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Success in saving is difficult if a child is asked to save for something he does not want, but which his par' ents want him to have. Let him, in the earlier of these formative years, save for skates, a pet, a bright sweat' er, or some other item of his own choice.
If the child is inclined to spend his money foolishly on the way home from school — as many do — take him to a large toy shop. When he finds something he would especially like, have the salesman tell of its many good features. This will help cement the desire for ownership, and increase the child's will power to save up for this particular toy.
NO parent wishes to rear his child to be a miser. Much of the hap' piness in life comes from sharing with others. A part of every child's earn' ings or allowance should go into the Sunday school fund and into a saving fund for birthdays and Christmas.
The motives for saving and shar' ing have much to do with the success parents have in training their children to handle money intelligently. These motives must appeal to a child's fancy as well as to his reason.
One of the most important parts of the training in financial matters is praise. A word of praise for money well spent accompHshes wonders. In this connection the words of George Bernard Shaw are applicable: "To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited, is as dis' honest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly."
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Stopping for gas in an Iowa town I found a line of cars at one filling station that displayed a sign, "Your tank full free if you can guess how much it takes."
I asked the busy proprietor how his scheme had worked out and he told me it had worked fine.
"Fellow guessed right about a year ago," he said. "Cksst me $1.30. But that's all right. We don't get 'dollar's worth' cu«' tomers any more. All we get is 'fill 'em up* customers."
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The young bride announced to the grocer that she wanted to buy some oysters.
"Large or small oysters, Ma'am?" inquired the grocer.
Faced with an unexpected decision, she studied a moment and said, "Well, they're for a man who wears a size 1 Y collar." A
Socialists arc like a bunch of bananas. They come in green, turn yellow and have not one straight one among them.