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May 18, 1890
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Chauncey Depew tells of a young couple he advised to use a 'Tis But' box to curb small spendings, saving $1000 in a year and avoiding bankruptcy, recommending it to all young married couples.
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THE 'TIS BUT BOX.
A Neat Little Story With a Moral by Chauncey Depew.
[New York Sun.]
"Let me tell you a story," said Mr. Depew, replying to an inquiry for birthday wisdom. "Some years ago I took a great fancy to a young man. He got a good salary, but he never could save a cent. He was not viciously extravagant, but heedless and not at all careful. Finally he married, and I thought perhaps the responsibility of a wife and subsequent tender responsibilities might induce him to pay more attention to the limitations of his purse. But he did not, and the funny part of it was that his wife seemed as bad a financier as he was. They were fast drifting on the rocks of bankruptcy.
"At last he came to me and told me his predicament. I related how, when I was a young boy it was the rage in Peekskill to have a 'Tis But' box. This was a box in which were deposited all of the quarters and other pieces which would have gone on the plea of the husband or wife. 'Why, John, or why, Mary, 'tis but a quarter.' Well, will you believe it, that young man and that young woman rigged up a 'Tis But' box, and in a year he brought me $1,000 and asked me to buy some investment bond for him.
"Every young married couple in the country should have a 'Tis But' box, and if you will but tell them so, with my compliments, they will be very happy chicks at the end of the year."
A Neat Little Story With a Moral by Chauncey Depew.
[New York Sun.]
"Let me tell you a story," said Mr. Depew, replying to an inquiry for birthday wisdom. "Some years ago I took a great fancy to a young man. He got a good salary, but he never could save a cent. He was not viciously extravagant, but heedless and not at all careful. Finally he married, and I thought perhaps the responsibility of a wife and subsequent tender responsibilities might induce him to pay more attention to the limitations of his purse. But he did not, and the funny part of it was that his wife seemed as bad a financier as he was. They were fast drifting on the rocks of bankruptcy.
"At last he came to me and told me his predicament. I related how, when I was a young boy it was the rage in Peekskill to have a 'Tis But' box. This was a box in which were deposited all of the quarters and other pieces which would have gone on the plea of the husband or wife. 'Why, John, or why, Mary, 'tis but a quarter.' Well, will you believe it, that young man and that young woman rigged up a 'Tis But' box, and in a year he brought me $1,000 and asked me to buy some investment bond for him.
"Every young married couple in the country should have a 'Tis But' box, and if you will but tell them so, with my compliments, they will be very happy chicks at the end of the year."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Triumph
Family
What keywords are associated?
Tis But Box
Saving Money
Financial Advice
Marriage Thrift
Moral Anecdote
What entities or persons were involved?
Chauncey Depew
Young Man
Young Woman
Where did it happen?
Peekskill
Story Details
Key Persons
Chauncey Depew
Young Man
Young Woman
Location
Peekskill
Event Date
Some Years Ago
Story Details
Chauncey Depew recounts advising a heedless young couple drifting toward bankruptcy to use a 'Tis But' box, inspired by his youth in Peekskill, to save small coin expenditures; they save $1000 in a year for investment.