Notes

68 IMPROVEMENT ERA.

one year; five-hundred-twenty in ten years; multiply five-hundred- twenty by the figure you foolishly spend each week: result, your net saving added to your improvement in character. If you have other evil habits besides chewing, smoking, or drinking, try similar figures on them, and observe the result. The improvement in your own character will far outweigh the money that you save, but it can, perhaps, not be shown so well in figures.

THE ERA FIVE PER CENT REBATE.

Many officers appear to have a misunderstanding concerning the rebate allowed to all associations obtaining five per cent of the Church population of their wards, as subscribers for the Era. This rebate is given to the association, not to the subscriber, and it must not be, in any instance, given to the subscriber. The rebate is intended as a reward for the loyalty and faithfulness of the association members and officers in canvassing for the Era and obtaining subscribers, and is paid to the association for the benefit of the members, to be used for association purposes. Officers and canvassers will please remember this, and promise no rebate to any subscriber. The rebate will be paid at the end of the season to all associa- tions which have reached the requisite five per cent, and officers are requested not to deduct it from their remittances, as that causes great inconvenience in the office.