The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-30


Habit.
Two young gcntemen stepped into cis'r
rore the other day, and one Of them bong at
and paid for two cigars. TIE cigars cost ION
cents COCA, and the man who soid them
handed back. in change for the silver doilar
that had been rendered 20 him, eighty cents
In ten cont pieces Thereupoa ono oil the
young mon laughed vociferouSly' and tue
other. WHO had bought tho cigars, pocke'ed
tie eight dimes, wish an expression approccn'
ing chacrin. and said: just my luck, by
George. However said he. after lighting
his Cigar, '!f there is any more spending 10
b. done. old follow, you've got 20 % H. tof
I'm broke"
When tho young man left the store tho
cicar man turned 10 a reporter who had
witnessed tho transaction and said:
"Do you know what thct neansf
"No.n
"Weu. the young man has simply caught
the dime saving craze"
"And what Is the dime saving cTazef
at is something that may not be exsctly
new, but is new for all that know TO the
contrary. The scheme il never to spend a
dime. II was probably Devised Tor the Dene-
Ct of thriftless people, who arc LOT aoie 70
savo their money il tho regular way, and fos
a plan Of sav.ag it q one Of the best ! ever
heard o.. Hundreds OF young fellows nave
CAUGHT it, aud limit their wants accordingly
Ny business suffers from the practice 70 some
o1oent, but not great deal. IN fact, l am
something OF @ dime saver nyseli, and get
now customers by explaining the pan 70
them ard getting them 70 adopt 1t. Iney
come IN 20 SEQ me about II nearly every day,
and tell me how well they arc doing"
Suppose you give mo tho plan more IN de-
tail"
"Ten, You mako Up your mind 10 keep
every dime that cones into your possession.
You arc mover 90 part with ton cent piece
under any circumstances. Whonever you re-
ceivo q dime in change pat it away, and
when Won get homo place 1t III a box or re
oop,ocle l0r safo keeping. Tho moro dimes
you get in chang. tAo greater Your savings
viii 10. You arc 20 mako any sacrifice rather
than 20 D1l. with ono dime. Ii you have
no,hing but dimes IN your pocket when you
want o cicar, 30 without tho cigar. II you
want l-och and have nothing 0ut dimes, go
w!t-Jat lu1ch. II you have only a dime IL
your pocket and want % rido homo on
hc-so CIR, brace up and walk. Save your
di1ss."
oven, what will DO tie result Of itF'
At vii surprise you Ii you arc free
spealcr your savings viii assume largo pro
portions. You viii be surprised when you
adoDt the plan 70 500 tho number Of dimes IA
crcull,.On
Now, WHOM yea come 20 thinl; OF i5, dime
IL no small sum. II you savo al tho dime:
YOU get in change you save nearly one-half
Of your small expenditures. II you are not
froo with your money your savings will Of
course not amount 70 a great deal; still they
will como U gu interesting sum in time.
Tho plan seems to be, as | said, devised ior
the pmpose OF making people who spend
money freely sayo O part Of their pocket
money. 1t is q good thing, too, in the way
of teaching a man frugahty and thrift. !
believe TINT any ono who learns 10 save In
srnal things VIII not be long in learning To
save IL large things Try the thing awhile
and SOC what comes Of it,
Inquiries among personal friends served TO
show tao reporter thai he dime saving plan
had become TO many OF them fascinating
habit
81 took Up tho scheme last spring" said e
young married man, "at tho solicitation Of
my wife We had bocp Ggar!ng up my ex-
penses-that is. ny personal expcnses-ond
she declarc1 mo frightfully extIavagant. !
.sis.ed that the expenses could not we'll be
cur.ai.ed She advised the practice Of
little self denial in the matter Of cigars,
'shines' and al other little expenses that cat
I'd dollar 50 quickly I said it would be
impossible for mo 10 forego these little luxu-
ries, rs they had 80 grown upon me- and
sho, while asseyerating she did not want me
70 revolut.onize things, maintained that
Tito denial OF these pleasures, moderation
OF them, in fact, would improve me dnan
cially and physically
at was about that ti1e that heard of the
dime scheme, and became an advocate and
devotee OF il at once. Wen, you wouldn't
believe how / proited 6y it. 1t became &
matter Of tho greatest interest 10 me, III the
first place, 10 secure change that had no
dimes In it, In the second place IL became
interesting and amusing 70 deny myself GER
tain things | otherwise would buy without
any thought Of saving Everything de-
MED myself became really a source of pleas
ure to me, and | would not only enjoy the
saving Of tho money that would otherwise
have been spent, but ] enjoyed telling my
wife about it, Furthermore, felt the keen
ess interest in the pile Of dimes that was con-
stently growing. felt free TO spend in some
things, because knew that would get my
return in dimes. The desire 10 add TO my
pile, however, kept mo from buying many
and many q thing should have been as eager
before TO secure.
al know you will refuse to believe me
now, when l tel you that have saved in
six months nearly 500. It's q solemn fact,
though. Ny salary is $500 year, and
has been for two years past, and | am really
ashamed 10 say that never until | adopted
this dime saving method have ] saved any
money Ny wife and are delighted with
it, and think see Iny way 70 saving $1,000
next year have determined to buy house
and lot with dimes and 70 become whole
some example to my boy, II l should live I'M
til be becomes young man, and am conf
dent that shall never cease adjuring him to
save his dimes