The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-02

to know when disaster menaces It, or when there Is anxiety to meet pressing obligations. and to do women justice, they would seldom plead for personal indulgence II they realized the cost Jessie supposed her father aple 70 give her whatever she wanted ana
 merel ythought it was papa's way to he n wet blanket when she had some thing surprising to propose. When ne
 refused her requests she still pleaded,
 and he could not resist her tears. lie
 told her to go on do what she liked'
 and send the bills to him, trusting to
 good luck to pay them later on
 "Jessie-can get anything in the
 world she wants" said Jessie's dearest
 chum, a day or two after this lncioeht
 "TIer father thinks nothing of letting
 har baya S50 or $10O whenever she
 asks fAr 1t. My room Is horrid. Jessie
 is having hers done over beautifully
 1t will be a perfect dream"
 AS fate would have it, this girfs
 father was president of a bank, and
 had been about to extend a helping
 hand to the struggling man. He de-
 cided. influenced by his dausnters
 chatter, to withhold the aid ne nao
 meant to give. and Jessie's rather went
 under After middle age It ID nara .o
 retrieve lost position. ana pitter
 noverty was the final portion of that
 household.
 Mayer to expend on externals that
 which cannot be afforded without
 strain, is a rule that should nave no
 exceptions Threadbare carpets ana
 shabby chairs and tables may better pc
 endured than wakeful nights and the
 visits of creditors who need tneir Just
 dues. Socially, we are bound in one bundle and unless tradesmen are paid promptly, there begins an endless chain of annoyance and fret which goes through a community disturbing the general peace.
 Debts should not be incurred unless there is a measurably secure way of paying them. Pay as you go is the most honest of maxims. Have mar gin for emergencies. for the unexpec- | ted. for illness, for @ sudden journey, or the relief of some one poorer than yourself. Do not, however. economize more than you can help on the education of
 sons and daughters.
 The very best investment that can
 be made in family is that which is given the children to prepare them to adorn the stations they shall occupy
 when childhood is past and they shall | reach maturity. It is by no means nec- | essary that your children shall inherit | a fortune, but 1t is a good thing for them to have the means of carving out their own path, and making their own fortunes by their brains and hands. Parents may economize so close | ly and save so strenously that they | will leave large fortunes to those who | will be quite unfit to carry the load. The money is not wasted that is spent in giving special training along any line to a gifted boy or girl. No one can hope for success in this age of competition who has not had the bene- l fit of an almost exhaustive prepara-
 tion and very thorough training. The money that is spent on the chill dren for their development mentally | and physically is well spent.
 | Parents are sometimes so unwise as
 to give everything to children by legal | enactment. trusting to the children to
 take care of them in their old age | Naturally, they expect that this will be a joy to the children for whom they have done so much. But 1t sometimes | happens that when the latter marry. the newcomers in the family do not take kindly to caring for impecunious old people. A wiser way is to have something snugIy put by for old age,
 and retain at least independence un- til life's latest day.