The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-26
ECONOMY IN GUM.
Some Chcvycrs Save and Hide Their
Guilds as if They Were
Valuable.

Economy in small things is a very
laudabie thing. There is even n pro-
verb. to the effect that with strict econ
omEs ones may, become rich. However,
that is a matter not altogether certain,
because if one will 90 over the list of
his economical friends he will not find
a rich one among them. They are
economical because they are not rich.
and because it is necessary. If they
were rich they would not be econom-
zeal. 1t is the opinion of the best
= judges that it takes a few qualities 9th
err than economy to make q man really
rich. rs, for instance. capital. brains.
opportunity. marriage with a girl
worth a million, a recently deceased
wealthy relative, etc.
However, economy is n good thing
when il is necessary. 1t does not take
any great amount of acumen TO live
well when one has plenty of money.
The clever thing is to live well without
1T. J.
There are some things in which enc
sis uIconsoionsly ccOnomicai-in which
one saves when there is really no Occa-
sion for it-and one of the most genCr-
ally is the saving OF gum by these who
have acquired the habit. Almost every
one who lives within The influence of
the gum chcwer knows Of the strange
habits of economy pursued by them.
Your habitual gum chcwcr is I saver
and hider of his or her quid, and de
,,r,,- ,gnr.i-, l,I1- Who htS NJ.
found a Guild of cold. hard gum on the
under side of the arm of Il chair:pr the
under edge Of a table? window pane.
the head of the bed. a corner of the
wall, the edge of a picture frame are
all good places in which to hide gum.
In a large family of girls addicted 10
the gum habit ii soon becomes difficult
to find places in which to hide gum.
. and be sure of getting the right quid
when it is needed again. Mamie, for in
stance, would find Il piece of gum on
the arm of papa's ~favorite chair, and
could not be sure whether j: was hers
or .Jcssic's. She knew she mad put 4
Guid there once upon a time. SO at
last the girls parccled of the hiding
places in this fashion. Mamie was 10
hide her gum on The under side Of the
mantcl piece; Jessie had the chair
arms. BESSIE thc picture frames, Gus
sic the door lamb and Tessic the under
edge of the library table. Gussie was
the greatest collector. and soon had Il
|, fine row of cold bullets of gum stuck
along the door jamb, saved up for Z
rainy day.
One can overlook that sort of thing
in 4 girl. but when Il man begins to
save his gum it IS time TO administer 4
rebukc. One day last week n man was
coming up Eleventh street from Main.
and a pretty little III was going in
the opposite direction. Just as they
-wprv~o-fewrfest -aPart the Raqa lifted
his hat and f6wered'it in'front Of him.
The woman glanced at him, and. not
recognizing him rs IN acquaintance.
took him for a masher. She SHE'D away
from him. and there came over her face
1ool + ala2Espglea wit1sgauteur,
A Observation-Disclosures
when the man took a quid of gum from
his mouth an4carefully stuck it in the
crown of his hat-Tbat a according
to the proverbs shor3d have been rich.
but as 4 wastsSEfact he was ont Of
! work. audSh4fkfaasa degree.
Ec1aaSxinSHsishot always a sure
road, TO wealth ersas City Star.
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