Show The Working Woman And Arid the Speculator tor S. S By Sophie Irene Loeb Loeb- A friend of mine came to me the theother I I I other day in I great distress crying Why dont don't you write an article warning warn warn- warn warn-j I ing lag women hard working women against the J Th There ere Is' Is isa the the woman that does m my I r- r its work sh She's lost a ath th thousand us i and r d dollars dot dol lars Ears through a speculator tor Do you know how long it took her to save that thousand dollars dollars' J Lust Just st fifteen years She had two yo little boys to keep b be beIng being be- be ing a widow and nd by skimping and saying say sv ing she managed to accumulate this sum and thought she might like to go into the into the rooming business so that she could better care f for 1 her children At t home I She Sh got acquainted with a man who s 's secured cur d houses to rent He realized she had some money to Invest in invest invest In- In vest so he hc gradually dissuaded her from going Int into this business and suggested that she invest her money in some lots Jots in the West Yest a place that would yield her a big return if I she would just hold them a little while It a all ahi looked good on pap paper r. r There I I were the lots hots and there were the big headlines about how this new section section sec sac tion was flourishing and hoW hov everybody everybody everybody every every- body was buying up a all the property around and that now was the time timeto to get in on the ground floor Well We Lucy got in on the ground floor sighed my interested friend and it will take some legal elevators to lift her out and I doubt if anything anything any any anything thing will move this man to give glye herthe her herthe herthe the money back The land Jand is there a all right but it itis itis is one of those No Mans Man's Land Some Someplace Someplace place that was probably bought at a afew afew afew few cents an acre acres acre acres that she he will never see Oh dear dear she wailed walled what can a woman woman do I can te tell you what a woman can an do my dear friend She c can n take a a little warning and get a a little backbone and refuse to obe obey the soothing words of the scoundrel that stalks abroad and preys on foolish and ignorant women This is the species of the mi male e that causes all heartaches of the poor and the downtrodden There is little or no excuse for a I I I I I woman being duped in id these these days She who runs may r read ad and the public prints are full of accounts of such mistakes made by women mis women mis mistakes takes th that t are m many ny th times es never rectified 4 t S Why should ld not n Ito to them But how will vill they know you ask ak The safe rule to follow is this Beware Beware Beware Be Be- ware of the stranger who wants to invest your Jr money No matter how honest he appears to be or how much he tries to tomake make you feel that it is nothing to himor him or that he is doing you a a. favor do doa doa a 3 a little Investigating on your own ac ac- ac- ac count Learn something about the man who would t take ke keh charge h rge of of yo your r m money n y and when in the least doubt doubt doubt-don't don't dont do any any- any any- thing Hold Holdon on to the coin A dollar Inthe in inthe inthe the bank is often otten worth a thousand in some wild and woolly landscape In these days if It you have money to invest J buy uy Liberty bonds Not only for patriotism but for your protection Ever Every dollar you invest brings you 4 cents a year year while while you wait And the g government nt is behind it a all Every woman can protect herself especially in these war times by find finding finding ing th the safe ard sane way to preserve her little savings savings and and forestall forestal later hater sorrow Cop Copyright Cop right 1918 1915 by the Press Publishing PuNIshing Co the York Vork |