The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-25
MANY CAVE BONDS
Thrift Stamps Also Were Popa-
lar Christmas Presents.
Parents Gave Them to Children
Instead of Toys.

Hardly distinguishab1e from the
green of the Christmas trees except
thru the background of creamy card,
thousands of dollars worth of the
green war savings certificates and
thrift stamps went into the hands of
the city's children to give to them as a
Christmas present a tangible and very
definite part in the war.
A number of the banks in the city
sold out of stamps at an early hour
Monday afternoon and investors were
forced to resort to the postoffice to
purchase the promissory notes OF
Uncle Sam. It is estimated that prac-
ticaIly $150 900 worth of stamps were
them destined for use as Christmas
presents for the wives and children of
the purchasers.
A Useful Gift.
One of the greatest features of the
use of a war savings certificate as a
Christmas or New Years present is
that besides being a gift of the most
acceptable variety, it rebounds to the
direct benefit of Uncle Sam and thru
him to the care and well being of your
boy in France or in a cantonment. No
matter how little or how much you
are able to invest, if the amount is
not over $1,000, Uncle Sam has pro-
vided a way for you to help bear the
financial burden of the war.
There are the thrift stamps selling
for 25 cents each and convertible into
a full sized Baby Bond" when enough
of therl have been purchased and at
tached to a card provided for their
saving OF course the thrift stamp
does not bear interest like a ably
Bond" or war savings certificate, but
owing to the convertible feature the
thrift stamps can soon be accum mulated
in sufficient quantity to transfer them
for a war saving certificate.
Good Way to Save.
An investment of the stray quarter
or dollar you spend most foolishly
each week would soon amount to a
sum in thrift stamps that would buy
for you one more full fedged
Baby Bonds" And a war savings
certificate, the baby bond, is readily
convertible into cash and at a stan
dard rate not subject to market fluc-
tuations. Beginning December 1,
1917, these stamps or war savings
certificates represented a cash value
of $4.12. If on the first day of Febru-
airy, 1918, you wished to convert your
bond into cash, you notify the post
office of your intention and in ten
days you will receive $4.13 for your
investment. But on the other hand
if you hold your bond till its expira-
ton in January /, 1928, it is worth at
any pOStOIIce IN the IanQ a Iuu ana
crisp five dollar bill.
Start With Quarter.
1t only takes one silver quarter to
begin to take a vital part in the war
thru the financial end, and after the
initial step systematic habit of saw
ing will fasten Itself upon you and
you will soon find yourself the proud
possessor of a bank account
Always ,emember that these war
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bank in the city either tomorrow or
on any week day thereafter or at the
postoffice on every day that the money
order window is open for business
Incidentally the war savings certffi-
cate makes the ideal New Years gift
for it will be starting point to mark
the progress of the United States in
mobilizing her resources TO the last
man and the last dollar in the prose-
cution of the war to a victorious end.