The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-01-27
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SPiGOT AND BUNG.
Harpers Bazaar.

harperS bazaar.
In The days Of our great grand.
fathers when a goodly stock Of Ii
quors OF all sorts, from home brew
ed ale to sparkling cider to "old
cognac' or costly madeira, was a
necessity in every "house Of pre-.
tension," there was homely old
proverb in constant. use about the
follv Of Saving at the espigot while
the wine WAS running at The
bung."
To those who remember that the
spigot was the lllle peg inserted
TO stop the small hole that had
been bored IN he end OF the cask
to let out the liquor when wanted,
and that he bung was the peg
used to close the large opening
through which the liquor had been
first poured INTO the upper side of
the ca.k, the old proverb has lost
none OF its sarcastic significance.
There are, and always will be,
countless ways OF spigot' saving
and bnng. wasting
10 make personal charities small
and infrequent in or'!er to buy the
more tickets for boxes at charity
concerts and balls; to give oue's
family insufficient and unsavorv
food IN order 10 have money for
large and coslley entertainments;
to ecOnomize on warm underc'Oth-
ing tor The sake Of buying more
snowy outer garments; to go on
foot or in the horse.cars when
health aud the weather require
The use OF a carriage, and then pay
Tor several visits from a physician
and for the attendant drugstore
bill TO eXpend twenty-five hun
dred dollars a'year for he rent of
a narrow '.house with hardwood
fni,hings" IN fashionable neigh.
borhood, and one hundred dollars
annually for enough coal to barely
keep lis inmates from freezing,
while twelve TO fifteen hundred
dollars rent and two hundred for
fuel would keep the household
warm and comfortable in an old
fashioned house in a respectable
vicinity-these are hut a few of the
countless ways by which small
savings may accompany great
waslincs.
But the worst Of all ways is that
of lolling and moiing by parents
in order te lay up money for their
children, while The latter are al.
lowed to grow up without regard
to any higher object than their
own personal pleasure Of the mo.
mpnt.
OF what vane ia il that our
J "gilded youths" have larger for.
tunes = and consequently wider
= opportunities for social and intel.
: lectual enjoyment and advanl age
:, II they have not the culture of
mind and heart which enables
! them to profit by their fortunes
> OF what use has been the toiling
: aud moiliny, the striving and
delving TO amass riches for those
: who have not refinement of nature,
!. good manners, good morals :
y What happiness can il bring to the
{ parents who in the evening oi
) their days, are compelled 10 see
!, that while lhey have been paying
y close heed to their financial aft airs,
. the sons and daughters Tor whose
sakes they have slinled their own
: pleasures and slunied their own
" finest feelings have developed only
$ into selfish, ndoleni, careless am
< mails. to whom the possession Ct
- - money means nothing better than
y biz dinners and balls. magnificent
! dressing and lavlsi, display
!, Shall not such parents remem.
:. Der, When it is too late, that oul
y largest Interests are those of heart
!" mind and moral, That our snialles
:. are those of material possessions
n