Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-05-01
BOSOM.PINS AND BARE FEET,

BOSOM.PINS AND BARE FEET.
r A Wig country lad once, asked his
&Es5 father for dollar, with which to buy |
bosom-pin.
Tfy-s.d thinl1,1 replied the father as he
- looked down At the boys big bare feet,
apair of shoes"
"Qh no." answered the son. Il can
K gp barefoot very well, but am dying
for a bosom-pin"
Are there not many people still liv-
ing who are going barefooted, that they
may wear bosom-pns? Who are in
flicting on themselves positive dscOnr
e 1q1 ahtsafe'ing, and perhaps rushing
s~& " 70 moral destruction all that'they may
make show in the world? They are
willing to live homeless, to be constant
" burdened with debt, that they may
keep up appearances9'
lady who was the mother of several
children said: 1--WE might have had a
homo OF our own if we bad begun to
- provide TOR it soon enough. But we
never tried to save anything during our
early married life, and now our family
expenses are so heavy that it is all we
can do to live" They We're too late
planting their tree.
- Many young men are spending half
.ssas their income on theaters, balls. beer,
cigars. livery teams. and tosom-pins
generally. and making no attempt to
save anything with which to start in
business for themselves. They will
marry a girl, perhaps. with no better
ideas of economy. Their family eX-
penses will increase. but their income
may not. After awhile they will most
F likely Get tired going barefooted. They
will see people around them living com
foltably in their own houses, and there
szsSe - IS danger that they will feel hitter to-
~ = words them. They want te-wear
bOSOm-pinS and shoes both but men
who begin life poor, if they hope to sue
coed. must do without bosom pins.
1t is said a man few years ago was
standing effectively on the corner Of
Wall street with five dollars to spend. He
tossed up to whether he would buy
s-, a share of Harlem Railroad stock, then
& worth about $40 or basket of
peaches whichwas bringing five dollars.
He bought the peaches and they male
him sick. The stock is now worth
$500
a Quaker riding in stage
coach with young lady who displayed
r- much ,jewelry but was very thinly clad.
'' As she was shiver NO in the cold, he
gra,ey remarked ''Frend. had not
thee better put another breastpinP''
hired girl spent three dollars for
valentines. when perhaps she would be
penneSs if out OF work week
1t has been asserted that economy is
degrading in its tendency, and the de-
mand is made by some that the void
be excused from prac.icing it. But the
most rigid economy, If pra ,ticed with Z
worthy end in view, is ennobling.
A wealthy and honored physician be
gan life very poor. He wanted To &C
puire an education and study medic ne
He worked and saved a few dollars, an,
then went to college and boarded him
self. He lived principally on mnsh ant
milk. When his pants wore ont on tn.
knees he cut them Of above, and turned
the front part behinL~ Now he stand
S>'@' z'''S mt tire heaSf Of his profession, and il
universally esteemed
Garfield education was secured only
TTby the practice of very close econOrn,
49,. and great self denia But he was no
@"~A degraded by it. The civilized ,wosis
unites TO honor his memory
The prattice of this self-denialis goos
discipline 1t makes the best of citi
zenss Men had better 60 10 work AM
- z FearIfwhat they want, instead of com
planning because the Government, o
somebody else, doesn makes us al
sv.-n reh.1 + 4 'TS:S'I 1nIT
~ : Luther sang from door TO door for hi
bread, and often went hungry and cold
" His mother sometimes carried the WOO
from the forest on her back g Blu
...s ass ts through this poverty he came fort
pure, and strong, and honorable TrSss
,Ix2xs LIZA Goldsmith John ,t,n. 2Burns. Frank
lin, Lincoln indeed most of the world
really great men, have come from tn
%
- econ6my unknown to most young me-
III. yoft he preseutdayy "a Eyv Z IL q
.ssaLA : s1he werld should know by this -tim
that man may he man and gentle
man regardless of his surroundings
Persons who despise economy are yer
aptto despise debt and dishonesty less
In the greatness of their hearts the
SzT sGsery often fes gen such kmall affairs a
paying their washwoman. or tailors c
yTr IS So x,gI S,aatoI.s -
BY diligence and frugalty he becanl
very wealthy and died generally b
UEI loved. o If he had wasted tis early yea
grumbling about cap talistS, and the il
qualities Of fortune, he mightShate q,
FILTERED his life and have died poor an
%S@H s-sza If people generally wouEl desssniI
to do without bosom-pns, and every
thing Of that Kind, till they are SUI
they afford them, they would
SCI CEss Surprised how much they would redp'
their expenses, and how little their re
Mrs William H. Vanderbilt, gave
go Az Hftysthousand- dollar Sal last year, bl
many a. company has assembled
grove, or barn, or log house, and pope
sssSssrs com, eIacaed nuts. or eaten apples Al
had more enjoyable time than thu
T3M 0l haS saaf tn, III flower, a. the ueadi,
- of Boss Tweed daughter cost ov
+ seven thousand dollars. But fe
years later the old sinner was q mise
Eg able fugitive, and died I'M son. -
=. -. "A family in Washington society liv'
-. Ia, r, eatrsvagantly, were clothed in purr
a. fl.a',=~ and fne linen. and Jared sumptrfeus
- every day. But to support this Il
husband was found guilty of ''crooke
ness in his official conduct, and W
:, s'si tried, dismissed and disgraced. TIL
e,<..s-,. I'll. had better have done without bosol
'ssgks Minis .-ea-. 7'-ss- y-st1:r
= 2.5 - The truth is we hardly know how e