The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-02

doing It only for the poor people In
the settlement but she has discovered
that people comfortably off need help
just as much. And so / started right
away but can't finish till you tell me
your part Of II. Here's . .lace for
mans lunch" and another for car.
fares" that you must tell me. and ev-
cry day you must tell me how much
you have spent for magazines or pa
pers-that goes under Improve.
ments" and II you give something TO
beggar you must tell me SO can
put 1t down under Church and Char.
fly"
Every night I will ask you so "rI
won't forget anything. Angelica has
been helping one young couple and
they haven't been cent out OF the
way since they began. The husband
remembers every tinty winty thing
he spends and he is go happy Just
on account OF it"
Morton snorted inwardiy and had
some rather sinister thoughts regard
ing Angelica and her missionary en-.
terprise. "ls there a definite percent.
age for the amount OF tobacco a hus.
band can use?
"Yee, indeed-but the book says
that one OF the things the young peo-
pie ought to strive to do is to divert
that money-those are the words the
book uses-into other more worth.
while channels, such as lecture
courses, the purchase OF an encyclo-
paedia or a beautiful work OF art.
Don't you think Angelica is doing
wonderful work."
Yes. quite wonderful, not say re.
markable. phenomenal and epoch ma.
king" said Morton, and Peggy was
satisfied.
Every night for month thereafter
Morton was obliged TO confess Just
how much he spent on luncheon, shoe
shines. beggars and tobacco and even
had to admit that he lost a dollar on
bet one day and gained two dollars
the next though Peggy hadn't any
idea where to enter these items and
finally decided on putting the dollar
down under mortgage interest" be-
cause she hadn't anything else for
that column and calling the other SIM
ply CaSn received.
Angelica had promised to help Peg.
gy with the percentages and correct
their budget at the end Of the follow
ing month and Morton was casting
about in his mind for a way OF de-
feating her in her purpose. One night
early in the second month of their
budget accounts he told his wife he
had met an interesting old school
friend OF his who had delightful
mission in life. He was trying to help
the men he knew to make their wives
happy and he had worked out a sys-
TEN which as yet he had not had pub
lished. It was, said Morton, the the
DRY of this man that the most worth.
while thing in life was not money
Money was incidental. Ones happi-
ness did not depend on the amount
of money one had so why take pains
to conserve it? The things that
counted were the words one spoke.
the smiles and tears and signs and
laughter. 1t was as folk use these
real things of life that they were eth
er happy or unhappy. For instance.
il a man laughs only when his wife
hits her thumb with hammer or
when he sees cat with a tin can
on the end of its tail. he is pretty
sure to make himself and his associ.
ates unhappy.
The woman who spends two hours
every morning gossiping with a
neighbor about another neighbor's di-
vorce case is wasting her time and
cheating her husband because a wo.
mans words belong as much to her
husband as mans earnings belong
to his wife.
Peggy listened intently to the eI.
PLANTATION and seemed enthralled So
far as she from suspecting Morton's
scheme that she even suggested that
Angelica would like to meet the