Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-25
MANY FAMOUS spENorHRIFTs
Kings and Rulers Often Set Pace Hard
For Followers 10 Keep Up.

Kings and Rulers Often Set Pace Hard
For Followers 10 Keep Up.
Thrift is state wherein one Is pros
porous. fortunate. increasing In world
ly possessions and generally success
ful. A spendthrift, however, is one
who succeeds in spending and parting
with what has come to him, either by
his own endeavors or through the In
terest that others have had In him.
The art of economizing is unknown
to the spendthrift, and the word fru-
gality is not in his lexicon. To another
word he Is a stranger also. that Is fore
thought, says DR.. w. E Evans. It
never occurs to him that day OF dis
aster and trouble may come into his
life wherein he shall wish that he had
been provident
I suppose the spendthrift viii abide
amongtus as long as mems wants are
80 excessively beyond their usual
needs, and as long as men permit other
people to decide how they should live.
and as long as people suffer society to
dictate the style In which they should
entertain and dress.
The provfdent man will think for
himself in all these matters. He knows
exactly what he may spend and keep
up speaking acquaintance with his
bank account. II he cannot AFFORD II he
will not buy an automobile simply be-
cause some Of his neighbors have cho-
sen that manner OF transit. He win
not permit other people to decide where
he should live. He will remain in the
old neighborhood where living Is less
expensive, rather than move into q
more stylish part Of the city. IL he can
not AFFORD 1t. Many Of his old friends
have gone, and he feels that ''the old
neighborhood 10 not what It once was"
but his friends are not to set the stand.
ard of his method of living. He-and
not they-knows the entries In his
bank book.
He had better
Range with humble livers In con-
tent,
Than to be perked UP In a giisten-
ing grief.
And wear a golde nsorrow-"
such as fine house In fashionable
section. all covered with mortgages,
and himself trying to meet an infini-
tude of burdensome debts!
Yet there are men who spend all
that they possess and give no thought
to the horrible sequel-debt! They
have no idea Of the value Of money.
but let 1t slip away from them as little
children let dry sand flow through
their separated fingers.
Kings and rulers have sometimes set
the bad example Of most extravagantly
spending money. which noblemen and
others In high social rank have not
been slow to follow. forgetting the old
principle of noblesse oblige. Henry
VIII. set an example OF the most ex-
travagant splendor. which ruined many
Of the mobiles In trying to initiate. In
Hoods Life Of Cromwell" we read
that, while the people were starving
under the weight Of oppression and
forced loans the king was spending
fortunes right AM left either for him
self or for his immediate friends. We
read Of over $4,000 being paid to Will
liam Rogers, a goldsmith; Of $4,000
paid to Philip jacobson, a jeweler, for
a ring; Of $4,000 paid to Henry Gar
way for one diamond; Of $4,000 paid
to Sir Manrill Abbott for diamond
set In collar Of gold. And the people
were already bending low under the
yoke of financial oppression. Is It any
wonder that they finally chopped the
kings head from his shoulders? Even
a worm may turn at last
Gibbon, In his immortal work, says
that at one time It was the habit Of
the spendthrifts Of Rome to send away
annually about 100000 for foreign
ornaments. And. this sum went to
hostile nations. which used It In
strengthening their arms against the
Romans. Pliny says that he himself
saw Lolita Paulina dressed for q be-
trothal feast in robe that was cover
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