Business Hints for Men and Women

by A. R. Calhoun

WORTH KNOWING

If things are said in this chapter that seem like a repetition of things already told, it is that their importance warrants a repetition in another form.

OVER-GENEROSITY

"There are no pockets in a shroud," it is said. True it is that we cannot take material things with us to the other side of the grave, and so before the end comes it is well to make preparations for their disposition.

There are three ways of getting possession of property:

1. To have it given. 2. To earn it. 3. To steal it.

We shall not consider the last method; that is the business of the law, but let us look at the first.

Property is given in two ways:

1. By direct gift from one to another. 2. By will, when the amount is payable on the death of the donor.

Of course, the widow and children, if there be any, are first to be considered in either of the cases named.