Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-26

| H. C. Richter is still in the lead in the
letter carriers war savings and thrift
stamp selling contest, which is being con-
| Quoted under the auspices of The Even
| ing Star and which carries with it twenty
cash prizes aggregating $500 in amount.
H s. Van Eoorflis continues to stick in
second place, and George T. Ellis jumped
who for two days experienced the salts
faction of being in third place. dropped
back to sixth, and H. A Clark shifted
from fourth to fifth place.
George E. Dom, a newcomer in the
honor list landed into fourth place. and
NJ X. Eppiey, who had not been heard
from before. is grazing tenth place
Chevy Chase sPuffed Up
The Chevy Chase branch post Office was
all pulled UP today when it learned that
J. @. Shirley had landed in sixteenth place
and J. W. Turner in twenty-first place.
This is the first time Chevy Chase has been
leaders list" Takoma station under
went the same proud feeling when F. /.
Cole slid into seventeenth place. Valen-
tine Waller brought Anacostia out of OBJ
security by getting into tweny-sixth place.
The stamp sales today ran a trifle over
$500 making the total sales since the
starting Of the contest on March 20 about
Richter. who is leading the list,
didn't rest Sunday. It was Palm Sum
day: and he went to the Christ
Lutheran Church with his family.
music and the sermon. and wondering
how much palm they could carry home
| with them Richter was letting
thoughts of war savings creep in.
| After the service he turned his think
| ing into talking. and as result sold
| stamps amounting to s165.60. That
| was pretty fair for a Sabbath morn
| ing. but Richter wasn't satisfied He
Co. LII 49,
| in the afternoon, and, according to
him, 1t was a good dinner. and Richter
appreciated tin fact, he appreciated
his sisters hospitality SO much he sold
| left for home
Richter Hates to LoI.
Being typical letter cartier.
| Richter hates to sit for any length Of
ing to catch up with the Sunday
papers and read more about that new
| German toy that is said to be tossing
shells right into the main streets OF
Paris from a distance of seventy miles
more stamp buyers. He found them,
| too. and sold $22 worth, thus making
his Palm Sunday efforts total $29910. 3
| Postman Keyser. who has quiet lit
/ Tie route III IcOfSclOWHp Ci1IHS InAt ne
| was never lucky in his life. He con-
| tends that he could even have been
| luckier in inheriting a name. How
| ever his present woe is due to the fact
| that he, like all of the other postmen
| hadn't any idea that this contest was
! going to start until The Star announced
| 1t on the eve of the opening, and at
noon that day he had turned IN $40
from stamp sales for which he will not
| get credit in this contest. But Keyser
| is game, and instead of moping or bel
| lowing, he simply said. that's Just my
| luck" and Immediately started to get
| busy.
Postman Duckett said today that he
is going to be heard from soon He
has been busy advocating the purchase
of stamps, but as yet has not succeeded
| in getting in the list of leaders
| Duczett is a busy man. He h ono of
our best city farmers. He has a wha he
Of back yard and is known as the
principal farmer Of Park View; he has
an army of leghorn hens-and Won
know this is the busy season for hena
In fact, Mr.. Hoover says they have
got to lay. and Ducketts are not
slackers. So between gardening and
fruit pruning. and egg hunting. be-
sides strolling a few miles each fIay
on his mail route. and soliciting war
savings business at night, he leads a
| very idle" life-one of those anothin<r-
| acknowledgements existences