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Show TALKS ON THRIFT "The man who ilo-s nut nnd can not save money cannot and will not do anything else worth while. The best way to aeeuinulate money Is to resolutely reso-lutely save and bank u llxed portion of your Income, no matter how small the amount.,, Andrew Carneglo. It Is not tho easiest thing in the world to save iiiquey, To becomo Independent In-dependent one must pay the price. To inie money theroare two things which uro very Important having a definite ibjeet in view and being syntemalle These two things go hand In hand. HnWiig a object will help you to eoiiceutrato your efforts and bend all j our energies in the desired direction "Concentration Is tho Bccrct of strength," said Kmeroon. A mnn of only average ability, with couceutra tlon, can accomplish more than a man l unusual talents without It. More-mor, More-mor, system and an object will gle you enthusiasm and that Is the power thlch drives our mental machinery As one or the best wajs to get out and keep out or a rut Is to have some llxed object to work for, sae mone with soiiio definite, worthy purposi and you will llntl it Is coinparntlcl easy, while without such an aim it i hard. Perhaps there are a row win ale able to save money for the pun plrasuro of sax lug II, but the averap Individual must have some very al trm live object in view to prou-nt hi spending his money for the nuinermr pleasant things that attract him din by day. Children put money Into their MiwW banks In the morning and u.ulU frequently shako It out In the after (loon lo spend It for the toy of tin limit-. Men and women are but chll in u or a larger growth. They ma.v not lliiil It so hard lo save money, bin hdr dlfllculty Is to make uunIiikh sta saved, Kveii as the most successful liusi uess enterprises are the best orgaulr. eil and managed, so the Individual wle. used forethought and system In th handling or Mb porsonal llnanclal affairs af-fairs Is tho most 'Ikely to mako satisfactory satis-factory progress, A banker In lluiiRor. Pa.. Riven th n niaellcal Illustration of systematic thrift! , , I have In iiiluil a young uinn about twenty yearn or age working na a slnl maker In one of our tpirrlos who It one ol our regular depositors In tin savings deiuirlme.it. During a period of four yeai-8 Jii3t paBt ho has deposit til each mouth an average of $2&. work for lilm Is nine months out or tho year. .il,0dr,2?,,y .tlllH )0U"E mun -ura n mo and liiNests In good bonds' ilelilhig a lair Interest Since thu luiusuratlon or lilu umlng habit, about iV",' ,c.ar3 "K0' ,m lll,a '"cumulated l.tjli In such securities, and U ho maintains his average Buvlugu Tor several sev-eral years to coiuo he will undoubted)- nave tho nuclcuu of u small fortune for-tune and bo in a position to establish ulintselt eomfoitably In thu world buck an example of thrift Is worthy or imitation and is uiuiuestlonably tho surest way to becoino independent. This Idea of system in Bavlng la ut tho root ot such schemes as tho ChrlBt-mas ChrlBt-mas and Vacation Savings Clubs, tho use of little homo banks and many other plans which help to keep people In the straight and narrow path of thrift rather than in the. for thu time being, more pleasant "Hroadwa)" of extravagance. o |
