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Show The Financial Pulse ' t How's the good old budget by this time? The first , quarter is about over and it's time to feel the family's finan- , cial pulse. Going steady and even, is it? Current bills being promptly paid, thrift funds up to date, with their sense of hope and cheer for the future? And a little margin for good i times? And enjoying the good times twice as much as of -yore, because now they are justly earned, and are not cutting 1 into any other fund? ' Or is the pulse rather fast and fluttery, full of excuses 1 for the usual bad management, but without much definite ' promise for being any better this year than last? J Or is it slow and depressed, heavy with burdens, lacking in hope? If it's in the first state, congratulations are in order. And a t caution not be to too elate, but to keep the head cool and i rleady and keep a-going. If it's in the second, a stiffening of the backbone is in i irder. There is no excuse for an adult to be foolish about his i finances. His own morals and his own happiness, as well as 1 those of his family and his community and the world at large, 1 are tied up in the matter of self-respecting management of his money. If it's the third take heart of grace. Spring's here! Cas.1. uff old shackles. Get a fresh start. Past labor is not unavailing. Even if it seems so. After planting and culti- , valing there is often a weary wait before results show. But i they do in time. ' i It' it's your family's extravagance that is grinding you i lown, trer.'. 'em rough. Be frank and firm. U |