Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-12
WOMEN in DRIVE
NEAR $5,OOO,OOO
Loan Campaigners Add
100000 to $3,75O,OOO
Already Raised
GO OVER THE TOP TO-DAY

GO OVER THE TOP TODAY
The womcn's committee Of tho Liher,s
Loan will "Eo over the tor totat ,,s
S6,000.000 Of subscriptions II had Al
most reached that point when the la,s, +
subscriptions were counted this r1ornir, {
Wednesday the figures stood y,
$3,750,000, and these were increased hy
100000 yesterday. The remainder n
the S5,000,000, II is predicted, will h
subscribed today.
, Moro than TOO women speakers a,
the drive reported for duty TODAY +,
spite Of the cold, wet weather Mrs
Joseph n. Snellenburg, in charge of as.
slgnments for the speakers is bigh
in her praise of their loyalty to the
campaign.
At the same time. Germantown women
in tie campaign are setting an enviable
record by their drive. They are prom
isng to complete their quota Of $1,000.
600 before the close OF campaigning
Saturday night. Already they have sold
1880 bonds tor a total of S2j2 900. ThIs
committee is in charge Of Mrs. VIZ
Gurley
hhHN l-rOhllSlng hepOftS
Promising reports arc coming in to-
day from all committees The aides
Of the Emergency Aid received SlOl.
600 from booths in Wanamakers, Oar.
linEtou's, the Girard Trust Building
the Commercial Trust Building, the
North American Building and the Lib
erty Statue. f
Mrs. George Wharton Pepper and the ,
women of her committee remained al
their posts at the statue until late
hour last night. and finally gave up
the vigil because OF the driving rain
and a lack of subscribers.
In the great Liberty Loun drive made
by the women OF Philadelphia, the ci-
william employees Of the Philadelphia
"over the top" for $1.0O0,000. Of this
sum, $4,000 has already been. sub :
sclfbeG through the Navy Auxilia,y o.
the Red Cross
First announcement Of this subscrlp-
ton, the largest yet to the credit Of
amy single organization, was made to
day by Mrs. Edward +. Stotesbury ma.
tional chairman of the Navy AUXILIARY
Of the Red Cross. Coincident with Il
came her announcement of the opening
Of a great Liberty Tank" on ncrths
, city Hall Plaza at noon tomorrow, to-
form the selling station Of the Navy
| Auxiliary through tho Liberty Loan
campaign.
TO "NIan" Liberty Tank
The Liberty Tank will be in charge
OF prominent society women, and,
weather permitting, the ceremonies at-
tendaut on its opening will be as highly
spectacular and impressive as any con.
( nected with the campaign. ii is pre-
dictcd. Galipoli win be there In It's
glory Against its painted background
, Of a hundred ships. "Deep-Sea Jim"
| Brady will give hair-ralsing exhibits Of
perilous feats In life-saving under water,
/ amid the explosion OF bombs. The per-
/ formance is to be enlivened by movies
showing days activities at the navy
! yard aud by the martial strains Of the
Great Lakes Band led by Sousa him
/ self.
Special invitations TO Secretary Dan
iels of the Navy Department and civil
ians of the navy yard to attend the,
/ ceremonies have been dispatched BY
Mrs. Stotesbury Lieutenant Sutton,,
. hero Of the British engineers; Lieuten-
ant George Flachare, the French ace
Admiral John Helm. Major Dugmore
and other war heroes, II is expected. will
be present to lend additional Nerve ana
color to the occasion
The Navy Auxiliary is now growing
by such leaps and bounds" said MIS-
StOtesbury today, that this seems "
/ be a fitting occasion for Secretary Dan
/ icls to see ii and take note Of its prog
resS since he created it last August
The next largest individual subscrP-
! ton obtained by the women's commltee
Of the Liberty Loan committee was thA'
: OF S25O,000 from the United Gas I'm
provement Company, to be credited "
/ a group of five women. The 1--WE Were
| Mrs, T.. Y. Stotesbury, Mrs, Thomas Dc
/ Dolan, Mrs. Paul Thompson. Mrs. lGh'
dal Morgan and Mrs. Morris [" Clothlgst
A letter from President Samuel + !,
/ Bodine specified that the credit shoulu
/ go TO the five foregoing women. Thess
/ women will decide with which commN-
/ tees or organizations they wish the sum
/ counted.
\ few minutes later Mrs. Thomas j.
/ DOlan, Of the stores committee, ~
uounced that "A subscription of S2lO,vvV
had been obtained by Mrs. Gerald Hos
man. Of Team No. 5. The name OF lns
subscriber was not made known. Inc
two subscriptions, totaling Si6O'Ove
coming al an early hour of the dAs'
served as n stimulus for the workers, !.
At Snellenburgs this afternoon al /.
o'clock Miss Geraldine Beckwith, leau'
ing woman with Arnold DAILY, VIII Hu.V'
graph applications for Liberty Bohge
Miss Beckwith will be present az tns
booth there, which Is in charge OF tp'
National League for Women's Serylgs,
with Mrs, Charles Price llaule as onA"''
man.
An open-air patriotic rally will be hslu .s
tonight at 7:45 o'clock, under the p1s
pices of the West Philadelphia distrIel W
Fifty-second street below Market
Boxing Fans Help
Boxing fans are doing their shaIs =
buying Liberty Bonds, according 70 W. ~,
Walter ]. Freeman, chairman OF W W
South Philadelphia district comin'vyS
who said that $1,000, had been sup,
scribed at the Olympia Club, Broao sns
Bainbrdge streets. on Monday ms9. ms.,
Mrs Freeman also paid tribute 70 ~,
self-sacrifice of students at the seI,,~. senos
OF Industrial Art Broad ana ~
streets, who subscribed for sixty'tni !,
BONDS for a total of $4,000. MANY v
the students are self-supporGing, accoto
ing 10 Leslie w. Miller, principal Oh w
school.
The surprise of the day for the WI, ,as
ems committee came I'm the shoNn. ~,
made BY the northeast committee ppss'
Mrs. John w Meyer Mrs. Moyer ~
ported S2st,OOO for the day. The W y,
est individual subscription was ono "
Sl26,50O by Mrs. Isaac Schliehter ~ =
FrankfCrd Junction, for herself ana "
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