| Show beldi the little girl tugged gently at her mothers sleeve now mother she asked now bowl cant we write my letter why of course betsy mrs carson grinned are you going to write writ it or am I 1 well betsy said maybe better kind of say it to me only id love to write it all right then miss cal carson take a letter her mother said I 1 wiking walking slowly up and down the room ready dear mr morg anthau the way I 1 save money for war stamp buying is to steer all the small household jobs toward my daughter who is eight years old she is so keen about buying war stamps that I 1 know all the money I 1 might have paid to someone else for doing the jobs will go toward victory when paid to her now make a list betsy windows 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 at one cent a yard 20 cents total yours helpfully I 1 hope and then ill sign it at the bottom betsy was puffing like a grampus from her labors the tall painstaking letters tottered bravely across the sheet of paper gravely mrs carson took the pen to sign mother would it be the proper etiquette if I 1 signed it too perfectly proper I 1 think mrs carson said without a smile an and handed the pen back to betsy letter from an actual communication ni in the files of the treasury department every member of the family should invest in americas future make certain at least 10 percent of the fam ilys total income is pledged to victory no later than new year day US y S treasury deparse m w |
