The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Money Ire Your Pocket
By DR. FRANK CRANE

Hard as it seems, there's a good deal of truth in the saying that the best friend in the world is money in your pocket .,.
 Money in your pocket is the one thing that is as faithful as dog.
 It asks nd questions, demands no refer ences, never inquiries into your moral char acter, does not care whether you are q deacon or porch climber, never huns and haTs and looks the other way, but when you want anything it goes and gets it for you, whether it's hymn book or a sack of to- bacco; when you're hungry it feeds you, and when you're cold it makes the storekeeper hand down his best suit of clothes; when you're tired it furnishes you hair mattress and clean sheets, when you want to travel it tucks you in a comfortable sleeper, when you want to be amused it provides you with an aisle seat in the theatre, and when you're dead it brings out the brethren of the order to march behind your hearse and sets up at the head of your grave a stone carved with q few graceful. and mendacious compliments calculated to make your folks feel good.
 Hence, put money in your pocket.
 To be broke is bad. It's worse; it's crime It's still worse, for it's silly. Crimes can be pardoned and sins forgiven, but for the plum fool there is no hope.
 Of course we bar accidents, which are liable to happen to everybody. Sometimes by no fault of yours, you may be down and out.
 But not often-nOt nearly so often as we are apt to think. In nearly every instance a little foresight, little self-control, and a little prudence planned year or years ago would have saved us from humiliation.
 If man is naturally saving have nothing to say to him-hen get along.
 But the people who need some plain talk abOut>iaying up money are the people who are not saving-the good fellows, the good flyers, and good spenders.
 I like these people. q am ashamed to say why). They are generous, warmth hearted and loyable. But some day they are likely to awaken with a sudden jolt and realize that this world is bard, forgetful, ungrateful and has insides that are solid brass. When calamity comes, and it gets around Yby and by to most of us, accompanied by the fool killer, they discover that one of the few, if not the only one, to stand by is Mir Money in Your Pocket. And they've neg, lected to cultivate him.
 Therefore, o warm and generous youth, | listen to a few bass notes Ofs-yRisdon. if you have sense enough
 Guard against yourself If you are maE. ing $40 week put away $5 of it, whether you can or not. Don't tell me it's impossi ble Do it anyway. Shut your eyes and make yourself think that you don't earn that $5. If you are earning $S,OO0 year, save $500 of 1t.
 know it sounds trite and worn and preachy, but just the same it will save you some day from a nasty, bitter dose. It is the first reader, primer, elemental lesson in self respect. It will prevent you from hating yourself, and your friends from hating you.
 No amount of argument proofs, and ex- cuses can rescue from seeming like md feel ing like bum if there's no. money in your pocket.
 How can ! save anything when I've barely enough to live on? Why, live on less than enough to live on That makes all the differ. ence between shiftless, invertehrate, triflins runts on the one hand and thrifty, honest. hardy, respectable people on the other. Do itl Don't whinei Don't argueI
 It is rather old.fgslioned, commonplace stuff, isn't it
 But then cdnteutpent and self-respect ara rather old-fashioned and eonmcnpiace