Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-17 | Page 11 | Just Folks

I i I I I by hy Edgar A. A Guest INVESTMENTS I have some extra dollars which were better saved than spent And so Ill I'll bul bui a gilt glIt edged bond to earn me 4 per cent Ill I'll call that an Investment Us a t term rm all bankers use use But one ore which money minded men so frequently abuse Not all investments pay In gold some pay In of mind And som som in happy memories of days when we I were kind Life Lite gives us countless dividends In payment for tor our deeds The marigolds marigolds' arc are coupons which we cut from planted seeds The good will of our neighbors Is a Joy jo which we collect f A 1 f Ii From having neighbored with them In a way they i could respect Our children are Investments too In our our worth shall siow show 0 I For seldom by luck or or chance g good od men len lenand and andI women grow J I We are Investors one and and all by each a choice is made Some risk their lives In art and some Invest them In a trade And who shall shaH give his best st to life snail reap his dividends I. I In peace of mind and h happiness the love sove and trust of friends Q But who Invests in selfishness fn In cunning g or In shame I c Shall find however filled his purse pJ nes ue's played a losing game Bleak poverty of spirit i Is a failure that Is worse Than Than the error of wrong Judgment which brings poverty po to purse For money may be squandered and a stock not nol worth Its Us cost cost costi I But a good name lives forever and a kind deeds deed's n never er lost Jost So Id I'd Invest my hands and brain In all ifs Ife's finer things And seek k the compensation which that sort ort of venture brings Copyright 1925 Edgar q A. A Guest