The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-15
The LITTLE EXPENSES.
Children Should Early Learn Their Impor
tant Significance.

Children Should Early Learn Their I'm por-
tant Significance.
Ben Franklin had wise old head
when he advised his readers to take care
Of the pennies because the pounds would
take care of themselves. The boy in
whose pockets. the pennies burn holes
will understand the difficulty of taking
care of the pennies, and like as not de-
clare that it can not be done.
81 don't know" says Rob Reckless
"what becomes of my money. Only yes
terday changed the dollar that Uncle
Tom gave me, and only bought glass
Of soda, and now have only dime left
Where can it have gomez"
'My, how money does fy!" exclaimed
Edith Random. ''What will papa
say when he discovers that my months
allowance has only lasted a week?
Where did it go? really can't tell. I
remember treating the girls to ices yes
terday, and buying ribbon the day be-
fore, and two pairs of gloves last Satur-
day, and Oh, dear, don't ask me where
1t has gonew
But that is just the question every
boy and girl should ask themselves
when they find their money disappear
ing.
at is good thing to keep an account
of your small expenses, John Bigelow,
ex-Minister to France, and a man Of
wealth, once said to an acquaintance, as
he entered an item in his notebook.
His listener smiled at the remark, but
being sensible fellow, he took it to
heart. In recently telling the story of
his experience, he said that up to that
time he had never thought of the amount
it annually cost him for cigars and other
sundries. He began to itemize the cost
daily. He was amazed at the end Of the
year when he footed up the sum of $3.50.
A change was wrought in him, and he
determined that he would keep such ex-
penses down to one third of the sum in
question.
"And now" he said, "within ten years
have profited by Mr.. Bigelows advice
to the amount of five thousand dollars,
which have handed over to my wife to
keep for hard times. And have not
become mean, either"
Now it is not likely that any boy or
girl who reads these lines squanders
$3.50 year on little expenses; bnt they
may squander $75 or perhaps only $3.50,
and the lesson is obvious.
A great many little expenses are in
Cured for such useless objects that the
money might as we'll be thrown into the
street, and it is these expenses that an
expense-book would check.
1t is not mean" to keep an account
of little expenses The United States
Government requires all postmasters to
collect and sell waste paper and string,
and render an account OF the money
realized from the sale; army officers are
required to account for every hammer,
bit of harness, yard of cloth or gilt but.
ton; and the Weather Bureau requires
its observers to report the disposition OF
every postage stamp. -.
So it is in every great mercantile OF
manufacturing establishment, the little
expenses are rightly looked after, be-
cause experience has shown that in the
aggregate they amount to large sums.
Take care of the pennies by noting
where they go, and you will be surpris
ed to find how the practice will act as 9
check on useless expenditure. Keel
guard on the little expenses. and yor
will have no trouble with the big ones
Golden DAYS.