The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-02-28

welded in the awful fires Of Chateau
Thierry. of Bclleau Wood, of st. M'hiel,
of the Argonne Forest last summer and
autumn-by those boys in khaki who
must he fed and clothed, and made
happy-brought back.
And vet this man Franklin was the
same person who AS raw youth walked
I'm the streets of Philadelphia fgnawlng
a loaf of bread baause he could not af-
ford to sit Down TO a better meal.
He gave to the French Revolution its
million times sung refrain, its Ca lra!'
mote the cOntrastD he practiced saw
ing and thrift so successfully that, be-
ginning as q jonrneyman pIlnter IN
strange city, even AZ early as the
French and Indian War, he was rich
enough that the Pennsylvania farmers
were willing to sell to Benjamin Frank
lin the horses aud wagons for Brad
docks expedition, even though they
would not trust the British Govern
mentl He bad that grip on himself
which every American must nave 1u5t
now. He kuew Il century and bali
before the medical professional Ene"
it. that cold IS all infectious disease;
and he not only saif, Liberty Is sui
the birthright OF all mem; but also,
wa7 to market" And again, he said,
What good may do in it'?"-'he very
question the answer 20 which was
sought by our soldier boys on the
bloody battlefelds of France! and
then, said Franklin, "a penny saved IS
two-pence clear. A pin day is groa1
year; save and have"
And that last bit Of philosophy to-day
must be the common, ordinary Ameri-
can answer to Frauklin's great ques-
ton, what good may do III The
world?" "A PENNY saved is TWO pence
clear; save and have"
He proved the identity of electricity
and Neutrality-suspicious. he drew the llghl-
ming out of the cloud by means OF
kite. People thought they were dlf-
ferent things. bespoke, and the phllo-
sophers list ened-and he invented the
Franklin stove SO as TO econom>ze fuel
He is the great apostle of War-Savinlgs
Stamps. "He that spends groat Gay
idly" says Franklin, spends idly acoVe
six pounds year, which Is the price
of using numbered poands."
Franklin is in large degree the
founder of the American army. Inc
troops of which George Washington
took command in 1875 had no supplies,
| were almost naked, and were starving
Franklin was u leader in deylslng
plans Tor feeding, sheltering and Cloth
| ing the army-just as, if he were with US
now, he would lead in the great national
thrift movement which will not only
| win the rest of the war, but will pay our
war debt. The times for the easy golng
spending of money should be over ID
this country. The world ne eds every
thing we can save Everywhere is
nakedness, hunger, and lack OF shelter
Silks aud satins," said Franklin put
out the kitchen fire" They stand Tor
the things which make 1t hard to win
the rest of the war. "A fat kitchen a
lean will" said Franklin, and we may
say ga fat kitchen lean treasury"
| I which we had Franklin for leader
now-but why can't we make him oul
leader? He is as real to US as If ne
lived in Washington to-day. Follow
his teaching. Save and have. The
government must have your savings
| II YOU save AMI buy interest-bearine
securities of the government. you vii
be prouder of you government, you VIII
feel more interest ill your govermen
and your government will pay yor
interest every year.
| "Save and have'-and win the res
] of the war.