The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-02

fC0nYrtRnt. Bowies.)
 The duty of laying up some provision for the future, of preparing for the rainy day of sickness. misfortune, or old age, is incumbent on every house. hold. If there is an income that can be depended upon mo matter now small, some part of 1t should be regu- larly laid aside, and some thought should be taken for the future when there may be need and feebleness and l inability for effort.
 This is so obvious truth that no argument is called for to sustain it. In theory we all accept it. and reflect with more or less severity on the heed | less people who go dancing through | the days, taking no steps to secure | the coming nights from disaster and sorrow. The parable of the foolish virgins who took no oil in their ves- I sells for their lamps has more than one modern application. In practice. a vast number of busy Americans throw prudence to the winds and scorn the homeiy and commonplace virtue of mere thrift. They habitually live up to their income, perhaps never going beyond its limit, but saving nothing. By and by they mean to save. but saving implies self-denial, makes necessary a good deal of sacrifice, and 1 altogether is thing that is rather out
 of fashion and not in the least agree l able. e.s-
 1 Frugality wears stern face. It speaks in an uncompromising voice. It frowns on indulgence to the flesh. and on the pomps and vanities. We will
 save tomorrow. cry the easy-going. | Ilight-hearted crowd who always see i tomorrow through roseate mists, and today we will have a good time and enjoy ourselves.
 | A man died the other day, as some times men do, without an instants pre- monition. He had been carrying large
 interests; he had made from years II end of years end a very generous sum.
 which had slipped like water through
 the sieve of an extravagant family to
 whom nothnig that he could give had ever been denied. An immediate and
 sweeping reduction of expenses fol-
 lowed his death. Possibly the same wise retrenchment a twelve month
 sooner would have saved his life.
 The whole aspect of the home out
 look was changed literally in the
 twinkling of an eyes for a wide circle
 of kin folk who looked to the head of
 the clan for help that was forthcom- ing at hint or a suggestion of need,
 while for some young children the fu-
 ture assumed a different phase. Life is
 uncertain for everyone. Nobody knows
 definitely the appointed time he shall
 stay on the earth. For the sake of
 ones dear ones, there should be a look ing beyond the moment and looking onward to the possibilities of ten,
 twenty or. more years yet to be:
 Where shall economy begin?
 Granting that the man of the house
 sees with clear eyes what he ought to
 do in the case, should he not have the II co operation, the hearty assistance,
 and the discreet counsel of his wife
 and daughters? Cut down super
 fiuities first. Decide what the super
 huities are.s Comforts are essential,
 but luxuries may often be foregone to
 the benefit of health and self respect.
 Plain living and high thinking befit
 us as citizens of a great republic.
 H A common temptation with us is to emulate in our ordinary expenditure the style of some one who is better of
 than ourselves. Men come to grief be-
 cause they have not the firmness to
 say no to those they love.
 I In little rural township a man
 was financially in desperate straits. but as his name was a synonym for
 integrity. and his honor was unques- toned, acquaintances who had means
 merely thought 1t was papa's wya to with timely loans. His beautiful young daughter Jessie was the pride If his heart, and she, as it happened
 had set her heart on new furnishings for her room. and a costly summer
 outfit, at the very instant of his great
 est stringency. Unfortunately, in com
 mon with too many men, this father
 did not tell his family the exact state
 of the situation. Every family ought