Show ri-I ri TIGHTWADS What Is Ja a tightwad Uncle Sam In a a booklet booklet defines denes him as at a aLman a who r saves eaves es EO CO cents out ot of every doUar and expends 37 7 7 cents ot ol the me for tor livID living land an one cent rent each for tor education and sd alms aims That Thai description might hold true truen n some soma cases But Dut how about the lrich Thon Thousands ands of ot them would It next to impossible no mat mat- matter matter matter ter how extravagant to save less than 60 cents on the dollar You cant can't define a tightwad It depends on the income of ot tho the In Individual so It naturally varies A poor man ambitious ous to get ahead and accordingly saving 60 cents out ot or each dollar that comes his bis way is 5 a fox tox not a tightwad The trouble Is too many ot of u ut earn without a definite motive Tho independence usually ex- ex exIsts exIsts ex exists until we are comfortably fixed Then frugality is so BO firmly established as a habit that It becomes an obsession fo form ot of o mania How about a spendthrift Ah he I Is easier eaMer to define Uncle sam him as a party who saves nothing spends 58 cents out of each dollar on living expenses 40 coutt on recreation and one each for alms alma and education Doctors sp In endocrine will toil ten you yon that a ady dyed dy in wool the-wool spendthrift Is simply a man with the peculiar condition of ot adrenal glands that keeps him absolutely fearless earless A hero for tor Instance is a spendthrift Ith his life lift A c coward ward Is frugal rugal with his hia more life life more than frugal miserly Always an m interesting sub subject ct this matter Batter of ot bow how much we should save Uncle Sams Sam's booklet says that the normally thrifty man saves 20 cents out of ot each dollar spends 0 0 Q cents on living expenses and 10 cents each on alms recreation and education Strikes us as a II sensible system It If you want to keep books go books goon on a budget you basis basis you might go o about it this way Decide to save 20 cents out ot of each dollar you receive The scientific way to spend the balance according to Is to divide each dol dollar dollar dollar lar you spend like this thia For rr r r food 4 43 3 cents for Vor shelter 18 cents For or clothing u 13 cent cents J I lor or nr furl fuel and light 6 cents Other en expenses 20 30 cents I |