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FROM DEFENDANT
TO CAPITALIST

Dave
Broderick's
Prosperity
Dates From Day He Was
Haled Into Police
Court and Fined

It was the luckiest day of Dave Broderick's life when on a disturbance of the peace charge, he was haled before Justice Piper in the Niagara Falls, N. Y., police court and sentenced to pay $12 weekly for six months.

Dave looked aghast and said it simply "could not be did."

"Alright," said the judge, "six months on the rock pile for yours," and he adjusted his spectacles, dipped his pen in ink and started to write.

David, the defendant, did some tall thinking and he did it quickly. "Six months at the works," he ruminated, "and not a cent of pay! And this old codger says that for me if I do not buy $12 worth of War Savings Stamps every week for six months—26 weeks. That guy was right—life is just one darn thing after another. But I reckon it is best to lose $12 per week than $30."

So Dave halted the court.

"Alright, yer honor, I give up. I'll buy War Savings Stamps."

Judge Piper smiled grimly when he outlined the process which required that payments be made promptly, failure of which meant the work and when final payment was made Dave was to get W. S. S. for the full amount he had paid in.

When the six months had elapsed, Dave again said "good morning" to the judge. But this time he entered a voluntary appearance.

"Judge, yer honor," said Dave, no longer a defendant, "you sure did me a favor when you sentenced me to pay that $12 per week. I did not believe I could save a dollar a week. But I got through and now I see I have enough to make first payment on the home that me and the old woman have wanted ever since we married. And now I sentence myself to buy $10 a week of the same War Savings Stamps until we get the house paid for."

Police judges in other cities are trying out Judge Piper's plan and it is found workable everywhere.