The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-24
100000 W. 5. S.
TOTAL FOR FRIDAY
statesmen From Business
Houses Engage in a Hust-
ling Campaign.
ENTIRE CITY IS COVERED
Sneakers, Pianos and Human
Fly Are Among Means Used
to Draw Crowds.

varlike campaign for War Savings
Stamps ragged up and down the city yes
,.rday. centring in the Fifth avenue dis
,rcr as far south as Fourteenth street.
under the leadership Of the city's most
Sus,ling campaigners, salesmen from
thousands Of business houses. NO figures
r,re obtainable at the close Of the hot
a.y's work, but there were well founded
cancellations that at least 100000, and
probably more. was realised.
Thursday, the opening day of the
drive, 100000 worth OF stamps were
sold
From the steps Of the Public Library
Blanche Bates, CARRIED as a nurse. stuck
10 the platform until her voice had won
n 600 from the crowd. Hal Fitzsim-
mons the champion riveter from the
staten Island shipyard. then. took the
cage and exhorted the patriots in the
audience with the same vigor he has
u,ed TO help put big ships in the water.
Rita Gould sang. The afternoon here
netted $1,000 worth of stamps.
Mayor Hylan. although he has sub
.crIbed the limit OF $1,000 allowed by
,hs terms Of the campaign. was held up
At the foot Of City Hall steps as he was
having for the day by Private Michael
Bronfenbrener Of the French War Mis-
sion and invested another dollar. Prl-
yate Bronfenbrener then went back 10
The stand at the front OF the Liberty
Bell leaning on the arm OF friend. be-
GAUGE he has lost one leg In the war,
and made a speech that brought out
thrift pledges by the score. The total
reached at the City Hall rally was
$1,000.
In at Fourteenth street and Fifth
avenue, Dare Devil Steve Petersen gave
a crowd OF 1000 the scare of ats life by
climbing up the sides of the Hudson
Building, twenty stories above the street.
He slipped twice because Of the difficulty
In getting holds, once at the fourth story
and again at the nineteenth. The sec
ond time 1t seemed as IL he would fall.
one hand CROPPED in vain for a hold and
his body swayed dangerously. When
he slid over the coping at the nineteenth
floor a great cheer went up. While he
was making the climb, Sergeant Hal
Oliver OF the Transport Service was busy
In the street and sold $4,000 worth of
stamps
Everywhere throughout the busy
rorty-second street district statesmen,
combining their professional instincts
with patriotic ones. sailed into stores
and strobe along the streets. gathering
dollars and quarters for the thrift cause.
Further up town, where the campaign
was In charge OF Maurice H. Mann OF
the Garment Salesmen's Association. four
auto trucks toured the West Side be-
tween Flfty-ninth and 10th streets
The work went on until late at night
everywhere. Trucks with pianos and
speakers reached into the furthest cor
ners OF the city. Theatre crowds were
Aaled to the thrift wagon and many OF
them Joined it. Families sitting on
heir doorsteps were summoned. Only
De deaf and blind escaped the campaign.
The Thursday reports show that the
six statesmen disposed of 100000 worth
Q. stamps. the entire amount they had
underwritten. The banner house was
Samuel Eiseman & Co., ia East Twenty
thlrd street, with a record of $4,000.
The lace and embroidery statesmen
turned in SIS, 900 in sales, and the whole
sale clothiers under Charles F. Endel
reported $4,000 worth of stamps sold.