The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-16
TALKS ON THRIFT
The Ar Of Doing Without-seif Con-
tral-self Denlal-Careful LLXinl


A. times go by the virtue Of self
denial is more and more apparent
and the art Of doing without more
needed The social fascinatIons of
today. the craze for dress, amuse
ments. recreation, automobilins AN
the glitter and attractions OF q
materialistic age-call loudly for self
control. self denial and careful liy-
ing. And those who try TO keep
pace with the crowd set pace mat
Kills
No man ever succeeds who does
not learn to do without The very
basis OF religion Of good conduct, or
good character lies in the virtue Of
self control It is the highest eNi-
dence of self mastery and the toun-
daJiau of all social and business sue.
cess.
did YOU ever stop to watch a
crowd around street fakir selling
some article Of household use--d po-
tato pceler for instance? How he
persuaded the man that their wives
could not peel potatoes without it,
found ready purchasers, who laid
down their quarters, marched home
and presented the article with pude
and righteous feeling of helping
wife in her daily labor" only 10 find
her peeling potatoes the same old
way the next day?
We listen to argument We per
suade ourselves. We are easily con.
yinCed that we need, in fact must
have. many things that We might vell
do without We see things in the
shop windows that appeal. We read
illurins ads until our resisting power
breaks down. We 90 bargain hunt
ing until we are loaded down with
things we cannot use. 81 like 10 go
shopping said woman one day, 81
see so many things | do not iced"
And that is a finer art than buying a
lot of things you will be sorry for.
Doing without may be difficult at
times, but 1t gets you somewhere. All
successful careers are built upon it.
Saving money and doing without is a
painful process, but the results ale
mighty pleasant Sacrifice was never
easy and self denial never popular.
But YOU cant have the big things of
life is YOU insist upon having thous-
ands of little things all the time
The boy who wants bicycle must
do without candy and soda and ,he
like, but he knows his wheel win
give him lasting pleasure that over
balance the little sacrifices. Saving
fm purpose is not difficult, and
self denial for larger purposes be-
comes a JOY, II is easy 20 follow the
line of least resistance-to do the
easy thing; to follow the crowd But
following crowds brings YOU to no
desirable goal
II is q splendid achievement-rnis
doing without and few learn il. But
the structure it builds is lasting
one and beautiful And the pitiful
fact is that it YOU do not learn to do
without now, there may come a time
when YOU have to do without and
then ii will be too late That is
the lesson of the poorhouse and the
bread line And as sure as you prac-
,ice the sin of self qualification and
ignore the virtue OF self control, lis
ten to the lure Of the shop window,
.hc amusement column, the appeal |
hat is ON every hand to spend. and !
et Yourself 60 YOU too will Join a
.rpWd that Is sliding down hill to !
lawhcre, only to get "a hard hump at |
bc bottom, when it is too late to
mend and wake up to vain regrets.
Set the thrift habit now and thrift /
lust doing without until doing |
Nithout becomes habit chat has |
utold blessings i'm store for those |
Who practice it,