Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-27

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Receipts for the first days sale of the
Christmas Red Cross stamps in Washing
ton were gratifying, according to officers
of the District chapter of the Red Cross
Society this morning. If the same ratio of
business continues until Christmas. ii is
predicted that the District of Columbia
will be among the foremost contributors
to the society's white plague fund.
The exact figures could not be given out,
as sales in a number of smaller establish
ments have not been reported. In many
of these latter establishments the exact
receipts, it was stated, will not be known
until the sale is over.
In the centrally located points of the
4 the receipts were beyond the District
officers fondest expectations. The greater
portion of the sales was made during the
lunch and shopping hours.
Possibly the largest receipts of the day
were taken in at the city post office,
where the postal authorities donated
room with two stamp windows, adjoining
one of the regular stamp-selling cages.
The room was occupied during the day by
one or more representatives of the Dis
trict chapter of the society. To purchase
d supply of the stamps it a matter
of a few steps from one window to the
other.
Post Office Warning.
About noon yesterday the post office au-
thorities issued statement to the effect
that if a package is sealed with the Red
Cross stamps or ''stickers'' of any sort it
becomes first-class mail matter and the
higher postal rates are charged accord
ingly. The statement was issued as a
warning to persons who buy the stamps
to be careful in forwarding packages not
to seal them with the stamps and thus
impose upon themselves the necessity of
paying the higher rates, when the char
acter of the matter does not require it.
An additional item of advertising the
stamp sale was the announcement made
by S. Kann. Sons & Co. today that they
proposed to inclose small card telling of
the sale and it's object with every Decem
ber statement to their credit customers.
The card is similar to the larger card
and poster displayed in hotel corridors.
stores and public buildings and on bill
boards.
1t is likely other stores of the city will
follow the lead of the kann company.
Inquiries from merchants have been re-
ceived at the District headquarters dur
ing the morning.
The sale of postal cards also has been
EXCEPTIONALLY gratifying, the society repre-
sentatives declare. They have already
been compelled to order 1,5U0 new cards,
to be placed sale this afternoon and
evening.
The original order to the national head
quarters OF 200 cards was bought up
SO rapidly that possibility of completely
selling out during the day brought forth
today's request for more
New Uses for Stamps.
The stamps are put to all sorts of uses
other than placing them mailing mat
ter, chief among which is their use on Wis
iting cards and invitations. This developed
today when several invitations to recep-
tions decorated with the stamps were ex-
hibited at the headquarters. The stamp
is used also restaurant menus and
private office bulletins.
Il presume everything Will be pasted
with them before the sale stops" re-
marked one of the stamp sellers this
morning. II noticed several shoppers
putting them on small hand packages
about an hour ago
The published list of the places where
the stamps are sale In the city was
augmented this morning by the addition
of the Raleigh Hotel, the Metropolitan
Hotel, Saks & Co, Mayberry & Hoover,
Herbst's pharmacy and Scherer's two
drug stores
Well have more this afternoon, said
stamp distribution. "A number of stores
seven, | think-telephoned this morning
asking for stamps. and employees of two
or three came in to make arrangements
for a supply this evening or Monday