The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-09-04

uaN she asks nef UoNncF now 10 put
pocket on that apron. SO she fingers
over her work, and sings while she
tolls. and Is happy over her work BE-
cause she is doing il well.
Careful Use OF Money
Now for the second round in our
ladder. The first is work The second
is the careful use Of money. We
are not all Of Us earning money
all the time. bu, We are all OF
Us consuming food and wearing out
clothing and in one way or another
pending money every day We live
Now ! am going to ask you to MAKE
the rules for the wise use Of money
Each bit Of money represents some
bodys hard work You have worked,
or else your father, or whoever has
given you the money has worked And
We want to spend that money in such
way as 20 do the greatest posi-
BILE good
let US suppose that this little boy
receives . cents as present, and
there are two things he may spend
il for tie can buy a pound Of candy
or he can buy a mouth harp Tell
me, my boy, which would you buy?
The boy says he would buy the
candy Well. my boy. think you
would make mistake The candy
would taste very good We all like
things that are sweet; but there IS
one bad thing about candy How long
doe, it LAST In very short time
that candy would be gone and you
would have nothing to show for it.
You could remember how good it
tasted, but you could never taste il
again.
ON the other hand. il you should
spend this p cents for mouth harp
you could enjoy that today. newt
week and next year And you could
lend it to all the scholars in school
and it would still be pleasure and
joy. tYou couldn't lend them your
candy, | think the boys and girls
here would agree with me that there
Is ten times a. much enjoyment in
the mouth harp as there is in the
candy. So we can make a rule for
the wise spending Of money Spend
money for things that last
But there is a better rule than this
Let Us suppose that this little girl has
a birthday and her grandfather gives
her p cents 10 spend. and for that
- cents she might buy song book
or she might buy hen Wn ,h
would it be. little girl? (Answer:
would buy the song book because it
would last That is a pretty good
answer, but it is not the best answer
We are going to find a rule better
than the other one. rule better than
to spend money for the things that
last The song book would make you
happy today, and tomorrow, and next
week and next year. You could lend
it to all the children in school and it
would be full Of happiness still. Bat
there is one thing in which the song
book is less valuable than the hen. The
song book can't lay eggs!
You see that the song book would
not help you buy the hen, but the men
would help you to buy the song book,
and then you would have both.
So here We have the other rule for
spending money: Spend money for
things that riH bring money again.
Should We Spend for Education7
Now let US apply these two rules
to education Is it wise TO spend
money on education? Let US try the
test of the first rule. Is education
something that will last? Certainly.
it is if it is the right kind of edgca-
tion. You spend money for a fine
dress, and it is worn out. You spend
money for an excursion and it is
soon over and past. But you spend
money for acknowledgement spend
money for yourself TO get some new
information or some new skill and
that knowledge and that training will
be yours forever. II is something
that can't be lost. IL is somethin
that can't be stolen, Education Is "a
good investment according to our
first rule that we should spend money
for things that should last.
And how about the other rule? Is
education something that will bring
money again? Many educated people
are not great money makers because
they do not live to make money. But
it is easy to see that education does
help man to earn money.
saw two men surveying land. One
of them carried the book and a com
pass, and the other man carried the
chain and pegs. The man who car
ried the book and the compass was
an educated man. lie had studied
arithmetic and geometry and the
higher mathematics and his pay was
six dollars per day. The other man
travelled just as far each day. He