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Show THE FOLLY OF BEING A "GOOD FELLOW.'' 1 There are some young men, and alas! men who are no longer young, . who like to pose as "good fellow s." The ' bar of the rum-shop is their favorite scene of operations. They like to be seen spending their hard earned money j on their friends, or on every Tom, Dick, or Harry, every new hatched, unfledged comrade that comes along. Such men are "good fellows" truly to I the thirsty bar-flies, but are they good i fellows to themselves w to those de- j pendent upon them? They are not, ' most assuredly. Many little comfort, ' nay; many a necessity must be denied the folks at home, because ot the bar-; room bravado of the "good fellow." The 1 future is generally un thought of by such men; and money which should be saved for a rainy day, or for old age, or for the children, i handed over to the barkeeper that his wife and family may live luxuriously. A daily contemporary had a little talk on this subject the other day. and one-passage one-passage is so good that it is worth repeating: re-peating: "Don't," says our esteemed contemporary, "don't be that saddest of idiots, the 'good fellcw.' Spend all your money on your friends they will turn their backs on you to gaze w ith admiration admira-tion upon some homely-looking person ' that has saved persistently and never 'bought a drink' for anybody. . Even you as you spend foolishly and beyond your means have a secret respect for I thfe man who knows enough to "save and become independent." |