The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-14
LIBERTY BOND LESSONS By HOWARD STEER Of Hincl1s Bros. 6 Co.
 LESSON NO. 15
LESSON NO. 15
Tomorrow is the Big Day!

A few years ago a man wrote book about Friday, the Thirteenth" It was a story of panic and disaster, and ever since then the mention of Fri day, the Thirteenth, has sent cold shivers up and down peoples backs.
 But that day and phrase are going to be thrown into the discard and re- placed by one that stands for bright, cheerful things instead of gloom and depression. It is SATURDAY, THE 18th.
 And Tomorrow is the Big Day!
 Tomorrow, Dec, 15th,. the first cou- pon on Liberty 1-2 per cent. bonds comes due More than four million Americans bought those bonds, and tomorrow they are going to cash in.
 Not far from the time when that book about Friday, the Thirteenth, D appeared there was another book written by MT. o. Henry,-one of Americas best-loved story writers. He called his book 'FThe Four Million" |" He felt that a lot had been written and said about the four hundred" and that most of it was false and arti- AASAol 4IASAaNALAS lIS lOUr 1luHuI0u themselves. And so he dwelt with The Four Million"-the every day kind of man and woman, boy and girl, that we all meet everywhere all the time. He said that these were the real American people,
 Would that O. Henry could be alive tomorrow, Saturday, the 15th. to see beloved four million marching up to the banks with their American Lib erty coupons as the best proof in the world that he was right, It would make a long line, those four million, if they could be strung out single file. And what an inspiring sight 1t would be!
 A bright-eyed eager little boy would lead 1t, you may depend upon that. His daddy told him to take the pennies and nickels that he had saw ed so carefully and buy a Liberty Bond with them, and anybody who would get ahead of him in that line on December 18th has got to sit up all | nighti Just behind him would prob ably be tired looking woman with a days hard work ahead of her at home and no time to lose in waiting. | Then a man with a lunch box on his way to the factory, A busy looking man of affairs is next. He is catch ing an early train, and he shuffles i'm patiently whole handful of coupons representing probably $100,000 of bonds
 T. And so the line would go on, rich and poor, young and old, pale and rosy, the eager foreigner with his first taste of Liberty dividends. white mer and black and yellow, all races, al | creeds, all politics, but, glory to Goo in the highest.-all Americans!
 But just because this is the yer! first time that the four million hav' ever lined up in this way there vii he many among them who won't b. quite sure about what they ought t. do to get their interest.
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 First of all, if your bond Is only par paid you can't collect any interest, o
 course. The bank that bought tn
 bond for you is entitled to this De
 cember 18th coupon because it ha
 advanced the full price of the bon | u (A0 SON0I c14lu IL 4AlAoS SoS some return on its money in order t
 stay In business.
 But if your bond is paid for in flu
 the collection of interest is almost to
 easy to talk about. Take pair C scissors and cut off that first coupe
 away down in the lower right han
 corner of your bond. Be sure you ge , the right one,-the one that has De- 15, 1917, printed on 1t. Don't cr off any more; you may lose them. Now take your coupon to any ban
 in town,-savings bank, nation;
 bank, or trust company. Or take to any reputable dealer in stocks an , bonds. Any one of them will gi1
 you the full face value of your COL pon, without any charge or commi' = sion of any kind. You don't have
 sign any papers. You don't have
 give your name. You don't have
 leave your coupon and go back late
 for the money. It's Just a case
 walk up to the window, hand over u
 coupon, take your money, lock it | , in your pocketbook, and move on, To again in the stream of life, but or | of the four million just the same, ar Y blessing Saturday, The Fifteenth. = nRDTV JCN TCVF CENTD