The Washington herald., 1918-01-30
WHITE HOUSE
STARTS MOVE
TOSAVE COAL
Nationwide Shovel Tagging
Will Take Place Today;
Children Aid.

The White House coal shovel will
be tagged today. So will the coal
shovels in twenty million other
homes In the United States. The
school children of the country will
do this patriotic work under the
direction OF the Conservation Dlvi-
sion OF the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration and State and local
school authorities.
President Wilson's coal shovel
will be tagged by William Edward
Furey and Helen Margaret Tew
Washington school children who
have accomplished notable things
in helping to win the war. WILL
lam led the Boy Scouts In selling
liberty bonds and Helen, who IL q
Girl Scout patrol leader, won the
first prize for canning vegetables
from q war garden. They will
have as a guard of honor at the
White House fifty children from the
Franklin and Force schools, these
being the nearest public schools to
the Presidents home. 1t is expect
ed that President Wilson, Mrs. Will
son, other members of the White
House family. United States Fuel
Director OF Conservation P. B
Noyes. Deputy District Acministra-
tor Colladay and other officials will
be present.
National Event.
Similar ceremonies will take place
in virtually all cities and school dis
tricts of the United States. Mayors
shovels will be tagged by the thou
sands and those of governors will
be given similar treatment. Children
living near the United States Capitol
Building will race to see who shall
have the honor of tagging the coal
shovels in the nations chief legisla-
tive and judicial home. State capitol
buildings will be besieged throughout
the day.
But the real feature will be the
tagging Of shovels in homes. It Ii
safe to say that every father, brother
uncle or cousin who shovels coal into
furnaces-and that takes in about
everybody-will know tonight that his
government, as represented by the
President and the Fuel Administra-
ton, wants them to save that extra
shovelfuP'-that the winning of the
war in a large measure depends upor
1t. It Is also safe to say that the
school children will see that they
comply,
The tag Is intended as a reminder
1t may wear out or be lost, but the
memory will remain in the mind ol
every coal shoveler who has seen II
The children are asking householders
to save for their own and the coun.
try's sake. The Fuel Administration
points out that II this domestic BIZ
by bit saving campaign Is only one.
half as successful as it promises &c
be, the suffering in homes caused
by lack OF coal will not be nearly sc
great next winter as It has beer
this winter.
Forty thousand coal shovels II
Washington and 100000 in tn,
United States will be tagged.
Ernest l. Thurston, superinten
dent OF schools. expressed gratifica,
ton last night over the fact that tht
distribution Of 1000 tags here hac
been begun 50 early that all had beer
given out by yesterday.
Mr.. Thurston explained that ever,
student in the public schools in Of
above the third grade had received
a tag and that in some cases younger
pupils had been given tags to put OF
their own shovels
Prited on the tags, which are o.
ordinary size, are the words: Save
that shovelful Of coal q day for Uncle
Sam" On the back of the tag are
six hints on saving coal.