The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-04

According to the Young Mems
Christian association, which is boost
ing the thrift campaign here, the
great American game is not baseball
it is bluff; the putting on of
false front, assuming to be what we
are not, and pretending to have that
which we do not possess. We want
lobster on a ham-and beans income
and we auto when we ought to hike.
The banker, the grocer, the butcher,
the tailor, the chauffeur know the
buffer, for his masquerade fools no
one but himself. He uses most OF
his energy. in keeping up, Or catch
Ing up, instead of getting ahead, and
it's the getting ahead that counts.
The runner who simply keeps up
doesn't win the race.
Before you can practice a virtue
you must know what it Is. When we
speak of thrifty people we are apt
to picture them living on cheap food,
in cheap quarters, wearing shabby
clothes, having little or no pleasures,
and saving every cent possible. But
that is not thrift-far from it. Thrift
Is a greater virtue than the mere
saving of money. Don't forget that.
The prudent man looks ahead and
gets ready. The frugal man lives
carefully and saves persistently. The
economical man spends judiciously,
buys wisely and wastes nothing. The
industrious man works hard and
saves hard; the miser boards; but
the men of thrift earns largely,
spends wisely, plans carefully, man
ages economically and saves consist
emily. Thrift is all of prudence,
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then some." Thrift is that instinct
of the dog that buries the bone he
doesn't want for tomorrows wants;
the instinct of the squirrel that
knows nutting is out of season in
winter.
Thrift Is good character.
Thrift is the antidote for worry,
the most distressing of human emo
tions. To worry about the future is
| common to man. but not to animals
they work for the future and plan
for 1t. Thrift avoids the worries or
life as no other habit can. It is good
medicine for the blues.
Thrift does for the individual what
thrift does for the nation--it makes
for strength 1t is the surest foun-
dation upon which a man can build
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power and thrift of spending, as
well as thrift of saving.
1t is more important to know how
to spend money wisely than to earn
IT. easily. If you want to give your
boy a good start, don't give him a
81 900 and send him to college. If
you want to give your girl a good
start, don't teach her music and
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teach them both the art of thrift.
Teach the boy to work hard, to i'm
prove his time and his talents, save
his money, learn values, and the
money question will take care Of it.
self. Teach the girl how. to cook
and bake, to sew, and nurse and
keep house-she will learn how to
dance soon enough. It's far more
important to know how to treat
porterhouse than to be treated to a
porterhouse.
Four Men Who Shouldn't Save.
There are four men who need not
save their money:
(D The man who Is sure Of his
job for life-dead sure beyona per-
adventure. Certain that his income
will never be less, nor his needs
greater than they are today, let him
spend his money as fast as he earns
IL and worry not. But few have life
tenures," and you are not likely to
be the man. Only taxes and death
are certain.
j2) The man who has no one de-
pendent upon him. There are a few
mortals so situated that they have
themselves only to think about, and
therefore as long as they take good