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Show I 00 ! FALLING INTO j WAYS OF LUXURY. . f In his philosophy of today, John j Blake deals with the remittance of the H j 10 per cent luxury' tax against which (J&, 1 people so bitterly complained. "If you have been what is called a i&ii'i 'spender,' some of the needless things Stia -vou have been buying will cost you lesa than they did. But it is unllltelv ' that you will save the money. Onct the luxury habit is acquired it is hard to break. And that nionej which you don't need to pay to the government any more is very sure to go into other luxuries which you couldn't get in the old days of the luxury tax And n !s a far heavier tax than a 10 per cenl tax, for the amount it will take from your income by and by is prett; neai the size of the income itself. Every penny expended for foolishness for things that you cannot afford for luxuries that you learn to want merely because other people have them is a lax not only on your earnings, but on your future. "If you have more money than you can spend, no one is going to object to your wearing $300 overcoats or even buying a yacht,' says Blake. "But if you are getting these things at the expense ex-pense of your own future you are put ting a luxury tax on yourself which Is far harder to bear than am ever imposed im-posed by the government The desire to have all the comforts that other people have is natural, but it is ery hard to tell you what are comforts and what are luxuries. And If you fall into the way of being too comfortable you will soon be about as progressive as the cat which curls in purring comfort before the fireplace. You are free from the government luxury tax now, but you can only tree yourself from the really burdensome luxury tax by your owu efforts. Will power alone, which Is a difficult thing to cultivate, will put an end to that tax." Self-denial is one of the biggest of achievements, and the man who early learns the lesson if teaches gains a victory of inestimable value |