Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-24
PROPER USE OF MONEY.
It should Be Made = Part of childrens


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It should Be Made = Part of chadrens'
Education
although my father was a fairly
well-to-do man, and indulged his chill
dren in many expensive. tastes, yet
never had dollar that I really felt
was my own until came into very
comfortable fortune at his death, which
occurred the summer after I was
twenty -one- That ran through with
my property within a very fewyears it
would be superfuous to say. That my
business career has been marked by a
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 I had"
Such were the remarks of q 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.
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hold of it they waste it in all sorts of
fo1lies
There are many men who make
great deal of money and almost imme-
diately proceed to squander it in the
most foolish way magma bic. Often
times they would make better use of
their earnings If they butt knew how.
But in their youth they had no instruc-
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best advantage, and being brought up
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?
It should be as much the duty Of a
parent to teach 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 regular al
lowance, even though it be but five
cents per week. It should be taught
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 OF
twenty cents. help it to wait
Encourage the sslf-denial and dis
cip1ine that is learned by waiting.
Let it use its first five cents al
once, and for whatever it pleases-
candy OF cakes, it may be, for that il
quite likely to he its first choics-and
let it enjoy unchecked the pleasure oi
| buying something, and that with it
| own money which it can do as il
pleases with. Devise some means BY
which 1t can earn money, not by being
good, or by doing its regular duties. o,
| keeping itself or it's room in order
| These are duties that belong to it. aRc
| should never be the occasion of brides
Let money be earned by something
! outside of the work ordinarily eN
pected of it If it is an extra disagree
able task, let it be understood that
| trif1e more compensation will be given
Then do not fail to give it promptly on
pay day. But no work, no play. Tina
| is the worlds rule, and the sooner the
| young learn it the better it is for them
When child is ten years of age i
| should be able to do little errands al
| the stores, to select certain articles il
| general use, and to pay for them, and
| know that correct change is given
| Many parents seem TO imagine tha
| this, one of the most important of al
lessons, will come to the grown-up boy
| by instinct or in some other unthough
| of way. and take it as matter o
| course that he will come out all RICH
somehow-N. Y. Ledger.