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Show TALKS ON THRIFT "Tho men who dns not nnd can not save money cannot and w'll not do anything else orth while The best way to accumulate money Is to resolutely reso-lutely save and bank a fixed portion or your Income, no mattor how small he amount Andrew Carnegie It Is not tho easiest Uiing in the world to sa,Vo money To become Independent In-dependent one must pay tho price To wo monev thero are two things which nro very Important having a definite ibjert lu lew and being systematic. These two things go hand 1u hand Moving a object will help you to "oncentratn your efforts and b"iul all vour energies In the desired direction "Concentration i3 the secret of strength," said Kmerson. A man of only average ability, with concentrn-Mon, concentrn-Mon, can lucoinpllsh moro than a man if unusual talents without It Moreover, More-over, svstein and an object will give vnu cnthuslnsm and that Is the powr vb'ch dri'PS our mental machinery As one of the best ways to grt out nnd keep out of a rut Is to have seme led object to work for. Save niorov with hoiu' definite, worthy pari rip ni'd von will find l Is comptirni'Mly easy, while without such an aim It Is hard Perhaps there nro n few who lire nhlo to save money for the pure oWnsuro of savliiK It. but the average Individual must have some en al-ractlve al-ractlve oblect 111 vIpw to prevent his pending his lhoney for tho nnni rous oleasan' things that attract him dav by day Children put money Into tholr nuill bunks lu the morning and unite rrequently shake It out In the after-mnn after-mnn to spend It for thu toy or tluv lour Men and women are but chll-lren chll-lren or a larger growth. They mnv rt find It so hard to save money, but heir difficulty Is to make snvlngs stay saved Kumi ns the most successful business busi-ness enterprises nre tho best oririnl" cd nud mnunged. so tho Inillvldnit1 who used forethought und system h the handling or his personal tlnriu i. 1 affairs af-fairs Is the most 'Ikely to make satisfactory satis-factory progress. liatll.ei In Hanger, Pa, glis this '-iclh.il illustration of systematic thrift I h.ne lu mind n young man about tw -utv jr iirg of age worklUK as n slate l.ir In one of our nuriics who Is 1. 1" of our rcrular depositors in the I ' "'gi kp:irtiii"it Durliii; a pi rlod of four yr in jus' jm t he has d posit nl tach month an average of J." , n. otnl of $1,200 for the period, or $300 pr j tar. This Is a good yearly saving considering tho average or steady work for him Is nlno months out of the year. l , i lodlunlly this young man wlth-n wlth-n aw a Jiiuu and Invests In good bonds uldiiiK a fair Interest. Since tho inauguration or his saving habit, about ioi'i yeats ago, ho has accumulated tl-xtj lii such securities, and U ho nialiitalns his average savings, for sov-i sov-i i j ears to como he will undoubted undoubt-ed have tho nucleus of n Hinall for-nine for-nine and bo In u position to establish npMseir coiutortubiy In tho world. ouch nn cxmnple or thrift Is worthy or imitation nnd Is uiuiuestlonably tho sin est way to become independent. This Idea or nysteni in. Biivlng Is at iii root ol such schemes as thu Christmas Christ-mas and Vacation Savings Clubs, tho itbc or little homo banks and ninny other plans which help t( keep people In the straight and narrow path or tlirirt rnthcr thnn lu the, Tor tho time being, moro pleasant "Uroadwny" or extra vugunoe. |