Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-22
COL L0N|AL DANES
THRIFT PIONEERS
Organization Indorses Plans OF u
S. Treasury and Makes Ap-
peal to Members.

Mrs. Ioscph r. Lamar, president of the
National Society Of Colonial Danes, has
issued the following statement IN regard 10
the thrift campaign fostered by the nlted
States Treasury, and appeals to the mefh-
lx.rs everywhere TO support II;
| am heartily in sympathy with the
nlans of the thrift and savings department.
of the United States Treasury and they
have an especial appeal for the members
of the National Society of the Colonial
Danes of America.
For this is an organization which en-
eleavors to teach patriotism through tue
study of history, and by remembering anu
honoring those men and women VINO
founded our country and the things Ior
which they stood: and If there was one
1;rt,,e more than another which our fore
fathers taught and practIccd, 1t was the
virtue OF economy and the work which the
treasury department has wisely chosen
.'thrift''-is borrowed from the past and
comes down to lis rcdolcnt with the mem
orv of the spinning wheel and the distaii.
For thrift is something more and better
than mere economy. The mScr practices
the latter and his treasure IS often dc
Stroved by rust or eaten Of moths, bur the
thrift. woman is she who not only saves,
b,,t wisely invests her savings, who puts
them 10 work and leaves them at work by
exercising her ingenuity III rnventIng
substitutes i'll making over the old ana
worn and IN anticipating the needs ol i"'t
household so that they may he suppl"d
in time without cxtravagant expenditure
As far back rs We can trace hCT 'oot-
toms dnwn the dim corridors of time We
sec that the successful woman the
,rornanIv woman. was the thrift woman.
L. tssTRf a tNHiT I
represented those who thriftily conserved
their supply o( oil as wise woman and
Solorn,n has drawn her likeness with =
firm. true touch which leaves an ndellhlc
picture on our minds, though his words
were sDokcn nearly 5000 years ago.
''She secketh wool and flax and worketh
willingly with her hands
She is like the merchants ships. she
hringcth her food from afar-
~sc riyeth also while It IS yet night and
cive;h meat to her household and a
portion Of her maldcns,
-he considercth field and huyeth i,
yIth the fruit az her hands she
planteth vineyard,
She iaycth her hands IL the spindle and
her hands hold the dlsta1,
~he stretches out her hand tn tie poor:
yea. she rcacheth forth her hands to
the needy.
She is not afraid Of the snow foT. her
household for All her household are
clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings 81 tares-
try her clothing ii silk and purple,
She oreneth her mouth with wisdom.
and in her tongue is the law oi
kindness.
She looketh we'll 10 the way of her
household and eatoth not the
bread ~ idlcneSs
This is the portrait 81 a wise ana iov-
able woman. and the colors have not faded
With the passing oi the years.
have not gwen the tender lights q the
picture: how the heart of her husband
may safely trust IN her how strength
and honor are her clothing and her
children shall rise up and call hcr blessed
because We are considering this one char
:.cteristic, perhaps The most prominent
one in the composition and certainly
worthy The imitation Of All women