Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02
Liberty Bond Rush
ShOCs Mighty Gain

Continued from PaEe One
tanning a subscription for $1,000 from Fran
els h. Matthews, Of 5000 wyalusIng avenue.
The Philadelphia Reserve Bank has
transferred 20 10s South Fourth street
the work Of accounting and receiving sub
scriptions incident 20 the Liberty Loan
The two buildings have been connected by
a passageway afordlng quick and easy
access from the bank proper. which has
been relieved Of the congestion occasioned
by the space required to handle the LIB
| erty Loan operation. The liberty Bond
subscriptions OF course come through the
| banks. none being received directly from
other subscribers by the Federal Reserve
Bank.
The mothers and fathers OF the 500, 900
children In Philadelphia have been appealed
TO by the committee in charge Of the cam
pagn TO help out. IL a father or mother
doesn't realize the necessity OF keeping
American homes safe from the enemy, who
does? The committe has. therefore, be-
slowed a new name the $50 Liberty
| Bond. They christened It last night the
Baby Bond"
It's a baby In size. as compared with
| the ordinary municipal bond, folding UP
into a fiat package not much bigger than a
| babys mitten. But II carries Uncle Sans
| promise. just the same, TO pay TO its holder
| 50 each year until 1t natures.
"There could e~ no better gift for
| child" says the committee give a Baby
Bond either as a birthday or a Christmas
| present. It's one way Of doing your Christ
| mas shopping early Best of all, II will
teach your child the value OF thrift. and.
| az he gets older, IL will show him how his
! parents helped to win the war"
All the big clubs Of the city entered into
| n competition today to see which one could
| sell the most Liberty Bonds. It promises
| to be as exciting as a race for the baseball
worlds series pennant. The Union League
| won first place when the first Issue of Lib
| erty Bonds was sold but the Manufactur-
| ers' Club, the Art Club, the Engineers Club,
| the city Club and all the others are going
| to make the race even hotter this time.
| At the suggestion of the school mobiliza-
! tion committee the public schools Of Phla-
| delphia have agreed to institute a system
of daily Liberty Loan lessons" to be
| given by the teachers. These lessons will
| be prepared by various educators through
| out the city who have volunteered their
| services The purpose Of the system is TO
! make the children thoroughly familiar with
| all the reasons for responding to the Gov
| ernments call for money. There will be
| twenty lessons in all on the following sub
jects, the first TO be given on Wednesday
| morning Of this week as follows:
How we entered the war. why we entered
| the war, what we have done in the war,
what will happen III Germany wins, what
| will happen IL we win, why despotisms
favor war; why democracies hate war, why
| money is needed for war, raising money by
| bonds, what Liberty Loan IL. earning for
Liberty Bonds. saving for Liberty Bonds,
a Liberty Bond as investment, in part
nership with the Government, where the
bond money goes--army where the bond
money goes-navy; where the bond money
goes-airplanes where the bond money
goes-merchant ships, and where the bond
money goes-allies.
At the request of the Liberty Loan COM
mittee and as a general good turn to the
public. the Boy Scouts of America have es-
tabllshed at the office Of the Liberty Loan
committee, Lincoln Building, Broad street
above Chestnut, an Information bureau.
The bureau will be conducted by the chair
| man of the Boy Scout bond committee,
a banker who is we'll versed in the subject
because of his experience with the public
queries through the boys in the last cam
paign.
Have the subscription blanks arrived?
where do you get Liberty Bond buttons|
can l have some posters or windshield
| stckers?' 81 have no bank account; how
can I subscriber" I'VE want a speaker fol
a meeting in our mill to whom should We
go to secure one?"
All of these questions and even those o
| a more technical nature should be referred
to the information bureau, either by per
sonal call at the Lincoln Building or by
phone Walnut $3.50 on the Bell or Key
stone Race $3.50.
A sign has been erected over the infor
nation bureau which reads: This is thu
place to bring your question. We may saw,
you time and that of Others"
'Tive-wire" citizens have turned them.
selves into "rooters'' for the sale Of the
bonds, and are 'buttonholding" everybody
to urge them to go TO the nearest bank and
make application, for bond. In the win
dows OF the hotel in South Penn Square
which is owned by Ryerson w. Jennings
Mr. Jennings has placed sheets of wrapping
paper inscribed with these slogans:
Don't let Chicago beat us to IT this time
Buy quickly and go the limit"
philadelphia has often led the country
Let's do II again."
Hoover says, Food will win the war.
But money talks-buy bond"
"Cleveland's allotment is the same a,
ours. Let us prove that Secretary McAdoC
don't know Philadelphia ~