SPENDING WISELY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1123, 17 December 1914, Page 4

SPENDING WISELY.

It isn't tho money you make; its what you do with it that counts. It is tho'spending of your salary that is the final test. Ono girl's pay may be double that of another, yet the first girl will look shabby or have no money for an emergency—bo hard up most of the time., in f?.cv~where the strand Will be well dvassed, able to po to v> play or to trsat a frkr.d and have money in tho oa.uk besides. It's alt in the apending. Don't forget that half tho problem of making a bunint?.w. succosa h in learning to spend wisnly, and it's by uo means the least important li.;!l'. I guess wo all know hov; i-ii.rifki.y_ 10» or £1 slip away, with nothing show for it if wo wander hap'.inz.-.rdl.y about the shop:;, getting a li!:i!o thi'ig hire and another there, wit a no _drn:iiio phui and without having siu-.lud our actual needs. And aftor that !:a:; happened three or four times quite a lot of money has got itself spent! ' They are teaching the proper outlay of money now in the domestic science classes. But you can teach yourselves with a Uttlft patience. Oa« if

tho first things to do is to make a vow, and keep it, not to buy anything offhand. Make out your lists at home, when you can decide exactly what it is you'must have. Don'tget into tho habit of promiscuous buying. Another" point is to get good things, not to waste money on shoddy, however well it looks at the moment. This applies to food as well as to clothes. Get the best you can afford. It pays in the end. Give at least half the attention to spending your money that you do to making it, and your standing at the year's end will be encouraging to you.