New-York tribune., 1920-01-03
Pretty Posters
They Contrast Sharply WM
the Trials of the Thrifty

TO the Editor Of The Tribune. ~
Sir: For the benefit Of other per
but patriotic investors 1 would likst
relate my adventures in quest Of er,
Of the United States Treasury Certif.
Gates which flaming posters so strorst
urge Us to buy.
Upon application to the Thrift sni
the Mechanics Bank I was told thi
they did not carry them, but that mos
business banks and probably the ptf-
Office could supply them. Person
application at Station W Of the pos;
Office failed to locate any person wh
had ever heard of them. The nlsii
postoffice knew of the existence u
these certificates, but when sskN
whether a person could hold sl,W
worth of w. S. S. and 81 900 ceHif-
cate, told me that the question hs
never before been raised. After SOM
little consideration they decided that
there would be no objection to holdui
both. Feeling that this informatie'
WAS rather indefinite, went to Stssih
B, and was told most emphatically si'
both could not be held by Che Mu'
person. Having already my full quot
Of stamps, temporarily abandoned sh
quest.
The large advertisement carried b.
"The Brooklyn Eagle" early in Dscsr
ber again aroused my enthusiasm. mon
especially as it gave list Of BroonJI
banks handling the certificates and D.
+, name Of an official Of each bank. VIZ
/ called up Mr.. Lersner, Of the WI
iamsburg Savings Bank, the operssNi
on being told my business, wished Y
know why Mr.. Lersner should be ~
suited. told her of the advertitsems''
in "The Eagle" Mr.. Lerener was su'
prised to learn of such an adverttst
ment; he told me that his bank carF'*
the certificates, that could not hold y
certificates and stamps. and that c0ui'
not exchange my stamps for csrt''
Gates. AS this seemed to be very det
mite I turned over my stamps 70 q
husband and proceeded to the. WIZ
iamsburg Savings Bank to buy my a.
tificate. An affable clerk told mo thH
had none, and advised me to apply y
the Federal Reserve Bank, at 12O Brcst
way. AS I could not take the time y
do this, he kindly made inquiries y
found that I could purchase the sn
sfve certificate at the First Nations
Bank, only block away.
Here at last beheld the long-sous''
treasure inside the grating, but, slss !,
got no further until ! had returDs
to my own bank and had my cheek ee
tilted. AS judged from the sppsn
ance OF the book that mine WAS
first certificate they had sold, ] ~
not surprised to find that after w.
and laborious effort the clerk -
filled out the certificate so thai :
stated that it had already been y
deemed. After his absence for soa'
time, sumably in search OF ad''s
followed a painful period Of esaos
forty minutes while he telephones !
several people in Manhattan to iu
what to do with his incorrectly n's
certificate. Finding that he VA !
return it with the unsold certifesp
he consented to make out another
properly. Eurekal It was mine!
With a last faint gasp I ina'A.,
whether W. S. S. could be sxchsas
for another certificate. Contrsr
the advice given at the Williams, ~
Savings Bank, I was told thss
might be done. After another TIP
the safe deposit for the stamps
husband also became the PROUD 9
SCISSOR Of one Of these.
Wouldn't it be wise for the sou
ment to do something moro than P
pretty posters? Otherwise few psE
will take tho time and trouble 70 b
these certificates from aheir securs
ing places. x
f. A PERSISTENT PATRlW
Brooklyn, Dec. 81, 1919.