Show TALKS IPA L 00 ON THRIFT THE BROADER THRIFT when men we speak of thrift the average man and woman immediately jimps to the conclusion that we mean can merely the sai saving ing of money and having been onalle to save mony concludes that tho the practice of thrift is an impossible achievement we are apt to picture the man of thrift as a 16 tightwad so careful in mone matters that it is painful both to him hini and those about him who counts every penny with thoughtful caro tare and spends it with regret denies h myself every rightful Oe pleasure asure wears hs b clothes until they are e tits the plainest of food and deposits ahli money in the savings bank with cy rocklike ock like regularity bat that is a thrift and it my not be at all for the miser is by no means a true example of thrift although he be may be a good example of saving while thrift re salts in the saving of money it is and bi cader than that the man a of thrift works hard and earns largely that ho he may spend wisely for the things that make life worth liv mt while lie has an eye on the titine he does not forget thai that we vve ave but once and arc are entitled to tome come of the good things of life as we to 0 along too many good people live so much in anticipation of the fatura that they miss the joys of the present too many dread the futin e and instead of preparing for it worry bout it satisfaction in lifo life comes from two sources tour ces first a knowledge that we have a part in the worlds work and are slaying that oat part well second hat that wo are ready for tomorrow in the thelast last and sib contentment both for today and tomorrow is merely a matter of dollars and cents while money is not the chief end and aim alm of man it is essential to the full cn en of life A certain bank clerk who had worked in one ins titu tion twenty i 5 ears was summarily dis charged and at 45 found himself out of a job a family to support and no gonei mono he lie lit literally eplly went through hell before he found other work at far less compensation and all the joys ho he had bad in spending his money were overshadowed by the worry the doubt and the readjustment process pio cess it may be he could not save sane at least he did not and a few hundred dollars in the bank batik now no would look like a million to him there arc nany in in the same situation to whom the loss of employment would bo be a tragedy full of gruesome horrors wo we mistake gre greatly aly the meaning of thrift if wo we conclude con olude that it means simply self denial and saving for while it does involve sacrifice flee it is sacrifice for a purpose thrift earos caris for a purpose and spends for a purpose there is a thrift that tha t is mean and niggardly and robs life of much of J its comforts and there is a thrift that is broad and helpful the kind that makes for a well wel life gets solid batista notion day by day prepared prepares for a peaceful old age when the earning power is less and the needs greater than 41 lay the thrift we need is to repeat the broader thrift that works hard spends wisely and saves consistently and not the narrow arrow thrift that merely saves money at whatever cost in comfort and convenience get the thrift habit the dirtad thrift haba now practice it thoughtfully waste not the little things fine fina the joy that a gi owing bank account invest inest a bour sa savings ings safely and bibly bly t edem her ber tomorrow but forget not today spend for the things that last and find the secret of the brooder broader thrift that nukes makes for better living ik it is the only thrift worth while |