Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1910 — Saving tn Vain. [ARTICLE]

Saving tn Vain.

According to the following story, economy has Its pains as well as i< pleasures, even after the saving is done. One spring for some reason, old Eli was going round town with the face of dissatisfaction and when questioned poured forth his voluble tale of woe thus: “Marse Geo'ge, he come to me last fall an’ he say, ‘Eli, dls gwine ter be a hard Winter, so yo’ be keerful an’ save yo’ wages' fas’ an’ tight.’ “An’ I b’lleve Marse OeO’ge, yes, Bah, I b’lleve him, an’ I save an.’ I save, an’ when de winter came it ain’t gpt no hardship, an’ dere was I wld all dat money jes’ frown on mah hands!’’ Japan has now more than 200 telephone exchanges, more than twice the number it had two years ago.