Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-03-12
CAMPAIGN
WILL Open
With Millions Of Posters Illus
trated by the Leading
Artists.
NINE MILLION PREPARED
Other Millions Of Stiekers,
Stamps, and Liberty Loan
Buttons to Be Used.
NINE MILLION PREPARED

are daily reaching the hands Of var
ious Liberty Loan committees for
distribution as the first big step In
the coming Third Liberty Loan cam
paign. The drawings are contribu-
tons Of artists Of many schools and
sections ranging from q night school
student 20 the most widely known
illustrators. Work on the posters
was begun early In January, and
every government facility employed
to expedite their completion. Paper,
coal and other necessary agencies
In their production were all obtained
with the special effort required at
this time.
With the enthusiasm artists nee
essarily bring 10 their work, those
contributors 10 the Liberty Loan have
expressed in almost every conceiv-
able form the ideals Of the patriot.
Three Of the designs, by Raleigh,
Pennell and Paus, were donated
through the Subcommittee on Pic
torial Publicity Of the Committee
on Public Information, Of which
Il Charles Dana Gibson Is chairman.
All the designs used were furnished
without charge TO the Treasury De-
partment. "a
One Of the most powerful posters
is by Joseph Pencil. the renowned
Philadelphia marine artist. Executed
with the strength Of line character
istic Of an etching. a great battle
ship in dock il the imposing subject
Of the picture. Airplane circle over
the scene about the dock Is one
Of the great activity. The whole
constitutes a pictorial recogni-
ton Of the nations aerial and naval
forces. Pennells own caption for
the poster Provide the Sinews Of
War" is particularly fitting. In or
der that there might be no mistake
made In the reproduction Of the
drawing. Pennell went 70 New York
and personally executed the work.
"Over The Top" one of the most
popular slogans Of the day. Is well |
conceived IN Sdyney Riesenberg's |
spirited painting. "over the Top for |
You" IL promises TO be one Of the
most popular posters Of tho cam
paign. In addition 10 imbuing the
soldier figure with unusual virility,
Riesenburg has succeeded In putting
much action into inanimate parts
Of the painting. particularly thehag
which the soldier carries The flag,
filed with the brisk wind, is sill
houetted against the intense black
ness that Immediately preeedes the
dawn
Halt the Hun" is tho powerful
exhortation standing forth in red
lettering on a poster drawn by Henry
Raleigh. The poster shows an Amer
lean soldier forcing back a brutal
figure. wearing an iron cross, at
whose feet covers a woman clutch
ing a child. All the figures are in
black crayon set against a bun back
ground streaked with flames Of lurid
red.
Howard Chandler Christy has con-
tributed n stirring poster. A mod
ernized spirit Of victory bearing an
American flag challenges the patrio-
tism Of the country for support Of
the advancing columns Of American
soldiers in ths background. Art
critics declare that Christy has risen
TO new heights In endowing this
painting with tho spirit Of freedom I
and cvitory. One million posters of
this design. In eight colors and two I
sizes. have been autographed for
general distribution.
An attractively executed design ,
and a clever caption are combined
In a poster, "Are you 100 per cent. ,
by Sydney 8. Stern. I
writes that he attended various even
ing schools Of art, including the (
New York Evening School Of In Z
iustrial Art."s f.f
Exact reproductjens Of the fam
BUS Liberty Bell and Independence
Hall in Philadelphia are shown In \.
he Ring II Again" poster. Il is =
autographed in eight coioFs and de-
'icts an enthusiast throng sur :
'ounding independsl. Hall while =
he Liberty Bell rings out is mes
age Of freedom and democracy. The
liberty Bell has proven such a strong
imblem In previous campaigns that
/ Is being used more extensively In :
publicity work for the coming cam :
'aign than ever before.
The.soldier, asleep behind the lines
md dreaming Of victory, with his
omrades 70 depicted In a twenty-i,
eur sheet poster The figure Of n
leeping soldier ID in khaki color o
nd occupies the lower part of the u
oster, forming a vivid contrast to Al
he cold grsenish representation Of
10 Mans Land in the background.
q dreams Of vietory, and high above
Inn ne and his comrades are vi0nef-
u ~ marching home. }oyouslv bs.r.