The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-03-11
BETTY
BETTY
Gets Lesson from Moth
er Wasp.

lBy Mary Leonl

save" exclaimed Betty petulantly "a
her mother. Il wanted 20 buy haiI
ribbons with this dollar. and YOU tel
me that il will Just finish my Thrift,
card"
"Betty's uncle had come for a
visit after a long absence. and had
given her bright new dollar for
a present.
you have plenty Of hair ribbons
now. Betty, and to buy more than YOU
need is always wRsteful. But Il is
particularly wasteful now. because
prices are so high that every good
citizen should make all possible ef-
forts TO 40 without every thing but
the absolutely necessary things.
1.-THE less buying we do the soon.
er the prices will come down to what
they should be. Besides that. Uncle
Sam needs the money"
1T looks like you care more for
Uncle Sam than you do for me. You
are always telling me TO 40 without
things and buy Thrift Stamps TO
help Uncle Sam" retorted Betty
You are a very thoughtless little
girl. Betty. or you would not say
such things. In the first place. you
cannot help Uncle Sam without help
inc yourself at the same time. Every
country is just what its citizens make
IL. and a country whose citizens know
their duty and try to do il is bound
to be a great and prosperous country.
III everybody worked his best and
saved his best our country would
soon be out OF trouble. And while
| cannot make everyone see his duty.
can at least try to make my little
girl see hers and want TO do IL right.
But while am teaching you 20
be thrift citizen | am also doing
the best that any mother could do
for her child You are only putting
away your dollar until some time in
the future. when you may need IL
for bread instead Of ribbons.
And besides your dollar. you will
have acquired habits Of self-control
and self-denial that will be worth
many dollars TO YOU. Even the most
Of the animals try to start their
young off right in life. You would
not have your mother more neglect
full Of her duty than animals are %
theirs. would your"
Now, mother, ] know you are
telling fairy tales. You do not mean
that animals teach their young to
save?"
Betty was always interested when
her mother began TO talk Of animals.
NO. ! did not mean 10 say that
Very few animals DO anything but
make an effort 20 preserve their
lives and that Of their young. They
have not the brain-power Of man.
and hence do no; consider the future
rs we do. But with their limited
abilities their efforts are sometimes
truly remarkable. Let me tell you
about certain kind Of wasp that
scientists have written about.
The mother wasp makes a long tun-
mel in the earth. with three or four
cells at the end Of Il. She
deposits an egg in each cell. she
hen seizes large insect, usually a
and fights with Il until |
he has it overpowered. Then she
urns Il on It's back and stings IL in
wo places. She knows just where to
ting IL so il will be paralized but
rot die.
"She does not Kill il as she wants
resh meat for her babies when they
lateh out. She then drags the par.
ilzed insect into a cell which con-
aims an egg She does this with
.ach cell, and then goes out and
Gals up the mouth Of the tunnel.
When the eggs hatch the babies find
good supply Of fresh meat at hand.
which lasts them until they can care
or themselves"
"She is pretty wise mother. all
light" said Betty.
"fes. dear, she is. and so ought
very mother be. Hut as IL takes
.hlltren 80 much longer 70 develop
han animals and as IL Is their minds
md morals that require the most
raining. We have to keep constantly
eachlng for years to enable you 20
AXE care Of yourselves.
Until you have learned 20 earn
nd save YOU will be unable 10 take
are ~ yourself. The wasp moth
Rs duty Is done when she seals the
unnel but ours keeps on forever.
20. mother. won't be 50 hard to
zach as all that, here. take my dol.
Ar and finish out my Thrift card.