DR- FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 8, 31 March 1927, Page 11

DR- FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

THE part of the blanket that keeps you warm

(Copyright, 192 7) P I* the part of the blanket that hangs over the edge that keeps you warm. . It you crawled into bed on a c winter's night and found yourself fla? like a "hot dog” between the two Halves of ue bun, with your l °vers extending flat and rigid and unbendi above and below, you *°ul4 freeze to death. , , , , It Is because tne soft woollen covers snuggle close to your body and " 10 & down over the edge that they keep you warm. . There is an A No. 1 lesson to be se.i in the part ot the covers over the edge. . I ”° a practical, economical, ignorant eye that part seems to be a total 0 7 the part over the top of the sleeper seems to be doing much 0 * ee P him warm. So in Hf e ome of the best investments Sv. m total wastes to onomical. practical and ignorant ey Spending money upon self-improvement is a coverl3t hanging over e e dge. The same money put into bonis or real estate might bring j Wiener, more easily recognised returns, but the final results invariably •Oionstrate the wisdom of investing in sincere attempts in self-develop-ment. u yiog books seems to be something that can be dispense 4 with in a Ting down expenses, but they are often the source of growth tnat ■ 310 ihc 1 earnii capacity. . k , * 'king a vacation may seem like a waste of opportunity and money, l -me has demonstrated that it is a sound investment. Likewise, joina SJ-M.C.A. gymnasium class or a similar aid to physical well-being. • j __ lr Ying to save by eating second-rate food may seem a saying at tne an /’ ut is cutting off the valu l. .e part of the quilt that hangs over, Sing cold weather —in the form of ill-health) will demonp, tbe blu nder. of seems to an economical, practical and ignorant eye a part al-. e cover of life that can be dispensed with. Dispensing with it i „7 9 mean s in ae end a shallowing of character and a saving that unwarranted. ern/v lltl * the coverlet many ti r .es seems to be a wise step in n*y for the moment. me demonstrates the fallacy.