The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-06
TALKS ON THRIFT 7
SAVING FOR A HOME.

Inc man who owns his own hous
who owns the roof over his head an
the ground under his feet. who's
children have place that they loo
upon as their own, gives to himse
and to his family chance a thou
sand times better than that of tn
individual who is living in a box call
ed an apartment Don't buy wha
you cant afford to pay for. But re
member that if you are really abb
TO pay the average rent, YOU Arr
ALSO ABLE TO PAY AND GRAD
uALLY BUY THE HOME AND OWN
IT,'-Arthur Brisbane.
A trust company in Chicago re
Gently received from one of its de.
positors this letter:
beg to inform you that | wish
TO withdraw my money from your
savings department. | have
bought a house and wish to use
my savings in paying for it. |
nave no one to thank for this
start but the bank. 1t took me a
long time to save what have
but | never missed what | have
put away.
Home ownership is one of the
most worthy objects for which you
can work and save, because, when
that aim is realized, you have taken
a long step towards becoming really
If you are not suffi-
ciently master of yourself to curb
your inclination to spend your in
come foolishly, YOU can never be in
dependent of others. You always
VIII be paying somebody rent, inter-
EST, or tribute of some kind. One of
,he truest things Shakespeare ever
wrote is this: "No man is free who
S not master of himself and YOU
ian not be genuinely master of your
eli when you pay rent for the priv
leee Of using, as a living space, a
'ortion of the earth's surface or even
portion of the tenth floor above
he earth's surface. Every mans
ouse is his castle. Own your own
ONE and then you can emulate the
pirlt of Rob Roy, Sir Walter Scotts
ero, who proudly said: my foot
on my native heath and my name
MacGregor." Lord Bacon said:
he that hath a wife and children
lth given hostages to fortune" In
odern language, that means that
hen you have a family to support
u must make good"
No matter how thoughtless and
travagant you may have been be-
'e. when you have a family to care !.
you are not much of man if you :
not start to save money. for the
ure needs Of those dependent upon
l, and certainly one of the prime e
IDS is a roof over their heads. But 9,
1T pay for the landlords house. d
roof of your own will cover the a,
st happiness. liz
is worth life time of scrupu- w.
economy, if in the evening of di
you can be seated before your cd
fireside, ample provision having
made to care for you and yours.
reason so many are friendless I'M
homeless is because the price frt
omfort apparently is too high for
n. To sacrifice habits that neith-
Enlarge ones scope OF vision, nor
g any permanent joy, is to the i
age man a burdensome task. wa
lere are many building and loan ca
Citations to help persons of mod Gu
incomes in acquiring ownership
heir own homes. But invariably
organizations require that the +.
Icant for a loan hold title free an
clear to the land where the house IN
be built, and they do not loan cia
than so per cent of the value tioj
e whole property. Ma
5ht here is where the savings
S helps the would-b be -home-o own
Use the savings bank as a safe nal
STORY for your money while you anc
up the fund to buy your Tes
just as the Chicago depositor per
Tho wrote the letter to the bank l
g that 81 never missed what | pat
put away"