Evening star., 1917-12-05
FOURTH OF ADOLLAR
FINANCE WAR
School Children Enlisted in
Campaign for Sale Of Saw
ings Stamps.
DRIVE FOR THE D. C. QUOTA

| School children Of Washington are going
in for stamp collecting on scale never
dreamed OF by older generations OF
philatelists. But instead OF postage
stamps. the value OF which was determin-
ed by their rarity and the more or less
uncertain appreciation OF other collectors,
school children today are going to collect
war savings and thrift stamps. with
value guaranteed by Uncle Sam and all
the resources OF the United States OF
lAmerica-with a substantial interest re-
turn on the original cost. And their col
lections are going to do more than grstify
their own ambitions and desires. They
are going to help win the war.
Principals and Teachers to Aid.
| That school principals and teachers
| are going to be earnest coadjutors Of
the children in making the coilections
was attested by the enthusiasm in evil
dence yesterday afternoon at a meet
| ing in the John Thomson school. when
! 200 principals, teachers and other Of
| fcials of the white schools were ad-
| dressed by Daniel ]. Callahan, director
| of war savings for the District OF Co
| lumbia, and NJ. w. Harrison, director
of publicity in the national war saw
| ings campaign. War savings associa-
| tions will be organized In every echool
| and at each building there will be an
agency where the children may pur-
| chase stamps.
Director Callahan is at work on q
plan for financing the school savings
associations without too heavy imam
cial burden being imposed on princi-
pals and teachers.
A similar meeting for principals and
officials of colored schools Is to be helo
| tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 O'CLOCK az
the Franklin building. Director Cal
scheduled to speak.
| Stamp Plan Popular.
| That the people of Washington like
the war savings stamp plan Of In
vestment and Of helping to win the
war is shown by the increase in sales
/ yesterday over those of Monday.
Through the city post ONCE and Its
@ =. against ;oo nonaay Fs
ures OF sales through banks are not
yet available. but several financial
houses reported that they had disposed
of two or three times as many stamps
yesterday as they did Monday.
Within a few days a plan for daily
reports to Director Callahan Will have
been worked out, and then 1t will be
possible to record psogrsss of a. snc cnras ca
there will have to be a big increase in
the daily sales II Washington people
are to take the $7,3s5.640 worth OF
stamps assigned to them: but tnis =
and his assistants are not doing any
worrying. The campaign has hardly
started yet, and the people have not
been awakened to the fact that they
can help finance the war with 2S-cent
piece, and at the same time have the
safest Investment in the world.
VIII Displace Coin as Gifts.
War savings stamps promise to dis
place gold pieces as Chrisffnae gnts
this year. Many Washington business
gfying gold to their employees have am
nounced their intention to give savings
stamps instead. and the idea promises
TO spread its popularity to giving
q big impetus yesterday at meeting
of the committee chairmen Of war saw
ings district No. Q. held yesterday after
noon in the rooms Of the Retail Mer-
who is chairman for the district. an
nounced that his Arm would give
stamps instead Of gold pieces At Christ.
mas. and it was unanimovsly voted
that the practice be followed ana
recommended generally.
Chairman Andrews appointed the fol-
| lowing chafrmen OF subcommtttees,
they in turn to name s.n their oowr own CON- ON.
George si Piitt. n. Frank RUPERT. waiter
Brownley. H. B. Leary. 1r:; Donald Fen
! Aloysius J. Driscoll. N. Landon Bur
fchell and DR.. Edgar P. Copeland.
I As soon as these subcommittees re-
port to Chairman Andrews the big war
| trict No. ..
Merchants to Install Stations.
| AS president Of the Retail Merchants
merchants generally would install stations
1 in their stores for the sale Of war savings
stamps. 1t is planned to set aside q booth
and the service OF one % person na,n Tor Il the sale
character Is naturally In great demand at
this time it has been suggested that those
who are infirm Of foot may well be en-
pioyed in this work 1t is expected the
stamp booths will be set up by Monday or
Tuesday of next week.
/ Plan Explained.
Those interested in the sale of war saw
Iings stamps have found the simplest and
most satisfactory explanation OF the plan,
for use both with children and grown
ups, in the following questions and an
swers printed on the back Of the thrift
cards:
| Question-W'hat is the war savings fund ?
Answer-It is a plan to help the gov
!, ernment finance the war through the peo-
pie saving in sums of 25 cents or more
and lending those savings to the govern
ment at per cent compound interest
| Q.-How do go about II?
| A.-You may purchase thrift stamps or
war savings certificate stamps. The thrift
stamps cost % cents each and the war
savings certificate stamps $4.12 until
| February l, and l cent more each month
thereafter.
Q.-What is the difference between a
thrift stamp and a war savings certifi-
cate stamp?
A-The 25-cent thrift stamps are issued
to help you to save and exchange for a
SIS war savings certificate stamp The
thrift stamps bear no interest: the war
lsavings certificate stamps earn interest
Q-Why do I get IS war savings
lcertificate stamp for from s4.12 to 34.23 ?
A--The IS Is payable January /, 1928
1t includes the return to you Of YOUR
money with the compound interest that
the government will pay you. The sooner
YOU fill up and exchange your thrift card
for war savings certificate stamp, the
more interest you will receive.
o.-Why should / exchange my fun
'card OF thrift stamps for a war savings
tcertifcate stamp?
A.-Because the war savings certificate
stamp bears interest and the thrift stamps
do not.
o.-what becomes Of the money 1 pay
for stamp?
At is loan to the United States
government.
Q.-How can my Is cents really helm
A loan Of only 25 cents by every
person in the nation will provide the