The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-14
STAMP COMMITTEE
TO DIG IN" TODAY
will Take Up Its Quarters IN Rep.
Iica Of Battlefront Dug-out
and Start Hot Campaign

With the slogan, "dig up in our dug
out, the War Savings and Thrift
Stamp committee win dig itself in to.
day at it, new headquarters in the
Campbell Block at the corner Of Fort
and Hotel Streets. The new headouar.
tiers are q replica of a dug out on the
western front, copied from a photo.
graph of General Leonard Wood 8 con.
ference with General Mandolin of the
French army on one Of General Wood 8
visits to the front.
The ding out occupies the corner OF
the unfinished Campbell Building. II
is reverted with sand bags and camou-
m oi5S% T hopes tRas, %fTsXe VIZ 4 9
rnmouflagc, the people of Honolulu
viii find its range, and the heavier the
bOmhardment, the better The dug out
is the work Of Jay ElmOnt, whose win.
low displays in behalf of the Rcd
Cross at khlers, Levers and Cooke. and
The Red Cross Drive headquarters have
drawn much attention during the last
week.
During the next few weeks the com.
mittrc under Robert Shingis, terri.
torial director; A. N. Campbell, tom
porary chairman, and Phil p F. Ler,
executive secretary, will do it's best to
sprcnd information concerning War
saving Stamps and call to the atten-
tiou Of the people of Honolulu the
necessity Of saving and investing the
pennies that are now sacrificed to
waste, vanity and indulgence.
Are Baby Bonds"
War Savings Stamps are "baby
bonds They bear interest in much
the same way as Liberty Bonds do,
but they are put in such small demon
nations that they will furnish a handy
investment for the savings of the poor
and for the small sums that people may
save by denying themselves small lux
uries. They are backed, as the Liberty
Bonds are, by the credit of the United
States Government and they will con
tinue to increase in value until Janu-
airy l, 1923. At present a War Saw
ing Stamp is worth $4.16; on January
|, 1923 it will be redeemed for IS.
Every month increases the value of
the War Savings Stamps one cent.
A Thrift Stamp is 25c stamp, is
sued by the government, but which Of
itself bears no interest. Whenever any
one buys a Thrift Stamp, however, he
is given a card which has spaces for
sixteen stamps. When the card is flll-
ed the holder may exchange it at post
FOR a War Savings Stamp, by paying
the difference between o., the price of
the sixteen Thrift Stamps, and the
price of the War Savings Stamp, which
at present is $4.16.
Saturday is Thrift Day
Each Saturday from now on will be
known as Thrift Day and the merchants
of Honolulu, will endeavor to aid the
saving campaign by giving as many
Thrift Stamps as possible in the way of
change. Next Saturday will be mark
ed by a demonstration by the chill.
dren of the city.
May 81 win be National Pledge
Day, and the local committee will make
q special effort to market stamps and
organize the saving of the community.
The Honolulu Automobile Club has vol
unteered to aid the committee on this
day and furnish cars to aid in spread
ing the savings doctrine to all parts of
the city.
The arrangements for the Pledge Day
are in the hands of a Woman's com
mittee, of which Mrs. Herman +. He'd
rick is chairman. Mrs. Hamilton p.
Agee is in charge of the publicity Of
the campaign. Mrs. Walter +. Frear is
chairman of arrangements for the par
ade; Mrs. A. Lewis, Jr., is in charge
of transportation for workers and Mrs.
John f. Baird will direct the street
decoration.