Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-27
CITY'S PUPMSLEARN
LIBERTY LOAN SONG
Catchy Melody Will Be
Taught in Public Schools
to Aid Campaign
"CATECHISM" IS ISSUED
Union League Pamphlet Distributed
to Answer Queries on
Bonds Meaning

Copies of the official Liberty Loan
song, what Are You Going TO DO to
Help the Boys" are being distributed
today among the public schools Of the
city. This will be taught all of the
pupils during the regular singing les
sons. obs. ...... o..
1t Is sung to n catchy air with swing
to II and MADE an enormous hit yes
tcrday at the closing OK the two-day Lib
crty Loan convention held at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel, when II made It's
first official appearance.
The Union League today issued Lib
erty' Loan catechism showing what
would happen If Germany won the war.
The burden imposed upon France. fol-
lowing tho Franco-prusslan war. is
taken as a basis for the figures given.
The pamphlet, which will be widely
distributed, says, following n number of
questions and answers:
a Liberty Bond fights for America.
An indemnity would pay for Germany s
victory over US.
A Liberty Bond add to our own
safety. An indemnity bond would in
sure Germany's domiEancc over us
=. Liberty Bond feeds and arms an
American soldier. An indemnity bond
would pay for the gun and food Of a
German soldier.
a Liberty Bond means upholding the
gories of our Union handed down 10
us by Washington and Lincoln. An
indemnity bond would fasteiI upon the
world an everlasting reiPn of Prussian
tyranny from which the ancestors of
millions of Americans were once forced
to flee in terror.
Take your choice Lend your dollars
temporarily to Uncle sam or give tlem
away outright to kai .cr William.
Chorus Easily Learned
The chorus of the official song of the
third Liberty Loan Is one easily learned
by every American citizen. II your
musical talent Is at such Il low ebb and
your memory so bad that you cannot
join in this chorus, the Liberty Loan
committee asks that you buy an extra
bond to assure yourself of your patri.
\ otism.
The chorus runs as follows
What are you going 10 do for Uncle
Sammy?
What are yeu going TO do to help the
boys?
If you mean to stay at home,
4 While they're fighting DER the foam,
The least that you can do is buy a
Liberty Bond or two;
IL you're going to be a sympathetic
mser.
The kind that only lends a lot of noise.
/ You're no better than the one who loves
tho Kaiser;
So what are you going to do to help
the boys?
Dinner for Campaign Discussion
} &. NJ. Lauer. chairman of the indus.
! trial and commercial committee of the
/ Third Liberty Loan, predicted today that
philadelphia would go over the top
. no matter what this city's quota would
be. According to information obtainabc
now, the quota for the Philadelphia dis.
trict will be $270,0o0,oOO.
n canvass of more than 2S.O00 indus
trial establishments in the Philadelphia
district, Mr., Lauer said, shows that there
will be a large RESPONSE for Liberty
Bonds. \ dinner, at which members
! of the industrial and commercial com.
| mittee will discuss the Liberty Bond
/ campaign. will be held tonight at tho
! Adelphia Hotel. William A. Law, presi-
! dent of the First National Bank. will
| be among the speakers. Mr. Lauer will
preside. IL is expected that about SOC
/ persons will be present. q. II. Fonda
| i'm charge of the welfare department OF
! the Bethlehem Steel Company, and j.
/ q. Montgomery and British officer
/ whose name has not vet been announced
/ are scheduled to speak. Plans will l.,
well outlined for the conduct of tho
/ campaign.
Personnel OF WOmen's Committee
Announcement was made today of the
/ Women's Liberty Loan Committee for
/ Philadelphia. II consists of:
Mrs. Edward Biddle, Mrs. Edward
Browning, Mrs. George Dallas Dixon
Mrs. George W. Childs DreXcl Mrs.
John W. Geary, Mrs. Rodman L. Grls-
com, Mrs. John G. Groome. Mrs. Ernest
Law, Mrs. Arthur ii. Lea, Mrs John
, II. Mason, Mrs. j. Willis Martin, Mrs
William l.. Mclean. Mrs. II, 5, Prentiss
Nichols. Mrs. George Wharton Pepper
Mrs. Thomas Robins, Mrs. l.. II. Stotes-
bury, Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,
| and Mrs. Barclay Ii. Warburton.