The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-07-28
ON THE SAME INCOME.
Some Families Have Things While
Others Don't,

Others Don't.
You know it is a common thing said
4 social philosopher, ito find two families
81 the same moderate income living very
differently, one with a house s~cantily fur
lished and always short OF money, and
the other with q house we'll furnished and
always something in reserve.
III we are the people with the scanty
mouse and the sCanty purse we wonder
how the other people do it. The answer to
this is extremely simple; they do 1t mainly
by economy and the ~scrupulous avoidance
Of waste.
They never dribble away their money.
as we do, We haven't learned yet the les
son that every cent counts and that cents
saved mean dollars. We may not be ex-
~ravagant. but we buy what we want. If
We see a bargain we get that whether we
really need 1t or not; we ride when we
could walk: we treat ourselves to candy
ana ice cream soda and sundaes freely,
spending in that way many more dollars
than we think.
we buy lots Of new ribbons and odds
and ends of things; we don't mind spend
ing a quarter when we want to, or more,
never dreaming how these small sums
mount up, and the first thing you know
"e haven't any money, we are hard up
and we haven't the things we really want
either. How Is 1t the other folks can have
h they want with no more money?
The other folks have money by saving
1t, by not dribbling it away. When they
really need something they have the
money for it and they are able to get it,
when we can't, but they are able to have
the money only because they save it.
They never waste a cent.
III a cent stamp will do they don't
-lln IN n . !. --.-lE =
cent stamp and let 1t go, but thew
don't, they prefer to have the cent to
keep for themselves, and 1 must say I
think they are wise. When they get
through using a light they turn it out.
they don't let it burn on, to be Of no use
TO anybody; they turn It out and save the
money, and it all counts.
They economic in their purchases and
shey haven't the slightest hesitation in GO
ing where they a buy to the best advan-
taSe. They usually pay cash for what
they BUY and SO are able to get the full
!enett of opportunities, but whatever bills
they may have they scrutinize closely, and
II they find a bill with 10 cents too much
charged on it they dom say. oh, we
can't bother about that. let it co. but they
10 bother about 1T: they want the 10 cents
that belongs to them and they attend to
it and get it.
n save on the telephone. Five cents
Tor a telephone call isn't much, but 20
calls cos. a dollar They telephone when
ney really need TO, but they don't tele-
phone for the u of It; they prefer to
keep the money. Without being over fin
icky, they are careful about their furni-
ture and their rug and about their
;iothes; they don't break or tear things,
and so their things always look we'll and
they last longer, cost less for
and so In that way they save money, a
lot OF 1t, and yet their house always looks
veil, as they do themselves, and they al
lays nave money for what thety want to
BUY and to go with when they want to go
There's nothing mean about them-on
me contrary they always have money to
spend when I haven't, and they can go
when l can't, but they don't fool away
their money, and they don't throw away a
cent. They practice practical economy,
and that way lies prosperity. and very
great comfort"