Show way we do blat 0 by at K H THOMSON ph D WHY WE HOARD ride I 1 ot of ownership Is a very real P incentive in lire life what Is free to all Is enjoyed by none we crave to secure sonic some special privilege some recognition it adds to a mans self elf 1 respect if lie can own things wealth beyond ones needs serves the purpose of satisfying the hoarding in instinct zile extreme illustration ts Is that of the miser who hoards ills his money and gets pleasure and satisfaction not from spending it but in playing with will it assuring himself that it really belongs to him ne ild derives pleasure from seeing it grow money aloney is not the only thin g that Is hoarded we hoard a great many ti lings s furniture books stamps coins old rags almost everything Is hoarded boarded by some somebody some of the animals are also hoard ers and misers the squirrels gather ather i nuts and bury them thein in the ground they hide bide them away from other squirrels against the day of need the comman dog also has li as the habit of hoarding bones after lie has eaten all he can call lie buries the rest the bee Is a busy hoarder the bees store more honey than they can use in a season the human animal will store away more mord wealth than lie he can possibly use here Is a case of a precaution in nature c tor for the preservation of the species that has agone gone beyond the alie point of necessity it may be that only those who were expert boarders hoar ders survived the present generations are descendents of those who bibo had this instinct to an abnormal degree we hoard because we are born with a hoarding boarding instinct that is widespread in the animal kingdom the instinct itself doubtless as a means of protecting lite life and in aiding the individual in ills his struggle for survival and supremacy nc 0 by mcclure newspaper syndicate syndicate i 1 f |