The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-19

and the shoemaker, and the tailor. of,
assorted sizes, going down even to
match boxes; and as a result when
every shelf and closet is full, and there
is something that really ought to be
saved. there is no place for it. But this
excellent lady would. perhaps, reply:
us not space Unlimited" 'Well," we
should say. "philosophically. space is
Infinite. but practically, in its rela-
ton to US, it Is limited by the dimen-
sions of ones room, ones house, ones
attic, ones yard" But these economies
are simply negatively wasteful. and
may be ikened to the tu-
nors which absorb the strength OF the
body and sometimes get in the way
and interfere with our personal con-
venience and often with our attrac-
tiveness.
But there is another kind Of thrift
which is positively malignant. Here is
something left over at dinner which is
hardly worth putting away; it may not
be very good by tomorrow, SO, to avoid
its being wasted, we eat it. We had
eaten enough before; that addition dis
tends the stomach beyond natural
bounds, makes more difficult the diges-
tion of what has gone before, perhaps
brings on stupidity. or dyspepsia, or
headache, or insomnia. Who was that
sage who said: 1.-THE worst place to
throw away anything is inside of us?"
Probably it was this insensate desire
for saving which gave rise to the rule
which used to prevail in many families,
that the children must eat everything
that was set before them. have heard
IN elderly man say that in his child
hood one Of the parental precepts which
constituted the chief Of table morals
was: my son, clear your plate" And
If there was anything that the child
particularly hated he was helped to
that somewhat literally. inst as
though nature were a fool, and as
though the craving or the repugnance
Of the stomach had no meaning, or,
rather, were to be treated by contra,
ries. Let us hope that we have fallen
upon better times.
Eere Is patient who has just turned.
the corner into convalescence; his APP
petite is slight and Htful; his stomach
is very sensitive and can bear little.
The amateur nurse, the affectionate
wife, who is all heart and tenderness,
Is feeding him. He had just enough.
but there is a spoonful or two left over;.
we must not waste it; let US give it to
the patient; md so his poor stomach
is overtaxed. his fitful appetite revolts;
the spoonful or two that is saved,
has done him all the harm his most ma.
lignant enemy could desire, and per-
haps has turned the balances the wrong
way.
Another excellent lady, whose moral
character is unimpeachable, whose
years are venerable, writes very mi
mute hand, and in her letters she puts
her lines painfully close together, and
fills up every unoccupied space, and
then very likely crosses her letters or
writes between the lines. She does not
save any postage, for our government
kindly carries from four to six large
sheets of paper and an envelope for
two cents; never in the world was pa
Per SO cheap; it Is not worth saving.
But it is possible that abe may save
i've cents q year, ct the expense OF her
own eyes and the eyes Of her friends,
to say nothing of thu headaches of her
rorrespondents and the loss Of tenn
per and the stumbling-blocks in the
way of their going to Heaven.
We have spoken Of ladies. and per-
haps this malignant frugality is exc
taordinarily developed in the Haaven-
deserving sex, but it was 1nnn, perhaps
. New Highlander, who, when any por-
ton Of dose administered to a mem
Der Of the family was unused, took it
himself 50 that it might not be wasted;
II was a mana druggist-Uentioned
by Mr.. Cough. who, when he had
little of any drug left over, would put
it into denijohn, which he had as
signed as receptacle for such odd
lots, and when patient came with
3 complication Of disorders he would
administer q portion from this epitonc
Of phermacopoeia, believing That GER
tainly something here might hit his
case. -,
This malignant frugality IS as
though one were to say: Here is q
little kerosene left over; we must not
waste It; let US throw it into the FIRE"
Or: Here Is little gunpowder. too
little to put away; let Us put it into
the range" Here Is some infected
eiothing; we must not waste it; we
do not want to wear It; let US send it
to the hospital or give it to the poor"
Here Is an old razor: we cannot sci
Il; let US give it 10 the baby. to play
with.'1Phiiadelphia Press