Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-06-04
Aunt Annals Wisdom.
BY GRACE ETHEL wEEkEs.

l(Ob9 6ut. lSuJ. py AMERICAN kI6SS AESO-
ctation.l
Miss Eleanor Hodges when barely
seventeen had a lover. George Bergen,
two years her senior. Miss Hodges,
being an orphan. was brought up by
an aunt who was a very wise woman.
As SOC as she heard of the affair she
called the lovers into her boudoir and
said to them:
In loving each other you two chill
dren are but following a law OF ma
ture. But you must have forethought.
Neither of you have any means, and
you George, have but a meager SAL
airy. 1t is all right If you will be pa
tient Far be 1t from me to object to
this match because neither OF you are
rich. What l wish for you to do Is to
wait till George has a salary that will
enable you to live without having the
wolf continually prowling about your
door. Besides this you should have
a little sum laid up In case of sickness
or other misfortunes. There is one
other matter that should be provided,
though l don't think tt absolutely nee
essary-that is, a nest egg, a o
ball, neither the principal nor interest
of which is to be spent That Is for
old age and the children when you
leave them"
Eleanor was convinced; George de
INJURED. He said he thought 1t better
to be married and fight the battle to-
gether from the start The adviser
smiled upon him alphabetically and
drew a picture of married life with no
provision against the thousand and n
expenses that come up continually to
make every day a horror. George
shuddered. Then he went away re-
solved to devote every hour of his ex-
istence (when not sleeping) to secure
all these provisions, including that
SNOWFALL"
He kept his word In the morning
he was the first man at the store
where he was employed and in the
evening the last to leave. He not only
did his own work, but that of every
one else who would permit. He open
ed a savings bank account and Satur-
day night deposited everything he
could possibly get on without spending
during the following week, and every
Saturday he made his estimate for the
next less IN order that his deposit
might be more. His passbook became.
next to Eleanor, the all important
thing of his life. In a year he had
several hundred dollars drawing inter-
est.
One day his employer told him of a
chance to buy some shares Of stock
very cheap. He drew his money from
the savings bank and bought three
shares. Soon after he was paid a divi-
dend. Here again was money produc-
Ing money. He put his dividends into
the savings bank, where they drew in
terest and cut his expenses to the
quick. In a few months he hadA enough
In bank to buy two more< OF
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"Oh, George" said Eleanor when in
formed of all this, Aunt Anna will be
delighted, especially as you are acting
on her advice. What a level head she
has! At this rate perhaps we may be
married In another year"
Possibly, but since we have begun
to act as your aunt advised we should
complete the proposition There is the
salary for necessary expenses and, say,
10 per cent to be saved. There Is the
fund for unforeseen contingencies and
the fund for old age. Your aunt said
we must be patient"
80 we WILL" said the girl
Another year passed, with more adj
ditions to the fund than had been ex-
pected, and Georges salary was raised
to a sufficiency for a young couple to
live plainly. The next year the contin-
gent fund could easily have been put
aside, but In that event George would
have to begin at the bottom for the
SNOWFALL" The desirable thing was
to wait till the latter was big enough
to furnish the former and a working
capital besides. This George decided
upon, and Eleanor was disappointed.
When Eleanor was twenty-one
George had a fair salary, a contingent
fund and his SNOWFALL" Aunt Anna
thought they might be married with
out transgressing the laws Of pru-
dence, but George had his eye on some
real estate that could be bought very
cheap and preferred to wait another
year. The rental would pay of a mort
gage there was on it. He bought the
property before the year was out, but
figured that by two years more Of
careful expenditure he could pay off
the mortgage and have the property
intact
Eleanor objected to these constant
deferments, but George wouldn't give
up his plan He said they could live In
the house when paid for rent free, and
he could have what the rental of a
home would be to make more money
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