Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
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in life which formerly were open to young men.
Nothing however, could be erroneous. The
opportunities to-day greater than ever All de-
ponds upon the young man himself.
Generally speaking the whole question depends
upon self-denial. Sef-denia is important to
financial success it is to health. The man who
has sound body and sound fortune at fifty
can trace both quickly to this underlying and
ever-active
Specifically speaking, later success comes from
early saving 1t is the habit OF saving that IS inn
portant. The who is going to win large
fortune and, what is equally important, be able to
keep it, must learn early what it is to have bank
account and what careful investment means. The
clerk who one hundred or five hundred
dollars and invest it in the safest and most
munerative way already has mastered the essential
character of the problem, and is much farther along
on the road to wealth than perhaps he may inn
agne
The lives of those who have begun with
nothing and amassed great wealth all teach the
same simple lesson Commodore Vanderbilt be-
gan with a rowboat and died with ninety million
dollars Coils P Huntington came to NewYork
at fifteen without penny, and died great million
are. Jay Gould, working for low wages in
country store, studied surveying at night, and made
his first small capital by inventing a mouse-trap.
Peter Cooper had great difficulty in getting
education, and at seventeen was apprentlced to a
shoemaker. Russell Sage first employed in
village store, and in six years bought the store.
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Morton George W. Childs, Anthony Drexel ]. Pier
pont Morgan, all began modestly and simply,
and their by instructive knowledge
of the secrets of success. These secrets are only
two in number. They are: Work hard" and
Save Your Money
What you earn at the start matters little. The
important question is: How much of it do you
save?" This does not that you should be
miser. 1t does not mean that you should over
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was an evil 1t is the love of it which the Scriptures
condemn But you should understand it and re-
spect it. because it is only by understanding it and
respecting it in your youth that you insure
comfort, peace and happiness in old age, well
the comfort, peace and happiness of those you
love-
The beginning is always the most difficult. Once
the habit is established the rest will be easy and
your fortune will grow. You must be brave, hon
est helpful and genial. Politeness costs nothing
and is perhaps the cheapest and most remunerative
investment young man can make. 1t makes many
a future friend of yours, where rudeness
arrogance on your part would make him Indifferent
toward you if it did not active dislike of
you. Friends are always useful. Few rise
SO high that they dispense with friendship, and
if does not need it financially, life socially
speaking, is poor thing without it. Good
ners, therefore, and genial manners a simple
factor which play great part in determining
the future OF any young man who Is beginning his
career.
All parents should teach their children early the
value of money. The child should learn early that
penny represents the value of certain amount of
labor, and of a certain amount of property. From
the savings bank in the nursery to the bank
OF the millionaire not SO long step difficult
a step as many suppose. Nor does it take long for
the young man who has saved hundred dollars
to see that these statements are true. The moment
that he begins to realize how money grows, and