DON'T RUN INTO DEBT.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 2

DON'T RUN INTO DEBT.

Don't rrni in rtebfc; never mind, nevo" mind If your clothe Ri't« faded and torn : Fix thorn n|). jnaVe thorn, do— ifcUbektarby far Then to have tlie hofti k weary and torn. Who'll love you the more for the cut of your hat. Or >our ruff, or the tie of your alioe, Thp nhape of your vest, or your bootH or cravat, If thoy know you're in debt for the new ? There's no comfort, I tell you, in walking the BtreotS In ti-ie elothflg, if you know you're in d^bf . AU'l foel that some tradesman perclunre you may meet, Who will sneor, ' They're pot paid for yot.' Good friends, }et me brg of you, don "Is nm in debt, If tho chairs and the sofas aro old ; They will tit ,>our bauk better than any new set, Unless thej aro paid for with gold. If the ho'ißO i« too »m»n, drawolopnr together; Keep it wii in with a hearty «ood will. A hip one unpaid for in till kinds of weather Will sum! to your warm heart a chilJ. I XSou't run in debt now, dear girls — tak» tho ! If tlw faalsions have change 1 wince last uenßon, Old Nature is out in the very same tint, And old Nnture, we think, has some reason. Just say to youv friends that yon cannot afford To spend time to keep up with th« fashion* That yourpurso is too li^lit, an.l yo.ur honour too bright To bo tarnished by iuch silly pissionn. GenU, don't 1 vn in debt ; let jour fiiendi, i^ they can, H'iv« the honiea, tine feathers, an 1 But unlesH they nro paid for, be more of arnau Than to envy the sunshiny hours. If you've money to «pare, I h»ve nothing to say. Spend your pounds and your pence ai you plonse : But mind you, the man who hii note hiis to pay Is the m in who i^ never at easo. Kind husband, now don't ruu in debt auy mor»>, 'Twill tf'l your wife's cup full of sorrow To know that a neighbour will call at your door With the bill you must sottla to-morrow. Oh, take my ndvico ; it is Rood, it is true ; But le9t you may some of yn>i doubt it, I'll whisper a nenet, now, pp«mg 'tin you — I've tried it, and know all about it.