Let Us Practice Economy, Say Editors, June 19, 1926

Sanity with Riches

Here is an item of news from Rockingham:

“Lord Cecil and his wife, the former Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt of Asheville, spent a few minutes in Rockingham today en route to Wrightsville Beach, and as a srulst of their passing through, a local cash and carry store was the gainer to the extent of $1.57. Parking their car with liveried chauffeur, in front of the hotel, Mrs. Cecil and husband passed up a lunch in the electric fanned coolness within, and instead made the following purchase from the grocery: Two oranges, two bananas, three boxes of soda crackers, two bottles of grape juice, two bottles of ginger ale, one can of sardines and 10 cents worth of cheese. Thus provided with nourishment to the extent of $1.57, the party of three continued its seaward way.”

The Charlotte News sees in this incident a lesson of thrift that might be practiced by all. “That’s not the way most of us do,” says The News, “and that is one reason, of course, that the most of us never acquire anything to brag about or that, if perchance, we do acquire a little, it vanished like the mist before the morning sun.”

The Stanly News-Herald very wisely and pertinently remarks in connection with this instance that all could “learn a lesson in economy from the Cecils. Most of us waste entirely too much, and few of us are financially able to do so. We should not be niggardly, but we should be satisfied and happy by spending only such an amount as may be our comfort and best welfare financially, physically, and mentally. Economy, thrift, sane living, real virtue. Those who practice that virtue are happier and wealthier. There is absolutely no excuse for folks to waste so much when there are so many destitute persons who need what they may be able to spare. Let us practice economy. Let us be more thrifty. Thus we shall be happier and wealthier, and we shall be the better enabled to help those who, for various reasons, may be in want.”

From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 19, 1926

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