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YOUR TOWN.
Real towns are not madq by men afraid
Lest some one else pets ahead;
When everyone works and nobody shirks
You can raise a town from the dead.
tt while you make your personal
stake
Tour neighbor makes one, too,
Tour town will be what you want it to be,
It isn’t your town—it’k you! ,
If you want to live in the kind of a town
Like the kind of a town you like, .
You needn’t slip your clothes in a grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You will only find what you «left behind.
For there’s nothing that’s really new.
It’s a knock at yourself when you knock
your town,
It isn’t your town, it’s you!
—Helen Perkins, in New York Sun.
CONSTRUCT POOL IN GARDEN
r firth- i
All the Time and Trouble
x That It Entail*.
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A very Interesting and attractive
garden pool can be made with a little
bard work and at a small expense,
and where the garden is sufflcle'ntly
large the pool adds wonderfully to the
artistic make up.
In an amateur's garden recently the
owner was caught in the act of put
ting on the finishing touches of the
pool and its decorations.
The garden was in the rear of the
house and the pool was in the left,
hand corner at the rear Not in the
extreme rear corner, as hack of it
was a bed of Iris arranged in semi
circular form in front, bordering a
gravel walk. Back of this was a bed
of peonies and the corner was to bo
filled later with salvia, backed with
cannas.
The gardener had dug the pool him
self. It was about ten feet in diam
eter and two feet six inches deep. In
the bottom stones bad been laid and
the bottom and aide covered with ce
ment.
A rockery was made of a lot of
large stones encountered in digging,
with a few brenght in from a neigh
boring field to complete the work.
The rockery was not in the center, but
to one side at the rear of the pool.
An Iron pipe led off to the gutter in
the rear for an overflow.
The bottom was covered with odd
stones that had been selected for the
purpose on various motor trips in the
country and gave a natural appear
ance to the pool.
A few handfuls of frogs’ spawn had
been gathered and placed in the pool,
ferns and rushes had been planted
and water lilies were to be set out
later, after which a few gold fish will
be added. «,
There is no fountain or Inlet to the
pool; the water is supplied by the
lawn hose.
This idea can be followed by gar
deners, who find that the pool and
bog garden not only adds to the beau
ty and interest of the garden, but it Is
a source of considerable pleasure as
well.
BANKS ORDERING
HAND GRENADES
Over 175,000 Children In Fifth District
Will Be Routing Enemy, Waste,-
During Summer Months.
IMPORTANT FACTOR OF CITY
NotMnt Really of Greater Moment
Than the Question of Proper
Transportation.
A city Is a big business Institution.
Not merely in the business it under
takes of its own, but rather in the part
It plays in the business of the whole
community. - y
Take the comfort of its citizens, for,
instance. During the war the lumber
men found they had relatively little
labor trouble In camps in which it was
possible for families to live a normal,
wholesome life. Schools, churches,
medical attendance, amusements—all
entered into the labor problem.
What was true in the camps is true
in every city. The comforts available
for people help to determine the busi
ness possibilities of the city.
Another important business factor;
is that of the traffic system. In addi- j
tlon to street railway transportation, j
there must be adequate traffiewnys to
handle business.* It must be possible
for people to get quickly and easily
from one part of the city to ^another
and it must be possible to deliver
goods readily.
Would a large automobile plant be
able to turn out its enormous produc
tion of cars daily if it were cluttered
up, if its passageways were relatlrely
as narrow and congested as those of
Kansas City?—Kansas City Star.
Richmond, Va.—According to the
latest available figures over five hun
dred banks In the Fifth Federal Re-
serm District have ordered supplies
of hand grenade penny-savings banks
that are to be used by the children for
summer savings. The total number
of hand grenades that have been or-
dered exceeds 175,000.
The plan of the hand grenade bank"
originated in the Treasury Depart
ment, and the banks are being dis
tributed in this district by the War
Loan Organisation here. Every school
child under the agfc of seventeen years
may, by applying at the local bank, re-
eelge one of these hand grenade
penny-hanks as a loan for the Y*ca-
tlou period, if, during the summer,
enough money is saved to purchase
one or more War Savings Stamps the
bank becomes the property of the
child.
The hanks are made out of real hand
grenades that were to have been used
against the Huns. With percussion
cap and high explosive removed, and
slot* cut to receive and take out coins,
they are now doing service against
the enemy, waste, as banks for sav-
School officials all over the district
AGENTS CARRYING.
MESSAGE OF THRIFT
Harold Braddock, Director of Savings
Division Writes Letter of Ap
preciation to Each pf Eigh
teen Hundred Workers.
thosiastic about the plan. as # pUn8 for the ereatioQ of savings facil-
they feel that it will not only keep
alive but strengthen the thrift ideals
(ha! already have been Implanted In
tha minds of the children.
J. H. Binford, assistant superinten
dent of public schools here, has en
dorsed the scheme, in a recent letter
expressing the hope that all the banks
in the district Would co-operate by get
ting supplies of the hand grenades, as
the school children are enthusiastic
about securing them.
First-hand information and sugges
tions as to how to obtain increased
efficiency and prosperity may now be
obtained by women on the farm, In
any part of the country, from the home
demonstration agents of the depart-,
ment of agriculture. Entering into the
national savings movement with U Best
that characterizes all their work,
sofne eighteen hundred of these home
demonstration agents have been carry
ing the message of thrift into the farm
houses all over the United States.
In appreciation of their voluntarily
undertaken work, Director Braddock
has written a letter. to. pgch worker,
of commendation, which reads in pari:
"Thrift is primarily the people’s con
cern. If thrift is to become a perma
nent national asset, the people’s agen
cies and organizations must definitely
assume their share of responsibility
for Inculcating - thrift - by" including it
in their program for action. Schools,
churches, business ahd labor organiza
tions, fraternal societies and women’s
organisations, as well as agricultural
workers and agencies, are already un
dertaking this work and are in close
co-operation with the treasury de
partment."
According to Mr. Braddock’s letter.
Advertisements
OBJECT IS TO MAKE ~
PEOPLE PROSPEROUS
Rawer*meet Much Interested In Series
of War Savings Societies That
Are Rapidly Being Organized.
A Word for the Wild Bird.
A suburban or city home may be
very attractive to people, but not at
tractive to the birds. Remember, they
are not looking for beauty parlors.
The thrifty little songster Is in con
stant danger from the cat. It is
claimed that In the state of New York
there are five cats ter"every farm. It is
no wonder the cry Is coming from the
various states all over the Union that
plant* trees, and vegetables are be
ing taken, whole crops of them, by
pests, when the family ca£»—persist
ent bird killers—are kept and en
couraged. Give the wild birds a chance
by assuring them protection and an
attractlva nesting place. Note how
they repay you. A free orchestra,
with your fruits, flowers and garden
(brown In.—Thrift Magazine.
Government official* at Washing-
ton are watching with no little inter
est the growth of n series of societies
springing up all over the United.
States. Thay have already attained a
membership that reaches well up into
the millions.
Treasury department officials are
particularly Interested In this move-
meat, and it is fostared by that de
partment. As soon as a society is
formed the naaies of the president,
secretary and each individual mem
ber are placed In the dfeasmry depart
ment archives. /
These societies are War Savings
Societies, and. the motive of each so
ciety la Thrift. The government, in
favoring these organisatlgaa, has not
only In viaw the replenishing of the
United States treasury through the
•ale sd Thrift and War Sayings
Stamps, but the Mg Idea la to cause
each Individual member to learn the
value to himself of being thrifty.
The government id mot seeking to
divoit capital from legitimate com-
mersial enterprises. It does not want
ta tin up vast sums. It la tha person
whs has never saved systematically
that it la the most amrleus to roach.
This parson cam put aside the small
amounts that he has boon accustomed
to spend, and this, drawing four per
oaat aompouad Interest wfll ts an ta-
credibly short time grow into a large
enough sum to make the first pay
ment on a home, or to provide a sum
with which one may make a perma
nent Investment
~ EASY TO SAVT ~
By the same token that the best way
to have anything Is do It yourself, the
best way to get ahead in the world
is save regularly and invest wisely.
Your children may be buying Thrift
Stamps but the nickels oral dimes and
quarters they are able to save won’t
buy a new automobile or a homo or a
cultivator. The money to do that will
not be saved unless you save it
It’s easy enough to save if you do
it the W. S. 8. way. Quarters planted
in Thrift Stamps grow into War Sav
ings Stamps and the Interest makes
them grow like rain does a summer
flower. Save for that happy opportu
nity. If you’re not ia a War Savings
iSociety—get In one. Be with the
crowd.
"Nothing Is final!" said Napoleon
after the’battle of Jena. Ia days sf
prosperity insure against smergencioe.
Buy financial safety with War
ities in the home are outlined as fol
lows:
"1. Habit of saving first some part
of Income for future needs and of
spending wisely for present needs.
“2. Home betterment fund, to se
cure, for example, running water in
the house. ——1
"3. Savings plan for every boy and
girl.
"4. Savings fund in government se
curities for every family.
“5. Keeping of accounts to pro- 1
mote wise spending and to Increase
savings.
“6. Safe investment of savings
(Nos. 2, 3, 4) in government securi
ties nntil money is needed; War Sav*
inga Stamps as a desirable inv»st>
ment”
Did You Ever Say:
"IF I HAD THE MONEY f
Then consider
REGULAR RAVING—be mod
erate about 1*—it gives you the
power of
SELECTIVE BUYING, which
saves you still more mosey, be
sides getting you Just what you
want and prevlits funds tor
SECURE INVESTMENTS,
which pdo up money without
help from you while you’re get-
; ting some more.
It’s SURE and it’s EASY. Is
i anything bettor Ihsu that?
Start NOW with
WAR
SAVXNQ#
STAMPS.
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Read them as an investment.
Read them because they save you money.
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Read them because they introduce you to
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the newest styles—the latest comforts for
the Home—the best of the world’s invention.
Read them as a matter of education.
Read them to keep abreast of progress.
Read them—REGULARLY!
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