News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-12-24
ECONOMY.
A Paper Prepared by Mrs Geo. wilkins,
by Invitation, and Read at the Young
Peoples Sunday Evening Service
at Stowe, Nov. 3Oth, 1909.

A Paper Hrepdftu DY mfs. UeOs "hhlhs'
by Invitation, and Read at the Young
Peoples Sunday Evening Service
at Stowe, Nov. goth, 1902.
"Gather up the fragments that
nothing belost, is a scriptural injunc-
ton of more Importance than we at
first realize. The practice of economy,
industry, temperance and honesty, is
the only royal road that leads to
happiness. There is great economy
in beginning early in life to save.
Many a millionaire has been ridiculed
in his younger days Tor his frugality,
and it may be "stinginess," who In
after years has been called upon to
assist the very ones who denounced
him for his penny-saving propensities.
1t is we'll at an early age to ascertain
what course must be pursued to en-
able one to secure an approving con-
science, without which there can be
no happiness or peace OF mind,
and also to secure an honorable
living, which is almost sure to
come with habits of industry and
frugality; and also to have the cOur-
age to save a penny where it is not
essential to spend it.
1t is also wise to ascertain what
course must be pursued to meet the
demands and requirements of the
world and of the society in which one
hopes to move. First we find that a
good education, q certain degree of
refinement, pOhteness, and suavity
of manners, and above all a willing
ness to Oblige, are among the essen
tials. We also find that we must have
something to give to society if we re-
ceive favOrs at its hand. We must
do something tor the world if we
would be benefited and favored with
its gifts. The law of reciprocity holds
good here as elsewhere.
Beginning at the foot of the ladder
the want OF an education, it may be,
stares one in the face; it need not dis
courage ONT, even with limited means.
The common schools and high schools
in every town will take one up to a
plane of thought and to situation
where, with good habits, one can
rise to almost any position desirable
1t is q fact that cOmmGndable style
of dress must be taken into account.
Dressing well, with limited means, is
a high art that can be mastered, after
which we should walk into society
with an air OF self-forgetfulness and
self assurance, as though dress was
the last thing to be dwelU upon. Let
the mind be clothed with good
thoughts and sensible ideas and the
manners always civil and kind, then
the turbelows and tripperies of dress
will have to take a back seat.
When a young person steps for
ward i'll a modest Obliging way to
save another from Embarrassment
and modification in a crowd or in
society, that person is far above the
poor simpering dude, who casts side
glances and sinister looks, be his
apparel never SO fine. There is no
telling what the former hasgained or
the latter Lost. Cases innumerabe
can be cited where fortunes have been
made by such acts ofcivility and kind
ness as assis ting an elderly lady across
the street in a binding storm, amid
rushing cars; also by the kind atten-
ton of some clerks in the stores
shown to an eccentric woman in
quaint attire.
Another piece of economy is shown
by being tolerant and considerable of
other peoples opinions by being
careful and saving in the interest OF
an employer or supervisor, where no
question of right or wrong is involved,
but the principle of right is a sacred
element of character and should never
be violated.
There is an economy of reserved
force or energy. Over-exertion is a
waste of strength and vitality. Arti-
san and architects give thousands to
save power in running machinery and
to save time. The human body is a
machine and it should be run with as
little loss OF strength as possible and
by avoiding controversy and colis-
ion, and by saving the temper and re-
taing self control. The indulgence of
hatred or ill-will recoils back on ones
self and occasions a loss of moral
power as we'll as physical force. To
sooth and quiet ones own spirit and
to keep the even tenor of ones way
under provocation and unjust criti
cism is perhaps the greatest economy
of all.
To practice the most rigid economy
in financial point of view might
take one through certain walks Of
life that would give comparative COM
fort and peace of mind in old age; it
might be sort of monotonous life
which would not bring one up to the
highest development of thought, or
conduce to the most exquisite enjoy
ment. To save every cent and put it
in the savings bank would tend to
create, by force of habit, strong de-
sire for boarding up until the mind
and thoughts would run mostly in
one grove or channel.
Always to stay at home and save
gives one narrow view of life. To
such q person the moon is merely to
give light by night and the sun by
day. The heavenly bodies are so
many bright stars and meaningless
not to balance the universe and by
their revolutions and UvratiOpS