Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

T. j. Spauldlng- ....... 10I9o
E. J. Weldon. .-.--.. S106.ZS
At the closing of the fourth day of
the letter carriers war savings and
thrift stamp selling contest, being con-
Quoted under the auspices of The Star.
and which carries with it twenty cash
prizes aggregating $500, H. c. Richter
was still in the lead
Postman Van voorhis maintains Sec
three days was holding on to third
place, was crowded out by R s. Spiker.
Shows Burst of Speed.
Spiker showed a burst of speed yes
has appeared in the running. His route
is strictly business section, the Colo
RADIO building being what he terms the
cream spot in it Spiker says, now that
he has his gait, 1t is going to take
some man" to pass him.
Another new face up near the top
of the leaders is that Of L. o. Bryant.
A squirt yesterday brought G. T. Ellis
from sixth to fifth place. ]. P. OCon-
nor. who was sailing along beautifully
bad yesterday and landed in ninth
place. Two others who seemed to be
anchored yesterday were w. H. Doug
las. who had dropped from eleventh
position to seventeenth and W. C. Kid
WELL who fell back from twelfth to
twenty-first place.
T. E. Clifford is the first colored car
rier to appear among the leaders.
Supt- of Carriers Schooley, who has
supervision over the scoring. was great
ly pleased at T. ]. Spauldings show
ing Spaulding is collector of mail
and therefore does not get to know the
people in the homes. He must depend
entirely upon stopping persons on the
streets and talking the stamps to them.
Far Exceeds Expectations.
Assistant Postmaster Kerlin declares
that the war savings campaign is far
exceeding the governments expecta-
tions in bringing old. unused money
back into circulation. He says, from
the looks of some money received in
the campaign. it is strongly evident
that Washington has had some hoarders
This campaign" said Mr.. Kerlin, sis
actually bringing money out OF stock
fngs and from beneath the mattress,
hiding place. 1t all goes to show that
there is no question about the conf
dence in Uncle Sam"
The other day one postman turned in
nve-doilar bill at the post office which
he had received from a stamp customer
on his route, and which bore an 1859
date. 1t was so old that it almost fell
INTO pieces through handling. A school
BOY handed to another postman. in
exchange for some thrift stamps, a
three-dollar gold piece, which would
suggest that 1t had been safely tucked
away for long time. Several Colum-
bian half dollars have appeared
Postman Cook has been Inserting to
form of selling that premier travelling
statesmen commonly refer to as "stronT.
arm work The stamp business wasn't
booming exactly right to suit his taste.
He did some thinking He had been
using what he considered his most
convincing and appealing selling argu-
ments, but sales didn't pick up any.
Each day was bringing the contest
closer to an end
Big Idea Il Fruitful.
Yesterday the big idea struck him
and it was Immediately fruitful. In an
office on his route while talking to
several clerks he told them he would
have to report them to the provost
marshal of the District II they did NOT
soon signify their intention OF invest
ing in some of the government thrift
stamps. Whether the clerks took him
seriously or because they did not want
to be considered as suggesting anythinx
Of the Stacker type. Cook declares he
doesn't know. At any rate, in a very
few minutes he had sold more than
SIS worth Of the stamps. 1t Is unneces-
work this strong arm selling on Others.
Among the many things brought out
by this contest is the fact that there ara
two extremes of servants. Postmen saw
there is one class that is reckless with
its money-saving nothing; then there
is the other class that is just the oppo-
site. The latter all seem to be familiar
with the war savings stamps and haye
been buying them regularly and are most
enthusiastic about them. They not only
delight in buying the stamps themselves.
but they go the limit in trying to interest
their employers in them
One postman when asked If he waa
selling many stamps to the servants an
his route. which is in a rich and fash
ionable section Of the city. said he was
not. He knew of a number of Instances
where servants had been presented WITH
savings stamps as Christmas or birth
day presents by their EMPLOYERS. but that
they lost no time in "cashing" them in
for money.
Dark Horse in Contest.
J. r. Gibson. who is looked upon as