The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-16

VIZ NkkupB Hu0pL new 8p4n0drd0 q OF
living. Instead OF How much do you
spend q yearg we must learn TO ask,
How much do you save each year y
and our admiration must 20 out to
him who has set the pace Of saving. =
Senator George 3. Gornian.
Perkins was bookkeeper and he
was In love. There is nothing unusual
about That, as bookkeepers, being llai-
man and susceptible, frequently have
been known To- fall In love But this
man of figures was enamored of q
high school teacher whose salary was
almost, II not quite, equat to his own.
The sensible young woman In the
case, while by no means disdaining
her suitor, was we'll aware OF the fact
that two could not live as cl1eaply as
one. Nor did she propose to continue
teaching after marriage.
Why don't you become Certified
Public Accountant r. she asked Per.
kins one evening when the nigh cost
of matrimony was the topic under dis
cussion They are well paid. AT
least, the correspondence school adj
refreshments say they are. And you
have splendid bass voice. II you
would only have 1t trained, I'm sure
you could make some money from
your singing. Then we could get along
almght. /" &: {
But" replied Perkins, ITO Improve
myself in both higher accountancy
and music would cost a lot Of money
and Time b:
Even SO, said his fiancee, .The re-
suits certainly would repay you. and
when you are earning money enough
we can live happily ever after. I. '
To make q long story short, Per
kins, with the aid Of the futlre Mlrs.
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
ne became a 70. p. a." His earnings
increased accordingly. The habits Of
thrift he acquired In this way did not
desert him, so that now all Che money
meters of Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins are
handled through a checking bank ac-
Count, and in their joint savings ac-
count there is a constantly growing
fund to be used in building a home
for Ma. and Mrs. Perkins and all stlie
little Perkinses.
In western city there is q builder
by the name of Larson who is bound
to. get ahead because he keeps his ewes
open for opportunities and has s,ccaian-
uated q. little capital with -waitch 10
work. ~
Last summer an old church building
was. torn down to make way for a
new department store. Larson was
able to obtain some of the old timbers,
brick and stone for mere song al
compared with the cost Of new ma
terfal In the meantime, he had
obtained couple OF building lots al
low price because, while we'll locat-
ed, they were on a slope, and a re-
tanning wall and considerable tilldne
IN were necessary to make them s,,if-
able for building. After putting aside
the top soil for garden and lawn. the
builder 1eveled up the lots with earth
and broken stone from the big store
excavation, and then built the foun-
CATIONS, ctttmneys, and practically The
entire framework OF two houses from
the old material. 'T
On account OF the convenient Joca-
| ton and the attractive appearances Of
the houses, Larson had no difficulty
whatever in selling these houses at
lust as good a price as he could have
obtained had they been built entirely
Of new material and on higher-priced
lots. 1865
There are similar opportunities in
every calling. Those who profit bv
them are the thrifty and forebandei,
and. nine times out of ten, they are
savings bank depositors.