The Secret Of Wealth

Further than that--the man who is at home, reading and resting in the evening, is not spending his money.

When you are resting tonight at home, think over the fact that you, you yourself, are a vital cog in the machinery of the world. The work you do is as important as the work done by any other one man. The war in Europe has affected this Country, has affected you individually; you are working harder and getting more money out of it. You are a part of the world; if it whirls fast, you must go with it; but the sane man adapts himself to the swift pace, balances himself to it so that a sudden stopping of the world's speed will not shoot him off into nowhere.

Men and women who have today's good incomes, yet who have the common sense to live in the economical ways of their grandparents--well, figure what it would do for you on your income.

"The man who thinks 'he can't do if is alwuss more than haff right."--Josh Billings.

Here is a message to mothers and fathers and daughters from a woman whose life since she was born has been a bed of roses:

"A girl has no right to marry unless she can cook, and bake and sew and buy the supplies and keep a house thriftily. No matter how wealthy may be the man she marries she will need to know all these things. Why, Mrs. Martin has that splendid big house and five servants and she told me that she would never be able to manage that house right if her mother had not taught her how to do everything--now she knows just how it ought to be done to be right, and the servants can't fool her a minute. She seems proud to tell that if the whole five left her at once she could put on an apron and go into the kitchen and get better meals than those five professionals prepare."

"This is especially detrimental to us, that we live, not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion set by others."--Seneca. 

CHAPTER XLVII

"Go boldly; go serenely; go augustly: None can withstand thee then."

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