The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-23
ELEVEN POSTERS
ADVERTISE FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN
Ten Well-knOwn artists Design
Striking Figures Depicting
Hun Horrors

!
cards designed in the spirit of mo
! compromise with the Hun" have been
prepared by the Bureau OF Publicity
OF the Treasury Department for the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign,
which begins September IS. The de-
signs are II il number. 10 of them
being pictorial in their appeals, and
i the eleventh, card, carrying rep
resentation OF the Fourth Liberty
Lean button and exhorting every 10y
al American to wear the button as a
badge OF honor.
The new posters hit the Hun be-
tween the eyes" fguratively speaking,
revealing the menace OF Teutonic
''kultur' in all its hideous significance
a strong appeal TO the nobler in
sitincts OF humanity is contained in
Walter H. Everett's design. the orig
mai OF which is fine oil painting OF
a mother clutching a child TO her
+ breast while another elings to her
knee, the mothers LEFT arm stretched
forth in an agony OF appeal. This
poster lettared Must children die and
mothers plead in yain?" is Autograph
ed in 10 printings.
The celebrated photographer JOS
eph Pennell, has delinated the Statue
d Liberty crumbling under German
shell FIRE. and silhouetted against d
lurid sky and the blazing ruins of the
city OF New York. This poster is
cantioned That Liberty Shall Not
Perish from the Earth Five humid
red thousand are being issued in four
printings. and a small size in rotograv-
IRE.
The menace of Hundom is exempli-
fed III a poster by F. Strothman which
shows a green-eyed Hun with
bloody bayonet peering over the edge
OF Europe, his predatory gaze fixed on
Tho United States. The picture is
captioned Beat Back the Hun with
Liberty Bonds"
One Of the most powerful posters
OF the series is a bloody hand print
captioned The Hun-His mark; Blot
It out with Liberty Bonds, typiying the
murder lust Of the Hun.
The artist is ]. Allen ST. John.
\ pair OF bloody boots, ornamented
with the Imperial German eagle and
capticned Keep These OF the q. S.
A" constitutes another poster and
conveys a message which may be read
and understood at a glance. The ar
fist is John Norton.
Critics consider design by Els
worth Young one OF the strongest OF
the series. II shows silhouette of
a Hun dragging a girl against a vivid
background fecked with blazing en-
ters, and bears the significant caption
Remember Belgium"
An oblong poster by j. Scott Will
liams, represents figure of Victory
bearing a flag and with marching
troops silhoutted against a stormy
background Behind the figure Of
Victory is q majestic representation
of the American eagle in full fight.
: This poster is being Autographed in
. eight printings, and is also being used
: as 24-sheet poster for billboards.
Wilter Whithead has depicted an
: American in a heroic attitude, rife
r and bayonet in hand, facing the foe.
/ This poster bears the stirring admon-
ition, Come on
: Hun or Home" is the caption of
poster by Henry Raleigh, the artist
who executed the Halt the Hun" pos
: ter which was so popular in the Third
/ Liberty Loan campaign. Mr.. Raleigh's
| Fourth Liberty Loan poster repre-
| sents a Hun invading a home while
little girl with baby in her arms
: gazes in startled apprehension at him.
/, Howard Chandler Christy is the de-
: signer OF the tenth poster, which
+ shows the figure of Victory towering
4 above gun crew in action on battle
: ship, and captioned, Clear the way
4 Mr.. Christy's. representation of the
r gun crew was taken from photo
r graph made by an officer when gun
d eas actually being served
!. The posters have become available
: TO ne public through the Liberty
6 Loan committees Of The respective
2 districts, but they are not 10 pc dis
: played until the opening week Of the
campaign