The Washington times., 1920-05-30

Have you spsndthrift son. wife, daughter husband or
aeighbor? Show him McCays picture Of the Hard Times
Mr. McCay chooses well in picking cat to represent
Hard Times For Hard Times approach quety in stsathy
fashion, surprising the careless man the cat creeping on
velvet pads, surprises the careless mouse.
Every mouse seized and GONE would ptfully squeak:
Il should have been down my hole and safe long ago
had only KNOWN that terrible cat was coming"
The sized man. when Hard Times seizes him. also
squeaks: II should had things in order money saved
expenses cut down, had KNOWN that Hard Times was
creeping close to grab me-"
is too late for and when the cat OF Hard
Times ARRIVES
Here you see the cat later grabs all the
foolish reckless thoughtless wasters OF time money and
opportunity This picture ought to be enough to make
fairly Intelligent prepare without waiting for the cat
to grab him.
There are many millions, unfortunately, to whom
applies Benjamin Franklin's saying:
Experience is dear school, but fools will learn in mol
other
The average mouse doesn't really believe that the cat
has sharp claws long teeth that she CAN catch mice
until the cat has caught THAT PARTICULAR MOUSE
The average going along solemnly meditating on
the kind Of hat neckie shoes he ought to buy s In
capable Of realizing that the Hard Times cat Is looking
HIM For others, yes, but not for HIM When the catI
grabs him he knows all about it, and has great deal to
tell his friends about it by way of persuasion that is
their duty to free him from whereas it HIS
DUTY to keep away from that animal
This is not picture of anything that going happen
to the nation whole With thousands Of millions
Of old money many billions Of money printed since
the began; with nation in which the State Of Texas
alone could support the whole population with resources
unlimited have cause to worry, long as men are
willing to work.
And if they not willing to work. little growl from
the cat in this picture will put them work quickly enough
This is not picture for the whole population; not a
general warning to look out for hard times 1t is picture
for the INDIVIDUAL who wastes in the sunshine weeps
and pities himself in the shower.
When you study the big cat in MI. McCay's picture
with the Of mousesize running in terror from the
crouchng beast ready to spring study also the little cat
and full-sized man in the smaller picture.
The real able to think ahead able to control him
self and his fooishness does not fear Hard Times He
quarter Of what he makes and invests it SAFE IN
THINGS THAT HE UNDERSTANDS, not in wildcat
fooshness That consistent saving and wise investing makes
him safe.
If this cat gets you blame yourself the cat and
especially don't whine about "Never having had chance
Every man can be independent If he will, whether his
earnings be big average small excepting the for
whom many children illness makes saving literally i'm
possible. But that man is
It is not taxes tie high cost of living, high
rent anything else much pride and laxness that
make shrink to the size of running from the
cat
The same wise Franklin said it long ago:
"Idleness and pride tax with heavier hand than
kings and parlaments get rid of the former, we
may easily bear the latter"
When you say "ideness" you do not mean merely be-
ing out of work Men actually out of work for awhile
may do thinking planning and self criticisng
valuable than the lost wages of few weeks.
The real idler is the man who is LOAFING AT HIS
JOB And the really vain is the fool thinks his
employer something else outside of himself is to blame
for the fact that he stands still