The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
Uncle Sam Provides a
Way For You To Show Your
Your Patriotism For 25c!

Mo- We understand You didn't feel
either time. that you could afford 10 par.
with 500 or even $50. In fact. you did
not have thar much money and saw no
immediate prospect Of having that much
money
Wen, Uncle Sam understand your
case
He knows there isn't 5ir or doubt
about your patriotism, which - doesn :
measure with a yard stick that registers
dollars.
He knows that If you mad been in the
place OF any of the rich men who have
given huge sums to the government m
the shape of loans, you would aaFe
come ia the front as readily, "ith the
same cheerfuncss and with The same de-
gree Of patriotism that actuated the
giyer
1t is the spirit that Uncle Sam looks
at. ana he knows that you WHO remain
al home. saved from spending the cold
months that are coming in the trenches,
want TO do SOMETHING to prove that
your hearts and yo1r synpathies are IN
the right place.
You didn't have 500 or $50, and just
now you may not have $50 or SO or
even 81, BUT HAVE YOU TWENTY
FIVE CENTS?
If so. your chance has come to do your
share just as the big contributor toward
whipping the Kaiser has done his share.
Uncle Sam is about to launch one of
the biggest financial plans the world ever
saw. The campaign viii begin on De
cember and extend over year lie
is going to raise 81, 900 900, 900 from peo-
pie in the United States who, like your
self. did not feel they could afford $5Gat
a time, and yet are anxious to prove their
Americanism.
The method is simple; on and after De-
cember 3, at any postoftice, bank or trust
company. and at many railroad offices,
stores and factories. THRIBT STAMPS
and WAR SAVINGS STAMPS viii be on
sale.
Here is how it works out: Little Mary
Jones, milliner, wants to help her govern
ment win the war. When she draws her
weeks wages she feels she can spare %
cents. She goes to the postoffice and buys
a thrift stamp. At the same time they
give her thrift card, which has spaces
for 16 thrift stamps.
She pastes her thrift stamp on the
thrift card, and writes her name and adj
dress in ink Then, if she loses it, the
finder can drop it in any letter box and
the postoffice department will return 1t
to her. As soon as Mary has bought l6
thrift stamps. at % cents each, her thrift
card is filled.
War savings stamps sell at different
prices. During December, 1917, and Jan
uary, 1918, they viii sell at $4.l2 each;
in February, 1918, at Sab; IN March
at SAIL; and so on, increasing regularly
one cent each month. Now if Mary Jones
completes her thrift card in March, 1918,
she trades it in to the government, Civ
ing with il If cents, and then becomes
the owner of war savings stamp. She
gets with this a war savings certificate,
which has spaces for 20 war savings
stamps If she buys just one stamp, at
the end Of FIVE years--January, 1923-in-
stead Of getting back her original Sill,
she gets back from Uncle Sam 50
In other words, her money has paid
her four per cent at compound interest.
The moment Nary pastes her war saw
ings stamp on the war savings
certificate. she has something that
is safe from thieves or frc She can take
it to any postofiice and have il registered
in her name free Of charge No one else
can then cash it. and if it is destroyed,
upon proof she gets new one.
Each person must register his own GER
tifcate Married women must register
IN their own names not Mrs John
Jones, but Mrs. Mary Jones.
When a war savings certificate is reg
isteFed il is payable only to the owner.
and at tho po,to,iicc where it was regis
tered
Is Mary Jores becomes hard up next
year and needs the money, she can sur
render her war savings certificate and get