San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
Purchase Of Small Home.
Only Sensible Policy,
Says Dickinson.
SMALL CAR SUFFICIENT
But Many People Deny
Lies Necessities for
Social Prestige.
BY II. f. DICKINSON

me the old, old story because l know
it's true" is finding response in
the hearts of hundreds of San An
tonians who have strayed away from
the teachings of their fathers and
mothers in their childhood days when
mother would say, save your pen
MES and the dollars will take care
of themselves"
An. example of going beyond ones
means is illustrated. as follows: A
San Antonio man with salary of
$175 per month had pretty cottage
home on the south side of the city
which cost him $4,000. This home
was paid for and nicely furnished. He
had a Ford car which took him and
his family where they wished TO go
at q small cost. He had money IN
his pocket and was able to give him
self and his family little pleasures
which families enjoy. At vacation
time. he was able TO take little trips.
He had q savings account in one OF
the banks, but his wife got bitten
by the north side bug" and nothing
would do but the family must live
in swell neighborhood.
They traded their cozy little home
in on high-priced place on the north
side, taking on a debt of several
thousands of dollars. The old furni-
ture would not do. so large indebt-
edness to the furniture house followed.
The Ford car was not in keeping with
their new environments and went in
on new automobile with another
good sized Indebtedness.
Trouble Was Coming.
Trouble, worry and discomfort,
was over the hill but they could not
see il. The story changes and this
is the complaint: when l had my
little $500 home, my Ford car and
my savings account. | had money in
my pocket, no Indebtedness. was at
peace with the world and knew what
financial indedendence meant, while
now, ] am burdened with an indebted
ness which i don't believe i ever will
get from under. Many people in
San Antonio have overreached them
selves the same way and are in the
same fix.
Happiness In Small Home.
The most contented men and women
are those who purchase lot and
build n home within their means and
at the same time pleace a little OF
their income in a savings account
with some bank. A home and saw
ings account strike happy balance.
Too May people are attracted by
display. they want to put it over on
some one. Jim and Lizzie" are fly
ing high when they rise above the
other members of the fimaly. 1t is a
wonderful feeling when you sail above
the clouds. but ''Oh Boy" when you
go into n tail spinw and many So
cial aviators in San Antonio are go
ing into "tail spins" 1t loes not
pay TO gamble with your financial
standing ard take on something you
cannot afford, just because you can
get in easy.
Business suffers when the people
become overburdened with indebted
ness, The people have 10 purchas-
ing power left and LIES necessities
are curtailed and denied. II is a
positive turth, that many families deny
themselves and their children proper
and sufficient food on their tables, to
keep up social prestige and display. A
grocer in fashionable residential sec.
ton. made the complaint. that he had
people on his books who could not
pay their bills but they are buying new
automobiles.
If people would stay in the class
where they belong and practice econo-
nv and thrift, there would be an equal
balance in social. business and finan.
cial affairs. The secret Of Happiness
is contentment and 10 be contented.
people must stav where they belong.
live economically. provide home
within their means and save their
money.