Show I The True Gospel of Saving In his reminiscences Lyman Abbott tells that he once o once ce got from his father the wise advice Always spend less than you earn earn Lyman adds add's f There are two ways of carrying this advice out One is is to decrease lse expenditures s the other is to increase income We Ve pursued pursued pursued pur pur- sued both courses It isn't hard for an active man to increase his income More 1 work b work will usually do dp it And even en though the quantity quantity quantity quan quan- of what you have been doing should be as much as your strength permits there is no worker on any job who cant can't if he lie will improve the quality I In III doing this if he lie be rightly cast he will not feel conscious of increased strain strain strain-on on the contrary the improvement nt will be a source of pleasure as good work always is But it is a H different matter to carry out the second half of the Abbott program to reduce the outgo while the income is in in- in creasing To cut down on useless and foolish expenditures is of course a duty at all times whatever the income It is true economy But to crimp a human life in order to store away idle dollars is not thrift it is parsimony We should live not for dollars but for life Money l is not an end but a means It may be as immoral to save at pt the cost of the happiness of those dependent upon us as to spend extravagantly gantly and without thought for tomorrow It seems s seems ems to us that there is less need of a gospel of scrimpy saving than c of f i intelligent spending of enriching life rather than starving it I I |