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Show TO HONOjpiKUN U. S. TO CELEBRATE 213TH BIRTHDAY BIRTH-DAY OF PHILOSOPHER. Purpose of Observance Is to Encourage Encour-age Continuance of National Thrift. Washington. ISenjamin Franklin, whose plctuer adorns the 1919 issue of the War Savings certificates, will have on January 17 his 213th birthday one of the most unique birthday celebrations cele-brations ever undertaken iu honor of a distinguished American. It will have the full bucking of the United States government. The event will be celebrated through special exercises to be held in the public pub-lic schools throughout the country and by various children's organizations. More than 150,000 War Savings societies socie-ties will make the day a special one. In these a.,d many other ways the nation na-tion will join In paying n gigantic tribute to Benjamin Franklin, whose words of wisdom on thrift and saving are familiar in every American home. The purpose of this birthday cele bration is to encourage uie continuance continu-ance of national thrift. Americans, pre-war wasters, became notable savers sav-ers under war's pressure. Nationalizing this newly acquired thrift habit is the task undertaken by the United States treasury. Wise buying, sane saving and sane investment are the watch-yords watch-yords of the 1919 thrift program. In Franklin's day the almanac was one of the most popular forms of literature. lit-erature. For years Franklin himself was the author of an almanac bearing the signature of Richard Saunders, popularly Known as "Poor Richard." Many of Franklin's trite sayings are as applicable now as then. "Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on," said "Poor Richard" in his "advice to a Young Tradesman." "He that waits upon fortune is nev-be nev-be sure of a dinner," again said Frank-'Look Frank-'Look before or you'll find your-"tiind. your-"tiind. Beware of small ex- small leak will sink a great I o ! at San. - other of Franklin's i tvjit! as a - as texts in spe- Wilson, the p..- events on visions of article different place, and the"-"provjde" the"-"provjde" was changed to " |