The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-28

Iu0lF mOu0y GuuedFOT 10 give Out
an impression that they care very
little for it. They crush it into a
wad and take this wad from their
pockets as if it was a bundle of
rags. Do not initiate this sort of
thing. Sensible people handle
money as they handle anything
else which represents value, in a
way which shows they understand
the worth of it
FOLLOW YOUR FATHER s ADVICE.
After you have the right idea of
the necessity of money for your
daily happiness, then the next
thing to learn is how to get it.
The rule for doing this is a short
one-spend less than you earn.
Yes says a young man, IA
ther has told me that a hundred
times" Is that sol Then you
have a very sensible father. Re
alize, if you can, just what your
father has been telling you, and
begin now to put his advice into
practice. He has had years of ex-
perience, and knows the value of a
dollar, and, loving you, he does
not want you to ever have a time
in your life when you will be pen
niless, and SO he is trying to i'm
press this valuable lesson upon
you in order that you may escape
the unhappiness which comes with
poverty. Spend less than you
earn would make a good eleventh
commandment.
Are you storing up these points
my boy? First, an appreciation of
money; second, spend less than
you earn and get money. Now the
third lesson to learn is how to use
1t. A simple rule: Spend it
wisely; that is, think before you
spend it, and when you spend it
see that you get what you pay for.
Spending money wisely must, of
necessity, have its own interpreta-
ton with every person. 1t may
mean with one to buy a loaf of
bread, with another to buy a gold
ring. To use ten dollars for a
luxury may be an unwise thing for
one person to do, while with an
other it may be very sensible
thing to do. All depends upon
the amount of money that one has.
1t is wise to think before spending
money. Associate the spending of
it with the earning of it. If you
are earning 20 cents an hour and
want to buy something that costs
a dollar. ask yourself if the thing
is worth five hours labor to you.
See that you get what you pay
for. You have a right to your
moneys worth, and you should no
more allow person to give you
less than you pay for than you
would think of paying for less than
you get.
| SOMETHING FOR MENTAL DIGESTION. !.
Let me close this week. letter
with some statements which ! hope
you will not forget. You must
live, and in order to live you must
have money. Money can come
through several channels. 1t may
be stolen, found, begged, borrow
ed, inherited or earned. Steal it
and you become a criminal; to find
it you are not likely; beg it and
you lose your manhood; beg it and
you become a slave; inherit it you
may, but most people have to earn
it. Face the situation, and if you
can have it only by earning it go
resolutely to work. Stern fact,
but true one, that people have
very little use for you when you do
not have a dollar, for they do not
care to support you. Poverty is
one of the severest tests of friend
ship. The last cent is the lifted
latch on the gate of despair. Mis-
cry begins where money ends.
Want will transform a saint into a
sinner. Gather to yourself happi-
ness by learning the value of a
dollar, by spending less than you