| Show Boost Buy and Believe in Davis Co e. e Support Davis County Merchants and Industry Spending and Saving The problem of spending and md saving is as old as civilization and andin andin andin in scarcely any phase of human con conduct conduct conduct duct do we find greater differences among different persons It is un un- unfortunate unfortunate Un- Un Unfortunate fortunate that so few are able to strike a happy medium between stinginess and wastefulness The type of spendthrift who was was- tes inherited money is well known as is also the lazy shiftless type tIpe who lives s from hand to mouth in good times t or bad The The industrious worker who ho literally throws away his earnings is more rare An illustration of the latter class is seen in the late author and play play- playwright playwright playwright wright Edgar Wallace Vallace who was one of the most prolific c and successful successful successful writers of all time In the 25 years before his death he wrote some ISO full length novels and lit literally lit lit- literally literally thousands of short stories besides 20 plays So many of his works had big sales that his in income in- in income income come must have been exceedingly large He was thought to be a wealthy man but at his death his Ms estate was found insufficient to pay his debts and his wife was left without means of support It seems incredible incredible ble that a man of Wallace's Wallaces intelli intelli- gence and tireless and tireless en en- energy energy ergy should have been so short short- shortsighted shortsighted shortsighted sighted with respect to his financial affairs |
