Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
WOMEN PARADE
FORLIBERTY LOAN
Patriotic Demonstration in
Germantown City's Total
to Date, $15O,OO0,OOO
BANK ADDS $5,Ooo,OOO
Philadelphia National Doubles
First Subscription-LibertyB Bell
to Be in Wednesdays Turnout


rade In Germantown. while from the head
quarters Of the executive committee of the
Liberty Loan campaign in the Phiadel-
phia district the announcement was made
that up to noon today the total subscrip-
tions to the second issue Of Liberty Bonds
was unofficially estimated at having
reached $3.50 100000. The amount which
the district is called upon to subscribe is
t415, 900, 900.
The women who took part in the Ger
mantown demonstration. which began at
o'clock, assembled at the old Johnson
napsion. at Germantown avenue and Wash
kgton lane. The chief marshal of the pa.
rade was Mrs James NJ. Starr who was
assisted by Mrs. Thomas Raeburu White,
Mrs Charles Day, Mrs Henry l.. Davis,
Jrs Mrs Churchill Williams Mrs, Harry
Cassard, Mrs Ernest Toogood, Mrs. Henry
Spencer Edmunds, Mrs Charles Hay and
Mrs John Macarthur Harris.
SPLENDID DEMONSTRATION
Led by platoon Of mounted police and
Troop A. of the Germantown Home Guards.
as an honor guard for the chief marshal,
the women marched down Germantown
avenue to Chelten avenue. west on Church
lane to Greene street. and south on Greene
street TO the Germantown Academy, at
School House lane. There patriotic ad
dresses were made by A. w Crawford and
Miss Clara Middleton, chairman of the
womens Liberty Loan committee for the
Philadelphia district and community sing
Ing followed.
Every organization Of women in Ger.
mantown took part in the parade. Among
them were the members Of the National
League for Women's Service, the Women's
Permanent Emergency Association, the
Ladies' Of the G. A. r.. the Daughters OF
the American Revolution, the Red Cross,
the Pennsylvania Railroad War Relief,
the Young Womens Christian Association,
the National Womans Suffrage Associa-
tion of Germantown, the Civic Club OF
FI,r. IN nj tnNt
Eastern Star and the A. o. H. Members
Of twenty church teams. pupils of private.
public and parochial schools were in line
At the head of the procession marched
eight-year-old Helen NJ Large. of 352
Church lane, attred as a Red Cross nurse.
She has taken part i'm every suffrage par
ade, except one, held In the last five years.
Dressed as Uncle SAM Walter Raiguel, ten
years old, of 5323 Wakefield street marched
beside her. -Four pioneer suffragists, Mrs.
NJ f. Kenderdine, Miss Jean Campbell, Mrs.
Richard Day and Mrs. Edward Troth, We're
in line.
SERVICE FLAGS IN LINE
Bursts of applause came from the spec
tntors as about fifty women, each of whom
has sent one or more sons into the nations
armed service, appeared in the procession.
q Each woman carried a service flag, the
number of its stars indicating how many
Of her sons had gone to fight for their
y
and one of them had four,
A part of the route was over old Main
street, where Washington's army marched
through Germantown to Valley Forge.
ALTHOUGH the Liberty Loan women's COM
ritttee of Germantown was organized only
last tuesday, the work of weeks has been
crowded into the last few days.
The women viii begin house-to-house
canvass for subscribers Monday.
Among the big subscriptions to the sec
ond issue of Liberty Bonds announced to-
day was that of A. J. Cassatt & Co, who
took 100000 Of the bonds. The Penn
Leather Company also announced sub
ncription OF S25OOO The central women's
committee has taken subscriptions of Sl41,-
BOO up to date It was announced
The Packard Motorcar Company will de-
vote the proceeds of all its sales during
the coming week TO the purchase of Lib
erty bonds. Lee j. Eastman, manager of
the concerns Philadelphia office estimated
the amount TO be between Sl50,000 and
100000.
The Philadelphia National Bank today
announced an additional subscription of
S5,0000O0 for itself and its customers. The
total amount taken by this bank is now
$4,000, 900.
MORE BIG ADDITIONS
Another large subscription announced
tDday was that of the Real Estate Title and
Trust Company and r. Nelson Buckley,
trustee for the estate OF Robert N. Carson,
of $250,0O0. Madeira, Hill & Co, coal
operators, have subscribed for themselves
and their employees s150,0O0. Robert Keso
Cassatt has subscribed for $25O,OOO of the
war bonds.
Frank Schoble & Co, hat manufac-
turers, turned in a subscription of $685.
600 This firm employs 700 laborers,
among them $50 women. OF the amount
subscribed $4,000 is given by 654 employees
and $4,000 is the individual subscription
of Frank Schoble.
The Atwater-Kent Manufacturing Com
pany. of 1900 Stenton avenue. announced
subscription Of $4,000 from among It's
2e0 employees.
SCHOOL SUBSCRIPTIONS
To date the subscriptions from the gram
mar and primary schools it is announced,
are more than $4,000, 900, while those from
the parochial schools have reached total
Of $1,000,000.
A number of pathetic human interest
stories are told of patriotic sacrifices I'm
behalf Of the loan on the part of children
and their elders A little colored boy went
home and told his mother, an eX-slave, of
what was being done at school for the loan
The old woman had saved up $500, which
she declared she was willing to lend TO the
Government without security She now
has in fer possession four Liberty Bonds.
little shaver six years old whose
father has made practice Of giving him
$40 each Christmas. has invested $50 OF
his $50 in a bond. while newse who
makes S1.25 a week out of school hours
has planked down 81 for a bond and viii
pay the remainder at the rate of dollar
. week.
PRISONERS BUY BONDS
Although deprived of their freedom. pris
oilers Of the Eastern Penitentiary, through
the efforts Of Warden McKenty, are doine
their "bit" for the country by subscribing
70 the loan. Sv OF the prisoners already
have subscribed for $50 bonds and a larg'
number of other subscriptions are expected
before the close Of the campaign.
Two Of the subscribers are serving
twenty-yeaF terms while the others have
shorter sentences.
Warden Mckenty explained today tha
the men earn money by making InlaiS
boxes. and since the war. by making littlt
SIR and paper American flags. Some OF thu
men make IS week by this work. The!
have also aided in Red Cross work b.
making splints and rolling bandages.
III An address delivered before the prison