The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-09

through her finger, Ike water through
sieve Some ot It was stolen from her
Some OF It she lost through foolish M
/yc,tmcnts Some Il II she mply lived
up One way and another she lost II
and then on, hircr day she woke un q,
find the rent overdue bills everywhere
and not a Dcul IN her po,kr book
Those oi vs. who knew her husband 10
his lifetime, ard knew how he adorsd
his wiiE and h1w hf tried 'a save her
from every hardship. and hIw he actual
" cut short his own lie by working TOO
hard 10 try 10 lay mp enough money 90
safeguard her future. hope that the dead
IN that lar country where they hag
gone cannot look down and sec how ~
fares with the loved ones they have left
on earth For It hN could see his
wiic's plight and realize that her ,ui
icrng, her destitNon, her humiliation
IS his own fault it would turn Heaven
itself into he'll Tor him
For sha, has happened 'u her has
happened 90 a thousand and other sim
liar women that he knew What has
happened 10 her wa, what was logically
bound 10 happen under tho Circuw-
stances
4 woman who has never handled any
money IN her life bigger than a monthly
allowance has 4 few thousand dollar,
/ drop suddenly IN her lap The woman
Is accustomed a. spending every cent
( OF her monthly allowance hcCau,c he
has the certainty that the next month
the same amount OF money Will he com
ing TO her again Subcou,Oou,y he en-.
tertain' the happy belief that money
riraculouSly repeats itself, and so when
her husband dies, and she gets her 1T
! tie insurance money or the money from
the estate. she doesn't realize that the
money maker IS dead. and that so hong
as she lived Sh, will never receive an
{ other inS,ament
She has never had TO d.,,ingu .h be.
tween capital and income, ard she
doesn't know how 70 do =, II her hu,-
bands estate amounted g. Sl0UnO .hc
thinks shes rich. aud she glc, spend
ing It ds It 1t was S10OoO wear, ~
stead ot cutting down her expense, ~
meet $1,000 income. which /, all ,hl,
she's entitled to spend IT she live, on
her interest and not on her principal
The woman has never made dollar
OF real money. No one has ever talked
TO her abou, making money Neither
her father nor her husband ever tried
to teach her\thc first thing about in
yestmcn,s and so when she comes into
her little inheritance she doesn't know
the difference between the safety Of
Wild Cat preferred and government
bonds
/ Her idea ~ making a splendid invest.
mcnt that shows what a llruy Green
she really is, i' to refuse the advice ut
those who tell her that s OF q percent IS
all the interest she can even hope 10
| get on a safe investment. and 10 pu,
her money into some tly.hy.night con.
cern that promises her IS ~ n petcen,
You see. she saws hlithely. II cSNldn,
afford to huy what YOU call gil, edged
bond, because ! have so llttlc money |
really must get very high interest.
Then, because her husband wa, al.
ways so good 10 her and took such
great care OF her she holds 10 the
ohildllke faith tha, every other man i,
going 10 do the same for her. and so
she turns over the money that stand,
between her and the poor house to
Cousin John or Desoon ZONES, or some
4 other ono oi the financial wohe, that
prey on gulelcN widows And that,
the last she ever secs oi the money that
her poor husband ,oilcd for Tor years.
10 ,ha, his Mary mgh, he safe when ne
could protect her no longer,
And the widow utterly helpless. /,
thrown pennleSS on a world that has
no place in II iut the middle aged
woman unframed TO any work. ,odold
10 learn, too old 10 adapt herself TO new
conditions, too soi,tned by LIE NJ
luxury and protection TO fight the hard
battle ier bread for herself.
This tragedy IS pitiiully common. 4
prominent life insurance company has
studied the history Of the estates Of
$500 ot over, created by 10 payment,
TO beneiioiatie,, and j find, that within
seven years " peteeht oi these estate,
have been wholly diuips,.d.
Common observation oi the tat, Of
the estate of the peopl, we know back
M these figure, q, IN. life insurance
company and It surely should conve,
warning 10 every husband and father
and teach him 10 safeguard the future
oi his wife and children by leaving his
money IN trust tor them IN such a shape
| that thry tanno, pe, hold al A ~ ,nend