I STUBBED MY TOE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 6

I STUBBED MY TOE.

(By FRANK A. GARBUTT.) Did yon ever stub your toe and fall down? Well, I have. Even if I didn't break an arm or get hurt, I scuffed a good shoe or lost a race. Every time I stubbed my toe, which has been often enough, I went back to see what I stubbed it On, and, maybe, as I have had a lot more experience in that line, it may help you if I name the things that have tripped me and given me my hardest falls. Greedhaste—procrastination—taking chances—trusting others—assuming things to he true — making promises—going in debt —extravagance. You can stub your toe on any one of these things and got a dirty financial fall, and you certainly will if you do not avoid them. None of them is necessary. Whenever you think you see an opportunity to make some easy money or get something for nothing, dodge or put up your guard. Such chances are too expensive. It makes no difference whether you are earning a dollar and a half a day or a hundred and fifty thousand dollars or more a year, the.'e remarks apply to you with equal force. I am not going to stub my toe on any of these things again.— (N.A.N.A.)