Samuel Saucerman is the originator of the “Trimmer Band,” which
is an unique and effective method of promoting temperance and
thrift in the young, from nine to sixteen years of age. To every
boy in the State of Iowa who will take the pledge to _abstain
from tobacco in every form_, _intoxicating liquor_, _gambling_
and _profane language_, Mr. Saucerman will give $1.00 upon his
joining one of these “Trimmer Bands,” and will pay him _one
cent a day for three years_, and _another_ $1.00 at the end of
that period. Members of these “Bands” are urged to save their
nickels and dimes, which would otherwise be spent for tobacco
and liquor, and also hold monthly meetings to discuss economy,
finance, clean living, and everything in line with industry and
morals. To show good faith, each boy must deposit 50 cents with
his first dollar, and at the end of the three years, even if he
has not himself saved a cent, he will have $12.00. The object is
to establish habits of saving, which will enable every boy at
twenty-one to have saved sufficient to start him in life, or to
go to college.--JAMES T. WHITE, “Character Lessons.”
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=Photography of Germs=--See INVISIBLE, THE, MADE VISIBLE.
=Physical Ailments=--See REMEDIES, STRANGE.
=Physical Training=--See PLAY AND MORALS.