Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — EARNED LESSON OF THRIFT [ARTICLE]

EARNED LESSON OF THRIFT

3oys and Girls of New Jersey Town Have Made Record of Which They Are Proud. If there has been less talk of the servant problem in Bridgeton, New Jersey, than elsewhere, it is quite exalainable. Not to be outdone by their European sisters and brothers in matters of thrift and Industry, 25 youngrters in that town have invested SI,OOO n United States thrift stamps this .■•ear, thanks to their own hard work. Boys and girls alike have welcomed opportunities of doing remunerative lishwashing, sweeping, dusting, store jlerking, baby-minding, errand-run-ning, etc., with the goal of economy symbolized by government stamps ahead of them. The more ambitious have undertaken cutting weeds, carryng coal, sifting ashes, selling papers, raising chickens, cleaning pavements, and some have even won prizes to add to their savings. Having found that time can be converted into money it is doubtful whether these boy- will again and the street corner a worthwhile place for spending idle hours, or the prls be content to waste periods in porch chatter.