The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1918-05-02
5E[][jIIiE:L'-LE:H5 IN
-f[jl)IlIII().j5E TAKE
3LIDE:IIl Y BONDS
THREE OLD MEN "GIVE TILL IT
HURTS" SACRIFICING "a OF
THEIR MONTHLY SIS.
WOMEN INMATES BUY, TOO
Eothcr Of 20 Sends TWO Sons so ScrV-
icc--PaTalyZcd Nnttter Works
fer "UnTortugi@tes."
BY HUGH L. WOOD.

When the grand total of much more
than $3,O00,OG0,O00 Of Liberty BOnd
sales is cast up sometime after May
10 one bond among them probably
will represent so much sacrifice-so
much sc2'irlp.lG-3o much real CIV
in- til! it hurts" as three $50 bonds
Sod il the St Louis Poor House.
Those three bonds, to be paid for at
81 week, Will represent many little
Injuries given uT-a bag Of candy
hcrc, pocket knife for whiting there
by three Old men alone in the world
but still partners in the great Anleri-
can nation and ready and willing to Go
their humble bit" to help bring vic
tory home.
These men are John Crane, Joseph
Walsh and Charles Helmholt, all on
the shady size of 20 years. They have
for years been inmates CT the St.
Louis City lnfirlnary, the large institu-
ton topping a hill on Arsenal street,
in sight OF Pottars' Field.
A dollar probably looms larger in
that structure than anywhere else in
the large city. Even nici1els and dimes
are treasured there.
Crane has for a lens time been mes
sergor at the institution and receives
IS every so days for his services.
W2ea DT. Charles E. Baur, supcrin-
tcEGcEt, piacar1ed the reception room
OF the lnf!rGaTy with Third Liberty
I IN M
trlotiSln than in the expectation CT
making sales-Cra2e was deeply inter
eatod. lie inquired ii cash was re-
CURED to buy bond, and when DR..
Ea@r informed him he might buy
$50 che fer 81 a week lie was over
joycd.
y ara an American" he said, "and
| would like to help ny country. l be-
lia?e | could finish paying for one"
So Dir. E2ur put him down and lie is
sc:ng to give 81 every month out Of
his salary CT IS.
Crane told his croay, Eelnholt, night
attendant at the telephone, about it.
Llclmhoit gets So month for his Sery-
ices and lie very shortly Convinced
himself that he, too, could afford to
buy & bond. He signed up for a $50
enc on the $1-a-woek paym ent plan.
Walsh outranks his fellows by far in
the matter Of wages. AS the sexton Of
that chcerlcss piacc-Pottcrs' Field
he receives $40 a month. He is an in
mate OF the I1firmary and soon fig
urcd that he could well afford a $50
bond il his two SIS friends couid-aad,
besides, the government needed tho
money. So lie. too, became a bond
owner at 81 week.
Mrs. Clara KeTsting, another inmate
CT the institution, is keenly patriotic
and is doing her share in helping to
finance the var for human liberty.
Although pafalyZed On one side, 81 e
is an expert with the knitting or GRO
cnet1ng needles. She has crocheted
yards Of fancy laces and knitted nu-
Inerous garments. The knitted articles
go TO the soldiers and sailors and war
sufferers even more unfortunate than
herself. The Iaces she sells to inter
csted visitors.
she manages to handle her knitting
needles by sticking one Of them into
the sleeve Of her paralyzed arm. She
makes up for the handicap OF the use
less member through the dexterity Of
her useful one. She is saving the
| money from the sale CT her articles to
bay Liberty Bonds.
HIT5. Bessie Lackey is another pa.
triotic inmate CT the institution. She
is now employed in making a patch
work crazy" guilt which she hopes
10 sell IN order to buy thrift stamps
and, perhaps, a Liberty Bond.
Another woman, mother Of 20 chill
drcn, is one OF the busiest knitters in
| the Institution. Seventeen of her chill
| dren are dead. Two of the three living
are III the national service-one in the
army and one in the navy. She is;
| buying thrift stamps and homes to b1y
q bond, too
Mrs. Harry Lee Wyatt of Park
iard place probably has the most novel
assignment within the gift of the
American Red Cross. She has been
detailed TO instruct classes IN knitting
among tho inmates Of the City Hos.
pitai, City I2ftrnary and Insane Asy-
iGr3.
SAo dccl>ra.5 CO tie work is being
taken up Enthusiastically by these IN.
tCItu2atcs. Ill the Sanitarium the oc
cupation Of knitting Is said by officers
CT the institution to have had :
marked soothing effect upon the minds
OF the workers. Their first concern
upoa awakening in the morning is
about their knitting materials.
Mrs. wyatt has a regular visiting
cay at each Institution. The ST. Louis
chapter OF the Red Cross supplies Tx
materials ard the finished garments
are, sent to men in service or to wal
sufferers.