Show 1 i TIlE THE COST OF LIVING o- o said t to cost of r f lit liv lir- Much Mitch is if being just now flOW as imig The general impression is that flint it cost Jl a great greaty 1 deal these A better it t J y to J jive e lays days s way to put would oum l bb tl that at we spend a a. great reat deal i AS ts S a matter of fact one can an live on less today than for fOl many generations gene gen gen- e pat past Man wants hut but little here below nor wants that little long But if he must have his pants ants creased every week eel must gi his best est girl gill ice ice- cream sodas odas every evening C take tal nh nn nh outing at a are re resort resort re- re sort cv eV ry lr year pUd get et his shoes polished at the he barbers barber's every morning morning- get a facial massage an and l bleach and lIl do many other othel unnecessary things of course it will wm cost CORt a a. great deal to live The Time Washington ton Times rimes explains the trouble thus From Froni time to time the whole s scale of expenses in the middle class of our population is move moved 1 up a a. notch or two It is not that Smith finds that he lie can c'an can afford a piano for his daughter laughter or oi- oia a college education for his son or 01 that Brown gives a large reception or a seri series s of dinners when things are going well weil with him 1 m or Ol that Robin Hobin Robinson son buys his wife a diamond necklace These things alone atone would not make nale Jenkins whose income has not increased feel fed poor nor would they ther give Sm Smith tl Brown and Robinson that sinking feeling when l money lunacy suddenly b becomes comes ce scat a year or two later The ho hc trouble is that times are prosperous prosper losIer- HO pel oils ous th the richer riehm members of tik community tr spend more mom on their whole hole living Jiving than they di did a year Jeal ago Mrs Mis Jenkins finds that in order to move in the same circle as l her er neighbors she must keep I two servants cr 1 instead 1 of one give dinners and luncheons on with more fbi elaborate formality wear richer clothing pay larger club dues spend more time in f social ocial duties send her Iter children to lo a n. better school And all these things make a much larger hole in Jenkinss Jenkins's income than there need he be if keeping up ap appear appear- ear t It anees' anees were not considered as quite so much of a duty The fhe Germans are ale more sensible ns as a a. yule rule Instead of trying to go the pace jace of their theil neighbors the they delight to show the size of their saYing savings bank I account They rhey rejoice i in modern day economies and th certainty of for g getting ahead in the world They love lo their independence so 80 well vell they are willing willing- willingto to practice self denial for fOL a awhile hile to attain so RO grand a goal The pit pity more mOl of us were not equally se sensible ible and actuated by J as noble an ambition ion |