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besides, you escape the dangers lurking in the small 

 end of the cigar (unless you use a smoker). 



" Now, you say you take a day off about four times 

 a summer to go bass-fishing. On an average, what 

 does it cost you on one of those trips? " 



"Well, railroad fare or horse hire, boatman, bait, 

 etc., about $5.00 a day, or $20.00 a year." 



"And four times in the season you run down to the 

 seashore, which takes two days each trip, or eight 

 days in all. AVhat do those trips cost?" 



"Well, about $15.00 each, or $60.00 for the year." 



"Now, my friend, I know you take a glass of 

 whiskey occasionally, and that you take your beer in 

 the evening. Give me some idea of what you expend 

 for drinks for self and friends." 



"Well, I will frankly say that I kept a memoran- 

 dum once for several months, and was astonished to 

 find that I was paying out on an average fifty cents a 

 day, or about $180.00 a year, for my drink habit." 



" Unless you are very sure that you are much bene- 

 fited by this outlay, you would do well to consider the 

 propriety of investing the same amount in some other 

 enterprise, and I would suggest that it be added to 

 the outing fund. 



"This is not all; you inform me that you are a 

 member of a gun club. How often do you shoot 



