ght fall
ill, and if he had no money saved up he might become a burden upon those
illy able to support him.

But the best thing about the habit of saving is the habit itself.
Having the habit well fixed in one's character renders one
self-controllable--in other words, thrifty. Thrift applies to more
things than money-saving, for the man who saves money begins to save
other things. Waste is wrong--a sin.

Did you ever know one to save on his age--that is, to lay by as many
dimes or dollars each year as he is years old? Suppose you are fourteen.
During that year you save $14, and with it buy a certificate of deposit,
a share of stock, or something that is complete in itself--a bond that
represents your age that year. Next year you are fifteen, and you buy a
$15 bond. Or, if you cannot save as many dollars as you are years old,
try saving as many half-dollars or dimes. Keep your money in your own
name, not in the name of somebody else who happens to have a bank-book
when you do not, and draw it out only when you are very sure you need
it. Get your age bond first, and your luxury afterward.

If you begin at fourteen, a dollar for each year, you will have at
twenty-one seven bonds, representing $119. You will also have some
interest money. But you will have much more, namely, the _habit_ of
saving--systematic economy, which is an education of itself, and one
which, if necessary to gain, you could well afford to throw away the
$119 that you saved.

The Helping Hand.

Some kind friends in St Louis put a lemonade stand on Delaware Boulevard
the other day, and as a result sent $1.50 to us for the School Fund. Two
readers living in West Groton, Mass., took up a ten-cent collection
among their acquaintances, and remitted $1. The William D. Moffat
Chapter, of Oakland, Md., exhibited some rare manuscripts which a friend
loaned them, and sent us $10.

The letter of Mr. Munroe was cordially received by the Order, and
everybody praised the idea that _each member_ be represented, so that
the building would stand as a monument to the chivalry of the _whole
Order_. Since the last report the following sums have reached us:
Roderick and William J. Beebe, $2. William D. Moffat Chapter, Oakland,
Md., $10. Lucy L. Verrill, $1. H. E. Banning, 40 cents. Rosaline and
Edith Cline, 20 cents. E. J. and F. G., 20 cents. Carrie Wellenbrock,
$1. Otto Prussack, 5 cents. Dorothy and Pineo, 5 cents. M. C. Haldeman,
25 cents. Myra F. Chapin