Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-23
TALKS ON THRIFT.
THE BROADER THRIFT.

When we speak of thrift, the aver
age man and woman immediately
Jumps to the conclusion that we mean
merely the saving Of money, and nav
ing been unable to save money, con-
cludes that the practice Of thrift IS
an impossible achievement.
We are apt to picture the man or
thrift as a ''tigE1tWad," so careful IN
money matters that it is painful both
to him and those about him; who
counts every penny with thoughtful
care and spends it with regret, de
MES himself every rightfuI pleasure,
wears his clothes until they are
threadbare, eats the plainest OF food,
and deposits his money in the savings
bank with clock-like regularity.
But that is a narrow thrift, and 1t
NAV not be thrift at all; for the niser
is by no means true example OF
thrift, although he may be good eX-
ample of saving. While thrift results
in the saving of money, it is bigger
and broader than that. The man OF
thrift works hard and earns largely
that he NAV spend wisely for the
things that make life worth living.
While he has an eye on the future, he
does IlDU LOISSL OIldC VIC tINC oAe OiAS%
and are entitled to some of the good
things of life as we go along. loo
MANY people live so much in anticl-
patton of the future that they miss the
lows of the present. Too many dread
the future and, instead OF preparing
for it. worry about it.
Satisfaction IN life comes from two
sources: First a knowledge that we
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are pIaving that part we'll. Second,
that we are ready for tomorrow. In
the last analysis contentment both for
today and tomorrow is merely mat
ter of dollars and cents. While money
is not the chief end and aim OF man,
it is essential to the full enjoyment of
life. A certain bank clerk who had
worked in one institution twenty years
was summarily discharged, and at 40
found himself out of q job, a family to
support and no money. He literally
went through hell before he found
other work at far less compensation,
and all the joys he had in spending
his money were overshadowed by the
worry the doubt and the readjust-
ment process. It may be he could
not save, at least he did not, and
few hundred dollars in the bank now
would look like a million to him. There
are many in the same situation to
whom the loss of employment would
be a tragedy, full Of gruesome hor-
rors.
We mistake greatly the meaning of
thrift if we conclude that it means
simply selfdenial and saving; for while
it does involve sacrifice, it is fer a
purpose. Thrift earns for a purpose
and spends for a purpose.
There is a, thrift that is mean and
and robs life of much of its
comforts, and there is {. thrift that
is broad and helpful-the kind that
makes for a well-regulated life, gets
solid satisfaction day by day, pre-
pares for a peaceful old age when the
earning power is less and the needs
greater than today.
The thrift we need is, to repeat, the
broader thrift that works hard, spends
wisely and saves consistently, and not
the narrow thrift that merely saves
money at whatever cost in comfort
and convenience.
Get the thrift habit-the broad
thrift habit now; practice it thought
fully; waste not the little things; find
the joy that a growing bank account
brings; invest your savings safely and
profitably; remember tomorrow but
forget not today; spend for the things
that last and find the secret Of the
broader thrift that makes for better
living. 1t is the only thrift worth
while.