The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-02-03
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TO THE FRONT.

The good men must always be at the
front. 1t is not enough that there must
be more good men than bad, but they
must be at the front everywhere snd at
all times. One man in a position Of
influence is worth thousand men single
handed and silent. 1t is a Christians S
duty to WELD all of the influence that he
can honestly and judiciously, wherever
he is. II a mechanic be a leader as far
as consistency will allow, in the councils
of labor; If drummer" be a leader
among commercial travellers; If a mer-
chant be as successful as conscience and
circumstances permit; in politics, be
always on hand; sacrifice time, conven-
fence and comfort to be at the caucus
and at the polls. 1t requires more grace,
more head and heart to be a leader in
social. scholastic, mechanical, mercan-
tile or political life. constantly than it
does to be the best deacon, superintend.
ent or prayer meeting worker in the
city, and it is Just as essential in its way.
BECOMING RICH
Too often the fact that man is grow
ing rich is first announced to his neigh
Dor by wider spread and a finer show
in his style of living. His wife and
daughters begin to resemble the lillies
They neither toll nor spin but Solomon
in all of his glory was not arrayed as one
of them. Next comes a coach and a
span. Then. of course, a new house
The old one was ample enough. There
is no increase in the family, but without
a grander mansion how is the world to
know that the man has made fortune?
So architects and painters and decorators
in due time install the household in a
palace fit for duke and they take their
rank among ''the upper ten." All of the
humble walks of life are abandoned, old
friends are dropped, the hearts once
often cheered, and the poor helped, look
no longer for their coming. The cloak
of selfshness is tightly drawn and the
heart is closed to the appeals for charity.
How true, when blessings come in the
way of great prosperity, they are wholly
appropriated for self, and the good that
they were intended to do never speed
on missions of mercy, but are tightly
held. dwarfed and thwarted altogether
and they are not known to have become
rich by the many blessings bestowed or
the good that is done, but only by an
outward dazzling show that few years
will obliterate.
AN ALLOWANCE FOR CHILDREN.
If children have no money of their
wn, how can they learn to manage it?
Begin when they are very young and
teach them gradually the use OF money by
arranging the household. work so that
they can earn few pennies, and perhaps
by giving them moneved rewards for
special excellence in school. Whenever
children are given money let them under
stand that 1t is because they have earned
it by good behavior. Money should
not be doled out to a child as if it were
to a beggar. 1t has right to its allow
ance; and children that are early taught
that they must furnish the equivalent of
the money received learn the value OF
money and grow up to be respected
because they are self respecting. The
plan that we have suggested is followed
in many families and each child is paid
a fixed sum for certain duties. While
the sums earned by the smaller children
are trivial, the children are compelled
to pay out certain small necessary ex-
penses from them, and to contribute a
penny Of the earnings to the church
contribution box each Sunday. AS soon
as they have a dollar saved they are
urged to put it in the bank. unless it is
near a birthday or the holidays, when
extraordinary expenditures are in order.
In one family the writer remembers that
it is the rule of the mother to make
liberal allowance of paper, pencils, and
other sundries for school, and if any
of these articles are wasted or used up
before certain time, the child in fault
is compelled to purchase others from
her own money, very definite and usu-
ally effective way Of reaching careless
ness. By gradually becoming used to
spending money, and learning by pay
ing" the suffering of carelessness, the
child grows to learn values, and when
she arrives at an age suitable may use
an allowance given her wisely and with
proper discretion.
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