Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-03
Press Comment.
BUY A HOME.

BUY A HOME.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Des
Moines Capital advises young mar
ried folks, whether the husband il on
salary, or just getting started In busi-
ness Of his own, to buy home. It is
good advice We believe that city's
prosperity is the most stable which
has the greatest percentage OF homo
owners. Some families have good rea-
sons for not buying home, but we
believe home owning should be the
rule. and that tenantcy should be the
exception. l3si
Many a young couple have made
their real start in life by buying a
home, sometimes q very small affair.
upon which practically nothing would
be paid down. the price being met
through monthly installments. Paying
for home has developed habits Of In
dustry and economy that have meant
reasonable degree OF comfort, In latter
years. ss
Buying home sometimes has com
PEELED the family to live rather eco
nomically for time, but the economy
habit is good one to encourage and
develop. It's better to be economical
anyway than to live up to the limit OF
ones means, or as so many do, just
beyond ones means.
II home-buying will inculcate the
saving habit, 1t has more than justi.
fed ITSELF
Then there's the satisfaction that
comes from living in property that
can be called mine" or ours" That
satisfaction Is worth something, even
II It is claimed that 1t is just as cheap
to pay rent as 1t is to own h0meG II
Own q home. That's always s3Sodt
advice to follow.
The Past Glory Of High Boots.
Chicago Evening Post: Alexander
Monroe Dockery Of Missouri, ID q
link with the past. He wears high
boots under his trousers. No doubt
many estimable gentlemen OF for
mer generation do, but we have be-
come unaccustomed to hearing OF
them, much as we no longer hear OF
broadcloth and beaver hats.
The oldsters of Chicago will TO
member the common wearing Of high
boots as part of elegance In attire.
Potter Palmer, George M. Pullman
and Marshall Field all wore them
at one time, and two or three an
clients who made them, remain. Such
boots costNnot less than $50 a pair,
and were remarkable both for leather
and workmanship. Their utility when
covered with trouser legs may be q
matter of present speculation, but
pride In the excellence of their At
and their material was certain.
Some OF the earlier British musical
pieces, imported twenty years ago.
delighted In presenting typical
American millionaire In boots-poa-
sible In lingering recollection of Asa
Trenchard in "Our American Cousin"
Since the fast boats havC unloaded
80 many Of our plungers In the Cecil
and Savoy the British no longer carl
cature as in boots. They might not
70 amiss II they presented million.
aire or two In rubbers.
Tendency Always Upward.
Webster City Freeman-Tribune:
Had you noticed that every time an
Iowa farm changes hands the abstract
shows q higher price? Evidently the
falling OF In population does not worry
the man who wants q chunk, OF good
soil, q dependable chunk, q chunk
THAT is worth more today than 1t was
yesterday, and chunk that will be
worth more tomorrow than 1t is today.
Preachers on the Anxious Seat.
New York Tribune: President WE
sons habit Of going to church where
he ia not expected will make Wash
ington pastors dig down into the SER
mon barrel with more care than ever.
Close Shave.
Chicago Tribune: Some day Col. J.
Ham Lewis, a. a matter OF course,
will sit down to write his auto
biography. Or perhaps he will walk
the floor in slow and dignified fashion
and dictate 1t to secretary or aman-
uensis. II entirly frank, he will say
when he comes to that portion Of his
life story treating OF his election to
the United States senate, that he had
doggone narrow escape from get
ting licked, or words to that broad
and general effect.
Much to Atone For.
Kansas City Times: March will
have to come through with lot OF
good behavior In the following years
| to live down the evil reputation it has
earned this year.
No Need to Exaggerate.
Chicago Tribune: The inevitable ten
dency is to exaggerate the horrors OF
great calamity. The truth is terrible
enough.
Outrode Them All. n
! Chicago Evening Post: Bryan
Watched the Nebraska cyclone with
perfect calmness. He has seen
tstormi before. III