Down with the little toy savings-bank! I believe it teaches
children to be selfish. I hate to see a child, a sweet, innocent
child, with dimpled hands and a laughing face, clutch the penny
or the nickel you give it close in its little fingers, and run
first to drop it into the greedy, miserly “savings-bank,” and
then come back to thank you. We teach the child to be selfish
when we give it a penny to drop in the missionary-box and fifty
cents to buy a toy for itself; to dole out a penny a week for
charity and keep the savings-bank rattling full. But haven’t I a
savings-bank in my home? Indeed I have; and I’d like to see you
or any other man, except one of my dear friends the Vanderbilts,
pour money into the top of that savings bank as fast as the
prince can draw it out of the bottom. That’s the way to run
a bank. Make her useful; milk her. “Mr. Speaker,” said the
California legislator, “may I ask how much money there is in the
State treasury?” The speaker estimated about $40,000. “Then,”
said the member, “I move to rake her. What good does the money
do locked up? If you don’t spend it, some alderman will get hold
of it.”--ROBERT BURDETTE.
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=Saving Life=--See LIFE-SAVING BY WIRELESS.
=Savings of Aliens=--See PROSPERITY AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.
=Saviors=--See PERSONALITY AS A REDEMPTIVE FORCE.