Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-04-13

McGlyynn, who plays the part Of
the great emancipation in Abraham
Lincoln"
BY MARGUERITE w. STODDARD
Mgr. Theatrical Dept, Savings DivI-
sion, First Federal Reserve District.
"My job in attempting to interest
theatrical people in Treasury Savings
Securities as an investment made it
possible for me to spend a most inter-
esting and entertaining hour with Mr..
Frank McGlynn in his dressing room
at the Hollis Theatre the other day.
We went straight to business, and
| named over quickly the features Of
the securities. Then, in the cautious,
quiet way so characteristic OF Mr.. Nc
| absolute accuracy: "They come in de-
nominations to meet the needs of all
classes, -twenty five cents, one dol
lar, five dollars, twenty dollars,
one hundred dollars and one thou
sand dollars; they pay a fair rate of
/ interest and are exempt from all
| forms of taxation; they increase in
value monthly and never decrease;
they can be purchased at any U. s..
Post Office and are easily negotiable:
registration makes them entirely loss
proof And the u. S. Government is
behind them? What a proposition! You
mean that If I give you my certified
check now for $3.50, that on January
l, 1925, my certificate will be worth
$1,000?
"And all~this is the outgrowth of
the Savings Movement begun during
the Great War, is it? An effort on the
part of our Government to perpetu-
ate and stabilize those habits of sys-
tematic savings that the promptings Of
patriotism 1nculcated among our PEG.
bic. 1t seems our chance to carry on ;
to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which those who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced as
Lincoln said at Gettysburg. Oh, what
booster Abraham Lincoln would
have been for this modernized Thrift
Movement! Most of the credit for the
discovery of Thrift seems to go to
Ben Franklin, but it seems to me that
never, in any period, have we had
Lincoln. His whole life and success,
predicated on simple, sane, thrifty
habits, is an inspiration that ouqht
to do much to counterfeit the extrava-
CANT spirit that is so rampant today.
Why, it was Lincoln who said, Teach
economy. That is one of the first and
highest virtues. 1t begins with saving
money! 1t was Lincoln who first
budgeted an income by planning how
he could have the necessities of life
and still have enough money to buy
an occasional book. He practised all
the very things that the Savings Divi.
sion is preaching today. I repeat
what a booster Lincoln would have
been for this intensive work of teach
Ing the people of this country to save
and to invest sanely!''
1 CHANGED, at this point to notice
particularly charming photograph of
Mr.. McGlynn, Mrs. McGlynn, and their
SIX children. It was in the conversa-
ton which followed that / saw Mr..
McGlynn's most delightful side-that
or the father. And, judging from ex-
cerpts which he read to me from some
letters recently received from ''hi5
fock,' they are children of whom any
rather might well be proud!
l was impressed with what struck
me as particularly fine plaster bust
OF Lincoln which stood on a stand in
the room, and commented upon it.
Like that?" said Mr.. McGlynn, "Well,
I'm mighty fond of it, for my fourteen
year-old boy modelled it and sent it
to me with this note-4This isn't you,
Dad, and it isn't Lincoln, but it is
you as Lincoln!'
The dressing room was full Of inter-
esting things,-pictures of Lincoln in
dozen different poses,-even several
casts of the Great Americans hands
in varying pastures.
When Mr.. McGlynn put before me
hall dozen pictures of himself Tin
and out of make-up) and told me
to make a choice, I unhesitatingiy
selected the accompanying photograph.
1t is a reproduction of larger draw
ing made and presented to him by
Carroll, Californian portrait painter,
and has never before been published
With his pen poised above the pic
ture, Mr.. McG1ynn said, Now let's
see, how shall we autograph this; with
a quotation taken from the play? All
have 1.-THE one line in the entire
piece which just fits this particular
occasion!" And he wrote it-NGod
bless America-Frank McGlynn."