Evening star., 1917-10-22

What are you going to do with
your liberty bond?
The patriotism which inspires the
buying of bond seems to invest its
money value with a sentiment that
puts it above the par of that every
day necessity which Shakespeare once
called trash, but which we, wiser in our
day and generation, know to be scabs
and bones.
Take, for instance. the big Drained
men in one rushingly busy office. who
can spend salaries on families and au-
tomobiles with an alacrity calculated
to make miser's head swim. II you
ask them why they bought and what
they mean to do with the bonds of the
first and second liberty loan issue they
will tell you something like this, be-
ginning with the authority who keeps
his pencil on the pulse of the money
market every work day in the year:
LAS duty, a privilege, an opportu-
nifty, an investment. The only thing
that could do to help
Duty of an American.
Another financial expert:
i nave DOOSnC lDerty DOnQS because
the United States needs money and be-
cause l need money. l have loaned
money to my government because it is
the duty of an American and because the
bonds are good investment. | have
bought these bonds because as one OF the
people I want to do my share in financing
the peoples war and because as an in
vestment these bonds represent the
soundest security obtainable, because
they pay an interest return that is lib
nd he
appreciation in value when normal times
come again.
Cutcroppings Of Idealism.
The outcroppings of idealism are shown
in the following Intentions" gathered
INSTRUMENTATION writers with bank
assets to youngsters just beginning the
life game:
Put it away for my little girl 1t may
help to educate her. 1t may be a rainy
day account that will give her some
thing to depend on in dark hour when
she has no daddy 1t may be a help
on her trousseau. 1t may be something
she can give in memoriam' to help some
one else who needs assistance. 1t may
help her get a little home of her own.
nest egg to a child of her own. 1t will
be thereto help her or another when
they need it most. Besides lending to
Uncle Sam, it can thus be lending to
the Lord.
81 was born in western state. My
father and mother and brother are buried
there. My uncle built church there
which will be celebrating its golden
jubilee in 1925. I have always wanted to
make a visit to my birthplace. but some
how couldn't afford it Now that ! am
buying a liberty bond it seems as if
may be able to make that trip in the year
of the jubilee and have a real celebra-
ton"
Hopes to Send Son to College.
MY first liberty loan bond is to be
used, I hope, to help pay for college
education of my three-month-old son.
1t will not be enough, of course, but
with the accrued interest will be a
good-siZed nucleus.
Il haven't made up my mind fully
about the use for the second bond.
have got little suspicion away down
deep in my heart. however. that it
might go part of the way toward the
corner stone for that little cottage in
the suburbs I've been wanting so long"
When / got married we decided we
couldn't afford wedding trip. To show
that we are just as much sweethearts
as ever l intend to take my wife on a
honeymoon on our tenth wedding ami
government on this liberty bond 1 am
saving toward this delayed honey
moon"
81 love books but have no time to
read-yet. l shall let my interest ac-
crue until the time comes for me to
have a family and home of my own,
then l shall use my bond to start a
library" The home is but a castle
in Spain, the wife an indefinite dream
of fair women and the children at
play in Maeterlinck land; but the
idealism is a sure thing.
pretty girl. whose youth seems to
cancel her future intentions. puts her
bond dream like this.
Some day. If Dame Fortune con-
tinues to strew prosperity in my path.
I am going to adopt a little girl and
perhaps a little boy. Then. when an
old maid foster mother has given them
an education and they are ready to
start out to make their own way in
life, ] think liberty bond will be a
sure foundation for success and use
fulness.
For Boy Who Rides Stick 'Horsie.' -
And another woman means to do
i this:
Il bought my first bond for a crumb
of boy out on the prairie. His name
is Dixie. and he rides horsie on a
| stick. While he is sprouting from
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