The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
,eing Honest Keeps Many from Theft.

~ has occurred to me that most Of the
n writer's for the Workers pages have
missed the point. The hard luck stories
] and the success stories are alike, and
tho lott Job stories point a tnoral-but
most of them deal with tho getting Of money
and overlook the fact that 1t Is not getting
but saving money that counts.
Half Of those hard luck stories are utterly
unnecessary, for II any able to work fol-
lows the plan followed he will not lose his
tob-or need one--and he will have money and
Y live In comfort There Is no sense IN any
man being without an income suh1 Client to
maintain him after he has WORKED for FIVE
years. l 4s s5t6
& made my first 5000 In three years-andlt
has grown now to more than six times that
amount. came to tho city a poor boy. Just
off tho farm, with 500 In my pocket when
I arrived at the railroad station, and not.
one friend In the city. l had como deter
mined to fight my own battles and TO get
along without asking father for assistance,
as I believed he had done enough for mo
when he bought me new clothes. shoes, hat,
and warm underwear, besides giving me $50
to start on. III N n Y II 55 81 " !. 81 9
Work Hn I'd and 1.-Two Simply.
Ny ambition was to have $4,000, and made !,
up my mind to do without luxures and to +
work hard and live simply until had saved
that amount An uncle Of mine had died IN \
poverty and all due to the fact that he had
failed to save money when he was making
It rapidly. This happened In my boyhood. n
and Il made a deep impression on my mind.
50 decided then that when l got old enough
4 to work 1 would save my money and deny
myself then rather than suffer later
:, ~ hon
paying 50 week within n few days afterI
came to the city. l rented n room within
walking distance Of the house, paying 81. 90 q Z
week at first and later got a smaller hall
/ room on thegto floor, Just as comfortnb bic. N
for s1.25 Il week. At first. beforeI became
familiar with the city. spent too much for
food, not understanding how to buy M VI
breakfasts usually cost me 16. cents, my
lunches 10 cents, and my supper 70 cents. AZ
Then I bought a meal ticket, s3.N0 worth for
So, and that would last me ten days, as1 II
ate my lunches downtown. 5is; II. 4. Il.
5t AM N + " itba 4 VI ti{5, Is az a
Saving Half His Salary.
In this way managed to save from ST 20
to 81 so each week, and at the end of ten
weeks OF that kind Of living T had saved ]
SS44 which placed In the savings bank, a
drawing 3 per cent interest ] then decided 4
that I was spending too much money for
what 1 got In food. The foreman Of the store i
where worked let me have coffee at II cents
a pound-our Wholesale price-and breakfast
food at I cents a package. I purchased a.
tin bucket, some cheap saucers and cups,
al nd made my breakfast in the room, boiling
the coffee over the gas Jet while = was dress Z
Ing and shaving myself. The breakfast foods
Il ate uncooked as they required no cooking,
and ate fruits In large quantities, they bc-
Ing healthful and nourlshing. I passed
the commission market on my way home
and as It was late often got bargains in \
apples and bananas, as the merchants were n
anxious to dlsp OF them before closing. ~
bought eggs there, too, and often, whenI did I
not feel like going out for supper, | made
nollrishing dishes of eggs over the gas jet
by removing the burner, and also toasted 3
bread there. 55a 4.3 & if9ss. n "a
Meals Cost 8 Cents q Day.
] My meals during he next four months cost !
me- exactlySS cents q day. I offered to pay
the landlady 5 cents a week for the extra
gas burned, but she said 1t was all right,
as ! retired early and seldom burned gas In y
tho evenings. At the end Of the first six
months my salary was raised to SO q week,
as I had worked hard and faithfully, always
arriving early at the store and remaining as y
late as was necessary, and I found had
saved SlGl.sO as learn by consulting my
savings bank book.
I In addtiontdliv comfortably had pur-
chased a suit Of clothes for which I paid $3.50,
buying it at a bargain sale late In the fall,
and, although It was light weight. had
warm underwear, and found no discomfort In
wearing 1t through tho winter Mother sent q
me a lot Of knit socks at Christmas time, SO NJ
I was saved that expense, Besides had
visited every park In Chicago and once
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