The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
$3O,75O NETTED IN ! TWO APPEARANCES BY RITA JOLIVET Traffic Blocked by Meeting on Twentieth Street Yes
 terday Afternoon ENTERTAINED BY
 w. s. s. COMMITTEE Whole Soul of Speaker Is Placed m Talks-Tears Brought to Eyes
 of Hearers

UlIly GuOuSedli DIV S dred and fifty dollars was the total sum raised yester-
 day when Miss Rita Jolivet
 made two appearances in be-
 half of the War Savings
 Stamp campaign at Loew s
 Riiou. This amount IS exclu- sive of the several thousand dollars received through the talks at department stores and on the streets. The terrific
 rainstorm did not prevent a record house from hearing her appeal at Loew's last night, at which time over half this
 amount was raised.
 Few dry eyes were lert in the thea ire hv the time that Miss Jolivet had launched we'll into the talk and wom-
 
 seen quietly weeping as the tales or the unspeakable atrocities of the nuns were unfolded. An eloquent silence reigned throughout the talk, one couio have heard a pin drop in any part or the large house, the eyes were io- cused only upon the speaker; the sneaker was making to them reVe- l lation. she poured her whole soul into
 inc story which she had to tell, ana ber hearers had no trouble in bearing with her-in yisualizing what her eyes had seen.
 w. s. S. GIRLS HELP Twenty girls from the War savings headuuarters of the womens divlaion were present at each appearance of Miss Jolivet and passed the pledge cards through the audience, which thoroughly packed the large house Among the reception committee which entertained Miss Jolivet during her brief stay in the city, were Miss Hazel Holberg, Miss Catherine Carey, Miss Olivia O'NeaL Miss Margaret Gage. Miss Beverly Leake, Mrs. Hugh ] Martin and Mrs. Richard F. John ston, all members of the Thrift Stamp 1 committee. Miss Jolivet was taken Tor 1 a ride over the city while a guest 1 here and uttered an exclamation of surprise when shown the beautiful view one commands of Birmingham 1 from the top of Shades Mountain LARGE CROWD AT SAKS A large crowd had gathered at Saks corner long before the appointed time ] for the meeting and almost grew inn I patient at the slight delay that was necessary in bringing Miss Jolivet to l the speakers stand
 | After concluding the talk on the i corner Miss JoIivet went into the store where she sold dollar upon dollars worth of the stamps to the people. At her appearance at Lovemans yes I terday afternoon. Miss Jolivet made rousing patriotic talk from the pal- i cony. and later sold stamps in the 1 store. This talk was probably the | most spirited and hearttouching of i any made by Miss Jolivet yesterday, and it was only a matter of about ] three minutes until the great au- dience, composed largely, of women, were dabbing at their eyes with damp | handk erchiefs. Her appeal was made as she expressed it, from woman to
 woman" and although all of Miss Jcli- vets talkS are 1HpTOnplu tHlS one possessed the finished touch of the artist.
 TRAFFIC BLOCKED | By far the largest crowd of the day was seen at 5:15 o'clock yesterday after
 noon in front of the First National bank. | however, when Miss Jolivet made her | last public talk in this city. Tn the short space of only few hours her | fame IS a sincere speaker, with a
 marvellous expressive power, had spreai | over the city and great mass of people | had gathered to hear her story
 | Mounted in an automobile, Miss Joli- l vet was introduced. as upon the former 1 occasions by Miss Olivia O'Neal, chair | man of the local speakers committee Of 1 the War Savings society Many of the l crowd had evidently heard such enthu- | siastic reports of her message that they were skeptical, others were noticed, how 1 ever, that had heard each of the other l talks, but it was only a matter Of | peu .psuousnb ca ol lou eIIJ g r,IM SuI | -Yesds 'IsHBsds psa1I5 eul sIo5sq sslnuIm | her entire audience following her care | fully in every syllable. No word was I missed, and with the exception of the 1 traffic in the nearby streets, no noise | could be heard save the voice of Miss l Jolivet. The original crowd was pushed I in toward the car upon which she was | speaking; but the passersby hearing her story stopped. wonderingly, and none | left until the last letter of the last word l had been spoken and Miss Jolivet had