Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-31
BOND IN EVERY HOME"
LIBERTY LOAN SLOGAN
Washington Committees Speaker
Meet Enthusiastic Response in
Various Theaters.

The slogan Of the Washington lib
erty loan committee is "A Liberty Bond
in Every Home" and the efforts of the
various members of the committee. as
sisted by large corps Of speakers and
the unselflsh efforts of every bank In
Washington. promise to make the
slogan reality.
Yesterday the committee added the
Apollo. crandalrs, Garden. Strand, Ave-
nue. Grand and the Columbia Theater
to its list of places to be covered twice
a day by speakers from the committee
big list. ..--.-
at the public gatherings elsewhere and
at the various department buildings,
where the need of every one doing his
or her bit Is being brought home, the
committee finds that IT needs more
speakers, more volunteers. who from
the viewpoint OF patriotic duty will
agree to place themselves at the COM
mand of the committee for assignments
at least once a day.
Last night John Poole. chairman OF
speaking twics each at the strand. the
Garden and the Columbia. Mr.. Poole
was enthusiastic over. his reception In
the, movies. finding audiences large and
full OF enthusiasm and in this way
reaching hundreds of people who. per-
haps, could not have been reached an
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TSday's Speaking Schedule. ::
Today.s schedule. Of addresses is as
National Theater. tonight. Ross P.
Andrews. -.-
Belasco, tonight, William E. Shannon
Polls, tonight, Carter B. Keene.
Polls. matinee. c. A. Aspinwall. &
Interior Department, AIS pm. James
Sharp and Eugene E. Thompson.
Garden Theater. tonight dwiceo. W
Department of Justice. 4:so PM.
H. H. Mckee.
Bank clerks. tonight. John Poole.
Columbia Theater, 7:40 pm. John
Poole.
Apollo. tonight. M. Otterback:
Crandalrs. Harry Haynes.
Strand. tonight, ]. A. Petty.
Avenue Grand, tonight, c. A. Nc
Carthy. 4
At the Department of the Interior,
where 5000 men and women are
house-to-house canvass. but secured
meeting will be held on the roof, un-
less rain should make 1t necessary for
the corridors to be used. =
From every meeting subscriptions
are being brought in as a result Of
the canvass.
The insurance underwriters have not
waited for Friday. the day on which
the 800 solicitors were to begin their
house toulouse canvass. but secured
their literature and started out before
noon today and will continue on the
job until Saturday morning. =
Enthusiastic Receptions.
Speakers at the various theaters say
that their reception invariably is en-
Observation-Disclosures has prepared the
way for their talks. reiterated public
ity to the need of making this great
loan a success. assuring them respect
full and applauding audiences.
Tonight and tomorrow night all
banks and trust companies in Wash
ington will be open until o'clock to
give opportunity for those who may
not be able to reach banks before the
loan and make subscriptions. which
any and all banks will accept on the
monthly installment plan, without
charge for services and at the rate OF
interest the liberty bonds actually bear.
Every District employe today was
urged to buy a liberty bond. A mass
meeting Of employees was held at noon
ing, at which the bond plan was ex-
planned by Commissioner Brownlow
and Eugene E. Thompson Of the liberty
loan committee. Application blanks
were distributed.
Taking advantage of a provision in
ISOLATION was organized in 1888 the
Home Building Association will make
loans to their members on their liberty
bonds repayable in monthly payments.