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Show mm i Leonora straightened the objects on her desk with great care. She . had put her desk at the end of her . room facing the door so that when her mother came in she would have 1 to cross the whole room under Leo- nora's stern executive eye to get to her. From movies and pictures In the newspapers Leonora had gotten a good idea of how the desk of a busy woman of affairs should look. With an important scowl, Leonora picked up a sheet of paper. Now she was two people herself, the busy woman, and her own stenographer. "Miss Simpkins, take a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, will you?" she murmured under her a breath. "Yes, I immediately," tVl rnurmurel I " tA'Vr back at herself. Leonora IWrV cleared her v. ! J throat and lvrV-1 looked at the pLjtX ceiling for in- J I V l spiration. Miss I - ' x ; ' Simpkins bent over the sheet of paper hanging on the words about to fall. "Dear Mr. Morgenthau," "Got that?" "Yes, madam." "I am ahem thirteen years old and anxious to- be of all possible service to the country at this time, aheml "I earn a weekly Income of from $1.37 to 2.12 by helping with the housework and by shovelling snow. I am at present in possession of one War Savings Bond and am buying stamps weekly. I want to become a member of the 10 percent Club. I feel it to be ahem not only my duty, but my privilege" ("How do you spell privilege?" asked Miss Simpkins. "Don't bother me with these details," said Leonora) my privilege as an American to invest at least ten percent of my income in War Bonds. Yours truly," "Get that off at once. Miss Simpkins," Simp-kins," said Leonora. "Yes, Ma'aml You certainly are an important woman, ma'am," said Miss Simpkins. Simp-kins. (Letter from an actual commimi-' cation in the files of the Treasury Department.) . S. Treasury Pifarlmtnt |