Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-11


5000
1,,,
I"i" uo"Ne 'aicu'h'l"h' continuing pS thiS
= process gathers momentum IN the way
OF compound interest until the little coupon
interest crcCps up to nearly the amount half
yearly as thr coupon. so that Il NoO Donu
can De purchased twice year instead or
once year. Eventually Mt the end OF
twelve years tho SlOtW bond has doubled
itself with. at the most, on" hour work on
the part OF the investor year.
A Nh friend the banker pointed out, II
"A instead OF $1,000 one was able to invest
SJOOW, the bonds could get higher interest
and the time period for doubling would he
apprcciably limited. In the course of. say,
twenty years. one could accumulate nearly
SO 900. which would mean that an income
of $1,000 a year could hc earned by $4,000
thus invested for twenty years.
\ young married couple starting out with
n little legacy or big wedding gift could in
this way. before they were forty five pro-
vide an emergency. income without any en-
croaChmcnt on their yearly income. Or in
ten years time tn" couple thnt had been left
the unexpected $4,000 could have let it double
itself and had n sum worth 5000 year to
them. and the wife would have been secure
| of her little allowance, at least.
|
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| nrocticol side such ms M rasycoinG Snrnd.
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or n library or n collection. Something that
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nnd only cyCusuhlc bcrousr of IN hralth or oII
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fnr in tbr cnd one hns nothinr tn show for
| thn diminished ranitnI hut rho fnct that ono
! hos nwnJ nothinr 70 rcmembrr but mrnis
mnd n fcw cinthes' and nothing 70 count thn
| Inss as goin for, Whereas. the gain of travel
huImark against Loneliness. the noss"Ssion Of
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| dozen ncrmancnt possibilities. One can IN
! Grrstand nm investment In hcalth. in n most.
rroduntc course. in IA scientific investigation
cither for oneself or for some one else with
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undcrstand spcn1ing rnrt of nm uncynrctrd
windfalI II | had been in the place of thar
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sTt" SCtnr thc ornhans and widows Of his friends