BANK BOOKS FOR BABIES.
j 'riiAn,excellent. scheme, for the;'encburagernent of-;,thjift : has. ! been^adopted rV by pality'.of J'Schoneberg, the ,most. aristocratic. puburb:l,of., Berlin.,' v..,:'',';.-; 1 '.;; ";.•'. ;;; ■'■' ■■ ;■' :'.;, 'Every.'! baby; born, m.the 'district witt. after;'|be';p'resented{by;..the ..munibipality.,wi'th : ■a;V'savings-bankiVaccount;: with' Tan '.; opening depbsit;:of-'pne' shilliiigV'-.,T-he ; bounty.will';be hestowed;;Uppii:;the' i -phjldfen"' i millionaire''-without; discrimination..'....,. ~;|/-, ,; As' soon; as tho baby's ; birth : is'-' registered, a deppsit-bpok' will'be. : .m'ade'but;m its name and fprwarded .to ]the. parents,', with, the • sug-■ gestibri-'that thb.time to-begiitsaving is when their ■ ph'ildron:'lare .youiig..; 'Incidentally,\the' : ;parents;'will be."notified^fjiat."tlie,;initial.'deposit ipf.- one, shil]ing.;inay..'nbt be .claimed.' by /t'hei£\,!;The-authorities of ■ ;Schoneberg,'-'who ' n'a've..bofrd'wed, : t.hb' idea' that'.it;.will fbe a;• splendid'.incentive', to ■' thrift.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 3
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95BANK BOOKS FOR BABIES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 3
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