The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27
THINGS AT STAKE IN THE WAR
PICTURED IN POSTER FORM
The Work of Eleven of Americas
Most Famous Artists and Illus
traitors.

Ten million posters and display
cards designed in the spirit of no
compromise with the Hun" have been
prepared by the Bureau Of Publicity
of the Treasury Department for the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which
begins September %. The designs
are eleven in number, ten of them be-
ing pictorial in their appeals, and the
eleventh, cord, carrying a represen-
tation of the Fourth Liberty loan but
ton and exhorting every loyal Ameri-
can to wear the buttor as badge of
honor.
The new posters "hit the y
tween the eyes" figuratively speaking,
revealing the meance of Teutonic
"kultur" in all it's hideous significance.
A strong appeal to the nobler in
stincts of humanity is contained in
Walter A. Everett's design, the origi-
nal of which is a fine oil painting of
mother clutching a child to her
skirt, the mothers left arm stretched
forth in an agony of appeal This
poster lettered "Must children die and
mothers plead in vain ?" is lithograph-
ed in 10 printings.
The celebrated photographer, Joseph
Pennell, has delineated the Statue of
Liberty crumbling under German shell
fire, silhouetted against lurid sky
and the blazing ruins of the city of
New York. This poster is captioned
"That Liberty Shall Not Perish From
the Earth" Five hundred thousand
are being issued in four printings, and
smaller size in rotogravure.
The menace of Hundom is exempli-
fed in a poster by F. Strothman,
which shows a green-eyed Hun with
bloody bayonet peering over the edge
of Europe, his predatory gaze fixed
upon the United States. The picture
is captioned "Beat Back the Hun with
Liberty Bonds"
One of the most powerful posters
of the series is bloody hand print
captioned "The Hun-His Mark; Blot
it out with Liberty Bonds" typifying
the murder lust of the Hun. The ar
tist is ]. Allen st. John.
A pair of bloody boots, ornamented
with the Imperial German eagle and
captioned "Keep these off the U. S.
A" constitutes another poster and
conveys a message which may be read
and understood at glance. The ar
tist is John Norton.
Critics consider a design by Els
worth Young, one of the strongest of
the series. 1t shows a silhouette of
Hun dragging girl against vivid
background flecked with blazing en-
bers, and bears the significant cap
tion. Remember Belgium"
An oblong poster by ]. Scott Will
liams, represents a figure of victory
bearing a flag and with marching
troops silhouetted against a stormy
background. Behind the figure of vic
tory is a majestic representation OF
the American eagle in full flight. This
poster is being Autographed in eight
printings, and is also being used as a
24-sheet poster for billboards.
Walter Whitehead has depicted an
| American in heroic attitude, rifle
and bayonet in hand, facing the foe.
This poster bears the stirring admon-
ition, "Come on"
"Hun or Home? ?" is the caption of
poster by Henry Raleigh, the artist
who executed the Halt the Hun"
poster which was so popular in the
Third Liberty Loan drive. Mr.. Raj
eigh's Fourth Liberty Loan poster
represents Hun invading a home
while a little girl with baby in her
arms gazes in startled apprehension
at him.
Howard Chandler Christy is the de-
signer of the tenth poster, which
shows the figure of victory towering
abouve a gun crew in action on bat
tle-ship, captioned, "Clear the Way"
| Mr.. Chrlsty's representation of the
gun crew was taken from a photo
graph made by an officer when a gun
was actually being served.
The posters will become available to
the public thru the Liberty Loan COM
mittees of the respective districts, but
they will not be displayed until the
opening week of the campaign.