Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-10
$4,000 WORTH
Of BONDS SOLD
BY FAIRBANKS
PhotopIay Celebrity Spends a
Busy Hour in Albuquerque
in the Interest of the Fourth
Liberty Loan.

EN- route to Washington, d. c., to
assist the government in final cam
palgning in the interest of the Fourth
Liberty Loan, Douglas Fairbanks, in
lmitable screen star, was in Albu-
querque from to O'Clock last
night and boosted this county another
run in its goal toward victory flag
IN bond selling.
Doug spent busy hour of it here
II there was kid within a radius OF
i've miles of town who was not at
the Santa Fe station when Fairbanks
arrived, it was because the Spanish
1lu quarantine kept him at home
The station platform was damned
with several hundred people when the
photoplay celebrity. after brief con-
ference with local Liberty Loan COM
mlttees, conceived the idea of selling
$4,000 worth of bonds while he was
In Albuquerque. Mounting the OBJ
servation platform of the Santa Fe
Limited, Doug" made a snappy four
minute speech in which he urged his
hearers to come across" in bond sub
'scriptions. Fairbanks promised to
buy $1,000 worth of bonds here If the
Ai'NSP'N ~ AiiN OlNE Wbulu SuDSCIlue lOI
an additional $4,000. Joseph Barnett
of Albuquerque subscribed for $4,000
before Doug" had finished stating
his offer. P. F. McCanna followed
with 1900 subscription A number
of 500 and 800 subscriptions follow
ed. A thousand dollars remained to
be subscribed and it looked as if AL
buquerque was not going to take UP
Fairbanks challenge. Just then
Helen Grunsfeld. youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Grunsfeld,
stepped w to Ernest Landolfi. who
was soliciting in the crowd
MIR Landolfi, if you will give me
Mr. Fairbanks subscription for 81
600 and let me turn it in to the Lib
erty Loan headquarters myself, I will
subscribe for $1,000 in bonds" was
the substance of Miss Grunsfeld's
conversation. Sure" said "Landy.''
Douglas, sign here" SAID Landolfi,
handing a pencil and subscription
blank TO the movie star Sure" said
Fairbanks, and he signed IN for the
thousand, handing Landolfi a crisp
500 note as his 10 per cent cash
payment,
Now Helen. here is Mr., Fair
banks subscription" said Landolfi.
you sign here, | guess you had bet
ter sign your Dapa's name. Ell"
oh, no. replied Miss Grunsfeld.
III sign my own name. am buy
ing these bonds for myself
Just then Albuquerque went over
| the top on Douglas Fairbanks propo-
sition and $4,000 in bonds had been
subscribed as the result of his efforts
After he had sold the bonds Fair
| banks ora bhed y Mayioon eop,b,or,
out of the crowd and began to take
up collection for the Red Cross can
teen service. He started down the
station platform, making everybody
dig. I'M, and generous sum was col
| lected for the maintenance of the
canteen at the station.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Horgan of
| 400 North Twelfth street, were among
! the Albuquerque people who knew
Fairbanks in New York and they en-
| Joyed a pleasant chat with him here
last evening. Mr.. Horgans brother
of New York city and Fairbanks are
| personal friends Mr.. Fairbanks
promenaded down the platform with
Miss Rose Mary Horgan, 12-year- old
daughter of the Horgans, much to the
envy of other youthful admirers of
| the picture man.
Fairbanks in real life is precisely
the same as on the screen. He Is a
dynamo of pep and energy. During
MS bond selling campaign last even
ing he offered to jump over a Santa
re mogul if any man in the crowd
would buy $4,000 in bonds, and to
stop off In albuquerque and climb
| any building in town IL anybody
would subscribe for 10000.