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Show THE AGE OF EXTRAVAGANCE Extravagance is n charge that Is frequently and urgently laid against the American people. Since tho coming com-ing of the automobile Into dally uso for business and pleasure the charge has been perhaps more frequently and persistently made thnn before, but the complaint Is by nc means new. There lo no doubt that tbo people of this country spend their money more freely free-ly and even more recklessly than the people ot the older countries. Economy Econ-omy la a lesson ttiat this country Is still too new and too generally undeveloped un-developed to 'have learned, but the automobile is not tho reason ot It. Go to the mountains and the seashore and you will find the vocatlonlsts ot all degrees of financial standing enjoying en-joying themselves and spending mon oy previously saved and even discounting dis-counting the future. The country has always offered so many opportunities of making money that even those who fall to make it are not without hope, nnd they believe that If they spend today they will get it back tomorrow. to-morrow. Hartford Courant. |