The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-10-22
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
ON A TOPICS


SINKING WITH A SPENDTHRIFT.
paper Syndicate)
Tomorrow can bring nothing,
But He will bear Us through
Who gives the lilies clothing
Will clothe his children, too.
Beneath the spreading heavens
No creature but Is fed,
And He who feeds the ravens
Will give His children bread.
There are girls who boast that their
sw~eethearts are too fond Of them to
be stingy with them-that they are
constantly showing by costly gifts that
they are eve out OF their mind.
Prudent people know that this might
do for a mar who has wealth, but for
the lover depending on a modest salary
there Is a note OF warning for the girl
in the case. She may appreciate his
fondness and anxiety to please her, but
she should also realize there is a very
essential quality lacking In his makeup
inability to ave money.
After they wed trouble soon begins.
They commence married life on a scale
more extravagant than they should and
live VI to every penny OF his income.
They often run behind. One may bor-
row from a friend a few times. Even
tually, however, the borrower Is met
"hSn d5h1hB " dLlOlhcE lOdh Will lAlo
response: I'm sorry, my dear friend,
to refuse, but I was just about to ask
you to pay back the last amount 1 let
you have" As IL by one accord he
finds h same state OF affairs wher-
ever he turns, He has gotten into the
rut of spending money. He loses his
position. Want looks in at the door Of
the little home. The wife comes vail
antly to the fore; takes q position to
exc out the support Of the little family.
When q man accepts this situation
philosophically, sits down resignedly,
then trouble is sure to begin to brew,
trouble this time that will not be apt
to be temporary.
when the wife Is the bread winner,
and she knows her husbands spend
thrift inclfnations, she does not make
him her banker. She carries the pock-
etbook or secrets II so securely that
though he searches every nook and
Granny he is unable to find II. II there
are no babies to tend at home, time
hangs heavy, on his hands. or course,
he starts out to look for q position each
day, but he Is n of the kind who
are glad to be turned down at the few
places where he applies. He feels in
jured at his wife not allowing him at
least a certain amount each week for
his spending money. He has been
used to smoking cigars-good ones at
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he runs up q little bill, here and there.
intending, Of course. to pay 1t as soon
as he gets work. His clothes must not
show shabbiness, and he spends some
Of the money which he hopes to get at
He must put his best foot forward In
his endeavor to secure q position;
therefore, he cannot have shoes with
holes in them. Bills sometimes have a
reckless habit OF coming due. He sits
stolidly through his wife's teaSs and
reproaches. She parts with sill her
treasures at the insistence of the clam
oring tradesmen. This goes on year
after year despite her pleadings, until
she wakes to the realization that IL Is
easier 10 pass a camel through a
needle'S y than to reform a spend
thrift. When q couple are coYrting, a
girl should study a mans habits and
not accepts gifts which he cannot at
ford. The lover inclined to be too lib
eral can be checked in time II taken
at the outset.