The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-04
POSTAGE STAMPS IN
WINTER GARB OCT. |
,vy COATS FOR WASHING
TON AND FRANKLIN DURING
THE COLD SEASON.

Came people prefer to change to
~ winter things later, but on Oc-
Sor George Washington and Ben
eonkIir will put on their heavy gum
~ It's their wish and the gov
Irnment respects it.
whether the first frosts OF winter
,r,e in September or November
In.o two old sticklers for convention
- on their heavy gums October 1
Id keep them on until the LIST of
.axt MAY. If they didn't they would
-or he able to stand the climate,
ese arovernment stamp doctors say.
: TSo next time the man who some
! ~ 1rayer seems able to keep any
w Of his own" asks for the loan
AlHt two-cent pale pink Autograph of
srr "" Washington, you will be abso-
toIy within your rights as an Amer
an citizen if you reply:
't 1cure thing. How will you have
oorga-summer or winter style?"
The same also applies to that other
nnlar favorite, Ben Franklin,
bosn nrofle now appears almost as
INV INV times as Georges on the all
eaj art work turned out by the gov
snment presses. =,
II vour query does not stump the
rennial stamp borrower he will be
Of the very few American citizens
= know that George and Ben are
mo turned out in two styles-to
tch the winter and summer trade
with no tempting reductions in
lee. A two-cent stamp still costs
b cents.
Educated people are supposed to
INV that in spring young mans
scv lightly turns somewhere or
or. that the hardest shelled crabs
n soft-shelled and that ones win
Hannels are put away in camphor
ones light summer affairs are
ne ready for one to put on. But
so many we'll educated and pat
$tic persons are totally ignorant OF
fact that George and Ben are
'6Sslt on the crab pattern and need a
IDge of wearing apparel in the hot
IN days.
Notables in Summer Attire.
8ust at present George and Ben are
aring their summer weight cloth
They made the change along
III May /, when the warm days set
nd the crabs began to shed their
br plate and shop windows were
led out in the latest things in hot
ther toggery. George and Ben
b terribly from the heat. Keep
in their winter things beyond
May l limit and whole sheets OF
ges and Bens will surl up and
and stick to the furniture and
.kwise make eloquent protest
hst the cruel disregard of their
hes and the dictates of fashion.
nd-hearted souls in the postotfice
ftment down in Washington were
srst to discover this little human
hg on the part of George and
Gum experts were called into
sltation and the problem was
solved. What George and Ben
b was a change of glue. And
u buy-or borrow-your Bens
Georges done summer style these
and you will continue to do so
October /.
No Change in Flavor.
difference between the sum-
BID winter coats worn by George
EN- is one entirely of weight.
stions that the flavor of the
e varied also, so as to appeal
10 the taste of those who go in
Mushed fruit and chocolate con-
1hs in the warm days, have never
Beriously considered by the at
20 physicians of the postoffice
nent. Their concern is solely
be general well-being of George
aen.
be of the visiting nurses in the
Is department of the old post
xplains it, George and Ben
+! become Unfortunately fussy in
| d age and won't stick to their
=! r to letters unless their
| are attended to.
!: see," he said, "the winter
, SO heavy it soaks up all the
| e IN summer and stamps curl