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Show te Declining Years "othing is more tragic than poverty-stricken old nd nothing especially in these times is more ralent. mething like seventy per cent of men, once they h the age of retirement, find themselves without ey sufficient to provide for the needs of life. To ist, they must accept public charity or become ilens to their relatives and friends, inany such men were once wealthy. Many more in ed comfortable ' incomes during their working ths. Some managed to create sizable estates only wi.se them. Most of them made some kind of attempt raiard against the exigencies of the future, and aid. They can look back now and see the mistakes Jrt made and feel the bitterness of futility. In most ac;, it is too late to mend. jiose disastrous examples should be pondered upon totien in the young and middle years. They have a jce to avoid the pitfalls that caused the downfall fuo many of their elders. Today, ways are open to wji whereby they can create an estate, on the "easy mj.llment" plan an estate that will exist when they j it most, and that will not have been wiped out wJ calamity they could not forsee. re;irough life insurance, annuities, trust funds and eriar methods thousands of men are preparing for p f-sustaining, independent old age. They can look be ard to the declining years without fear. |
