Judge — January 12, 1918 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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WIIKA Valuable Lessons ANY cases of patriotic self-sacrifice on the part of boys and girls during the Liberty Bond campaigns have come to light. Boys and girls who never before had thought of earning money set about that very thing. School- boys secured jobs that filled their after hours and devoted and are devoting their small earnings to installment buying of bonds. And even girls found ways in which to earn or save small amounts for the same purpose. Love of country and devotion to its interests are the main- springs of such action. But something else results. Thrift be- comes a habit in such circumstances. And thrift means well- being, all other things being equal. Thus, also, adults who have economized in things to which they formerly gave no thought in order to buy Liberty Bonds have naturally become more careful in expenditure. Even the careless in money matters among those of small means that scrimped in order to prove their faith in their country and help it in dire need have learned a lesson that will make for their greater comfort and happiness in the future. Now comes the newer plan of the government to conserve small savings. The scheme of War-Saving Certificates, which make even the smallest sum useful to the government and en- ables those who invest small sums to profit thereby and at the same time help win the war, is winning general attention and support. This plan affords a means by which every man, woman and child in America may aid in financing the Nation the brake’s owner. Common sense is the indefinable something that prevents a piano-mover from seeking to win the heart of a princess, stops a business man from rolling a dollar down hill to bring back another dollar that has disappeared in the same place, and proves to a prospector the absurdity of digging for gold in a cinder pile. Until a few years ago, common sense im- pressed on everyone the futility of trying to learn to fly—that is to say it impressed everyone except Langley and the Wright Brothers. Occasionally, moreover, a piano-mover wins the heart of a princess, and somebody finds gold in a cinder pile. Common sense is quite essential to the happiness of the human race; but a few judicious lapses into crazy dreams are necessary to keep the world from stagnating. Sixes and Sevens N° of our latter-day warriors in the Old Testament cities has tried to capture Jericho with Joshua’s weapon—the ram’s horn—but several of our Jatter-day statesmen are profi- cient with the weapon Samson used to slay the Philistine. 2 One blow won’t end this war and even if it would the United States Senate has adopted the cloture. 2 Men will raise prices without consulting Mr. Hoover, but anyhow they don’t consult him without raising prices. : # The Greeks haven’t paid ex-King Constantine the $100,000 annuity they promised him, but on the that it may successfully prosecute the var waging in behalf ot human liberty. This plan also affords an opportunity for bringing into every home, no mat- ter how humble, the lesson of saving and thrift as an individual benefit as well as a national necessity. During the war, which must be carried to vic- tory for this country, all such plans are of vital necessity. After the war the result will be seen in a nation more powerful than ever through the lessons in saving that will have been enforced. Common Sense '‘OMMON SENSE is the emer- gency brake on human endeavor. A number of things frequently mili- tate against a proper working of the brake, chief among which are too much youth, too much love, too much money and too much dreaming. When the brake fails to work, the neighbors hide behind their curtains and fear for the future—of indow Absent-minded Semmy— fergot my gun! other hand they haven’t taxed him on it as war profits. 2 People are urged to eat cheese as a substitute for meat, but most of the places where they served it have “gone dry” and the rest have abol- ished the free lunch. 4 Folks used to send the little girl to the neighbors to borrow a cupful of sugar, but nowadays it is hardly worth while to borrow the little girl. The Bolsheviki have incurred the ill will of everybody else who ruined Russia, but they haven’t done one sane thing to deserve it. 2 When we make the world safe for democracy, let’s equip the safe with a burglar alarm against short-haired women and long-haired men—cranks, demagogues and ismists generally. There, I've gone an’