Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-10
USELESS LITTLE EXPENSES.
Keep an Account of What You Spend. if
You Want to Save MOney-All Great Men
Do This.

LOtUtH UdyS.
Ben Franklin had IA wise old head
when he advised his readers TO take
care of the pennies and 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 declare that it cannot be done.
Il don't know" says Rob Reckless,
what becomes of my money Only
yesterday | changed the dollar that
Uncle Tom gave me, and | only bought
glass of soda, and now | have only Il
dime left. Where can it have gomez"
My, how money does ly!' exclaimed
Edith Random. "What will papa say
when he discovers that my months al
lowance has only lasted a week? Where
did it go? really can't tell. re-
member treating the girls to ices yes
terday and buying a ribbon the day be-
fore, and two pairs of gloves last Satur-
day, and oh, dear don't ask me where il
has gone
But that is just the question every
boy and girl should ask themselves
when they and their money are diSap-
pearing.
1T 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 note book
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 ci-
CARS 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 i'm him, and he determined
that he would keep such expenses
down to one-third of the sum in queS-
ton.
And now" he said, 'within ten
years have profted by Mr.. Bigelow's
advice to the amount of $1,000. 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 a year on little expenses. but they
may squander So, or perhaps only
$50. and the lesson is obvious.
A great many little expenses are in
Cured for such useless objects that the
money might as well 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 or
manufacturing establishment; the little
expenses aae rigidly 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 sur
prScd TO find how the practice will act
as check on useless expenditure. Keep
Il guard on the little expenses and you
will have no trouble with the big ones.