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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15
STOCKS AND BONDS
ARE NOW USED FOR
WRAPPING BUNDLES
BUT WORTHLESS RUSSIAN NOTES
ARE JUST AS VALUABLE AS
MANY FAKE SCHEMES
OFFERED HERE

Destitute peasants at Mitau, Lalivia,
are carrying home food wrapped in
thousand .rouble securities, but they
are not bit elated over the fact.
When an American Red Cross unit
reached Mitau recently and opened up
headquarters in vacant bank build.
ing, bales Of formerly valuable securi.
ties were found heaped in corner.
They were beautifully engraved on
fine bond paper, but their value was
absolutely nothing. AS paper was
scarce, the crisp bonds and stocks were
utilized as wrapping paper by the Red
Cross workers
If the safe deposit boxes and bureau
drawers and trunk trays of America
were emptied. thousands Of bales of
securities equally valueless. would be
uncovered. Millions have been in.
vested by Americans within the last
year in stocks which are worth no
more than the securities OF the de
lunct government OF Imperial Russia
Some investors are continuing to buy
beautifully engraved certificates good
FOR nothing but wrapping paper at tie
! price Of profitable Investments
Warnings by the hundreds have
Decn issued against fake stock sales.
men and fraudulent promoters, hut il
Is often ditIicul, 10 determine between
take investment and one which has a
; chance of success and profit, and vic.
, TINS continue 10 lose their hard earned
!, SAVINGS One sure method Of prolec,
ZION il i to i!!,!. iny.ss 81. ig !he securities
J backed and protected by the govern
menl Of the United States Treasury
Savings Securities (War Savings
Stamps and Treasury Savings Cert
lcates) will return sure proh,, a.,
proof against loss or depreciation. avn
may be had at your pos; Office INa
stability Of the United states, not or
Russia, guarantees This and the prom
lse to pay Of this nation, never yet
broken, is better surety than the
promise OF any get rich quick" sales
man or pfSmoter ls {
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15
NEED MORE OFFICERS
FOR ARMY OF SAVERS
NOW BEING RECRUITED
SoYS AND GIRLS INVITED TO
BECOME MEMBERS OF ORGAN.
iZATiON OF YOUNG
CAPITALISTS

Generals and colonels of fourteen
years, majors, captains aud lieuten-
ants Of ten or twelve and sergeants
and privates even younger are now
tho rule in Uncle Sans Army of Saw
ers. which is being recruited among
the school boys and girls OF this dis
trict. Plans for this army were re-
Gently completed and were announced
through the medium of an art poster
sent broadcast to schools and post
offices. Within the first Ave days after
the distribution OF this poster. eleven
young "offlcerS" had received their
commissions" in the army Nearly
5000 have now enlisted. every part
OF the district being represented.
The boys and girls earn their pro
motions in accordance with regula.
tons explained in the poster announc.
ing the organization Of Uncle Sans
Army of Savers. Their insignia is
conferred, and u formal commission"
is sent by the Savings Division OF the
United States Treasury Department in
this district.
Regulations for promotion in Uncle
Sans Army Of Savers state that every
purchaser OF one Thrift Stamp in 1927
Is entitled TO q privates button. The
purchase Of four Thrift Stamps en-.
titled him to a Scrgeants button TIL,
purchase Of one War Savings Stamp
issue of 1921, entities him to a Lieu
tenants button; three War Saving
Stamps to a Captains button; FIVE L
Majors button, and ten to Colonel
button. The purchaser .s:. Of Oft tSwsenty Q
the 1921 War Savings Stamps gain
the award OF Generals button, EN-
blazoned with star TO Indicate tn
fahR' .rlE7 iD5s &t''
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HARDING URGES tsI;;5's,,y,r !.
..y,. THRTFT AS AN '.s.%,a
III IMP pMRATfVS 1UTY
SAYS RIGID AMP SANE ECONOMY
MUST BE PRAcTIcED ~ MA.
TON TO RESTORE NOR.
r.. NAL CONDITIONS

me note struck by President Hard.
ING IN his address relative TO the nac.
esslty OF putting our public honsa.
"o'u IN order, is one fraught with
meaning to millions OF individuals in
lhls country who have made little Of.
fort TO put their private Households in
good shape. The urge OF thrift ana
economy is strongest with TOO manv
ohly "heh a hnai.cal pinch comes
>et mis- pinch will seldom be fell is
as President Harding SAYS, we pra..
tice "a rigid and yet sane economy
"''ehaea by individual prudence and
~ "hlch are so essential to this
Trying hour and reassuring for the fu.
ture."
hr1lt is commendable at all times
lhdlVidual financial emergencies ara
continually arising and To sci ones
household in order by planning a pro.
gram Of rigid yet sane economy. ai
tended by individual prudence and
thTiit' Is to ward off the serious con.
sequences OF such emergencies. Among
the millions OF American wage.earners
those who were thrifty have been leas 1
concerned about high prices or busiI
ness depression.
IN getting good work started thereI
Is no time like the present And in
seitinS the good work OF thrift and
economy started, there is nothing like
Set'lhg interested in the Savings
movement nj tho Unitod States Treas
niy department IAc home of every,
american citizen Who needs to have
ms household put in order Will be han
pier In oil that that work can implv
"hen the message Of thrift and econ
omy OF tao Savings Movement reaches
It.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15
MORE THAN BILLION
HAS BEEN PUT INTO
SAVINGS SECURITIES
REoEMPTioNs ARE GROWING
sMAlLER AS WISE INVESTORS
RECEIVE INTEREST ON
THEIR MONEY

More than one thousand million
ooliars nave been invested in Thrift
and War Savings Stamps and Treasury
savings Certificates fy wise and
thriltS persons in this country. ac-
corning 10 an official report recontlv
compiled. OF this amount, over a7aO
oeo'ooo is now outstanding. and in.
Vestments are steadily increasing The
banner year, OF course, was 1918. when
there was a strong patriotic appeal
Iotal sales for 1913 were Sg11 9l3
WV Dullhs 1919. when The sales cam.
paisn was based on national thrift
F"ther than patriotism. $l65, 306 600
was brought Into The Treasury. and in
lS2o the total YVES s43,Sa2.OOC Re-
aemptions TO date include s37S.254 600
Oh the 1918 series $33.4il 600 OF the
A?l9 series, $8,080.OO0 OF the 1921 &c.
sues and about sl35,OOO OF the 1901
aeries
ohcials Of the savings division
poihl our mat by far the greater pro
portion OF the rodrmpiions are of ,ho
1919 series. which indicates ,hat tho
moro recent issues are heinz r,,r-
chased by individuals who plau 10 hold
them TO maturity.
ne cefuhcatea pay 4 per cent. in.
forest, comDon> dec 0uarterJv wbich ie
cqn!Valont 10 appro&ima nv a.. mar
cent. If held for The fun Gyo yna,s
1hoSe "no present the ccrtGcates for
redemption prior TO the maturity date
roce'N" about per cent interest.
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A"ril1 taxes you up the ladder: en
tIevagance drags YOU down.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT ~

r1N ~ me-
r. If you invest in one $25 Treas
ury Certificate every. month for
ten years (ave~age price S20.8TIf)
you Will at the end Of that time
have received back from the
Treasury Department $l,5OO in
cash, and you will have $1,000
more maturity value. payable 5000
a year for Ave years longer.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15

&ryonG can be a falurcl /; t&kea
intelligence. thrift and hard work 10
be- succese.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15

Thrift Stamps pave the road to
prosperity.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-15

save tho Small change" usually
spoht; 1t may mean C "blg change" fn
your later life.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
To READ
ME- TER, ADVICE
To HOUSEHOLDER
Understanding Of Simple De-
vice May Mean Saving of
Electricity Bills; Meter
Man viii Explain.

Most people make no attempt to
find out anything about electricity.
They consider it as some sort or
mysterious power which cannot be
understood by the average mortal
and let 1t go at that.
OF course, no one understands
lust what electricity Is. but we
know what it will do and the things
that it will do and the devices
which produce these results are
really very simple. in comparison
with other mechanical devices.
The meter is the instrument
which measures the power as 1t
enters the house. It is simply
small motor delicately constructed
which runs at a speed governed by
the amount of current consumed
in the home. When only one small
lamp is turned on the motor inside
the small meter runs very very
slowly, but when the lady of the
house has a party, when all the
lamps are burning from the attic
to cellar, or when the ironing or
washing Is being done, this little
motor is running along at good
CLIP ENtly tiliiS Wv - 49, y
this motor turns around. this turn
is indicated by the Land on the
dial of the meter.
Read Your Own Meter.
Every house owner should know
how to read his own meter. 1t IS
a most comfortable thing to be
able to check the meter readings
occasionally. 1t gives one the feel
ing OF security and is in line with
the practice of counting your
change when you make purchase.
After once getting the knack OF
reading the meter, it is possible to
find out for yourself Just what an
evening party costs in the way of
electricity, also the cost OF your
ironing or yen making toast on
the table. ff.s actual cost of these
processes is very small, but when
multiplied by the number of times
this service is rendered each month
a very accurate check up OF your
electric bill is possible.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24

long, after he had bought the can
dies for the muskrat lady, to mend
the broken sled. Gnawing, with
his sharp teeth, piece of wood
off a tree, the bunny gentleman
fastened 1t on the sled and soon
1t was almost as good as before.
NOW | can have lots of fun
sliding down hill on my sled when
winter comes!" laughed Curly, as
he walked along with the bunny,
pulling the sled after him.
"Talk about fun! I'm going to
have some, tool" suddenly cried
a harsh voice. I'm going to have
fun taking Uncle Wiggily off to
my den and nibbling his ears!
Woo! Wool"
1T think we'd better be going
curly" said the bunny rabbit. as,
looking back over his shoulder he
saw the bad old Bushy Bear.
ooh, no! oh ho" howled the
Bushy Bear. you may go but
you can't get away from me" And
with that he began to chase I'M
Gle Wiggily and the little piggie
boy. Faster and faster ran Curly
and the bunny gentleman, drag
glng the mended sled after them,
but faster and faster on came the
bear.
At last Uncle Wiggily and Curly
reached the top Of grass covered
hill. The bear was almost up to
them.
"Oh!" squealed Curly. '1f it was
only winter and if there was snow
on this hill we could get on my
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
WINS PRIZE IN ESSAY
CONTEST ON HEATER

Miss Helen Nelson. junior in
the home economics department at
the state university on the prize
in the essay writing contest con-
Quoted two weeks ago by Pierce
Murphy, representing the Aqua
Electric Heater company. The
winning essay brought her an
American Beauty electric iron.
Demonstrations of the heater were
conducted~before domestic science
students of both the high school
and university.
Miss Nelson wrote of the Aqua:
"The Aqua instantaneous electric
water heater is one of the latest
and most indispensable devices in
the electrical world today. and rep
resents realization of a dream made
practical after more than twenty
years of experimental work and a
countless number of tests by cleo
trical and mechanical engineers.
Many of these authorities have
stated that the Aqua is as much
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
DAYLIGHT LAMP
IS ELECTRICAL
TRIUMPH AGAIN

Completing a great deal of care
full research work, a real daylight
lamp" development of the Mazda
incandescent electric lamp, has
been produced blythe Edison Lamp
works of the General Electric COM
pany. This lamp is especially de-
signed for many commercial uses
in which there are problems of
color that have to be COPIED with
at night or in such interiors as
are too dim to benefit from actual
daylight. This lamp is intended to
be of service, also, when the day
is cloudy.
The lamp has been produced by
developing a filament that will
operate at a higher temperature
than the filaments Of any other
electric lamps, ana by means of :
special blue glass bull
The blue bulb extracts from the
light certain percentage of color
rays which are not present in day.
filament itself produced a whittier
light than any other form of lamp.
Much scientific investigation and
continual testing was necessary to
produce the exact quality of blue
bulb that would give the desired
result. This bulb is in every sense
a special product, scientifically Sc
lected.
The daylight lamp is most useful
for store lighting, where color
matching has to be done more or
less continually; for window dis
plays, ana such industries as cigar
making, sugar refining, and metal
working. They also have use in
art galleries and medical work.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
|Bedtin e Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
BY Howard B. CARTS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND
CURIYS SLED.

'Uncle Wiggily!" called Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one morning as
she beat up the eggs for his break
fast omelet, when you are skip
ping around today looking for ad-
ventures will you please so to the
| eight and nine cent store and get
me some candles?"
Surely, I'll 60 that for you
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy," answered the
bunny rabbit gentleman, as he
sprinkled some powdered sugar
over his turnip toast. But why
do you want candles? Are you
going to make a pumpkin Jack O.
Lantern for Halloween"
mot exactly" laughed the
muskrat lady housekeeper. i"But
it is good thing to have candles
in the bungalow in case the lamps
go out"
/ "Why, where would the lamps
go II they do go OUT" asked I'm
Gle Wiggily. twinkling his pink
nose, as he always did when he
tried to be funny. would they
go out to the movies, do you think,
Nurse Jane?"
ooh, how should I know!" ex-
claimed Miss Fuzzy WuzZy. "All
l want is for you to bring me some
| candles"
"And I'll do it," promised Mr..
Longears as he hoped away on
his red, white and blue striped
barber pole rheumatism crutch.
He was almost at the candle
store, and he was thinking of
Christmas trees and New Year
bushes when, all of sudden he
heard a sad voice saying:
"Oh, dear! 1t will never 60
again, and I can't have any fun!
Oh, dear! It's broken-it won't 60
any more!"
Dear me! That sounds like
trouble" said Uncle Wiggily to
himself. maybe some little animal
girls walking doll Is broken, or
some animal boys toy fire engine
Is smashed. I'll see IL / can help
them"
Picking over the top OF the
bushes, the bunny gentleman saw
Curley Twistytail, the little piggie
boy. And Curly had with him
sliding down hill sled.
Whats the matter, Curly"
asked Uncle Wiggily, hopping over
to the little pig chap.
"Oh, my sled is broken and l
can't ride on 1t any more!"
squealed Curly. ut will soon be
winter, with snow and ice on the
hills, and I can't have any fun
because my sled will not ride me.
Perhaps I can fix it," said kind
Uncle Wiggily. And when he had
looked at the sled he saw tina
one runner, was broken. 'I can
easily mend this" said the rabbit
wait until go to the store and
get Nurse James candles. and then
I'll fix your sled"
"Oh JOY and happiness"
.squealed Curly as he skipped
along after Uncle Wiggily, drag.
ging the broken sled behind him.
The piggie boy had taken his sled
out of the woodhouse that morn
ing, only to find his coaster brok-
en-. At first he was sad, but now
he WINS happy.
1t did not take Uncle Wiggily
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
THE WOMAN HE MARRIED
BY JANE PHELPS.

she had warned me. This time she
had shown me something of
Juanitas life with, l was sure. the
same object in view.
The newspapers had taken up
with avidity the story of the sui
eide of her first husband, and the
scandal attached to her divorce
from her second, but little she
cared, so Mrs. Baker told me.
"I think she rather gloried in
the publicity it gave her. You
know they say that no one Is more
charming than a widow unless it
is a Divorce" She gave her side
to the papers also. 1t was very
| clevely put, for publicity purposes
she should have been an actress.
She claimed she couldn't help it
IL men fell in love with her, even
if they killed themselves for her
sake"
I shuddered every time Mrs.
Baker mentioned that\ first hus-
band. Hadn't my Dick almost ac-
complished the same thing? And
I never had even looked at an
| other man with any unwifely
thought in my heart. Perhaps
they, the people, were mistaken
about Juanita's first husband.
Perhaps he, too, had a heavier
burden than he could bear finan-
cially. Juanita was horribly ex-
travagant in her ideas, her dress.
l asked Mrs, Baker;
"Where did she get her money ?
You say her first husband was
a poor clerk, and her second d.
vorced her not she him.
"yust about the time the clerk
killed himself an uncle Of hers
died and loft her a fortune. He
was an irascible old follow, they
say, and left her his money be-
cause she was different. She sure
| lv Is different from anyone I ever
| have known. The old man said
in his will that he hated her for
| the things she did, but admired
her for daring to do them. It
seems she was the only one Of all
the relatives he had who never
| had asked him for help. I guess
that was the reason he left his
money to her"
"But, Mrs. Baker, hasn't she any
conscience? Not many women
practise their wiles upon man.
| and Mt tho same time remain
friendly with his wife. It simply
| isn't done by decent women"
''No, Mrs. Williams, Juanita has
no conscience-ncthinr save her
own sweet will. Her desires ever
| - al
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
PLEASANT READING.

Seated by my flaring candle, l
digest the daily news, and 1t treats
of crime and scandal. and of dope
AMI struggled booze. Foolishly I
keep inquiring, SIS the whole
world staring mad? Aren't people
ever firing Of the grewsome and
the bad? oh, this era of abase-
ment! All our bulwarks seem q
wreckm and some buckshot
through the easement, comes and
hits me in the neck. All the boys
are busy cunning, and they care
not who they plug, and the cops
are tired of running grisly slayers
to the jug. With my humble
rushlight burning I peruse the
tales of crime, longing for the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
AN ELASTIC FIGURE.

The woman who wants to appear
young must keep her figure not
only slender but elastic also.
Plumpness means maturity, too
much fat over the body destroys
all beauty of line and for slender
curves substitutes Jumps and
bulges.
An artist would tell you that the
lines of youth are always flowing
lines, lines that seem to melt into
each other, that give impression of
actor. You will see the same prin-
ciple in drawing when you look at
a badly done wooden" figure that
seems to live upon the canvas. In
the wooden" picture the lines are
stiff, in the well done one they are
all lines of action.
1t is this same principle of the
living figure that makes one wo-
man look old and another one
young. The young figure is always
elastic. Exercise is the best way
TO achieve those lines of action and
to keep the figure slender and
supple. The best exercises are
those which apply to the waist and
back, since the mature figure is
stiff here and the young figure
elastic.
Standing with the hands above
the head and STOPPING to touch the
floor with the finger tips is &
splendid exercise for keeping the
figure young, particularly for keep
ing the back young. Standing with
the hands on the hips and revolving
the upper part of the body witho 1t
moving the hips and using the
waist as pivot is splendid for re-
ducing flesh on the abdomen and
for keeping the waist line Young.
Margie:-Very few girls wear
corsets at IA years Of age. and
many do not wear them at any age.
The girl who stands properly, and
dresses in clothing that is rot
burden to carry, does not need q
corset, unless she is very stout.
Corsets are being more and more
simplified in lines, conforming to
those of the body and SO softened
that the wearer is not in a straight
Jacket as was thought proper many
years ago. The thing to do, Is to
put off the day for wearing corsets
as long as possible, keeping your
body so supple and the lines SO
youthful that you will not feel the
need Of them.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24
TWO MATRIMONIAL
VENTURES.
Chapter 121

Chapter 121
Mrs. Baker had told me a good
deal about Juanita. She had been
married twice each time to a clev-
err man. But temperamental her
self to a degree seldom seen, she
could not endure the sameness,
the boredom of married life.
"She Is older now, perhaps she
would be less capricious," Mrs.
Baker said. But while one can't
help being fascinated by her, her
absolute unlikeness to anyone else,
she is really liked by very few. At
one time she thought she was des-
tined for the sisterhood, and de-
clared she would go into a convent
for life. But like all her moods IT
soon passed. She flirted desper-
ately then with an artist who came
here for the winter, evidently try
ing to make up for lost time. Then
her husband, using an unfortu-
nate episode OF her filtration as
a basis, divorced her"
Mrs. Bakers recital intrigued me
immensely, and l asked many
uuestions:
''What happened to her first
husband? ?"
"TIe killed himself He was crazy
over her, and she absolutely tg-
nored him, as far as giving him
any rights n husband expects. 1t
was when she first came here, so
not much was known about him.
He was an ordinary fellow, a clerk
Or something. I imagine she was
very young when she married him.
She said once that her own peo-
ple didn't understand her, that
they were very strict disclplinar-
fans, and that she couldn't live at
ZONE"
Does anyone understand herr"
I oueried.
"She would claim that Jew did.
Perhaps your husband--or some
man she is trying to hedeyil into
plying her because of her lonelj-
ness. 1t is the stock in trade Of
some women you know--this lack
OF being understood, Just as 1t Is
with men when they want to wan
der into forbidden ulaces. But we
are Fossip'ng horribly-and about
an interesting woman! Mr.. Baker
once said that if a man or woman
was interesting, much could be
forgiven them. 7 am inclined to
agree with him unless the interest
ing woman threatens the happi-
ness Of another woman. Then ]
prefer she should he stupid"
knew that all this talk of
Juanita was meant as a warnine
tn me. Mrs. Baker has said all
she felt free to say when twice
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-24

Many designers, although fol-
lowing the prevailing idea by using
black to fashion most of their
gowns, are livening them up bit
by using facings, pipings and other
trimmings of jade green, cherry
red. henna, white, orange, yellow or
perhaps vivid blue. Sleeves,
panels and pleats are often faced
with one of these colors. Pictured
here is a very pretty afternoon
frock of black canton crepe trim
med in pea green georgette.
A plain skirt and blouse of the
black are relieved by unusual
trimming ideas developed in geor-
gette. Four pieces of georgette
cut in the fashion of handkerchiefs
are suspended from silver cord
and hang by one corner from hip to
hem They flutter about grace
fully and emulate loose panels or
insets.