'A plea for discrimination in the process of! curtailing personal expenditure has been made In a letter {rom a correspondent on Thursday who recognizes fully that conditions, alas, make it impossible for some to take any credit for economy=it Is forced on them by the hard facts of their till or banking accounts, if any. Yet there are many who can still take care to maintain their usual scale of expenditure and then have enough for charitable disbursements. They should consider, if they can, how much good they can do by. assisting shops to keep {he ball rolling. If indeed they were to indulge ina little healthy extravagance—such a2] Purchase of new clothes in order to facilitate the gift of old ones to deserving societies oF the determination to make their Christmas card contacts more expansive than usual. in proof of] Shanghat's ability to keep smiling—they should incur no censure on that account. Particularly it desirable to encourage local industries and local: shopping enterprise. Those who profess knowledge on the subject are ready to aver that advertised local, products to-day command good sales, That is further justijeation for Urging the merits of wise spending just now.
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