Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-10-15
TWO STORIES OF THRIFT


living. Instead of How much do you
spend a year?' we must learn to ask,
How much do save each year?' and
our admiration must go out to him
who has set the pace of saving. =
Senator George e. German.
Perkins was a bOokkeeper and he
was in love- There is nothing I'M
usual about that, as bookkeepers, be-
ing human and susceptible, fire.
quently have been known to fall in
love. But this man of figures was
enamored Of a highschool teacher
whose salary was almost, if not
quite, equal to his own.
The sensible young woman in the
case, while by no means disdalnlng
her sutton, was well aware Of the
ly as one. Nor did she propose to
continue teaching after marriage.
"Why don't you become a Certi-
fled Public Accountants" she asked
Perkins one evening when the high
cost of matrimOny was the topic
under discussion. "They are we'll
paid. At least, the correspondence
school advertisements say they are.
And you have a splendid bass voice.
If you would only have it trained,
I'm sure you could make some mon
ey from your singing. Then we could
get along all right
But replied Perkins, "to i'm
prove myself in both higher account
ancy and music would cost a lot of
money and time"
even So" said his fiancee, "The
results certainly would repay you
and when you are earning money
enough we can live happily ever
after
To make a long story short, Per
kins, with the aid of the future Mrs.
Perkins, became more economical OF
both his time and his money. The
musical training he laid out for him
self soon resulted in his getting a
good choir position, and in due time
he became a sc. P. A" His earn
ings increased accordingly. The
habits Of thrift he acquired in this
way did not desert him, SO that now
all the money matters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perkins are handled through a
checking bank account, and in
their joint savings account there is
a constantly growing fund to be
used in building a home for Mr.. and
Mrs. Perkins and all the little Per-
kinses.
In a Western city there is a build
er by the name of Larson who is
bound to get ahead because he keeps
his eyes open for opportunities and
has accumulated a little capital with
which to work.
Last summer an old church build
ing was torn down to make way for
a new department store. Larson was
able to obtain some of the old TIM
bers, brick and stone for a mere
song as compared with the cost of
new material. IN the meantime, he
had obtained a couple of building
lots at low price because, while
well located, they were on a slope,
and a retaining wall and considerable
filling in were necessary to make
them suitable for building. After
putting aside the top soil for garden
and lawn, the builder leveled up the
lots with earth and broken stone
from the big store excavation, and
then built the foundations, chimneys,
and practically the entire framework
of two houses from the old material,
On account of the convenient To-
cation and the attractive appearance
of the houses, Larson had no diff
Guilty whatever in selling these
houses at just as good a price as
he could have obtained had they
been built entirely of new material
and on higher-priced lots.
There are similar opportunities in
every calling. Those who profit by
them are the thrifty and forehand,
and, nine times out of ten, they are
savings bank depositors.
T. D. MacGREGOR.