Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-07
STORY OF BOND sale
BoW Wallace Moore Got a Song
From Geraldine Farfar.


iHteT0otiHS No"sPAPer stories VI
Quite q Pleasant Incident that oe-
CURED in New York Not Long Ago
When the Famous Prima pona Was
Helping the Liberty Loan.
Although any one can hear Gerald
inc Farrar sing for a reasonable sum
paid at the box office. 1t costs $1,000
in Liberty bonds to have the famous
prima donna lead you by the hand to
the piano. and then Groom to you soft
and low. while an envIous crowd
strains its ears to hear. At least that
is what 1t cost Wallace Moore, a
prominent young planter Of Cheraw.
to get the experience, according to
New York newspapers. Following Is
an account of the affair cleaned from
three of the leading Gotham journals.
The Sun tells II thusly:
Enter the Heroine.
Miss Farrar stood up before the
crowd and let her well-known voice
out in The Star Spangled Banner
as a reminder to those who heard
that they had a duty to perform.
Her mother, who chaperoned her.
stood by and held Snifrles Tellegen
Miss Farrar's dog), and the stars fur
coat. although she disc pproved Of Ger
aldine's taking OF the coat and said
it would certainly mean her death OF
cold
"'Pshaw, what do care for the old
voice.. l can't sing in my coat" ex-
claimed the star.
Enthusiastic applause greeted the
song which so fascinated the traffic
cop at the corner that he ceased his
efforts to keep Fifth avenue clear and
let traffic clog, while the chauffeurs
and cabmen who had been swearing a
minute before just sat still and drank
in the golden stream Of melody. Then
followed a financial golden stream.
The last inspiring notes had barely
died away when a prosperous looking
man who said his name was Max Low
cnthal. Of 80 Fast Forty-second street,
worked his way forward through the
dense throng and said he was proud
to buy $4,000 worth of bonds from
Miss Farrar, who had given him some
happy nights at the movies, and here
was the money down.
80 the sale started with eclat. q
$1,000 bond to Sniffles Telegen. five
81, 900 bonds to his mistress and twen-
ty-ive $1,000 bonds to Max Lowen-
thai. and 1t went right on with a
swing. Miss Farrar and Sniffles were
escorted to the table in the back Of the
tiny theater. where the songstress un-
dertook to sell the bonds. sign the ap-
plications and hand out one Of her
autographed photos to each buyer Of q
500 bond.
But the crowd that had filled Fifth
avenue Immediately surged up the
steps to the entra;ice Of the library,
apparently harboriny the delusion that
10000 persons could get into a tent
meant for a table and five persons.
Loud cries Of alarm from Miss Julia
Arthur, of the state woman's war
work relief, and eleven Boy Scouts
rent the air. So Miss Farrar went
back to the front of the theater and
the crowd surged down to the street.
Then the prima dona aapXYnced
.sh .slfnt size help any man intending to
buy a bond right over the top with
her own hands. The top was the
three-feet high barricade between the
theater and the terrace, and so many
imploring palms were stretched out to
Miss Farrar that 1t looked as II the
whole immense throng was school
and they were all trying to say some-
thing to the teacher.
THE diva hoisted few male heavy
weights over the top, when gallant
cavalier from the south, D. w. Moore.
OF South Carolina, leaped up all by
himself, stating that he would scorn
to let the lady help him, but wouldn't
she please sing that right pretty.
patriotic song once more? Because II
she would he'd take $1,000 worth Of
bonds.
THE crowd pressed forward joyous
ly. scenting more music; but Miss Far
rar was too clever for them.
NO she said, smiling into the eyes
of the blushing southerner. this is
all for him, because he has bought the
bond to pay for It,
Then leading Mr.. Moore by his
hand to the piano. she sat down and
played her accompaniment, and sang
The Star Spangled Banner low and
sweet so that only Mr.. Moore could
hear II.
well, 1t was a great day at the
public library. Sniffles Tellegen went
home entirely denuded Of the red.
white and blue ribbon he wore to the
sale. for his admirers had demanded
bits Of it to such an extent that he
had been forced to give every inch Of
it away"
According to The Tribune.
Fifth avenue was closed to traffic
in front Of the public library yester-
day noon. and all wise personages who
thought to sit on top Of bus and
see Geraldine Farrar at the Liberty
theatre were carried through on
Madison avenue as mad as wet hens.
Ten cents was just wasted. Moth
ing less than $50 was Of any use at
ALL With $50, however. one could pur-
chase a smile from the prima donna,
an application for q Liberty bond,
made out by her own fair hands, and
a Liberty button pinned on by the
same. For 500 one became the proud
possessor OF an autographed photo
graph.
1T was a young man from South
Carolina, D. W. Moore, who really
spent his money to some effect, how
ever.