The Washington times., 1910-03-08
Police Restraint Required in
Eagerncss to Start Saw
ingS Accounts.
FOUR CLERKS BUSY
GIVING OUT BANKS
Many Encouraged to Take First
Step Toward Habit of
Thrift.

More than 2.OOO persons. ranging I'm
age from III, yide-awake. thrifty news
boy 10 the slivery-haired man OF three
score and ten, crowded around The
Washington Times office this morning
10 share in the 5000 which The Wash
ington Times is giving away 20 en-
courage the savings habit
Many who applied had already realized
what a savings account means, but this
is the first time the savings habit had
been urged directly upon them and the
opportunity to start a savings account
given them. Each and every. one seem
ed eager TO sieze the opportunity af-
forded.
Crowd Orderly, But Large.
Applicants came in such crowds that
at times II was almost Impossible TO
handle them, even with the assistance
OF the policemen Major sylvester sent
70 aid i'm keeping the applicants in
orderly lines At the windows IN The
Times office four clerks We're busy
handing out the pocket banks and So
cent checks as fast as the names and
addresses Of the applicants could be
taken.
Besides these personal demands. hun
dreds Of readers Of The Times, residing
in Hyattsvi1.e. Anacestia. Alexandra.
Benning, and other nearby towns took
advantage OF The Times offer by mail
ing their applications. Another force
Of clerks were busy an the morning
opening these letters and filing applica-
tions they contained.
Plan Is Unique.
The plan was absolutely unique. The
announcement that The Times was pre-
pared to give away 300 checks good for
q cents each and 5ooo pocket banks
worth 80 cents TO the first 5n10 readers
who applied with The purpose Of start
ing savings accounts had created iu-
tense interest since the first aunouuce-
nent appeared in The Times advertise
ment just d week ago today. Each day
hundreds OF inquiries were received as
10 the method Of distribution. and there
seemed to be a suspicion on the part
Of some that there must be some hid
den Joker or string attached TO the
offer.
As The Times proved this morning.
and viii prove until 5000 applicants
have been satisfied, there was abso-
utely no string" OF -Ioker'' concealed
anywhere in the plan. The one CON
dltion is that the ffty-cent check can
only be used Tor the purpose Of starting
SAVINGS account. and 10 insure the
fruition OF this purpose the stipulation
was mace that two dollars in cash must
accompany the hfty-ceut check iu order
10 make the latter valid.
Wage Earuers In Crowd.
Tile crowd that began gathering early
this morning was good natgred- There
was little pushing or ruIeuess. All
sorts and conditions of men and women
gathered. but most were wage oanprs
and moderately well-to-do persons who
were anxious 10 take advantage Of The
Times' offer and start savings ac-
count.
Il have always wanted TO start saw
iuEe account and Iu p-i my WAGES
where il WASH [ quite s." easy to -et
80 them and spend them said one
Young woman Who Is drawing COud
salary in the Government employ. but
I never have seemed 90 get around 90
it. This will be my chance. ond ! am
quite sure that there WI be EoOdlE
Uerc-niacc Of nv salary iu the bank
nj the end Of another year
This was the cUuCCu-uS OF opinion OF
All who gathered. CUd the rush 90 the
Fourteenth Street Savings EanW. which
started Immediately after the first OF the
r,,ckat banks ard checks had bceA hand
ID out proved tine e1rnestness Of the APP
pliCarts-
Deposits Hastily Made
It seemed that every applicant who
mad the additional 81 handy refused 20
postpone the opportunity, and rushed
TO the bank to start an account at
once.
The distribution viii continue between
the hours Of 1880 and 1.30 each day un-
til the 500 pocket safes and checks
are an gone. For the benefit of those
readers who have not yet been able 90
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