't care to
smoke at all. Tuesday. another dollar. and
still! d;.la't care much about it. On "Wednesday
in went the third dollar. ] wanted to smoke
little on Wednesday. but knew was getting
rich and resisted. Gin Thursday I bag@ed the
fourth dollar Well. on Thursday night | sat
down to quiet little game of poker and the
boys just about cleaned me out. | had lust 81
left, and didn't want to draw G check. because
tie goV,nor sometimes wants to know what
checks are for. here was {. big Jack pot that
had Just been opened and | wanted TO sec
whether could better a pair of mines. 1t took
50 to get in. and happened to think Of the s.
In my cigar fund. | thought | might as we'll
borrow that. and in she went. Sure as you're
alive they dealt me another nine and q pair of
tours: won the pot. of course. with $40 in it,
DID you keep on playng:" the reporter
asked him.
THE game was just breaking up said the
young man. That S45 wasn't much use to
me. and concluded would either turn it into
a few hundred or lose it entirely. So tackled
baccarat. Well. to make Il long story short !
Came out OF the baccarat with over IS. Geo 1t
was all won with my fOurdol cigar fund. Won
Know And now have the call on that game
tor can keep right on smoking and let nv 81 eco
be growing all the time. Just figure it UP for
Yourself. She doubles every ten years sure as
fate. That's $1,000 in ten years sl2 900 in
twenty years, S24.O00 in thirty years, $4,000 in
forty years S96. 600 in fifty years and SI:s3GO0 in
sixty years. That's nearly $500 eco at ordinary
compound interest But by judcious invest
ments can make her double that. 1t makes
my head swim to think of it. I'm not much
past twenty now and that will make ne eighty
and when | reach the venerable fOurscOre I'll
have coo or $500, 600 waiting for me. It's
all. mind yOu because ! stopped smoking for
four days. 1t was good investment and 1 adj
wise all young men to stop smoking and get.rch.
Have a cigar!'