The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-13
By RUTH CAMERON
TWO WAYS OF USING MONEY.

b TWO WAYS OF USING MONEY,
Two young women In my acquaint.
ancc are earning about the same saia.
ries, but they use their money In very
different ways. q
One OF them SPENDS as little as pos
si6le on her daily needs. She walks
to save carfares; she eats at cheap
places; sho denies berself any amuse,
-ment which costs anything; she
thinks twice before she spends a quar-.
ter; she is always saying she cannot
afford this or that little thing and she
rellgiously jots down every penny In
her account book. With the money
thai she thus accumulates. she hays
very expensive big thlngs-a hanu
some set Of furs, costly vacation trip,
q mahogany dresser for her room, etc
People are always saying: What lot
Mabel goes get out of her money!
The other girl always has plenty Of
money for little things. She goes tc
the theater or TO some lecture alnlos,
every week; she gratifies her love fol
pleasant surroundings by eating In
one OF the most attractive restaurants
in town, despite her friends Mortified
protest that everything costs five or
ten cents more there. She never
thinks about car-fare or any of the lit
tie expenses. and she despises account
books. Consequently, she.neverl has
big things like her friend. She has
only enough 10 help her family. save
"a reasonable amount and buy fairly
presentable clothes. the people VINO
Npraise her friend are always saying
isn't II strange that Lucy doesn't
have more 10 show for her money with
the good salary she has?"
Now this point. OF view is so famil
lar as TO be truIsm, but there are
times when quarrel with II. May
recall to your mind q sentence which
| think have quoted before? "The
right use of money is a accomplish
what you wish with it,
Presumably both these girls want
the largest amount Of happiness pos.
sible for their money. The question
is: which gets 1t? The first girl is
always tied down to thoughts OF mon
ey. Spending a quarter bothers her
She scrimps herself and denies her
self 10 save dime. She gets big
things for her money and is proud OF
1t and boasts of 1t, but is It worth
while? II some of the money which
she put into that mahogany dresser
She scrimped for 1t six months-had
been distributed over that six months
as oil to make the machinery of her
daily living run more smoothly
wouldn't she have been happier on
the whole?
She second girl never thinks OF mon.
ey. She allows herself plenty to oil
the, machinery Of daily life and she
gets as much as she can out of the
rest. and is contest. To be sure, she
has an oak bureau in her room instead
of mahogany dresser, but | wonder
Il her peace Of, mind and her freedom
from money worry do not make the
balance pretty nearly even.
2 Now please do not think I am ad.
vising you 10 spend all your money on
little things. I'm not\advising any ex.
tremc I'm just trying to get the op.
posite point OF view from the conven.
tional one.
1t is good TO get the full value of
YOUR hard earned money. but In trying
to do that, do not forget that peace OF
mind and freedom from money worry
are some OF the precious things of life,
as well as costly furs and mahogany
Hressers. sue
Remember that there,is such a
thing as thinking too constantly Of saw
lig moneytand. consequently claiming
Yourself 5down toLcontinuDus thoughts
Of money. To my mind. nothing but
duty or necessity can make that worth
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