The Washington herald., 1918-06-29
W.S. ESPECIAL
DRIVE COMES
TOCLOSE HERE
Intensive Campaign In D. c.
Believed to Have Brought
$7,500,OO0 Quota.

WIN entnuSlhslic meetings neiu
in every section of the city. the
two-week intensive drive In be-
half Of war savings stamps was
brought to an ofiicial close last
night. A steady stream OF belated
pledge cards poured into the once
OF District Director Callahan until
late hour yesterday afternoon.
while many thousands more were
meetings. While there Is every rea-
son to believe that the District of
Columbia will realize its assigned
quota of stamps to the maturity
value of $7.500.000. the exact result
of the campaign will not be an
nounced for several days.
The primary object Of the sec
tional meetings held last night was
to rally those citizens who had not
yet made pledges and obtain from
them their promises to buy q stated
number of stamps at regular inter-
walls during the remainder of the
year. At most points a purely in
formal program was pursued. while
in others enthusiastic addresses
were made by prominent speakers
and music provided as an incidental.
At the Howard Theater. T street
northwest. q meeting point for
negro citizens, an elaborate pro-
gram was provided.
Baseball W. 9. 8. Day.
Today is war savings stamp day
at the Washington baseball park. and
Manager Clark C. Griffith has made
extensive plans to help the fund.
Henry B. +. Macfarland is to de-
liver an address. A detachment of
soldiers from Camp Meiss has been
detailed to obtain pledges, while
two military bands will provide 4
plentitude of music. A record
breaking crowd Is expected to at
tend.
Extraordinary assistance has
been given the war savings stamp
drive by the committee on theater
activities. In addition to giving
two special benefit performances to
war stamp purchasers, individual
drives were conducted at every per-
formance at the principal theaters.
A total OF s12,500 was obtained
through this source at Keith's
Thursday. one of the subscribers be-
ing Mrs. woodrow Wilson, who,
with the President. occupied q box.
A detail of twenty men from the
u. s. Marine Corps gave an exhi-
bition drill. On the same night.
Loew's Columbia Theater received
pledges for more than $1,000. Among
the largest individual contributions
received there were the following:
J. Berry King. Muskogee, Okla.
$1,000; s. B. Mcconnell, Hornell,
N. Y. $1,000; Harry N. Atwood:
Raleigh, n. C.. $1,000; John Lough-
ran. 1347 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, $500. Equally satisfac-
tory returns were received from the
other theaters.
Brings In $1,000.
Miss NJ. Neville, attached to the
radio division of the Navy De-
partment. surprised the District W.
8. 8. committee by turning in pledges
she had personally solicited from
the employees of her department., to-
falling nearly $1,000.
New members of The 81 900 Club"
reported yesterday were: E. D.
Hathaway, who with his family
subscribed to a total of ys,40o; A.
A. Darrah, 1Ss s street northwest;
Earl E. Boyer. Sill Rock Creek
Church road; Lit. Col. Latham r.
Reid, Army War College; 1t. Col.
James L. Walsh. Mr.. Boyer is at
tached to the national war savings
committee and is the designer Of
the stamps.
keith's Record Breaker.
A record breaking W. 8. 8. cam
paign was conducted at B. F. Keith's
Theater this week. The total number
of subscriptions were SSs.2s9.92. Aside
from this amount 5000 was collected
in cash, making a grand total OF s94.-
1882.
A large audience of war savings
stamps purchasers witnessed the first
local exhibition of the noteworthy
picture. 1.-THE Spreading EVIL" at
keith's Theater yesterday morning,
which was a part Of the motion pic
ture carnival arranged by Manager
Robbins Of the committee on theater
activities.
THE Spreading Evil" was shown
through the courtesy of James Keane.
its producer and author, who donated
the film for the benefit Of the war
stamps fund. The picture Is strong
in theme, and presents a story that
is OF particularly timely interest to
soldiers and sailors. It's scene Of ac-.
ton is divided between Germany and
the United States. Thrilling scenes
are q predominating characteristic.
The production was fiawless.
THE Spreading Evir' was recently
shown private to Major Gen. Gorgas
and other prominent officials of the
army and navy medical service, all
of whom gave it their unqualified
endorsement.