Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-01-26

it. dime is no small sum. If you save
all the dimes You get in change you
save nearly one-half of your small ex-
penditures. 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 I said.
devised for the purpose of making peo-
pie who spend money freely save a
part of their pocket-money. 1t is a
good thing, too. in the way Of teaching
a man frugality and thrift. I believe
that any one who learns to save in
small things will not be long in learn
ing 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
of them fascinating habit.
Il took up the scheme last spring"
said young married man. lat the So
licitation of my wife. We had been
figuring up my expenseS-that is, nv
personal expenses-and she declared
me frightfully extravagant. l insisted
that the expenses could not well be
curtailed. She advised the practice of
little self-denial in the matter of Gle
CARS, shines and all other little ex-
penses that eat up 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 as
severating she did not want me to rev.
olutionize things. maintained that a
little denial of these pleasures, a mod
Grafton of them, in fact. would improve
me financially and physically.
1T was about that time that I heard
of the dime scheme, and l became an
advocate and devotee of it at once.
Well, you wouldn't believe how l
profited by it. 1t became 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 l.otherwise would
buy without any thought of saving.
Every. thing l denied myself became
really a source of pleasure to me. and
would not only enjoy the saving of
the money that would otherwise have
been spent, but enjoyed telling my
wife about it. Furthermore, felt the
keenest interest in the pile of dimes
that was constantly growing. l felt
free to spend in some things, because
knew that would get my return in
dimes. The desire to add to my pile,
however, kept me from buying many
and many thing should have been
rs eager as before to secure.
II know you will refuse to believe
me, now, when tell you that 1 have
saved in six months nearly 500. It's
a solemn fact. though, and by Christ
mas think 1 shall have saved about
$3.50 My salary is $1,000 a year. and
has been for two years past, and am
really ashamed to say that never until
adopted this dime-saving method
have l saved any money. My wife
and 1 are delighted with it, and l
think see my way to saving $1,000
next year. have determined to buy
a house and lot with dimes, and to be-
come a wholesome example to my boy.
if l should live until he becomes a
young man, and am confident that 1
shall never cease adjuring him to save
his dimes"
':Now." said the gentleman's wife.
"you need not think that he is the
only member of the firm that does any
dime-saving. If you knew what a
walker had become through my I'M
willingness to part with a dime, you
would open your eyes in wonder.
! Often and often / have walked home
from Fourth street because of having
no other money than dimes. have
saved nearly all my church money. l
never buy fashion paper, and as for
candy l get it blythe box or not at all.
| l have saved at the market, in shops
and at the stores. I never spend a
dime. and have gone without many,
many things and taken a positive
pleasure in the sacrifice"
| Several of the boys started in with
me-" said young gentleman who fell
IN talking with the reporter about the
dime habit land l don't suppose any
of us intended to keep the thing up, or
to do any thing more than try it for a
day or two. just for the fun of the
thing. The practice Of self-denial is a
mighty enjoyable thing, though, if you
can see yourself prospecting at SO much
q denial I never cared much for
money, but this dime business has
made q regular miser out Of me. But
I was going to. tell you about how l
profited by it
''When I adopted the practice had
four silver dollars in my pocket, half
dollar, . quarter, dime and q nickel
The dime l took out of my trousers
pocket and put into vest pocket The
nickel l paid for street-car fare. the
quarter handed to . newsboy ON the
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