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Show An Unbeliever in Saving In tho November issuo of the American Am-erican Mngnzlno appears an nrtlclo from ono whoso family does not bellovo be-llovo In saving, and whoso motto Is tn live nnd enjoy todny.nnd let tomorrow to-morrow tnko caro of UboU: "My husband has been n practicing practic-ing physician In a largo city for fifteen fif-teen years. Wo havo tasted luxury nt times, havo ahvnys lived in comfort, com-fort, nnd nover known real want nnd yet, there havo been many times when wo'vo looked Into tho flat purso and wondered when It would bulgo again. "Hut wo hnvo learned to say good byo to tho last dollar, trusting that It would send Us friends to us, nnd It always tims. Just when wo get flattest broke, a patient pays a bill, or a rolatlvo gives tho kiddles a ten spot. . "Wo own our homo, holp support our church, and pay our bills. nut wo havo no bank account. And If nnybody leaves us twenty-five hundred hun-dred dollars, n part of It may bo salted salt-ed down to help pay our way Inta tho old folks homo; but a larger part will bo mado to servo us horo nnd now, whllo wo hnvo tho health, Etrcngth, and inclination to enjoy it, nnd whllo our children can uso It toward helping them to havo tho gloriously hnppy childhood and youth that wo had. "Yes, of courso, monoy saved and properly invested will grow, "so fill you grow old. And a curious thing about n dollar Is that when you nro old it will buy you bed slippers cr n shawl; but when you aro young It will buy silk stockings and a g-od novel. "Think of tho monoy you'vo ?nld out In wages to a kitchen maid, io- marked a neighbor recently. Hut think of the dishes I havo not washed, wash-ed, I xeplled, and the sunsets nnd tho romps with tho children nnl tho bocks and tho rides that I've enjoy-cd enjoy-cd whllo a faithful maid earned un honest living. "Wo might iinvo forogono tho Plea-suro Plea-suro of our little Journeys and vacation vaca-tion trips. Wo might now havo a substantial bank account. And at tho ago of sixty perish tho thought wo might bo rich. "Hut wo havo preferred other rlchos nnd had them. And if wo do attain to tho ago of sixty, and, through what somo would call our mismanagement or Inprovldonle, spend our last days In tho poorhouso, wo can at lenet enjoy looking backward, back-ward, and telling our now friends what good sports wo'vo boon " |