The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-04
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATEs:
MR.. MlckLE's METHOD.

Golfers prints letter wnicn one,
A. B. Mickle, is supposed to have writ
ten to the Omaha Bee in which Mr..
Mickle explains his system OF swatting
the high cost OF living and accumulat-
ing a fortune on modest salary The
Mickle method is decidedly interest
ing and it sheds so much illumination
on the great problem involved that we
feel called upon TO direct the atten-
tion Of our readers to it.
AT the outset Mr.. Mickle says, For
fifteen years my salary has ranged
from $50 TO $50 per month, and have
good sum OF money in the bank. a
wife and six children" The testi-
mony here set forth is alone sufficient
to mark Mr.. Mickie as considerable
OF man and quite naturally II whets
ones curiosity to know how he man
ages 1t. Realizing this feeling on the
part OF the reader. he proceeds i'm
mediately to explain:
Il manage things on a common-sense
basis. No foolishness. Nickles spent
Of moving pictures. candy and ice
cream are wasted. In my family we
have nothing in the way OF luxuries-
Just plain everyday food do the buy
ing myself. we buy one pound of
steak week. | have piece OF II
every day because | need meat to sus-
tain my strength for my work. The
rest OF the family do not need meat
in fact they are better off without II.
The only luxury we buy is tobacco.
and that comes to only forty cents a
week"
Mr.. Mickle deals with some other
important points but the extracts from
his letter above quoted should give
the reader a sufficiently clear idea
concerning his system. The funda-
mental principle OF the whole thing is
summed up IN "commonsense." There
are many kind and indulgent fathers
who don't know any better than 10 let
their wives and children eat meat but
not so with Mr.. Mlckie. The logic OF
his position ON this point is simply In
sinclble. The bread winner OF the
family needs meat to sustain him. the
ole woman" and the children wvuiu
be harmed by eating II and therefore
II would be worse than luxury TO
them. Hence II follows that meat is
for Pa alone.
In the matter of Injuries, Mr.. Mickie
is the very essence OF common-sense.
his ideas being practical in the ex-
treme He cuts the luxury bill down
to the limit, contenting himself with
forty cents worth OF tobacco week
which, he says, I'VE" fuy The use OF
the plural pronoun here is especially
significant, indicating as 1t does that
Mrs. Mickle is fully in sympathy with
her husbands program OF cruel econ
omy" since she evidently participates
on the tobacco negotiations. II is not
TO be assumed that Mrs. Mickle per
sonally closes any OF the contracts
with the tobacco dealers for Mr.. Mickle
distinctly states that i do the buying
myself" The inference seems TO be
that she merely accompanies her hus-
band. lovingly looking on in silent ap-
.,..<...at ..,tsto 10 harc.irs Co., tho ftffhx,
weed.
To the hyporcritical, Il might appear
illogical to make the kids cut out tho
candy. ice cream and movies while he
is s,eEding forty cents week for to-
bacco, but this is very superficial
view which does grave injustice to
Mr.. Mickle. While tobacco is nomin.
ally classified as luxury, II is OBJ
yious that, properly speaking, 1t comes
under the category OF necessities
since II is one of the things absolutely |
essential to the comfort and well-beins
of mere man. Kids can get along |
without candy. movies and the like. but
a man can't suffer from the lack Of to-
bacco without impairing his bread
winning capacity. 1t would be rank
foolishness for Mr. Mickle TO give his
offspring nickle to blow in for
these Injuries occasionally.
II should be clearly understood that
we are merely making a report on the
Mickle method Having due regard
for our own domestic happiness we
wouldn't dare go on record as approx
ing II whatever our opinions in regard
to It might be. Prizing peace within
our own household above all things, II
prudence impels as to refrain from
expressing any views that would tend