The Washington herald., 1918-05-01
LIBERTY BOND
SALEBOOSTED
BY Dc. WOMEN
House to House Canvass and
Speaking Tours Swell
Total Subscriptions.

The District woman's Liberty Loan
Committee has carried on q cam
paign for stay-at-home bonds not
only successful from a monetary
standpoint, but as the women have
gone from house to house they have
disseminated propaganda Of value.
Realizing the importance OF their
work. the woman's committee has
determined not to leave II until every
home has been visited or every hour
Of the campaign gone.
All ResourcefuL
Many stories of how the bonds have
been won have been brought into
the headquarters at 1224 + street. In
many cases the canyassers. not sat
isfed with ringing the door bell.
and passing on with or without q
pledge, have taken time and trouble
to sit down and explain exactly what
the liberty bond Is. what it does for
the boys at the front and how 1t
benefits the investor.
The colored residents Of the Dis
trict have been very generally Wis
ited In the canvass. and their inter
est m knowing that their bonds will
80 to the support Of their own sons
or brothers and return to them again
with added interest has had q strong
influence in the subscriptions.
In one colored family Of six II was
found that in the past six months
d.10O had been invested In bonds
and war saving stamps.
In the navy yard section the num-
ber of windows adorned with the
Liberty Flag testify to the loyalty
of the people. The canvassers have
been extremely active In the neigh
borhood southeast of the Capitol and
return with numberiess stories Of
work and self-denial undertaken to
meet the bond.
Notable Cbauaears.
Last evenings driver Of the lib
erty bell wagon was Mrs. William
II. King. wife Of the Senator from
Utah. Although Mrs. King Is an sx-
pert with the family car. she has
been a bit wary of her pFowess
with the big bond truck. With q
few daylight trial trips she has
learned to deliver the bell at the
door Of the headquarters with a
swing that betokens the practiced
hand. Tonight Mrs. Charles ".
Wheeler will manipulate the big
truck.
The liberty bell as a sales maker
has made a hit. At least $4,000
was taken in on its tour of the
streets on Monday night, doing a
thriving business in front of the
Ordnance Department. especially
after a gentleman in khaki" who
proved to be George w. Apgar. of
Wa TNar IIA=-fFnI
the platform and talked for the
bond. Tonight and for the remain
der OF the week the liberty bell will
be privileged, not only to solicit
subscriptions. but actually transact
the sale and delivery of bonds on
the spot. The Treasury Department
has granted the right of selling
bonds to Miss Mary Leet, one of its
own employees familiar with the
procedure.
Yesterday the girls Of Business
High School and two pupils from
the Eighth Street Temple were in
charge Of the bullet booths, which
have been divided between the north
front of the Treasury and the cor
ners of Fourteenth and F. streets.
Among the Business girls who
rang the liberty bells for pledges
from the passers by were Misses
Blanch Acker. Goldie Stevens, Mari
on Sokoloye, Bessie Lenovitz, Lu-
ellie Bailey. Pauline Shannon and
Grace Paynter. The Temple girls
were Miss Ernestine Rich and Miss
RhOda Aautner.
EducatIye Work.
The bullet booth girls have also
FrHs Nea1
opportunity has permitted. One of
the Fairmount Seminary girls, in
charge, demonstrated business ability
OF a character which should stand
her in good stead later.
The girl is Rebecca Lightle, Of
Searcy, Ark, Miss Rebecca held up
Capt. Hugh Moffatt, of the Ordnance
Department. for the first subscrip-
tion Of the afternoon before she had
entered her sales booth. She also
sold the last bonds Of the after
non after the booths had been
closed. to two nurses airing their
charges in Lafayette Park. One girl
was Finn, the other Irish. Rebecca
explained the nature and purpose
and operation OF the liberty bonds so
fully and satisfactorily to the for
eisners that one put her name down
for so subscription on the INSTALL
ment plan, and the other made a
pledge to pay 800.
The winning ways Of Rena Vincent,
OF Tampico, Mexico, also a Fairmont
girl, so worked upon the sympathies
Of the patriotic Greek peanut vendor.
Steve Vasilakos, whose cart stands
near the Treasury corner, that he
signed up for $500 in bonds.
Jeaunette Garrett, the little ten
year-old daughter of Gen. Garrett. of