Take the loan

by Edward Everett Hale. Page [2] blank. Printed on heavt paper. At center of page [1] embossed colored illustration of American flag. At head of text: May, 1861--Written by Edward Everett Hale when the people had to be urged to subscribe for a 7.3 per cent loan. Those who did so are to day millionaires. Poem in eight four-line stanzas. Colophon on page [4]: Presented in the interest of the Third Liberty Loan. H.Y. Stites & Co. Investment Bonds. Industrial Trust Co. Building, Providence. Range of publication dates suggested because the Liberty Loans were authorized to fund American participation in World War I.