The Washington times., 1918-05-03


= 10 this in wartime add this To BUY BONDS FOR
WAR and make the Hohenzolern family also Edo justly
and show mercy and appreciate the rights Of others
This day and tomorrow present your last chance to
prove various things.
Frst-That the whole heart of America is in the war
your heart is missing then the whole of America is not
in it. And your bond is missing your heart is missing
second-To show the men that are tossing the
and waiting in the trenches for the signal and choking in
the uocatng gas charging the ground slippery with
blood that you at least willing to put dollar safely in
vested, where they have risked their lives
Thrd-To prove that you understand this and the
value of freedom.
If you say: I value liberty as do my lfe you also
say that you will pay much for the bonds of your country
as you would pay for your life
How much would you give for your life if you were
bound hand and foot and held knife at your throat?
Have you invested in bonds much you would prob
ably be able to raise to pay for your life?
How many have gone in debt and mOrtgaged house
Not unwisey for the automobile means freedom in its
way it freedom from the law Of gravitaton free
dom to go where you please, when you please.
it is good Judgment mortgage your house for that
kind of freedom what about to buy bonds to
be spent on THE REAL FREEDOM?
What and how many kinds of freedom will these bill
lions Of American bonds buy?
= Freedom from the Prussian theory that family
should rule the world.
Freedom from the horror that makes life not worth
d Freedom from the brutality that says: 1T master
and all Of you are my slaves
Freedom for the individual and the individual
ton live the life that each may choose free from the
dictstion Of a stranger.
Freedom, above ALL for the beating hearts of millions
Of poor mothers living in the agony of fear-evey letter
and telegram every newspaper opened may bring the story
Of death
bonds ''''N''- "'''- ''S '- Wy "A '' "
Freedom is the most precious possession of man, yet
for those here America the cheapest thing that be
bought cheaper than this newspaper in your hands Every
dollar that you spend for bonds to bring Liberty is dollar
that will come back to you with interest.
be followed by other millions, contributing their lives
to the in which you asked only to make PER
FECTLY SAFE INVESTMENT.
You know that the mothers of these millions have given
TO their country that for which all the countrys wealth
could not pay
Hundreds of thousands of growing old have had
torn from them by the that meant them lit
orally and truly, than life itself
You know how many of these mothers every night go
TO sleep weeping and wake frightened fearing the
that the day will bring.
Your money will shorten their days of grief
Money is to war what coal is to the furnace
Liberty bond money is the miraculous coal that burns
with hot fame and back you and grows while
is away from you.
his part /. aos.h to the battle, so shall
tarrsth by the stuff They part
GIke'"-FrSt samueI:xxx:24.
That King Davids just way of dividing the spoils
taken from the enemy.
- 1t was share and share alike for those that went down
70 fight and for those that stayed and did their duty
So 1t is now in David's day.
He that 'goeth down the battle" and he that stay
eth at home will alike share in the freedom the safety the
national serespe that to be the only share of America
Ii the spoils Of this war
Our brothers going down to the battle in thousands
and in millions while tarry by the stuff safe at home
Little respect for himself has the who does not de
msnd at least the right to spend something with the fight
e the right to say when he wakes after dreaming of the
81 am not there where they safe and to
is only dream But at least have done the little
that could have handed to my country the few mser-
able dollars that could get How cheapy buy with safe
investment that for which thousands give their lives and
the precious thing their lives have bought -
Buy bonds that your mind may not whisper truth
fully you coward and GUTTER Buy and invest not onv
in your countys war, but in your citys reputation
HEAR YOUR CITY's VOICE If your city could
speak how would her spirit be heard? The voice would
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