The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10
LIBERTY BOND LESSONS By HOWARD STEER Of Hincks Bros. & Co.
 Lesson No. 1S. Married Bonds and Single
 Bonds.

Some people speak of them as reg istered bonds and coupon bonds, but perhaps when you have read this ar ticle you'll agree that they ought to be spoken of as married bonds and single bonds.
 We have all heard a good many stories about domineering husbands and bossy wives, hen-pecked men and brow-beaten women. Doubtless some of them are true for where there is so much smoke there is probably a little fire.
 Maybe you are married yourself If so, whether you are man or woman, you have probably discovered that there are some strings tied to you. You may not be henpecked or brow-beat- en, but you probably don't go or come, do or leave undone, quite as freely as you used to in the days of sinFle bless edness.
 In other words, marriage brings not only advantages, but also it's own peculiar responsibilities, and one of them is a certain restriction of action upon either party to the contract. Now the difference between coupon and registered bonds is just this same difference between being single and married.
 A coupon bond is a bachelor. It is welcome anywhere, and can go around just about ns it pleases with out making explanations to anybody A registered bond is married It wears a wedding ring. It has fixed home to go to. It has to explain it's movements. It has 8 "boss!" When you want to sell a book or a table you simply hand over the arti- cle and take your money. But when you sell 8 house you have to sign a lot of papers, get titles searched, rec ord deeds. etc.
 It is just the same with coupon and registered bonds. When you sell a coupon bond you simply deliver the bond and take your money. If you are 8 total stranger to the firm that sells the bond for you they may want you to identify yourself so that they will know that you came by the bond honestly. But beyond that there will be no difficulties in your way.
 On the other hand a registered bond has your name written on the | 4dCO O4 IL 11l0 1lhCWlS0 yOuI ud11t0 1,a recorded on the books of the N'eas- ury department at Washington as the owner of that particular bond. When you want to sell it you must fill in and sign a form on the back of the bond. This must be done very care- fully as the government is much more particular about such matters than your mother ever was about making you wash your face as far back as your ears, when you were a Youngster.
 If you happen to be sick and unap1e to write, your troubles are increased. If you are away from home and need money you can't just telegraph to Aunt Mary to sell your bond and send you the proceeds. Aunt Mary will have to send you the bond for your signature and then you will have to send it back to Washington or get some broker to do it for you. All this means delay and expense.
 If you should die with some regis tered bonds in your possession, the administrators of your estate would have good deal more troubls in store for them. They would have to fur nishe copy of your will. if any. and all sorts of documents from the pro- bate court, and even then probably would not be able to dispose of the
 bonds or transfer them to another
 name, until about six months had
 gone by.
 Now for all these, reasons registered bonds almost always bring lower prices in the markets than coupon
 bonds, and they are also harder to sell. Nobody likes to buy a thing that
 is going to be troublesome to get rid
 of, and if he does buy it he insists on getting it at a cheap price.
 Of course, if you are going to carry , your Liberty bonds in your pocket ol
 keep them at home, registered bonds will be safer for you to hold, Nobody but yourself can get the money fol
 them without forging your name whereas if coupon bonds are lost ol
 stolen it is usually very simple maj
 ter for anyone to dispose of them. But you ought not to keep youl
 bonds at home, Leave them witt
 some one of the banks which have : stated that they will take Care of then
 free of charge,
 At any rate, do what any carefu
 man or woman ought to do,-thinl
 twice before you let the marriage
 ceremony be pronounced over you
 financial matters.