The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-24
THE MEANING OF THRIFT.
by Alice brady.

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to address a delegation OF teachers.
and he chose for his subject Thrift
IL | could, I would write down for yon
the exact words he spoke. for they
were weighed with meaning, every one
1 am. however. going TO tell you what
he said In effect. as near as | can
rceollec,. for I am sure Il will help
you as u did all those teachers who
heard him. ! know It Is always easy
for the person possessed OF a settled
income OF comfortable proportions TO
talk. but this man was talking TO
teachers who. goodness knows. are
poorly enough paid. yet even they
were duly impressed.
Saving money" he sand, lis one
of the foundation stones OF thrift
mess, and every single person h has
10 live by what he or she earns ought
TO cultivate the habit or the art which
ever you call u. but'-and he made
this very emphatic-"it Ia not tho
whole OF the foundation. IL is not
enough to save one True thrift
Is a judicious use OF all the mental,
material and physical reserves. and
10 acquire the saving habit az applied
only TO money Is to only half build
the foundation of your character and
therefore OF your business life.
III a man saves money and spends
Il In drink. or a woman pinches and
saves and boards up her earnings.
and then spends her nights In cabarets
to the unsettling OF her health and
mind. they are not being thrifty, are
they? What Is necessary to learn il.
not how TO ave. but how to spend
wisely" Isn't that trueg
1T is quite the custom for per-
sons In ordinary circumstance 10 rail
at the rich for what they think Is X
travagance--that Is, for wearing ex-
| pensive clothes. giving sumptuous
| dinners. and living iuxuriplsly gem
%er9iiy: but suppose these people
boarded their money. spending Il
( only for the veriest necessities. or
spent II as u they were people In mod
crate circumstances. Would anyone
be benefited except the stocfhold-
lers OF the savings hankss Then what
would become OF all the smaller dress
makers and miiliners and all the
others who make a livelihood of the
seeming extravaganza OF these ritl'
people,
You see. after AL. Il Is not so
much a question OF how TO save as II
Is one Of how 10 spel.d that you have
10 cpncern Yourself with. How to
| snend Observation-Disclosures the prob
lem. This tx what we call personal.
economies. and Il is one OF the big
! questions of the dav all over the
world. II APPLIES TO you as uiuch as
10 anyone whether you are earning
ten dollars a day or ten thousand a
Iyear.
MY advice 10 you T.. live lust a.
wei az you honestly can affcS1. That
IL. 1--we within your what
IsSor they are. Whatever you do. don
run into debt. Debt Is one OF the
working girl's worst enemies. and
there II rarely an excuse II she starts
In tn court Il.
II am assuming that you are earn
ing a living wage: VI you are not. the
question is not n IN which any out
slider should presume to give advice
for. in that case. II I were To Say, save
something each week. YOU would per-
haps cut down something ON the al
ready too eager allowance for food
for all girls argue. and quite rightly.
too, that however they stint them
selves on food their pride Is not hurt
while II they economic on dress some
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