Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1919 — DIDN’T LET STOMACH KNOW [ARTICLE]

DIDN’T LET STOMACH KNOW

Simple Manner in Which a Struggling Pittsburgher Acquired a Competence. A Pittsburgh man, by thrift and economy, acquired a competence from a most humble beginning, but until he related his experience to his friends In the bank where he did business they were unable to discover the real secret of his success. Here is his story, according to the Pittsburgh Dispatch: He started to work on the South side at $8 per week and was soon advanced to $lO and later to sl2. When he was marked up to sl4 he got married, beginning double team life in two rooms in one of the alleys nigh to Carson street. His boss thought so well of his marriage he added $2 more per week to his income. He bought a small lot in the alley, put up a little house and ere long was living free of rent. Then he annexed a lot, erected another house and found himself a landlord. Another legacy of $2 a week was his good fortune and at last followed prosperity that enabled him to live without daily toil. “Well,” said the president of the bank, “you have not told these tellers and young fellows in the bank the real secret of your success, as you confided it privately to me,” and, laughing, the man said: “Oh, yes, I know what you mean. Well, boys, I told you I started at $8 per week and, believe me, no matter how often I was advanced in wages, I never let my stomach know that I was on any other than $8 weekly allowance.” This explained his comfortable bank balance. Moral: Go thou and do likewise. “Own a home.”