Show 1 I Do We Live To Too Much I 1 By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Arnold Bennett Dennett says in his book Things That Have Interested Me The papers are adorned With advertisements of exp experts who offer otter to teach the craft of earning earning Incomes But I doubt If I h have ve ever seen seln the advertisement of an expert who was ready to teach teah how to spen Incomes He proceeds to tell us that th the French peas peasant nt is generally cited a j the model of economical living True But they work to too h hard rd and pinch too oo much much with the re result that thou though h they their lI live well so 80 as th they y try to live they do not try to live enough ThEY have developed ferocious Instincts of ava avarice ice The American both hoth business man and artisan works hard and spends h hard rd Mr Bennett Sennett would l likely key call him extravagant as he calls his Englishman Englishman English English- man extravagant ant And doubt he is rl right ht Americans American have made a national sport of money spending We demand demand demand de de- de- de mand p gand houses housE'S to live in and nd good furniture hi Iri them We Ve demand good clothes and cars and the the- atres We Ve demand clubs and pl pleasure parks parks' and dance floors N Not ot t the rich man alone The medium earner dem demands these hese things too Arid does he save save av his table to set et these things Not ot usually He tIe demands good food too Is not the American going to the other extreme and living too much I have hav always alWay maintained that each family's In come and each family's spending was strictly its own business But Dut after r all the most pro prosperous in in- in dUl Institution m may y put up a sign Safety First and no one re resents repents it a aShall Shall we always live in 11 the he sun Shan Shall we al always al al- ways have an an era of ot prosperity What kind of an ar a age e will our children live lve In We cant can't be ho imre sure ure of ot leaving them prosperity but hut we can leave them a knowli knowledge dge of the value Of ot money If we start in time which is better It U Is ls a good d thin to teach them this principle of living If It I buy this I must do without that Or if I give up this and that it will wilt be he possible to buy the other thing In other othet word words teach th them m th the compensations of ot wise Spending mid the peace born of at sa saving |