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Show The little girl tugged gently at her mother's sleeve. "Now, Mother?" she asked. "Now can't we write my letter?" "Why of course, Betsy," Mrs. Carson grinned. "Are you going to write it or am I?'N "Well," Betsy said. "Maybe you'd better kind of say it to me. Only I'd love to write it." "All right, then, Miss Carson, take a letter," her mother said, walking slowly up and down the room. "Ready? 'Dear Mr. Mor-genthau: Mor-genthau: The way I save money for War Stamp buying is to steer all the small household jobs to-j, to-j, w a r d m y ffl jiji, daughter, who III s s eiSht years I II I ol(- Slle is s0 IwtSS T V51 keen about Ljy. xftVjr" buying War U-s5"S3 Stamps that I ' know all the money I might have paid to someone else for doing do-ing the jobs will go toward Victory when paid to her.' "Now make a list, Betsy. 'Windows 'Win-dows washed, 60 cents. Apples picked from under the tree, 25 cents. Emptied trash cans, 4 cents. Sold string beans from the garden, 15 cents. Sold strips of spoiled film to children for sun-gazing, sun-gazing, at one cent a yard, 20 cents. Total, $1.24. Yours helpfully, help-fully, I hope,' and then I'll sign it at the bottom." Betsy was puffing like a grampus gram-pus from her labors. The tall, painstaking letters tottered bravely brave-ly across the sheet of paper. Gravely Mrs. Carson took the pen to sign. "Mother, would it be the proper etiquette if I signed it too?" "Perfectly proper, I think," Mrs. Carson said without a smile, and handed the pen back to Betsy. (Letter from an actual communication commu-nication in the files of the Treasury Treas-ury Department.) Every member of the family-should family-should invest in America's future. Make certain at least 10 percent of the family's total income is pledged to victory no later than New Year's Day. (.'. Trcasur-; V;mi ( ,.vn |