Show loans loan of honor tip never had bad a mite of patience the fellow who looks with such reverence reve renco on a debt 0 of honor hone r As a rule ml the debt of honor chap fret a bit about bilking his grocer but an experiment with loans of honor put in the right places has baa shown tb the average yr person 1 Is honest bt several years ago public spirited men got together at lyons and formed what they called a loan and honor society the purpose was to furnish money to clerks laborers and apparently joany to any poor and needy persons no other security than the borrowers word was asked in 1910 11 money was lent to 88 individuals sixty eight of these were women all but twenty seven of tho the borrowers were married sickness mad of the loans necessary necea aary loss loo of 0 work 83 previous debts 84 and starting ta housekeeping 27 the sums borrowed varied from 6 to 60 dur inc 1119 its beveral years of existence the society has lost only 1200 yes the average keraga person Is 1 not ft a thief new tork press |