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Show , I IIa Ia Kathleen ( tllleell Norris Says : ! Bnying Buying YictOl Victor y Bonds Is Self-Plotection Self Plotection Self-Pi Self Pi - otection otectionBell Bell Synd cate-WNU cate WNU Cate-WNti WNti - Features \ \ l lI ) /I I / J Jf _ _ I I II /\f\ f / \I I \ fYou \ / You do a sens ble even a selfr selffish 1r II tl IIng tlrig ng rig It tar ! e I you ) OU buy VlClory Victory Bonds you youdo youdo do a smart t1 t1rng t1tag rng tag In a bus nessl nessl6e ke 6e Ulay way It u is self protectIOn nolh noth nolhng nothrig ng rig nobler noblerthan noblerthan than that . . By KATHLEEN NORRISHE NORRIS NORRIS1 HE probabilIty IS that thatyou THE Tyou thatTyou you and your husband husbandhave husbandhave -1- 1 - 1have - have invested mvested a certam certain certamamount certainamount certainamount amount of dollars m VIctory VIctoryBonds VictoryBonds VictoryBonds Bonds and Victory Stamps StampsAnd StampsAnd StampsAnd And 5 3 : } ou probably feel a lIttle httle lIttlethnll httlethrill littlethrill thnll thrill of pride pnde and patrIOtism patrIOtismwIth patriotismwith patriotismwith wIth every dollar so InvestedBut investedBut invested investedBut But the real truth is that thatthere thatthere thatthere there is 15 no reason here for forcomplacency forcomplacency forcomplacency complacency You do a sen sensIble senslble sensible sIble slble even a selfish thmg thing thmgwhen thingwhen thingwhen when you buy Victory Bonds Bondsou 3 : } ou do a smart thing thmg in m a abusmesshke abusinesslike abusinesslike busmesshke businesslike way For if there thereis IS to be an America Amenca tom tomor tomorrow tomorrow or orrow row ; : } our bonds and stamps stampswIll stampswill stampswill wIll be the most valuable valuablethmgs valuablethings valuablethings thmgs things in it and if there isn rsn tan tan t tan -an an - an imposs ble be ] hypothes shlch s which \\hlch hlch \ \ I Iput Iput Iput put in m merely for l11ustratlOn-noth l11ustratlOn noth illustration-noth illustration l11ustratlOnnothmg illustrationnothing illustration - nothing mg ing that you have hoarded or saved savedm savedmoney savedmoney will be beworth beworth beworth m money Jney < property stocks worth . what hat is class cally sally kno'II kno vn \'II 'II II vu \ ' as asa asa asa a tinker tmker s damMore damMore dam damMore More than that If we of Amenca America Amencanse Americarise Americarise nse rise to th s s tuat on not with a asepse asepse asense sepse of being bemg generous and reck reek reckless reekless reckless less and . , wholehearted vholehearted but because becausewe becausewe becausewe we appreciate the facts of the case casethIS casethis casethis thIS country will be spared mfla infla inflat mflat t on . . . Our financial authont authorit es could couldcreate couldcreate couldcreate create that inflation mflatlon now very SlID sins SlIDply sinsply sunply ply They have the power to float floatbllIons floatbillions floatbillions bllIons billions ] of o ( new b Us lls amongst us uswe uswe uswe we wouldn t full realize see ng ngthese ngthese ngthese these new bills that everyone every one of ofthem ofthem ofthem them meant that what you and I Ihave Ihave Ihave have m in the bank was worth that thatm1.ch thatmtch thatmuch m1.ch m1ch mtch . less lessIt It Is Self Protection ProtectionSo So buying buymg bonds is self protection protectionnoth protectionnoth protectionnoth noth ng nobler than that It If we wedon wedon wedon don t we lose what we have It If we wedo wedo wedo do we keep what we have and add addto addto addto to it valuable investments mvestments that m on mten onten inten ten years will w1l ! be redeemed at m in mterest interest mterest mterestYoud terest terestYou You Youd d get the general idea ldea fast fastenough fastenough fastenough enough it 11 someone went to your bank bankand bankand bankand and drew out one th rd of sour } our mon money money money ey A th ef of e ( . who .ho ho d d i < it would be bepunished bepunished bepunished punished to the full extent of the thela thela thela la v But this wouldn t be a thIef thIefth thiefth thiefth th s would be a person w Ih lh th per perfect perfeet perfeet fect feet rights who wlto m ght remind remmd you youas youas youas as he t \ ent away w tv th your good goodmoney goodmoney goodmoney money that in m another three months monthshe monthshe monthshe he meant to come and get another anotherth anotherthrd anotherthrdIt th rd rdIf It If your comment on th s Is IsThat isThat isThat That s outrageousl outrageous ! the rea real ] an answer answer answer swer is slmper simpler ] st at 11 ll Tl TI at s var varWe v ar arWe arWe We are in m a desperate battle no v vagamst vagainst vagamst agamst against forces that may ga n power powerover powerover powerover over all the world or that may be becurbed becurbed becurbed curbed and controlled tor for 100 years yearsCurbed yearsCurbed yearsCurbed Curbed and controlled unt tint 1 I the hor horrors horrors horrors rors of mil mll tar sm and invasion mvaslon d e eaway eaway eaway away into mto the sunrise of o ( a saner sanerday sanerday sanerday day We can t stop now We can t tgo tgo tgo go back to the comfortable day daywhen daywhen daywhen when one hundred dollars in m the thebank thebank thebank bank i t \ as one hundred dollars and andnobody andnobody andnobody nobody could eould take it awayTen awayTea away awayTen Ten Tea Per Pcr Cent Is Too Little LittleThe LittleThe LittleThe The only thing thmg we .e e . can do to save savewhat savewhat savewhat what v.e ve .e e we . . have is to invest mvest in m Amer AmerIca Amerrca America Ica rca They are talking now of ot 10 10per 10per 10I per cent invest mvest ng That seems to tome tome tome me too 1 ttle My own suggestlon suggestion suggestlonwould suggestionwould suggestionwould would be that every family gIve gIveone giveone giveone one third Uurd of its ltS income mcome to the gov government goverament government ernment erament for safekeeping safekeepmg until the theday theday theday day of peace Wages are h gh now nowsalarIes nowsalaries nowsalaries salarIes have ballooned ballponed upward and andevery andevery andevery every man who wants a job-and job and jobandqu job - - andqu qu te to a few who .ho ho . don t-18 t 18 t-is is t - is at work workHearts workHearts workHearts Hearts are opened to deeds of ofcourage ofcourage ofcourage courage and to the facing facmg of ofchanges ofchanges ofchanges changes many of us who have nev never never never er seen any good in war Itse itself ! are arenevertheless arenevertheless arenevertheless nevertheless deterrrur determired determued ed to find good goodm goodin goodin m in the enlarged opportunities of ofsharing ofsharing ofsharing sharing and brotherlmcss brotherlmess brotherliness that war wartime wartime wartime time emot ons ens br ng w th them themWe themWe themWe We are all knitting kmttmg knottmg cooking cooklng wnt writ wntmg writI writsag writing I mg sag letter letters * to camps gathering gathermg up tinfoil tmfOl ] and rubber active in m many manyways manyways manyways ways we didn dldn t th nk necessary or orposslbe orpossible orpossible posslbe possible ] a few years agoWhat agoWhat ago agoWhat What we women have to get getthrough getthrough getthrough through our heads is 15 that no service serviceto to the family famlY ] compares to the serv servIce service service Ice that is as investment mvestment in m Victory VictoryBonds VictoryBonds VictoryBonds Bonds It Is small use to get mto into mto1lD10rm intouniform intouniform 1lD10rm uniform ! keep office hours collect collectpacks collectpacks collectpacks packs of cards and packs ot of o ( clga toga clgarettes togarettes cigarettes rettes tor for the boys and at the same sametlIDe sametime sametune tlIDe time to say dreamily I d d buy two twodollars twodollars i idollars dollars worth of stamps from Mar MarIon Marion Marion Ion and I meant to buy more but I Iforgot Iforgot Iforgot IforgotWould forgot forgotWould forgotWould Would Prevent Inflation InflationVictory InflationVictory I VIctory Bonds ought to come next nextto nextto nextto to rent and grocery b Us 115 It If nextI the thegovern thegovernment thegovernment I govern government ent could count on one th rd rdof rdof rdof of the national income mcome in m the next nextt ' t vo years we w . wouldn .ouldn ouldn ouldn t have to have havemflat havemflat havemflat mflat on We would be the only onlycountry onlycountry onlycountry country that ever came through a awar awar awar war without wlthout it it itBut . . But . while v.hJ1e vhJ1e whole women are under the thedelusIOn thedelusion thedelusion delusIOn that buying buymg Victory Bonds Bondsis IS a pretty and loal loyal lo ; a ] gesture done donepartly donepartly donepartly partly to please dear Louise LOUlse Baker Bakerwho Bakerwho Bakerwho who s ts is at a 1 ] ttle the table sellmg selling sellmgthen sellingthen sellingthe-n sellingthe n the-n the n then - - in m that hot department store storefive storefive storefive five mornings mormngs a week the govern government governmeet government ment meet s vigorous determmat determinat on to tospare tospare tospare spare us inflat mflat on is jeopardized Our Ourfate Ourfate Ourfate fate is in m our own hands now it lt IS ISfor isfor istor for us to decide ItOne itOne it itOne One v/oman v oman woman / I know finds herse herself herselftoday herselftoday ! today with an Income of something something111 somethinghI somethinglil hI lil hIe lila e a $ $ $350 350 $ a month Up to th s time timeIt timeit timeit It has hovered Irregularly around around$140 around140 $140 140 $ . . .She She . is putt ng $100 100 $ a month monthinto monthinto monthinto into V ctory story Bonds Three of ot o1 her herfour herfour hertour four ch Idren ldren work and she mSlsts insists mSlststhat insiststhat insiststhat that one third ot of o1 what they earn earnshall earnshall earnshall shall be invested mvested that wayShe wayShe way wayShe She does her own . work .ork ork the fam fans famIly fansily family Ily table is the same plain plam old ta to tabe toble table be ble ] the girls glrs ] put aprons over theIr theIroffice theiroffice theiroffice office clothes and do the bedrooms bedroomsand bedroomsand ; and the dishes the small boy boysweeps boysweeps boysweeps sweeps porches and runs errands errandsJust errandsjust errandsjust Just as he d d before the aggregate aggregatemonthly aggregatemonthly aggregatemonthly monthly tarn fam tam ly Iy income mcome was approx approximately approximately approxInnately imately $700I $700 700 $ | I sa d someth ng praising the thespirit thespirit thespirit spirit of this woman but she shelaughed shelaughed shelaughed laughed it offExcellent oftExcellent off oft offExcellent Excellent Opportunity OpportunityWonderful OpportunityWonderful OpportunityWonderful Wonderful ? Mllly Milly Carter ech echoed echoed echoed oed scornfully There s nothIng nothIngwonderful nothingwonderful nothingwonderful wonderful about it of It s a chance to tofix tofix tofix fix this Uus family up tor for life We In ten tenyears tenyears tenyears years these girls glrs ] w 11 n be married marriedand marriedand marriedand and each one will have a good sound soundmvestment soundinvestment soundinvestment mvestment investment that will mean a home homefor homefor hometor for all aU of them I never dared hope hopefor hopefor hopefor for such an opportunity opportumly Americais AmencaIS Amenca America IS st 11 the land that gives the work workmg working working mg ing people the best break 11211y 11211yconcluded M lly llyconcluded Ilyconcluded concluded her eyes on the flag that thatfl thatfl fl es cheerfully above the shabby shabbyCarter shabbyCarter shabbyCarter Carter home I m taking takmg advan advantage advantage advantage tage of it as my ancestors d d that s sall sall sall all |