The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-01
HOW THEY LOST THEIR HOME.

Through the gambling instinct.
they let their insurance run ou
They bought things they did noJ
need because they were cheap.
They did not use good judgment o.
right proportion in their expenditures.
They subscribed for everything tney
could pay for on the installtneDt plan
Money enough went down IN drink
and up in smoke to have saved Il o
home.
The father always intended TO get
his life insured. but died without do
ing 80
Thoy did not realize BOW easy 1t
! is TO get IN debt and bow natI It Is
to get out.
/ They tried to do what others eXpec'-
ed of them rather than what ;ne.
could afford
They thought ii small to insist on
having an agreement or understand.
ing put in writing
They could not say NO, and could
not afford TO tell their friends, Il
cant afford it,
The sons thought that tney must
SOW their wild oats as others fell
lows OF their set
The daughters thought 1t beneath
them to work for living, but were
bound to dress well.
They drew their money out of the
savings bank to put 1t into some
wildcat" scheme and lost it.
They did not do business in bus.
mess way because they were deal.
ing with relatives OF friends.
The doctrine Each for himself,
and the devil take the hindmost,"
was, in effect, the family creed.
They never formed the habit OF put
ting in the savings bank money which
they did not Immediately need.
They did not know that giving full
power Of attorney to an agent or law
yer put their property at his mercy
They put OF payments ON every
thing possible because it would b, 30
much easier 10 pay tomorrow tnan
today.
They signed important papers giih
out reading them or knowing ,Lcir
contents. just because they were ask
ed to do so.
The extravaganza Of children who
had not been trained to economi2e Gr
take care Of their pennies, swampet
the home.
Through the lack OF honest ambl
tion and disposition to interpret too
literally the text, Take no thought
for the morrow"
The mama to make an appearance
beyond their means caused them to
mortgage their property aud ended IN
bankruptcy.
They feared that the people with
whom they had dealings would think
them suspicious if they asked them
for receipt for money.
When the shoe began to pinch they
really could not see where they could
retrench. Habit had made lGNurIes
seem necessities
They ran accounts at tho stores ia. |
stead of paying cash, did not realize |
how rapidly bills were running mp |
and never knew how they stood.
They entertained too eXpeusiveiy |
and a great deal more than they 2ouio !
afford because they wanted people |
to think they were In good ciroum.
stances.
The father thought that to go on
spree now aud then was his prerog |
ative as head of the family. After 4 |
while he ayailcd himself of his pre-.
rogatiye once too often.
They let money enough slip through
their fingers to pay the mortgage sew
cral times over, but because the date
Of payment was 50 far away they |
thought there was no danger of los.
ing their home.
Their efforts to force their daugh-
tcrs into the society of those above
them In the hope that they might |
make good matches" involved them
in debt.-Orison Sweet |