Evening star., 1918-06-07

The progress made thus far by the
Washington letter carriers in the war
savings and thrift stamp selling con-
test that is being conducted under
the auspices of The Star is especially
gratifying to Postmaster Chance and
Director of War Savings Callahan.
n. C. Richter was all smiles when he
turned in his war savings sales yes
terday afternoon. He had WORKED
hard and his efforts had netted him
sales amounting to $465. As = result
he is now gracing second place In the
leaders list He has promised to
double that amount today and mod
estly admits that he will be in first
place by tomorrow. but r. g. Spiker.
who has demonstrated that he Is one
of the real speed kings Of the car
riers' force, is maintaining a strangle
hold on first position. and his admir-
ers claim it is going to take some
crowding to squeeze him out with
these two veteran pacemakers wrest-
ling for position. the race for the
twenty cash prizes aggregating $500
in amount promises to be spirited
and interesting to the dntsh
LOOKS TO Livery mdus
supt- of Carriers Schooley gave the
''boys," as he calls his squadron OF
bag carriers, a short talk on selling
this morning. He said he realized
that the malls are exceptionally
heavy, and their work has increased.
but he expects every man 10 make q
good showing in the contest. Assist
ant Supt Reagan said he Is of the
opinion that a dark horse Is going to
win this contest He bases his belief
on the fact that while Spiker and
Richter are hammering at each other
has not yet appeared in the running.
is going quietly to creep from behind
and slide into frst place at the last
moment and grab the prize. which
is 500.
e. H. Maurer. who was in second
trife stiff for him and dropped back
to fourth place. H. A Clark finds the
pace to his liking and Is holding tight
to third place. l. H. Middlekaun was
crowded out of fourth place. and Is
running behind that old war horse,
full of promises, and he says he is
going to keep on creeping until the
homestretch is reached, and then he
is going to show burst of real
speed. which will land him in first or
second place.
Invests Money Order Amount.
A hustling postman, whose route is
fn the northeast section of the city.
told yesterday Of an interesting bit
Of stamp selling. He said that Q
woman on his route received . money
order for $3.50 in the mail. The car
rier Immediately suggested that she
invest in war savings stamps. and
tho woman agreed. She seemed
pleased with her investment, and told
him later that she expects about $500
shortly, and she has promised to IN
vest the whole amount the same way
This carrier Is hoping she will re-
eeive that $500 before the end of this
contest
The Wall Street Boys.
Where are the wall street boys,
This is the question being asked a,
the city post ONCE. Postman Ash
ford. who has more banking and
brokerage companies on his route
than any man on the force. and YOUNG
Mccoy. who has nearly as many a,
Ashford, have not appeared in thu
yet. ouIth8 th0 ldol COuICb
these two failed to put in an appear
ance and their present bashfulness /,
causing much comment.
Mccoy says the "moneyed men" or
his route consider W. 8. S. stamps toe
small and trivial to bother with, while
Ashford claims most Of his customer,
already have bought their limit. But
like regular commercial salesmen
letter carriers are. never at los,
for excuses.
fostman Tinany says he isn't goina
to speak to any one at the post ofaos
until he brings In q hve-hundrsd-dol
lar sale which he has had promised
TO him. He likes the sound Of 800
He says It IL his lucky number. Nc
Coy contends that the 500 Tiffany
Is referring to must be the card gami
of that name.
nns showing II he doesn't weaken
He says 1t 10 all Z question Of CON
vincing the people that the govern
ment needs their monSy and that 4
onefs the best and safest tnvsstmen
tna4hS world ts put i IN