LET W. S. S. BE BANKS TO SAFEGUARD BONDS AND STAMPS Are Ready to Protect Securities of Small Investors Free or For Nominal Charge. In buying Liberty Bonds, Victory Bonds, Thrift and War Savings Stamps the people of the United States have done more than perform a patriotic duty-they have invested in the soundest securities in the world, gold obligations of the Unit ed States of America. But the safeguarding of those se curities has become a problem for many folk. Only a few persons, rel atively, have either a safe in the house or office, or a safe-deposit box in the vaults of the bank. Fa?- **i o many patriotic citizens are keeping bonds and stamps about the house, in the bureau drawer, under the mat tress, or on the shelf. And even if the treasure is thus hidden from thieves, there is the ever present dan ger of fire, and the loss of the money invested. There may be no further call for the people at large to subscribe to huge bond issues, but the govern ment needs the daily and weekly sums which come in from the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps for taxes must be kept down. The danger of loss has deterred some peo p.V from getting as many stamps as they might otherwise buy. Hence the problem will be a future question s well as a present one. Steps have been taken, however, to meet this situation. First, every bond or stamp certifi cate may be registered with the Treasury Department. Registration means that the owner's name and the number of his security have been "registered" by the government, and that nobody but himself can pos sibly get the money which the bond or stamp certificate calls for. Cer tificates may be registered through the nearest postoffice; bonds through the nearest bank. And the second method for safe guarding has been provided by the banks themselves. Every bank-na tional bank or savings bank-and ev ery trust company has, of course, ample and secure vaults. For the man who does not feel that he can afford to rent a safe deposit box to keep ?Liberty Bonds and War Savings ?Stamps in, many of the banks and trust companies have announced their willingness to keep these securities for him in their own vaults. ' SUCCESSFUL DOLLARS ARE THOSE WORKING Invested in War Savings Stamps They Never Fail to Yield You Hand some Profit. It is the dollar that goes to work that is the successful dollar. The idle dollar is a failure. . The success ful dollar brings back another dollar with it. It makes itself a dollar and something-two dollars and some thing-a whole family of dollars. But the careless dollar goes off somewhere and is never seen again. A Texas man the other day lost a life-time's savings-$786. His dol lars had gone off in the pockets of two fake stock promoters. He had not taught his dollars to keep good company. Hun-?reds of years ago a man to whom a handful of money had been irusted buried it all in a napkin. He got no increase-he did not even keep what he had. The dollar that succeeds is ener getic-and careful. War Savings Stamps do more than save your dol lars. They put them to work at compound interest. And they never fail. Your government guarantees every one of them. A man once bought Manhattan Isl Snd for $24. He had the $24. Buy Tar Savings Stamps and be ready. Provide a silver lining for the com ?a* ?laud- War Savngs Stamps will *? it. YOUR CHAMPION WAR SAVINGS STAMPS MADE HOME POSSIBLE Man Who Suddenly Found Himself Without Roof Over Head Was Able to Buy Property. . This true story tells how War Sav ings Stamps built a sure protection around one Washington war worker and his family. Early in the war savings campaign he began a small systematic invest ment in Thrift Stamps, which ulti ! mately grew until he had an. invest ment of $100. He says he acquired his stamps without depriving him self or family. The investment "just grew" out of incidental savings. Presently this incidental ' money became scarce. The war worker and his family felt the burden of the war time'high cost of living, and the anx iety and expense of extraordinary ill ness of the two children. Then an other blow fell. He awoke one morn ing to find that he had no place to live. His residence had been sold and he and his family were asked to va cate;. He could find no houses for ren~ within his means, and was con fronted with the necessity of leaving the city or buying a home for his family. He could not buy without making a substantial initial pay ment, and ready funds were seem ingly beyond reach. Then he thought of his War Sav ings Stamps. He remembered they wer? redeemable on ten days' notice, with accrued interest. With the pro ceeds of these stamps and such small sums as he could gather he made first payment on a new home in the suburbs. Recently he .oiused to sell it for $1,2)0 more than the purchase price. This man is a War Savings Stamp enthusiast-and he is on the straight road to financial independence. Sturt your mind going along saving lines and then watca it travel. Buy W. S. S. regularly. Pull together to produce mora, to eliminate waste, to save and to in vest in W. S. S. Keep your money at work for you. Re-invest your Liberty Bond terest In W. S. S. 7 fr<8><8*$?S^ REMEMBER THE ANT ! Save and have!' Remember the story of the ant and the grasshopper? The art worked and saved. The end of each day found him with a little more added to what he had the day before. The grass hopper danced and sang and fiddled his time away. Winter came; the ant had plenty. The grasshopper bad nothing; he had not saved. He went to the ant. and asked for help. Said the ant: "While I worked, you fooled your time away. You can dance now for all I care." Are you an ant-person or a grasshopper - person? Some time are you going to have to ask for help and will someone tell you to dance; or will you be independent? If you save now, you'll have later on. Let the end of every week find more Thrift Stamps on your card. At the end of ev ery month be able to show more War Savings Stamps pastel on . your certificate. Lend your money to the government at 4 per cent interest, compounded quarterly, and see it grow. Take stock of yourself! What are you worth? Will J next New Year's Day find you mm ? W/Stirn ther 1er garments. We i and boys need to ys. v?aves at prices that durable-all of the come to us. We ir that we have ever largest men. he stock is broken. ms mm mm sm ?sm