The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-01

So eminent m authority as Dr..
Eliot, of Harvard, has compiled the.
following table as showing the
amount spent annually BY the Ameri-
can people for for things that are
not bread:"
Intoxicating liqouTs $2,20O.0nO,000a
Tobacco .. ... 12OO,O00,00O.
Jewelry and plate ... 100000 600.
AUTOMOBILES ... ... 50p.O0O.0QO
Confectionery .g. 200, 0Qn, 600
Soft drinks ... .. 12O,OO0,OO0.
Tea and coffee. .s.. 100000 900
Millinery ... 9o.O00,0N0
Patent medicines. ... 8Q.Q10t0O01
Chewing gum 13,0OO,O0O8
$5.308. 100000.
III a national board OF efficiency ex-
parts were called upon to cut down
these expenditures and cut out the
need ess. great differences of opinion
would arise. The man who is adj
dictcd to liquor would call LIQUOR a
necessity The tobacco user would
claim the same for the weed The
imbiber OF soda#and soft drinks would
claim the same for his indulgences,
and the patent medicine man would
tell you that you will surely die Is
you do not take DR.. Blanks nerve
Etonic The woman with q sweet
tooth would say she could not do
with out her box OF candy, and the
.habitual cheWer Of gum would tell
you that chewing gum was good for
1.-THE digestion and place that as ne
Ecessity Of life; while the tea and cof-
fee fend would surely find life not
worth the living ii the morning and
sevening drauTht were missing from
the menu. But he this as It may. the
y amount Of money ts spentSf for friEol!=
v ties that give us no 'asting pleasure
\ and do no nrrisl anaFrt# good.
We can never hope to get away
iron habit for we are all creatures
THAT things because we nave always
done them. and even admitting that
tfrivolity habits give efnploy1nen a
large number of people the harm
done is often greater than the result
ant good. =
IF As5 rule we do not spend our
n money. in large amounts, but IN small
sums. A certain lawyer who had
been unable to save money and .at.4 4
found himself i thriftless ~ an, en-
Il deavnred to aHalyze the reason foT
II month he kept track q. #srendlngs
and found that his money got away
5ifronl Til s# drib1 ets-a nickel here ana
There, dimes and quarters handed Oh
Ion every side until tie sum total wai
\. am aztng. 1T As surprising how nuct
our fri.olity bill is when we come rs
u reckon 1t in. And ifyou are unable
|, to save money At may be because a
WastefEl hat.its. In TACT many PEG
, pie would not dare to keep an seat
li5pense account. lest the figures Drove
,.4fact:s they 10 not care q face.
4 Every stree railroad in the ccun
z i3tTT, eyer summer resort eVery 500;
fountain. ever NJ gar store and ever
!. saloon lives hy virtue or the nicfSe
!! rand tile dim a multiplied tndcfnitelp
y But III the pltcatton Of nickel
vi comes the millions.
Z The Lesson va all need to lear
2 Hand 1T ls n ot an easy one1 is tile ar
u of conserving little things II yor
@t.doubt the facts above stated and fea
Ill to face them ia cold q cures. get 4 lit
"a tie pocket bank and every time 70
]. are tempted to spend money for tina
e (which Is linfleces sar y, drop it IN you
bank and watch the results
.-i They Will prove interesting II no
4 surprising. .
y 10 f gH1t tuberculosis.
Il Drama has been pleasingly nike
tubercul osis ii new motto
e picture entitled The Great Truth,
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