CHAPTER XII.. Living Beyond the Means.

LIVING BEYOND THE MEANS.

Hypocrisy and debt--Conventionalism--Keeping up appearances--Exclusive circles--Women and exclusiveness--Women and extravagance--Running into debt--The temptation of shopkeepers--Temptations to crime--How crime is committed--Love of dress--Gents--Reckless expenditure--Knowledge of Arithmetic--Marriage--Happy tempers--Responsibilities of marriage--Marriage not a lottery--The man who couldn't say "No"--The courage to say "No"--"Respectable" funerals--Funeral extravagance--John Wesley's will--Funeral reform. Pages 233--258