Arizona republican., 1913-08-16
TALKS ON THRIFT
No. 29-For Your Chldren's Sake

T should think i'll of any man who did not leave his children q | little better off materially than him ! seIf"-Thcodore Roosevelt
 l Children are expensive. It costs a | good deal of money to bring them into the world. It costs more to i bring them up-to feed. cIothe and i educate them. Nevertheless there are 1 very few parents who would not do anything in their power to promote the Weil-bcins of their children. But parents do not always know what is best for their offspring.
 In providing for the present ncccs- sites and comfort of your children. do not forget the needs of the future Nowadays young people cannot be too well prcpared for the battle of life. You are d wise parent therefore If. even with some inconvenience. you save money to provide for the thor ough education of your children. and if possible to give them some finan- cial assistance in making their start in life, whatever career they may choose
 While realizing that the success of your children to d large extent will
 
 when they are young, do not over lock the fact that it is not only the amount of money you leave them that counts. but also the kind of habits they learn from you
 The dollar they save out of their own pocket money. if placed in the bank where they can see it grow. means more than just d little money saved mp. It will mean the firm cs- tablishment of the habit of tn~1t. which will mean q great deal to them all through life.
 Thus it is important both to save for your children and to teach them to save for themselves Parents ought to cooperate in this work Household economy naturally will de volEe upon the wife, who, if she is also a mother, may be trusted to save money 1t is her mother in- slinct which bids her care for her children, and provide for their future @& well as their present necessities The larger planning and economics ill fall to the lot of the husband and father. While the wife Is s:v1ng cn the household expenses by judi Cious buying and careful use he is likely to be carrying out some such ] pan tS was adopted by q merchant | who wanted to provide d fund for | each one of his children when they l reached the age of twenty one When | each child was born he deposited a / dollar in the savings bank in the child's name. on the child's second | birthday he deposited two dollars | and he kept this up, each year mak- ing a deposit on each birthday of as 1 many dollars as the child's years 1 W hen each one of his children reach | ed the age of tWenty-onc tt,a-c was | $@05.l6 to it's credit in the bank The { putting aside of this small sum of | money each year was d very small | item and was not felt, and yet i, | piled up quite q respectable sum-
 These bank accounts had a yer, effect on the children As soon as they were told of it they 1 took q great interest in them. The 1 of having d bank ac- count had the effect of making them want to increase it. The result was that they began to save on their own account at an early age One child had saved d hundred dollars long before she was sixteen years old. largely money which otherwise would have been wasted in Hseless Iuxuries.
 Teaching children the value of money is a very important part of their education and one which IS sadly neglected in many homes and