The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-04-20

money matters that it is painful both
to him and those about him.: who
counts every penny with thouShtfM
care and spends it with regret, de-
MES himself every rightful pleasure,
wears his clothes until they are
threadbare, eats the plainest Of food,
and deposits his money in the savings
bank with clocklike regularity.
But this is a narrow thrift, and it
may not be thrift at all; for the miser
is by no means true example of
thrift although he may be q, good
example Of saving. While thrift re-
suits in the saving Of money, it is big
ger and broader than that. The man
Of thrift works hard and earns largely
that he may spend wisely for the
things that make life worth living.
While he has an eye on the future, he
does not forget that we live but once
and are entitled to some of the good
things of life as we go along. Too
many people live so much in antici-
patton of the future that they miss the
Ejoys 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 knowledge that we
are playing part in the worlds work,
and are playing that, part well. Sec
ond, that we are ready for tomorrow.
In the last analysis contentment both
for today and tomorrow is merely
matter of dollars and cents. While
money is not the chief end and aim of
man, it is essential to the full enjoy
ment Of life. A certain bank clerk
who had worked in one institution 20
years was summarily discharged, and
at 45 found himself out of a job, fam
| lily to support and no money. He
literally went through hell before he
found other work at far less compen-
sation, and all the joys he had in
spending his money were overshadow-
, ed by the worry, the doubt and the re-
, adjustment process. 1t 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
i to whom the loss of employment
9 would be a tragedy, full of gruesome
e horrors.
: We mistake greatly the meaning of
e thrift if we conclude that it means
n simply self-denial and saving; for
: while it does involve sacrifice, it is
!, sacrifice for a purpose. Thrift earns
h for purpose and spends for pur-
e pose.
I There is thrift that is mean and
+ niggardly, and robs life of much of its
d comforts, and there is thrift that is
g broad and helpful-the kind that
e makes for a well-regulated life, gets
solid satisfaction day by day, prepares
d for peaceful old age when the earn
N ing power is less and the needs great
: er than today.
,e The thrift we need is, to repeat
ot the broader thrift that works hard
ID spends wisely and saves, consistently
ID and not the narrow thrift that merel!
It, saves money at whatever cost in com
~ fort and convenience.
s. Get the thrift habit-the broa,
il thrift habit, now; practice it thought
=, fully; waste not the little things
1e find the joy that growing bank ac
N, count brings invest your saving
y safely and proftably; remember to
O; morrow but forget not today; spen'
v for the things that last and find th'
40 secret Of the broader thrift tina
makes for better living. 1t is the onl.
or thrift worth while.