St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-05

Louis Republican. Thereupon one of
the young men laughed vOciferOuSly,
and the other, who had bought the CT
garS, pOcketed the eight dimes with an
expression approaching chagrin, and
said: Just my luck, by George. How
ever" said he after lighting his cigar,
.'if there's any more spending to be
done, old fellow, you've got it to do,
for Pm broke.'
When the young men left the store
the cigar man turned to Republican
reporter who had witnessed the trans
action and said:
NO"
at means that the young fellow who
bought the cigars is at the same time so
cents ahead and so cents behind. He is
ahead in money that he will save and
behind in money that he probably
wanted to use to-day"
II don't understand YOU"
"Well, the young man has simply
caught the dime-Saving craze"
''And what is the dime-saving craze?"
''It is something that may not be eX-
actly new, but is new for all that /
know to the contrary. The scheme is
never to spend dime 1t was probably
devised for the benefit of thriftless peO-
pie who are not able to save their money
in regular way, and for plan of saw
ing it is one of the best ever heard of.
Hundreds of young fellows have
caught it, and limit their wants
accordingly. My business suffers from
the practice to some extent, but not
great deal. In fact, am something of
dime-saver myself, and l get new
customers by explaining the plan to
them and getting them to adopt it.
They come in &c see me about it nearly
every day. and tell me how well they
'SuppOSing you give me the plan more
in detail"
''Well, you make up your mind to keep
every dime that comes into your posses
sion. You are never to part with ten
cent piece under any circumstances.
Whenever you receive dime in change
put it away, and when you get home
place it in box or receptacle for
Safe-keeping. The more dimes you get
in change the greater your savings will
be. You are to make any sacrifice rather
than to part with one dime. If you have
nothing but dimes in your pocket when
you want a cigar, go without the cigar.
If you want lunch and have nothing but
dimes, go without lunch. If you have
only dime in your pocket and want to
ride home on hOrse-car, brace up and
walk. Save your Dimes"
''Well, what will be the result of it?"
ut will surprise you. If you are
free Spender your savings will
ASSUME LARGE PROPORTIONS.
You will be surprised when you
adopt the plan to see the number of
dimes in circulation.
Nov, when you come to think of it,
dime is no small sum. If you save all
the dimes you get in change you save
nearly One-half of your small eXpendi-
lures. If you are not free with your
money your savings will, of course, not
amount to great deal; still, they will
come to an interesting sum in time.
The plan seems to be, as l said, devised
for the purpose of making people who
spend money freely save part of their
pocket money. 1t is a good thing, too,
in the way of teaching man frugality
and thrift. believe that any one who
learns to save in small things will not
be long in learning to save in large
things. Try the thing awhile and see
what comes of it!''
Inquiries among personal friends
served to show the reporter that the
dime-Saving plan had become to many
oKshem fascinating habit.
IL took up the scheme last spring."
said a young married man, sat the So
licitation of my wife. We had been
figuring up my eXpenseS-that is, my
personal eXpenses-and she declared
me frightfully extravaganza. / insisted
that the expenses could not we'll be cur
tailed. She advised the practice of a
little Self-denial in the matter of cigars,
Shines and all other little expenses
that eat up a dollar so quickly. I said
it would be impossible for me to forego
these little luxuries, as they had so
grown upon me; and she, while assever-
ating she did not want me to revolu-
tiOniZe things, maintained that a little
denial of these pleasures, moderation
of them, in fact, would improve me
financially and physically.
sit was about that time that I heard
of the dime scheme, and | became an
advocate and devotee of it at once.
Well, you wouldn't believe how
protited by it. 1t became a matter of
the greatest interest to me, in the first
place, to secure change that had no
dimes in it. In the second place it be-
came interesting and amusing to deny
myself certain things [ otherwise would
buy without any thought of saving.