Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
Official Loan Figures
NoU about $4,000. 900

Philadelphia district must subscribe
s2S,711,5OO daily for eighteen days to
the fourth Liberty Loan to make up
its quota.
O-verconfdence. created by the reports
of the wars progress, tends to d~'1"
subscriptions &c the new loan, according
to leaders in the campaign, who tpha .
warned their solicitors 20 check the OPP
timlstic wave that appears 20 he sweep
ing ever the Philadelnhi5 djstr'c'
The retail stores committee was the
first to take definite steps go ilgh, tte
oyerconfdenco, but it is expected general
orders will he issued TO all the workers
within a few hours.
Workers of the retail stores commit
tee have been told to insist upon double
subscriptions TO show that the encour-
aging reuorts from abroad should tend
to speed up the campaign rather than
retard 1t. Where subscriptions have
been obtained by the canvassers they are
belng sent back to endeaNOr to have The
subscribers double tho subscriptions.
Not Yet Won
The wal Is not yet won,' is the
declaration of the leaders of the cam
paign. This is only the beginning. Final
success will depend on the last big push
In which shot. shell and ship Will he
needed more than ever"
According TO official figures issued by
the Third Federal Reserve Bank for
the Philadelphia district the total sub
scriptions up to noon today amounted
TO s33,96S, $50.
This figure does not represent the full
amount of subscriptions to the new loan
taken up to that time lin the various
territories composing the Philadelphia
\ district. Only about 400 of the 11OC
banks and trust companies have made
any report to the Federal Reserve
Bank.
Artists Sales $500, 600
In a little corner of Paris" the Phila-
delphia Artists committee for the loan
set up on the roof of tho Bellevue
Stratford. more than $4,000 900 in sub
script!ons to bonds have been obtained
Throughout the campaign here the
artists will be in the Latin Quarter.
where they will paint the portraits oil
Phialdelphians who purchase the bonds
y Thirty sittings have already been ar
ranged and included are many prom
inent Phil%adelphians Mr.. and Mrs. u
T. Stotesbury. who are taking an active
part in the campaign, We're among thf
first To arrange for the painting of then
portraits.
Work has been started on some of tht
canvases. and the artists, beginning to-
day, will turn out between six and eighj
finished portraits daily, so long as the
commissions last. The committee has
set a quota of 100000.
Three classes of portraits are being
made by the artists. Persons who sub
scribe $4,000 are having their portraits
done in oil, those who subscribe S5oo'
in pastel, and a minimum subscription
of $4,000 is rewarded with a charcoal
study,
Among the subscribers
Among the prominent Philadelphlah
who have entered subscriptions through
the committee and arranged Ter por
traits are Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. curtin
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Chandler, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Harrison x. Caneh, Mr.. and Mrs
Ellis Gimbel. Mrs. Hoxie Smith, Mrs
Percy NJ. Foederer. Miss Eleanor Colket
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thayer, Mrs. Calei
Fox, Miss Eleanor Chandler, Mr.. Jacoi
D.. Lit. Mr.. Samuel u. Lit, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Baltz, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Men
denhall, DR. George Stout, Mrs. Richarc
Norton, Mrs. Kane Green, Mrs. Barkl'
Henry, Mrs. Heckscher Wetherill, Mrs
w. C. Eglin. Mr.. Nathan Folwell ant
Mrs. Walter Clothier.
The studios which are true %reproduc
tons of the artists Paris student days
have been furnished with draperies anc
antiques from the studios Of the artists
There is a courtyard outside the foul
studies with a concierge" who welcomes
subscribers and makes appointments,
'Liberty Girls are assisting tn,
artists, taking subscriptions, They arr
attractively attired to harmonic will
the surroundings.
Some of the painters who are co
operating in the work are Adolph Borie
Leopold Seyffert. j. Mcclure Hamilton