The Washington herald., 1918-12-17
JOIN RED CROSS;
Get Ten SEALS
Christmas Stamps Not to
Be Put on Sale This
Year.

There will be nc sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals this year. To every
person who joins the Red Cross and
pays the dues for 1913. 81. will be
given without charge ten Christmas
seals, and no other Red Cross stamps
will be obtainable in any way.
The American National Red Cross
! has given to the National Tubercu-
losis Associa ton s2.50O, 900 which is 40
per cent more than that organiza-
ton has ever raised from its sale
of Christmas stamps, and In return
I the Tuberculosis Association has
agreed to devote the energies of its
5000 members to promoting the sue
cess of the Red Cross Christmas en-
rollment. The use, therefore, Of Red
Cross Christmas seals this year con
stitutes conclusive evidence that the
user is a member OF the national
! association and has paid his or her
dues for the coming year.
Banks to Lend Assistance.
1 The Washington banks are coming
forward with customary enterprise
and generosity in support of the roll
call. Each Of the following banks
has agreed to have prepared large
signs which will be displayed in their
institutions calling attention to the
roll call: The American Security and
Trust Company. the Riggs National
Bank, the Exchange Bank of Wash
| ington, the Dupont National Bank
| the Washington Savings Bank. the
Columbia National Bank. the Union
| Savings Bank. the Liberty Savings
Bank. the Franklin National Bank
the Security Savings and Commer-
cial' Bank, the Second National Bank
| the District National Bank, the Ma
| tional Savings and Trust Company
/ the National Metropolitan Bank, the
! Federal National Bank, the CONNER
| cial National Bank, the American
National Bank, the Merchants Bank
the Continental Trust Company, the
Lincoln National Bank, the Washing
ton Loan and Trust Compay and
the Home Savings Bank. Each OF
these banks with branches will also
have signs prepared for each branch
Bombardment on Tuesday.
The bombardment of Washington by
an aeroplane distributing Red Cross
| literature. which was to have taken
place at noon yesterday. was neces-
sarily postponed on account of bad
! weather Weather permitting. the
bombardment will take place at noon
| today.
Many people. anticipating that they
will not be at home on Thursday when
the enrolment clerks call. are coming
| into headquarters, 1913 II street, and
| enrolling there. Ladies are I'm attend
ance to take enrollments. and this
! forehandedness is welcomed. as it NOT
only insures all being enrolled, but
will save the enrolling clerks many
calls. as they will not call at homes
where the Red Cross insignia Is dis
played in the window; that is. the red,
white and blue insignia which denotes
payment of dues for 1919
There will be meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Red Cross
committee at the headquarters on
! Tuesday afternoon at p. m.
| Attractive booths for the enrolment
| of members have been established in
! the vicinity of the disbursing Offices OF
| the Senate and House, so that Sena-
| tors and Representatives and Capitol
employees may be afforded an oppor-
! tunity to enroll before any of them
leave the city for the Christmas re-
cess.
| Challenge from Philadelphia.