Show I At The Cross Roads Its It's amazing how y readily one can find ways to adjust himself to changed customs and a changed i plan of living I suppose that a slave sla learns to endure the drudgery ery of slavery by ultimately finding finding finding find find- ing the kernel of the hope of freedom freedom freedom free free- dom that lights light the way as he trudges along in bondage I have known men who had lived most I of their lives In affluence but thru misfortune were forced to accept relative poverty who yielded to the new order of living with grace and courage emphasizing anew the adaptability of human one day to walk in the garden of plenty and with equal dignity on another day accept help from a neighbor Today while white millions of comfortably comfortably comfortably comfort comfort- ably men and women are being relieved of their resources es through taxation and the dr dry drying 3 ring r- r ing up of their heir s sources of income I other millions are gleefully wallowing wallowing wallowing wal wal- lowing in moderate riches for the first time in their lives and in a I frenzy of new-found new happiness are are buying the luxuries they have always al always al- al ways craved d but could afford A man who has acquired a bank account the hard way rarely needs advice ice regarding the wisdom of his possessions as a bulwark against against against a- a need when sickness and hard times come knocking knockin at the door Many individuals however however- particularly young oung people who through the generosity of wartime wages suddenly find themselves in possession of larger pay checks on Saturday night than they had ever ever expected to receive need the I restraining Influence of their own common sense or the advice of wiser heads to spare them the hu- hu of being poorer when the war plant closes down than they were when they first entered its portals Poorer because they lost the art of saving through necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne and are broke except for a afew afew afew few baubles and their memories of extravagant waste Others are arc going to save and make this day of high wages the beginning of 11 lifes life's es e's success Those who save and invest their surplus In good securities at this time will live in a wholesome atmosphere of independence as the years go by while the will be a sufferer sufferer suf suf- ferer from t the e jitters all his life lICe wondering if if the Social Security the Unemployment Insurance and the Old Age Pensions will continue to function so that he may flit mi from one relief to another until at last he takes over a number in the potters field Young man dont don't laugh at nt that I drab picture Statistics have proven proven en that only five re men out of oC one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred who start at scratch when 21 years of oC age are arc self seU supporting when they reach the age of sixty Will Vill you be one of the five or one of or the ninety-five ninety Perhaps this day of affluence is your opportunity ity to draft a sound economic blueprint blueprint blueprint blue blue- print for your life policy Written by Mr Pearsall of the Pearsall Leyson-Pearsall Company and appearing appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap as an nn ad adin In the Salt Lake Tribune t r |