La Junta tribune., 1906-12-01
now TO LIVE WILL ON A sMALI
INCOME.
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Economics
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1t all depends on your idea OF the
meaning OF the adjective small - ap-
piled to An income.
have known . couple Who started
In life with what their friends thought
nving colors- The man had q bust
- berth with = salary OF 5000 a
<3sf. The mans wife went to house
keeping with him in . beautiful house
furnished completely from roof to
basement by her liberal father. Her
mother agreed to give her all her
clothes just as when she had been
girl at home Al the end OF year
these two people came to their re-
spective parents. and with tears ana
protestations declared that they
could not live in town on the measer
pittance Of the husbands salary.
Either they must have twice IS much
money or else they must emigrate TO
some cheap country place Parents
proving inexorable. the establishment
In town was broken up and messieur
and madame betook themselves to
rural environment. What became OF
them ! never learned. or whether they
discovered Utopia In . cheap village.
II such . village there be under the
blue canopy that stretches over our
heads.
Extravagant people can run through
immense sums without much trouble.
II IL only necessary to want every
thing one sees. buy everything one
wants, take NO care Of anything. do
nothing ones self and be wastefnl and
improvident generally. to achieve bril-
liant success in this direction.
All over this country there are peo-
pie who have solved the problem OF
living comfortably on incomes that
range from $500 or $500 to 5000
year.
The nrst thing to be thought OF Is
shelter. A place to protect one from
the weather and to provide ones fam
lily with the outside shell OF that
-yeet Intangible thing We call home.
he initial requisite. The home be-
~ selected. its furnishing comes
aext; this may be simple or elabor-
ate. costly or inexpensive. II may be
and often II. fully as artistic and fully
as refined and beautiful when its cost
has been trifiing A. when large sums
have been absorbed In the item OF up
ho,stery. Of chairs. tables. wall paper
and decorations
n II be practicable to build and own
ones home. II In In the long run an
economical procedure. IS In . few
years rent eats up in actual cash .
suflcient amount to buy and wholly
pay for Q comfortable home. II is not
an unWise thing to have \ mortgage
on the home to begin with. n there ts
enough forethought and self denial
10 make payments and reduce 1t an
auaIiy. until the house Is altogether
ones own
great deal Of wasteful expenditure
Is Incurred by those who have the too
prevalent American habit Of frequent
iy changing their residences. At
times this tendency almost indicates
q morbid and diseased pociAl restless
ness. People move apparently only to
try another house on another street
whom there II not the least advantage
gained by the change and considerable
money and strength are lost In the
needless removal.
People 70 make Q study OF II and
~ho have very small incomes on
.Shich TO draw. have assured me that
~ can live best by purchasing
a ehold supplies in very small
SNIhtity. In Paris. where frugaiity is
reduced to Its lowest terms. the house
holder buys . tiny pat Of butter. .
single chop or . single egg at need.
In America . great DEAL is thrown
away for the reason that too much
~as originally bought. A house
keeper Who tided her family over .
particularIy diflcult crisis In iss af
fairs, told ne that she knew precisely
hov 2any potatoes TO cook for Q fam
II four. how many spoonsful OF
coffee should be used in Q week. and
how many Jumps Of sugar. II must
have been rather q strain to calculate
50 closely ~ she did. but her husband
and children had enough TO eat and
made Q good appearance vhen they
vent respectively TO business and to
school and they got over their
trouDlee and swept trfumphantly for
card into financial ease. A family in
the neiGhborhood with three times
their Income. but none Of their man
agemsnt. we're always On the ragged
edge q distress and we're at last sold
cut by the sheriR
Fua 10 alvays expensive and y the
one eeNture that resiseD tAe caReful
nsnaeer. N -fneRr Oe eanDot ffuDse,
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have silently Of cord weather y - tAO
prvvoaias nature q ArO to ozrD 0DRo
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