Evening journal., 1919-10-27
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benefacior OF the public schools Of
Delaware. Principal a. II. Berlin, also
welcomed Mr.. dupont 60 the High
School. An unusually large number Of
adult guests were In attendance this
morning Mr.. dupont spoke as follows
1T IS a pleasure TO come before you
10 speak on subject which is or
should be on all our minds. Purchase
Of Thrift Stamps has become a habit
with US We sometimes think Of a
Thrift Stamp as small sihmp stuck
on a pleco Of paper Is that what a
Thrift Stamp really is?" Hero Mr.. du-
pont produced a IS gold-piece from "a
pocket. and the school interest quick
ened. The speaker continued with an
illustration.
III / throw this So god-piece into
Tie river, that Is not thrift. The gold
piece Is real value. Gold IS a useful
metel. useful FOR jewerly. dental work,
in chemistry. and so on. 10 Is also a
medium or exchange between tie
countries OF the world. Thirdly. 10 is
dlillcult 10 produce. II takes thought
labor, and machinery from It's mining
until its making into coin. II throw
II away | have destroyed actual value.
Mr.. dupont then produced a $40 bank
note from another pocket, The school
looking startled at his next statement
III / throw away this $40 bank-note,
have not destroyed anything. This
has no value, except perhaps a fraction
Of a cent for printing and paper The
gold-piece is the real thing. the note
is a token. and the two things should
not be confused II -destroy the note.
have only transferred my ownership
in the gold which 10 is a promise 10
pay. to the people OF the United States.
\ "A thrift stamp Is a token, a promise
Of the Government TO pay. When you
refrain from candy soda water. and
new clothes and buy Thrift Stamps
instead the Government knows that
YOU have saved something You have
not destroyed that sugar, or worn out
that new cloth There will be more
sodas. candy and So on. for other peJ-
pie During the war. materials were
destroyed All governments are now
asking their people 20 cave. The Gov
ernment does not especially Gaze about
a lot OF stamps. but : does
wish Us to refrain from using up aud
destroying real values.
"Thcre is a second form OF thrift,
explained the speaker. III we have al
ready refrained from consuming, we can
practice ihrfliness by production. The
Young woman who makes her own new
garments from The raw materials, in
stead of buying them ready-made at a
store: the young man who works dur
ing vacation 10 produce something,
have increased the country's produc-
tfon. During the war we were diverted
10 other things. and our production fell
behind. Even In little ways, we can aid
In Increasing the counlry's production.
" we do This, we can eliminate The ef-
feels Of the war quickly.
"There Is o third form Of thrift which
the government has no direct means OF
promoting" Mr.. dupont declared. This
might be called The thrift Of co-opera-
tion. working together. 10 Is the thrift
by which we place other people In a
position 10 save or 10 produce. II we
throw away newspaper or The paper
wrapper Of a package OF gum upon the
street. somebody must clean up The
street. II they did not have TO do this
they might be engaged in producing
There are a thousand ways I'm which
,vc make work for others that keeps
them from being engaged IN production,
II we were an honest. the police might
be released from standing guard over
The city TO take part N productive
work
Few people realize the importance OF
thrift It's noblest form is in cooper
atve thrift, for which we have no Nisi-
BILE token awarded us. We know In our
heart. although we have no token, mat
because Of our cooperation some other
fellow can buy thrift stamps y
In conclusion. Mr. dupont said
"These three forms OF thrift are our
greatest capital The kind
Of capital we most need. II is for us 10
turn over new leaf The real thing is
what we do and what we feel In our
own hearts II is for all Of us TO give
This capital 20 our own government"
Prior 10 the address OF The morning,
The class Of 1920 was in charge OF the
exercises. three seniors. Frank Newlin
Heathcotc. and Frank Rrave-
man. giving talks upon the opportuni-
ties made for useful futures for the sol
diers crippled IN tho war
With the close OF the war, Principal
Berlin said that the school will con-
tlnue putting into effect Tho lesson
learned during that period Of taking an
active part IN national and community
affairs.
The first number of the Whlsp will
come out az Thanksgiving time. Secur-
ing subscriptions among The students
is one OF the most active and successful
lfems on fhc student program lust now