The Glenwood post., 1924-12-25
uacIe Tets Bed Tine Stories
Current Events for the Children
and 0rown-ups, Too
aAvR AND BH HAPPY-PRRsI-
DENT COOLIDGE SETS EXAMPLE
and Grown-ups, Toe

In the DUSK OF tne Wntol oNonAASs
Now and then the boy would stop and
pick up handful of snow from the
big piles on either side of the walk.
The girl would pull his arm and tell
him to hurry along. But the boy
seemed not to want to hurry and he
seemed, more than that, to be any
thing but happy at time of year
when all children should be smiling
and cheerful in the thought of Christ
mas soon to come with its message of
joy and peace.
'I wish you would stop pulling my
arm," said the boy, none other than
our friend Jack.
"Why, jack answered his sister
Ruth, what is the trouble with you.
You know mother expects us to hurry
home with these things from the store
and not waste minute out here"
"But l can't help it," said Jack.
81 haven't been able to get a thing
for mother s Christmas. That's what's
wrong Ny allowance is ali gone and
1 can't ask her for more"
"Why don't you talk to Uncle Ted
about it?" was Ruth s suggestion as
they came up the front steps of the
house.
And so it was that after supper and
the kiddies were ready for bed, Jack
stepped softly into Uncle Ted's room
and said:
"Uncle Ted, l am SO unhappy.
haven't any of my allowance left. Not
a penny, and l can't ask mother for
more and | won't be able to get her
anything for Christmas!
$50 that is what is wrong with
you! l guess IT'S about time for a
little story on saving your money.
Jack, my boy, before l see what can
be done about this I want to tell you
little story. 1t has for its back
ground the idea of saving for rainy
day. You see this is your rainy day
and you haven't saved for it. You
have gone along buying candy when
you didnt need it and buying all
sorts of things with your allowance so
that now when the day has arrived
when you really need that money foz
your mothers Christmas you find you
have spent it ali. So you come to me
for the money for your mothers pres
ent because you know l love you and
will give it to you. But, Jack, 1 shall
not always be here. You will grow
up and l will be an old man and pass
OH to another world and you will be
looking out for yourself. Then you
must save for the future and for just
such days as today when there will be
no Uncle Ted to help you out.
''Let us take an example from the
president ef the United States. There
is no other man in the world today
certainly not in the public eye, who il
more careful and saving than Presi
dent Coolidge. He has set an example
for the entire country and has shown
that even though he may be the chief
executive still he can save not only
for himself but for the country as wen
"Frst of all, as | told you rece ntly
his recommendations for this year Is
budget will save thousands and thous.
ands of dollars to the taxpayers. But
more impressive if not SO important
an example than that is little thing
that he did not long ago.
''You will recall that President and
Mrs. Coolidge, with other officials
went to Chicago for few days to
attend a livestock convention where
the president was to speak. 1t has
always been the custom for the presi
dent of the United States, when trav.
cling, to use either private car of q
special train. In most cases it ha:
been a special train. But Presiden,
Coolidge startled the country by an
nouueing that he would travel to and
from Chicago in regular train just
INV any oHt elSe ana ne dld Ana thai
not only set an example for economy
but put back in the treasury about
$4,000 Of the taxpayers money thai
otherwise would have been spent"
How did it put it back into tn,
treasury, Uncle Ted2D asked Jack.
"ln this way, Jack. The president
receives salary of $4,000 year
That is his money. But there is AZ
allowance provided by law of $25, 900
for travelling expenses. Whatever i.
not used of this $4,000 within the
years time is turned back into the
trelsury. That is the way in which
the wise Mr.. Coolidge is managing
his private and public affairs. He i.
looking ahead both for his country
and for himself, which is entirely rs il
should be, but not as the most of IL.