Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-21

ner in which the letter carriers of the
District are competing to win the $500
In prizes offered in the war savings
stamp contest being conducted under
the auspices of The Star. this city is
going to be at the top of the national
list in the matter of selling these
stamps when the contest closes on the
night of March so.
!, Each one of the postmen connected
with the local post Office has shown in
the two days this contest has been
under way that he is more than willing
to do his share in this part of the war
work At the same time the prospect
of winning one Of the twenty cash
prizes, which range from 500 to $40
in amounts, adds considerable to the
interest and energy of the men in the
selling of the stamps. Aside from
little hardness every now and then in
making deliveries of letters, Postmas-
ter Chance contends that the handling
of the war savings stamps by his men
has added greatly to their general eff
fciency. 1t has served to brace them
and to otherwise act as an inspiration.
Addressed by Chance.
To large group of the postmen as
they made ready to hurry to their res
spect;ve routes this morning Postmas-
ter Chance gave a spirited talk. in
which he emphasized the nations task
in the war and furnished his attentive
auditors with splendid selling argu-
ments.
This war" he said. the greatest of
all, is greatest especially in it's cost
Each week it is costing the nations in
yolved many millions of dollars
The war savings movement is one
by which to get every men, woman and
child into the war. to get them in
position where they will consciously
contribute to the prosecution Of the
war. 1t may seem startling to affirm
money for purposes not necessarily es-
sentiaI we are really helping our gov
eminent fight the war"
Miss Mamie E. Gulick. who has
savings and thrift stamps at the post
Office. was working with both hands
from opening until closing time yester-
day. But she liked it. She smiles as
she works; she claims that the post
men cannot buy the stamps too fast to
bother her Miss Gulick smiles as she
works because. as she expressed 1t.
Every time I sell war savings
other bullet at the kaiser So who
wouldn't smile?"
d. ]. Callahan, director Of war saw
tngs in the District. who is watching
with much interest this selling contest
among the letter Carriers, is arranging
TO make an address to them within the
next day or So His talk will be with
the view Of furnishing them with adj
ditional selling points.
Children Best Customers.
Osborne Cissel. whose mail route is
IN the eastern end of Mount Pleasant,
contends that children are his biggest
asset in selling war savings and thrift
stamps. According to him. the chill
dren appear to know more about the
stamps than do their parents. This fact
he attributes to the instruction in the
achools-
The American children" said cissel,
'sseem to be bubbling over with pa
friotism-they appear to have been
thoroughly impressed that they have a
Rart in this war. and that Uncle Sam is
eepending on their support 1t surely
cannot help but admire kid for
making little sacrifices in order to save
enough money with which to buy these
lamps They not only look upon it as
merely saving money, but they speak
~ It as an investment. They know they
are getting a bargain when they re-
eeiye a savings stamp worth IS in re-
Turn for four dollars worth of thrift
stamps and an additional fourteen PEN
nies"
Another carrier. in telling Of his two
days experiences in the contest is en-
phatic in his cootention that he has two
~ the most patriotic children in Wash
4ngton living on his route. These two
youngsters are willingly sacrificing the
little things they formerly enjoyed in
order that they might devote every
penny that comes into their possession
70 the purchase of thrift stamps-'to
help the sojer boys as they put it,
They also say they want to hep beat
that old kaiser"
ants of Uncle Sam give only a small
idea of the happy part they are playing
n this war work They believe in it
and they like it, and to the last man
they all seem to feel that IL the success
Of the sale of the war savings and
thrift stamps depends upon their efforts
they are going to be sold. They see
Rothing but success in this gigantic job
America has taken upon itself