Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1920 — SOMETHING TO WORK WITH [ARTICLE]

SOMETHING TO WORK WITH

Young Man Perfectly Willing to Practice Economy If Old Gentleman Would Supply Materials. There la a well-known banker whose only son does not. his father contends, appreciate the value of a dollar by about 99 cents. A short time ago the youth approached the old gen(tieman with a request for a considerable sum in addition to his regular allowance. 1-— -—■ “Look . here, my boy, ’’ the father said Severely. “You do not seem to realize that you spend a great deal of money—throw Itaway, Fn fact Don’t you think it about time that you began to economize a bit?” “Yes, I do, father,” the young man responded “earnestly. “Been thinking just that—fine thing, economy; provide against rainy day, and all that sort of rot. I’d love to start right in economizing, but I can’t, because I haven’t a cent to economize. If you’ll just pass, over that thousand, however, I will begin, right away 1”