Unpaid Accounts Drove a Woman to Suicide

1901

Not so very long ago a woman threw herself before a New York elevated train and was instantly killed. Her sister testified afterward that she was a "fashionable" dressmaker and had over $15,000 worth of outstanding accounts which she could not collect. The people from whom she bought her goods were persistently asking for their money, but she could not pay them because her customers did not pay her for her work. It so preyed upon her mind that after weeks of sleepless nights she determined to kill herself. And she did. — Ladies' Home Journal.

Note: If you owe someone money, pay them back today. Tomorrow might be too late.