“He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.”–Ovid.

THE sun had been shining every day for years, it might seem foolish to suggest carrying an umbrella, but after years of continuous commercial sunshine, it is not unreason?able to assume that we may have rain–commercial rain. This may be only a shower and it may be a severe storm. The man who is wise will keep his umbrella, his rubbers and his raincoat handy.

This is not going to be a preachment on keep?ing money or a preachment against spending money. This is merely meant to be a suggestion of an easy way to prepare for leaner times if they come or to be better prepared to make the most of good times should they continue.

In a certain home in Chicago, where a family had resided for forty-two years, the idea of realizing on the contents of the storeroom and attic recently took root. In the sale which followed, these articles were disposed of–two pairs of brass andirons, two broken bronze Jardinieres, one brass umbrella rack, two copper wash boilers, four copper washboards, one walnut lounge, two walnut dressers, two walnut bedsteads, one clothes wringer, nine picture frames and glass, two marble table tops, seven pounds old battered silverware, 140 old books, 200 yards old Brussels carpet, five pairs old portieres and old clothes and junk, all of which at the sale netted the owner $841. This family was once fairly wealthy, but $841 means a great deal to them today. They were always thrifty and never destroyed things, which accounts for their accumulating all of this junk.

Perhaps in your house and mine there is not to be found $841 worth of junk, but we feel reasonably sure that there is $20 to $40 worth in almost every house in this town. Quite a tidy sum of money if every family would have the housecleaning done now, and turn every unused article into cash.

“Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.”–Persian Proverb.

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