The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
ROW fnEr LOST THEIR HOME,
rhe Ianumerable FaiIings That Affected
One Family

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One Family.
Through the gambling instinct.
They let their insurance run out
They bought things that they did not
need because they were cheap.
They did not use good Judgment or
right proportion III their expenditures.
They subscribed for everything they
could pay for on the installment plan.
Money enough went down in drink
and up i'll smoke to have saved the
home.
The father always intended to get
his life insured, but died without doing
So
They did not realize how easy it Is
to get into debt and how hard it is to
get out.
They tried to do what others expect
ed of them rather than what they could
afford.
They thought it small to insist on
having an agreement or understanding
put in writing.
They could not say "No." and conld
not afford to tell their friends, Il can
not afford it,
The sons though they must "sow
their wild oats" as we'll as other "fel.
lows of their set
The daughters thought it beneath
them to work for a living, but were
bound to dress well.
They drew their money out of the
savings bank to put it into some wild
cat scheme, and lost it.
They did not do business in bust
ness way because they were dealing
with relatives or 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 On law
yer put their property at his mercy.
They put off payments OH everything
possible because it would be so much
easier to pay tomorrow than to-day.
They signed important papers with
out reading them or knowing their con-
tents, just because they were asked 10
do so.
The extravaganza Of children who
had not been trained to economize or ia
take care of their pennies swamped
the home.
Through lack Of honest ambition and
disposition to interpret too literally
the text, 'Take no thought for the NOR.
row."
The mania to make an appearance
beyond their means caused them to
mortgage their property and ended in
bankruptcy.
They feared that the people with
whom they had dealings would think
them suspicious if they asked them fol
receipt for money.
When the shoe began to pinch, they
"realy did not see where they could
retrench." Habit had made luxuries
seem necessaries.
They ran accounts at the stores in.
STEAD OF paying cash, dlu not reallZe
how rapidly bills We're running up and
never knew how. they stood.
They entertained too expensively and
a great deal more than they could af.
ford because they wanted people to
think they were in good circumstances
The father thought that % go on 4
"spree" now and then was his preroga-
tive as head of the family. After a
while he availed himself Of his ''pre-
negative" once roo often.
They LET money enough slip through
their fingers to pa. the mortgage sew
eral times over, but because the date
of payment was so far away, they
thought there was no danger of losing
their home.
Their efforts to force their daughters
into the society of those above them,
in the hope that they might make
brilliant Matches, involved them
hopelessly in debt.-Success.