THE LIBERTY LOAN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15989, 25 August 1917, Page 7

THE LIBERTY LOAN.

« (HrECIAI.LT -WIUTTEK FOB "the .PKESS.'-JV-The National over, wo count tho coat. Hard though tha reckoning* be; Pleasure' evasive, money lost, Sadder and wiser wo."With eerious look wo close our took On tho field with tho numbers up, And turn our face to a. greater race— Tho race for the Liberty Cup. The oourso is long and. the pace is sore, Each has enormous weight, Three time® round they have gone before They gallop into the straight. The favourite leads, ho is better bred. And Ha is is a skilful rider; But Hindenburg, pressing 'to get ahead, Comes on his rank outsider. Hard they ride, uoing 6pur and -whip, Flogging without remorse, Close on their heels, if either slip, Death on. bis- old palo horeo. "Would you eee the colours red, -white and bluo Heating the black, and yellow ? Then put on that ultimate shilling—you— You —not the other fellow. If the • favourite wins, we have country, peace. Safety for dividend.If he fail—then freedom, yea, life will cease And all that wo prize will end. Money won't lio-ln us overhead, And certainly not below, And anyway, when wo aro dead—we're dead, For such a, long time, you know. Spare the money you waste on trash, Savo tho money you spend, If it hurts you badly to part with cash Now it Trill pay to lend. Rich, man, poor man, baronet, sweep, Give up tho pounds you own; Tho Liberty Cup may bo ours to keep By means of tbe Liberty Loan. To have our country and children frco Do -what is meet and right. Pay all you havo for security, Lend—if you cannot fight It's no good,singing ""We won't be slaves" To the Toll of. complacent drums. If Britain ceases to rule the waves, . And "William the Conqueror comee! L.H. I i