Show L LOOK 0 OW AHEAD eat drink and bo be merry for tomorrow we may dla die has become apparently the most popular philosophy of 0 the day the epicurean theory of living broadens broad end to include expensive cars fine clothes and all modern lux urlee urics Is gaining adherents dally daily the great majority of people seem to livo live with but one object in mind to crowd every so called pleasure plea suro into an uncertain period of at existence the result Is that many are living beyond their incomes and have become literally slaves with the automobile comp companies companile anle cloths claths shops and others owning thear salaries tor for months head the forstot first of the month with its flood of unpaid bills among which a pay check all too small must muot bo be divided Is isan an ordeal that la Is creating wrinkles and grey hairs even tho the purchases cannot be fully enjoyed for worrying about how they are to be paid for after the last installment is finally sent in the arr tides are usually much wornor worn or mrs jones has a later model that ahat one must have in order to keep up what nat an exi existence stencel yet the system of spending ahead la Is continually growing in favor feivor for instance in the automobile fold feld an analysis of the anni annual iiii reports for 1929 1926 show that there was an nerease of approximately 12 per cent in the number of motorists purchasing automobiles on the instalment installment plan there was a total of automobiles financed by the ho companies this increase would probably bo be shown in till all industries whose products 0 may be used jor tor pleasure and purchased on the installment instalment plan no doubt many families are denying themselves of at life that ahat they may obtain ahe luxuries too few people loob ahead anspro vide tor for the future fatur e the besl nes i that once retained the nest egg has been discarded for lack of use the ability ot of a rainy day has ben forgotten because today the neals lay ins ing and the sun Is hIll hillring ning the eggs are eaten and the umbrella thrown tsway away what Is to be tho the ultimate result if this or the succeeding generation does not adopt a saner sounder basis ot or living it should bo recalled that all plea aura ts Is not gained by acquiring luxuries they often are a source of grief rather than joy jok when ofie one cannot in realty tiff afford rd them they 9 give only an at the 61 most ost and one should shala pause pause occasionally occasion all y and plan bof to ae the fatu future look ahead ahe i a 4 abtil and avoid a possible arek E ex ea x t |