Evening star., 1918-06-20
benefit TONIGHT
AT LIBERTY HUT
Theater Stars Give High
Class Performance for
War Savings Work.

Everything is in readiness for thu
entertainment to be staged tonight
the Liberty Hut under the auspices o
the local theaters for the benefit o.
the war savings campaign. Famou!
players, grand opera artists, vaude
VILE celebrities and number of Other
notable features have been arranged
for. The entertainment will be of the
highest order and the committee ir
charge anticipates capacity au'
dience
Letters received by D. ]. Callahan
District director Of the war savings
stamps campaign, as result OF the
city-wide distribution of pledge cards
range from the pathetic to the ludi-
crous All, however, indicate real
ization of individual responsibility
for THE success of the drive, ending
June .s. which presages its success.
Brookland Woman Helps.
A woman who lives in Brookland.
and whose means are very small
writes: "I am buying thrift stamps
now and paying on two liberty bonds.
as well as helping the Red cross. But
] will continue to buy all the stamps
] can spare money for. We are poor
people. and I am working to help. my
husband along. Am an American
from the heart, and viii do all can
for my country. 1 have a brother
over there and four more at TINS
country's CALL"
The other extreme is received in
letter from a proud father OF three
It'll rr-hN H1ar tn1
Of sweet peas. planning to sell them
and invest the money in war savings
stamps The garden flourished and
the peas bloomed. Neighbors gladly
bought the flowers and the children
realized a total of ~ss-60-but here
comes the humorous side. The Red
Cross drive was on at the time. so
the money went to that worthy cause.
but the eldest child begged white
hen from his grandmother. and biddy
was sold for a dollar and proved the
foundation for a war savings fund.
How Washington Will Aid.
Every resident of Washington
whether permanent or just So
journer within it's gates-has been
appointed a committee of one to CO.
operate to the utmost in the war saw
ings stamp drive, which ends June
IS 1t is pointed out that Washing
ton has a quota of s7.500.o00 stamps
to buy during the year. and ii is hoped
that when the final returns are re-
ceived from the pledge cards that
will indicate that history has re-
peated itself and Washington has
gone over the top just as it has
done in the successive liberty loan
and Red Cross drives. To divide
this quota so that each individual will
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following plan has been suggested:
That an average salary of $50
week be taken as a basis for pur-
chasing stamps to the value of $50
before the end OF the year. ard
that the individual whose income is
hold himself responsible for the pur-
chase of stamps in the same proper
ton Thus, the man earning $50
week will buv stamps 10 the Sal''e.
at least, of $50 before December 81,
the 500 a week man. 500. and SO on.
mp to the $1,000 limit
Theaters Aiding Move.
The theaters participating in this
plan include the Belaseo. B; F.
bia. Knickerbocker. Cosmos. Garden.
Strand. Savoy. Apollo. Avenue Grand
and American. and at each perform
ance audiences have been addressed
by prominent speakers on behalf of
war stamps. Through this means, q
total of s4.0s5 was sold at Polls on
Tuesday night, through the efforts of
G. II. Luengene and Roy Seuhauser.
On the same night, sales at Keith's
totaled S3.9.292. while the BeIasco
sales reached s2.664.6s.
The program tonight will consist
of acts lent by the B. F. Keith and
Cosmos theaters. speciality by Dor