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Show FIFTY FIFTY WITH HIS WIFE In tho August American Magazlno a new department Is started called Tho Famllj's Money Thlsdepaitmoiit Is devoted to tho various methods of saving, spending nnd investing tho famllj's money. Contributors havo offered practical suggestions to thoso who nro alining to uso their money to tho best advantngo. Following h an account ot what competition did toward encouraging n bank account "I nm on a nowspnper. I havo always al-ways mado a salary in excess of slm-plo slm-plo living requirements, but I was n freo spender nnd did not savo. "A baby camo and I felt nn added responsibility. I was afraid actual-ally actual-ally frightened for tho first tlmo In my lire Then I gavo tho matter or saving somo thought, but I could not decldo upon nny courso or action. "At tho olllco ono day a business discussion mado mo seo that what I needed In my homo wns competition. competi-tion. "That night on my arrival home I sad to my wife that I would, beginning begin-ning tho next Saturday, glvo her hair of my salary and I would keep tho other half, and vv0 each tako nn oqu-al oqu-al sharo of tho housohold expenses "At tho end of tho first month I left my bank book on tho library tabic ta-bic I wanted to surprlso her. That evening sho handed It to mo nnd Bald sho thought I was doing flno. Looking nt her closely I saw that sho realized sho was challenged. Sho did not speak, how over, of nny Intention Inten-tion sho might hnre had In mind. "A month later I found her bank book on tho library tablo ldent'cnlly ' ns I had left mlno. Sho hnd beaten I me, for her savings showed $10 50 jinoro thnn my own for tho corres-I corres-I ponding month, and $15 In excess of my deposits for tho first month. "Wo nro now In a race We both have tho saving habit. Wo havo enough to buy n homo if wo should Join funds." |
