The Value of Thrift

Every man from day to day
Should save a portion of his pay.
If what you save is only small,
Still it’s more than none at all.

There’s not a man who doesn’t know,
To pay is better as you go.
You'll find if you do not keep up,
You'll be forever on the jump.

It’s not the savings that you make
That turn into a rich man’s stake.
It’s lessons soundly learned of thrift,
That are to you a priceless gift.

Do not discouraged ever be
Because the end you cannot see.
Many possessing the lion’s part,
Had to make the poor man’s start.

If some investments have not paid,
From the savings you have made,
The gift for thrift to you He gave,
You cannot lose if still you save.

The man who says no use at all,
Because his pay is only small,
Will say the same when multiplied,
For saving he has never tried.

Just save a five and then a ten,
And when you add some more again,
You’re bound to make your saving score,
Each little makes a little more.

A motor car is like a man,
Some cannot save and others can,
The one of all that saves the most,
It’s Studebaker’s right to boast.

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—The Car with Character.