Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-06-01
PROPER USE OF MONEY.
II Should BE Made q Part OF Childre,

It Should BE Made a Part OF Childrens
Education.
Although my father was a fairl,
well-to-do man, and INDUCED his chill
dren In many expensive tastes, vet
never had dollar that / really felt
was my own until came into a very
comfortable fortune at his death, which
occurred tho summer after was
twenty-one. That ran through with
my property within a very fewyears il
would be superfuous to say. That nv
business career has been marked by q
series of partial successes and disas-
trous failures, would, think, surprise
no one who Is able to judge of the re-
suits OF such training as had"
SuchDAvere the remarks of a middle
aged business man, when asked how
he could account for some financial
disasters which had overtaken him;
and no wonder. The world is full of
men and women who are always ready
and willing to crafty their children
In every reasonable desire-indeed, are
even prodigal in their outlay for lux
uries, but will never trust them with
money, and never interest them in the
way to use it What wonder then.
that when they do by any chance get
hold Of 1t they waste it in all sorts of
follies
There are many men who make q
great deal OF money and almost imme-
olately proceed to squander it in the
most foolish way imaginable. Often
times they would make better use of
their earnings if they but knew how.
But in their youth they had no instruc-
ton In the art of using money to the
best advantage, and being brought up
from childhood to look upon it only as
something to get rid of as soon as pos
sible, as no more would come while
any remained on hand, what else can
be expected of them?
1t should be as much the duty of a
parent to teach a child the use of
money as to properly instruct him in
any other branch of education. In
deed, this Is by far more important
than many of the ordinary pursuits of
life. because the knowledge of it often
makes success, while lack of it is an
almost certain condition of failure.
Every child should have a regular al
lowance, even though it be but five
how to use even this small sum to the
best advantage Tell it what five cents
will buy; also what ten or twenty-five
cents represent If it has fancy
for some article costing ten or
twenty cents help it to wait.
Encourage the self-denial and dis.
cipline that is learned by waiting.
Let 1t use its first five cents at
once, and for whatever it pleases-
candy or cakes, 1t may be, for that is
quite likely to be its first choice-and
let 1t enjoy unchecked the pleasure of
buying something, and that with its
own money which it can do as It
pleases with. Devise some means by
which 1t can earn money, not by being
good, or by doing It's regular duties, or
keeping itself or its room in order.
These are duties that belong to it, and
should never be the occasion of brides.
Let money be earned by something
outside of the work ordinarily ex-
pected OF it II It Is an extra disagree
able task, let 1t be understood that q
trif1e more compensation will be given.
Then do not fail to give it promptly on
pay day. But no work, no play That
In the worlds rule, and the sooner the
young learn it the better it is for them.
When child is ten years of age it
should be able to do little errands at
the stores, to select certain articles in
general use, and to pay for them, and
know that correct change is given.
Many parents seem to imagine that
this one OF the most important of all
lessons. will come to the grown-up boy
by instinct or in some other unthought
OF way, and take it as a matter of
course that he will come out all right
Somehow.-N. Y. Ledger.