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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
THRIFT AND SAVINGS STAMPS
ARE AS GOOD AS GOLD
They Should Not Be Cashed Until
Maturity

People who think that unified
Thrift Stamp certificates or War Saw
ings cards must be cashed in before
January l, are absolutely wrong.
War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps are as good as gold, whether
the certificate or Thrift Stamp card
is completely filled or not.
Lewis B. Franklin, director of the
War Loan Organization. of tho
United States Treasury Department
says there is tendency to cash ir
War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps, because their owners have
an idea that only completely filled
certificates or cards will be valuable
after January 1st.
Hold onto your War Savings Ger
tiicates, whether you have one Wai
Savings Stamp or filed card" ad'
vises Mr.. Franklin.
There is absolutely no reason
for cashing a single Savings
Stamp before maturity. The
single Savings Stamp will grow
in value in the same proportion
as your twenty stamps. and the
government will redeem 1t on ex-
piration for s5. just as it will re-
deem your twenty Savings stamps
for 500. Thrift cards, even the
partially filled, are as good as
ever. The Government will con-
tinue to sell Thrift Stamps, so
that you can fill out these cards
and exchange them for the 1919
issue of War Savings Stamps"
The 1919 War Savings Stamps will
be sold after January l the same a.
were the old War Savings Stamps
The only difference is that these nev
blue stamps must be pasted in nev
certificate, and not be used to fill on
the old certificate. The old certifi
Gates, of course. did not have to b
completely filed to entitle every hol
der to s5 on maturity for every Wa
Savings Stamp in them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07

well known director Of education
formerly head mistress of the Gilma'
School, Cambridge, Mass; now execu
tive of the Northoaster field, Y. w
C. A.
the upstairs rooms every Friday. Pub
lie service and care for others ha"
wrought the magic Of new ambition.
Deep In her heart every woma'
knows that ibis war has created ner
standards, and these standards affec
her home, her sons, her daughter:
and her relationship to her nelghbOr,
The oldest woman's organization l.
the world, the Young Women's Chri-
tian Association, is facing this reco:
struction period as woman sees Il
1t is pointing out The way"
With far sighted vision the Associa
tion is planning TO help the girls o
this country 1t is training them TO
large responsibilities as leaders IN =
new social order Girls have all Of 0u
opportunities, none Of our prejud.ceS
The Y. w. c. A. does not work fol
girls, but with them. 1t teaches them
through classes and clubs of their own
how to start cleanup days, how t.
help provide for public Fairgrounds,
for community recreation centers IL
county seats and the way to begin pub
lie libraries and the yearly custom Of
ri
Women have been record breakers
during the war-pionce:' In doing un-
precedented things. Now they must be
standa. / bearers.
They have tabooed waste and lux.
ury. Now they must show the practi-
cal value Of thrift and simplicity.
Working with the churches, the
schools and agencies already set up,
the Y. w. G. A. Is strengthening the
work for women and girls In each
community. 1t Is not necessarily
bringing In more organ! alton. 1t Is
simply offering the women Of the
country way to be Of service.
There are recreation centers needed
near you where games, dances and fea-
ture parties can be arranged for n
whole neighborhood or township. Girls
want a place where they can meet
their men friends under proper and
wholesome conditions. They want Il
chance to play. They want class In
struction In French, English, Spanish,
in stenography, millinery, dressmaking
and cooking. Bible classes and read.
Ing courses with the books they can
moi get In any other way they want as
only a girl in her teens knows how to
want for anything.
The Young Women's Christian AssO
cIation offers YOU n way to be of serv.
ice and to help the girls and women OF
your community TO get these things
which they will need so sorely In the
da,., nf adjustment ahead of us. Never
before were the services Of womer
needed rs they are needed today.
There Is task waiting for you now II
you are willing to "carry on"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07

within short time. Wheat was plenti.
full in district not far away, but there
were no facilities for transporting 1t to
the starving sufferers.
For this reason the committee has
purchased the 200 trucks from the
American Government, and plans to
buy more from the British Army,
which, though impeded by the necessi-
ties of military operations, has greatly
aiLed the distress In the Near East.
AS q consequence Of malnutrition,
sickness is rife in many communities
throughout the Near East. Diseases
which the people could resist If they
were adequately nourlshed have taken
root throughout all this territory on
account of the wasted bodies Of the
whole population. Representatives Of
the committee report that aside from
the sanitary conditions are
revolving and that children go un-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Froo Catcher EnIlsts.

Though Fritz is on the jump, his
fate now Is all the more certain. Peter
Chsron of New Haven, official. frog
catcher for the laboratories at Yale
university, has enlisted In the marine
corps.
..There isn't much dotag In the frog
line now," says Charon. Before the
war you used to hear them churning
out their cries of jug Of rurn ! jug OF
rumr but now you can't find any Of
the creatures down our way. Besides
there's no market since the laboratory
men have all gone to war;"
Charon Is six feet and one inch In
height. The marines consider him a
good addition to their fighting corps
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Poor Widow Gives Mite.

They were only four sacks, washed
and pleced together by patient fingers
and then fashioned into undergar.
ments. Around the neck Of each was
a crocheted edge made from the
string with which the sacks had been
sewed. A poorly dressed woman
brought them into the department Of
refuge clothing Of the Red Gross as
her widows mite"
1T isn't much" she said, as she un-
did the bundle, "but ills all had, and
| hone It will he Of use to some Bel
ptan woman who may have less than
I have"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
CONSIGNED FLAG TO OBLIVION
YOUNGSTERS First Burned German En-
bIem and Then SolemnIy Buried
the Ashes In the Earth.

"The war is making wonderful I'M
preston on the mind Of American
childhood" remarked DR.. Edgar De-
Witt Jones, Bloomington Qll.) pas
tor, discussing current topics with
some friends the other day.
Doctor Jones relates little story
about his young son, age ten, to Illus
trate. In 1910 the pastor made a tour
Of Europe and brought home with him
q flag of every nation visited. Occa-
sionally they would be brought forth
to exhibit to visitors, but for the last
two years had been kept undisturbed
in q box in the doctors study. One
day two months ago the little son
very earnestly said to his father:
"Papa, haven't you a German fiagT
The pastor replied that he thought
there was one in his collection, at the
same time explaining to the lad that
the Teutonic banner was not popular
these days and was not to be exhib-
tied.
A few days later the little son was
more inslstent. "Papa," he said, u
want that German flag; please get It
out for me-"
II got the boy the flag said Doctor
Jones, "and through the window OF my
study watched what followed. First
the boy called his sister, Dorothy. The
children took the flag into the yard
and with much ceremony burned 1t.
When 1t had been reduced to ashes
the children carefully gathered them
and put them in cigar box. Then
they dug q little grave and buried the
ashes. There is q little mound IN
the yard to show where the ..shes OF
the kaiser's colors are resting. have
never mentioned the incident to the
children and they do not know that
watched them."-Indianapolis News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
8. Hay. Ao,,se Painted.

II was a simple boyish letter writ
ten in London by youth from Wor-
cester, Mass. with little bit Of news,
q little bit Of complaint, and a great
big BIT Of confidence In what he ana
the Americans were going to dol but
the better. part by far was: II have
saved my pay for some time now. and
I want to give dad surprise by hav-
ing the old house painted. Won't you
please let me know how much 1t VIII
costa and I'll send you the money and
leave the rest to you, but you mustn't
let dad know who Is paying for It."
That same evening on train. among
the missing and reported as prison
er, / read the name Of the aviator who
WrQta tba |attaSd ii QQlleok.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Electric Cast Iron.

A development of war conditions In
the steel industry Of the United States
has been the demonstration of the
possibility of making pig iron and iron
castings direct from steel scrap In an
electric Misunderstanding never ac-
compllshed before. It has been claimed
that such iron, cast In the form OF
castings, is far superior to the same
castings made from ordinary pig iron,
melted and cast Tests Of this new
iron recently made at Columbia uni
verslty demonstrate its high quality.
Its tensile strength was shown to he
40,730 to 45,030 pounds per square
inch, much higher than that OF or
binary cast iron.-Scientitic American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
united STATES SELLS
200 MOTOR TRUCKS
Fifteen Hospitals Will Be Sent to
Stricken Armenia.

The United States Government,
which is aiding in every way the work
of the American Committee for Relief
in the Near East formerly the Arme-
nian and Syrian Relief Committee),
has just given out the information that
IT will turn over to the committee for
nominal sum fifteen American Army
hospitals in France and two hundred
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
por.,bla Hou.s. Form Ho.pItaIs.

The United States navy, with knock
down houses contributed by the Amer
lean Red Cross, has been able to erect
base hospital Of 25O beds on an oio
estate on the Irish coast. These port.
able houses, ready to bolt together,
solved the problem Of lumber short
age The hospital has staff OF LIS
physicians and attendants and main
tains -its,ownyveeetables garden dairy
and poultry farm. -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Real "Handy Man."

A Tasmanian jack Of all trades
claims that he Is hairdresser, tobac-
conist, cycle repairer, electrical certi-
f|cated engineer. certlficated marine en-
gineer for the Derwent, organist ana
choirmaster, stencil cutter, fretworker,
billiard hall keeper, proprietor circu-
lating library, and is manager OF the
, local town hall.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
The New Year.

The New Yearl The New Yeari
With all its suns a.snining,
And peace has put new buds to seed
The clouds silver lining.
There never was time on earth,
That men and soil were nearer.
Clods ripple TO the day with mirth
Andal Gods walks are dearer.
The New Yearl The Better Yearl
The year Of peaceful waking.
AT dawn, q world Of birds we hear
Their humble fare partsking.
Our farms are beautiful to see,
And crops are merely sleeping;
I'd rather bark honey bee
Than Gil tn nations weeping.
The New Yesrl The Peace Yeari
Wen soon be at our plowing,
And branches loaded down with bloom
Across the meadow bowling.
War was the winter of our lives,
And peace that breath o. spring
When earth, reborn, from all Its hives
Come forth to smile and sing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Muslc,s Value In Home.

Music Is so general IN Its inspiring
appeal to our better emotions that we
cannot afford to neglect Its cultivation
In the home. Few mothers realize the
importance of training and association
in this direction. One ventures to say
that many men and women have been
impelled to right living and accom-
plishment Of high ideals by the intan-
gible strain of music that runs like a
bright thread of sentiment through the
stress of busy days. Mechanical plano
players and other ingenious musical
devices threaten less personal particl'
patton In onetime pleasure.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Artificial Rubber.

Artificial rubber has been made In
an experimental way for many years.
but 1t is now reported that It has be-
come a practical success, and that the
great dye aud color works at Elber-
field, Germany. are erecting a large
factory for the production Of synthetic
rubber on large scale principally In
tended to supply Germany with this
product In future years. when great
difficulties ure anticipated In obtain
ing natural rubber. like other raw
materials, from the tropics.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
warm After Thirty Years.

Newly elected lava from vesuvius
has been tested and found to be at
temperature Of 1,500 degrees Fahren-
heit. On the volcanoes slopes layas
from various outbursts are definitely
isolated, and even now lava thrown OUT
% years ago,is quite warm. ssn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
Horses Are Still Needed.

Tim says: There Is a bright future
for horse breeding. Some people over.
look the fact that good work mare OF
the draft type will bring In nice in
come each year by raisiug colt.
Already the European nations are
turuing to rs for horses. Not long ago
commission from Belgium visited
America and bought one Of the best
Belgian stations that could be found;
We have 6, ,502 farms. Less than
80 600 tractors were built in 1917. So J!
looks as II there will be plenty for Oto
Dobbin 10 do for some time.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07

ons of the most common mistakes IN
the feeding of dairy cows = a.,su, .nas srs
good cows are nos gwen s'..S Sor
Quantity of feed above that REQUIRES tSs ~
their physical mainsensnoe 40 20 ops.1 es.v s,s ss
msximum quantity Of milk sney AXE
Capable Of producing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07

How fortunate IL would be II all the
city people who think they would iike 70
be farmers could change places Tor .
while with all the country people VINO
are attracted by the glamour OF Oily iife'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-01-07
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPgED TEE Flow"

rresgondence ON practical Agricultural topic
soncited. Address all communications in.
S9ndsu Tor shis department to HENRY ID
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford nem.
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

the past five years. the proper activf-
ties OF the school, requiring as IL does
a separate faculty and specific equip
ment, would be lamentably handi-
capped without the financial support
which the organizers confidently ex-
pect from forward looking leaders of
public thought and commerce.
Not less than S5O0.OOO will be re-
quired at the outset as the endow-
ment necessary for the proper con-
duct OF a school conceived on such
broad lines. Already twenty expert
Instructors, each a. specialist in some.
phase of. government. commerce or
finance, have been added to the fac
ulty. For the present. temporary
quarters have been secured in the
Georgetown University Law School.
where the student of foreign trade or
public service, In addition to his tech
nicar training, will have exceptional
facilities to obtain instruction in such
legal branches as may be deemed
necessary fora weli-roindeds COM
mercial representative or Government
agent. For the purpose of securing
and administering the funds required
as we'll as for the drawing up OF a
suitable curriculum, there has been
associated with the regents Of the
university an advisory committee, yof
The Washington times., 1919-09-07
Gives $4,000 TOWARD
Endowment Fund For
Foreign Service School

Chicago. Other bodies also, national
and international. official and un-
official, have been considering this
important subject; at this very
moment not a few leading corpora
tions and financial institutions are.
in their respective spheres, taking
steps to provide adequate technical
preparation for those in their employ
aspiring to foreign service. With all
these movements, the Federal Gov
ernment is heartily cooperating.
Ready for Action.
Continued discussion for ten years,
more and more intensive during the
last four years, has matured public,
opinion and clarified our ideas.
firmly believe that we have reached
the moment for definite action. This
action can be initiated by nobody
more appropriately than by the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council. Hence,
after mature deliberation and ex-
animation of 5the elements inVolved,- :
1 have decided to submit the follow
ing plan to your serious considera-
ton.
LAS the first essay towards filling
the long-felt want of a specialized
form. of commercial educatiOn, a
and sustained training for foreign
service has been formulated and, in
fact, applied by Georgetown Univer-
sity, Washington, d. c., working in
close cooperation with governmental
bureaus and practical business men.
THE constitution Of the new
School of Foreign Service" is
modelled upon that OF the famous
'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques'
at Paris, an institution that grew
out Of the FrancO-Prussian war,
when France found herself face to
face with grave economic, social.
and political problems not unlike
those confronting our own country
at the present time Cordial rela-
tions between the two schools have
already been established through
the courtesy Of the French Embassy
in Washington and the minister of
foreign affairs in Paris. The French
government also assigned a French
officer. a graduate of the University
OF France and a cbevalier of the
Legion OF Honor. to act as the first
professor of diplomatic and CONNER
cial French in the Washington
school. A provisional half year was
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

begun on February II, 1919. and
closed on June %. 1919. Twelve
members of the first class have al
ready been placed in the foreign SER
vice of the government and with pri-
vate corporations engaged in export
trade. For the next session. which
begins October ., 1919, so many ap-
plicants are already in sight that the
chief difficulty will be, that Of ind
ing adequate space.
Large Endowment Needed.
The overhead expenses Of the
school might readily be met without
a wide appeal; but the ultimate pur-
pose for which it has been estab-
Hshed cannot be fulfilled on the broad,
nationwide basis desirable unless a
large endowment, is provided Deh-
mite provision must be made for the
expansion of the program to en-
phasize to the utmost sound dIltberal.
eSOhomic principles and American
IDEALS
Many as are the advantages of To-
eating such a clearing house of higher
vocational education in Washington,
the seat Of the national Government,
where a wealth OF valuable trade in
formation has been gathered during
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

J. A. Farrell, chairman Of the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council. in a
circular letter sent to organizations
and individuals in the United States
interested in the development OF over
seas commerce, heartily indorsesN the
Georgetown University School Of For
eign Service, to be established in
Washington.
He states that $500. 900 is needed to
make this school a going proposition,
and makes an initial contR Rbution of
$4,000, calling upon others to make
donations.
Mr.. Farrell outlines in detail the
value Of this school to foreign COM
merce and points out that this new
school is supported by the Trade
Council. He tells OF the Interest
taken in the school by the foreign
service school in France, located in
Paris and Internationally known for
its accomplishments.
Text of Letter.
Mr.. FarrelTs letter in full follows:
"It is with intense satisfaction
that the National Foreign Trade
Council notes the growing public
interest at present being manifested
in foreign trade as a means Of
achieving greater national prosperity.
The very serious attention now be-
ing paid to our overseas commerce
in its relation to the expansion Of
our commercial and industrial life
is in itself a gratifying recognition
OF the policies adopted and consls~
tently advocated by this BODY since
its foundation in 1914
From its beginning, the council
has not failed to emphasize the need
Of adequate educational preparation
for men going into foreign countries
as commercial representatives Of
American industries or as consular
and diplomatic agents Of the United
States. The essential relation of
diplomacy to the economic and COM
mercial interests Of our country has
come to be clearly recognized IN gov
ernmental circles, as, for example,
in the recent establishment by the
State Department Of the Economic
Intelligence Section under a foreign
trade adviser. The emphasis which
this council has placed on proper
education for foreign trade has con-
stantly been endorsed by the Nation
al Foreign Trade Conventions. no.
tably at the last gathering in
The Washington times., 1919-09-07
Wireless Profession Is
Today Offering Broad
Field For Young Men

schools students. having, spent. many
years there: E. Brice has a certificate
from the United States navy qualify
ing him as one of the fastest operators
in the world.
T A. Keene. a graduate Of this
school and an ex-service man of the
American EXpeditionary Force Sig
nal Corps, is giving the students the
benefit of his training and wide ex-
periepce; Miss Kelly occupies the role
of one of the fastest operators in this
city; Mr.. Perrine is a most capable
instructor in theory, having had ten
years Of experience in navy and COM
mercial positions, where his knowl-
edge could be put to practical advan-
tage.
200 More Students
Within the past two months the
National Radio School has increased
it's student-body by more than 200
young men and women. It not only
offers day classes, but also night ses-
sions, so that those who work during
the day may have the same opportu-
mites for this course.
In 1914, the National Radio School
saw the need of giving out-of-town
young men and women who could not
AFFORD to attend school an opportu-
nifty to qualify for responsible posi-
tions in this field and Immediately
put its faculty and experts to work
compiling a home-study course. Since
that time, its home-study department
has had the distinction Of preparing
innumerable young men and women
for the wireless field. 1t now has
students all over the world, some of
the foreign countries being England,
Porto Rico, Cuba, Canada, Mexico, the
Philippines, and Australia.
This course, is the first in wireless
to be offered to the public by mail.
Its merits have been proven time and
time again when many letters OF
praise reach its office telling of the
responsible positions secured through
their preparation as we'll as state
ments of graduates securing their
first grade licenses.
The National Radio School now Of
fers resident and nonresident in
struction to anyone interested in
wireless telegraphy and has the in
dorsement of many leading Govern
ment officials.
The Washington times., 1919-09-07

the endowment OF the school OF For
eign Service. Checks should be made
payable to the Georgetowu school Of
Foreign Service and forwarded to
Mr.. Davis, at India House. I Hanover
Square, New York city. These funds
will be invested and administered in
accordance with the advice and dirsc-
ton of the board Of regents Of the
university and the advisory commit
tee OF the school OF Foreign Service.
1T is further provided that AL
funds now collected. as well a. all
other moneys that may at any time be
donated to. the School Of ,Foreign
Service. shall be devoted wholly and
exclusively TO said school. The treas
urer Of the university shall render to
the board OF regents At the annual
June meeting, and before July 4 st Of
each year. to the permanent .adyisory
committee, a detailed hnancial state.
ment" t