Show I Self Improvement I By DR FRANK CRANE It Is the part of the blanket that hangs over the edge that keeps leeps you OU warm If you ou crawled Into bed beel on a cold winters winter's night and round foun yourself lying like a hot dog between tile the two halves of the bun covers extending flat and rigid and unbending above an below you would freeze to death It is because the soft woolen covers snuggle cloSE to your body and hang down over the edge that they keep you warm warm There is an A No 1 lesson to be seen in the part of the covers covel'S that hang over the edge To a practical economical ignorant eye that part seems to be a total loss I Only the part over the top or of the sleeper seems to tobe tobe be doing much to keep him warm so in life some of the best Investments seem total wastes to economical practical and Ignorant eyes Spending money upon self Improvement is a coverlet coy coy- erlet hanging over the edge The same money put Int into bonds or real estate mi might ht bring in quicker more eally ea- ea fly lly recognized returns but the final results invariably demonstrate the wisdom ot of investing In sincere attempts at at- tempts in self sett Buying books seems Reems to be something that can be dispensed with in cutting down down- expenses but they are often the source of growth that leads to Increased earning capacity Taking a vacation may seem like a waste of opportunity op- op and money but time has demonstrated that It Is it sound investment Likewise joining a Y M. M C. C A. A gymnasium class or a similar aid to physical well being Trying to save by eating second rate food tood may seem a saving at the time but It Is cutting off the valuable part of tile the quilt that hangs over and time bringing cold weather weather-in the form ot of ill health will demonstrate the blunder Charity seems to an economical practical and Ignorant ignorant Ig- Ig eye q a part ot of the cover of life that can be dispensed dispensed dis- dis with Dispensing with it always means In inthe the end a o of character and a that Is unwarranted Cutting off the coverlet many times seems to be a wise step in economy for the moment Time always demonstrates the fallacy 1927 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |