Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-05
CAR AND FOUNDRY
Continued from page !

II was evidently moro important 10
these merchants that the stock thcv had
for sale fe mere adequately displayed
10 tho pntllr view. than h. beautiful
poster advertising the Fourth Liberty
Loan whirh are not oniv provided ~
nc Government bat are provided for
this particular purpose
In Philadelphia New York and De
larger el.,ts these posters are gym
positions q prominence ~ the windows
II j. onIf fsir 10 SAY. that mol al the
merchant Inve failed in this regard
- many have arranged special window
display advancing the Loan
The patriotism If these merchants
Is not questioned. neither have they bccn
askc, Rhcther or not they nave done
tintr duty ~ buying i3erty Loan Bonds
fpf invariably they have been liberal
stti eerti5tTs
Tho .ommittce is having 4 trying time
of i through the sickness Of MANY of
their volunteer workers. and Il Is ~ 10
everybody TO put their shoulders 70 hr
ahccl and help out Onc Of the WAYS hat
thus c.tn DO done IS for every merchant
to have lcast one poster placed directly
on the INSIDE ~ each bulk window. and
not have hem placed IN ,da the store
mneton where tins display of posters
should bc conspicuous and unless the
merchants give their fullest ro-opcroti n
this result cannot be accomplished.
There il n large supply Of posters n
Headquarters. and merchants who have
not received any posters. will be v leone
If hey Will call for the same or i hey will
call on the phone the Foy scouts de
tailed to headquarters will make n
prompt delivers
The Bond Manufacturing corporation,
We terday won the Champions Today
Fourth Liberty Loan flag The employees
subscribed to So : 90 as compared with
dolly wage roll 81 81 on thus going
thirty times owe 1.-THE top The plant vii
fy the flag tomorrow
The Penn Mutual Insurance ompany
reported ii subscription Of $1,000 today
through It's Wilmington Office
While things were little dull with the
clearance division an aged coloreC
man walked INTO the room and told hiei
Fatnall that he wanted 70 subscribe to
81 900 Of bonds As the mans appear
ance did not warrant any such savings
Mr. Tatnal asked in surprise Il he was
sure he wanted to make such a heavy
investment
sure do. said he Negro 4 been
saving and | want to help Uncle sam
out
Where do YOU Deposit asked Mr.
Iatnall
the man pointing towards the " ilmlngtor
Trust CO
You mean the bank on tina; corner
said Nh Tatnall, 20 make sure he under
stood correctly
That the one, SAID the man
After the Negro had departed a CLERK
vas sent to the bank. and returned with
the information that no such man rs the
name the man gave had deposit at the
bank Now the loan officials are wonder.
ing If the colorcd man was trying TO have
fun at their expense. or il he was Slightly
dcmentcd
The following letter from Liberty Loan
headquarters giving plans for the parade
on Saturday. October u, was sent tc
the workers today
Dear sir Al a meeting OF our eN
ecutive committee on Tuesday morning
the writer was authorized 10 communicate
Immediately with organizations through
out the city III an effort to arrange for 8
monster demonstration in the way Of !
parade on Saturday, the 18th, which da1
has been set aside by President Wilson a.
Liberty DAY
we have secured The Great Lake,
Naval Band to head the parade Thi.
band will be followed by the mhtar,
section Of the parade, 10 include ht
soldiers stationed at the local barracks
Company y Organized Militia OF Della
ware, and four companies OF men from Fort
du Pont, Delaware College cadets anC
band and detail of sailors from Lewes
Naval Bac. The second section will com.
prise the Women S Liberty Loan Commit.
tee and workers to be followed by theman
factuIers' section, with details from al
the manufacturing institutions in Whining
ton and vicinity including floats and q 4
The next section will be the mercantile
section to be followed by the fraterna
section, then by the foreign Language
section, composed OF Americans oi
Italian, Polish, Greek, Swedish, Ukra.
ian, Russian and German descent
The purpose Of this letter is to re-
quest that you participate actively
Many large organizations have already
/ shown their desire TO enter the parade
| the wumens section is we'll under way
and one local organization will have
several bands and more than 2000 people
| in line Al our plans are subject to two
/ days cancellation notice IN the event o.
] the present epidemic still prevailing Ii is
our hope to make this demonstration d
general cheer-up affair after this period
| OF strain and anxiety
will YOU not kindly designate some
one in your organization 70 work up IN,
details for vou with US
Yours lor the Fourth Liberty Loan.
"A. Rae duBell, SECRETARY