The Washington herald., 1918-06-28
THRIFT SLOGAN
TODAY AS D. G.
PLEDGES W.S.S.
hirlwind Two-Week Drive
Ends Tonight in Many
Meetings.
$500 900 TO BE TOTAL
Pictures at Keith's and
Lawn Fete Also
Features.

Today. oficially designated as
National Thrift Day" by procla-
nation of President Wilson. marks
also the termination Of the whirl-
wind two-week drive In the interest
Of war saving stamps that has been
waged by District Director D. J.
Callahan and his committees. 1t is
their confident expectation that the
Districts huge quota OF stamps
$500. oo0-will be realized by night
fall
A final opportunity WIN be given
those who have not yet recorded
their pledges for stamp purchases
during the remainder of the year.
or who desire to increase subscrip-
tions already made, to make them
at special rally meetings to be held
In every section Of the city tonight.
In many cases, special programs
with music have been arranged; in
others, no set program has been
provided, but at all the gospel OF
war saving stamps and the need of
national thrift will be brought home
to every attendant
Tonight's meetings are to be as
follows:
Public Library, Seventh and X
streets. northwest: Public Library.
Takoma Park; Elightwood Public
School, John Dixon Home, Petwo=th
Public School, Wilson Normal School.
Bethany Baptist Church, Second and
Rhode Island avenue, northwest;
Masonic Hall, Brookland, d. c.; John
Eaton School. Cleveland Park; Eliza
beth Brown School, Chevy Chase;
4525 Conduit Road, jackson School, r
street, between Thirty-first and
Thirty-second streets. northwest;
Potomac Savings Bank, Tenaly
School. Wisconsin avenue, Tenley-
town; Northeast Temple, Twelfth
and H streets, northeast; Olympic
Theater, 145 U street, northwest; /;
store, 3o6 Rhode Island avenue,
northwest; Eastern High School,
Semmes Motor Co., 1132 Connecticut
Motor Company, Gil G street, north
street, southeast; A. g. Herrmann's,
80 Tenth street, southeast; office,
Donohoe & Sons, 314 Pennsylvania
avenue, southeast.
The meetings for colored citizens
win be held at the following places:
Howard Theater, T street, near
Seventh, northwest; Zion Baptist
Church, F street, between Third and
Four-and-a-half street, southwest;
Mt Vernon N. e. Church, Capitol
avenue, Ivy City; Sixteenth and
Lewis street, northeast; Berne Gen.
ter, Anacostia; Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church, Second and N streets,
southwest; Lovejoy School, Twelfth
and D streets, northeast. For the
Howard Theater meeting an espe-
cially elaborate program has been
arranged, including singing.
Tonight's Meeting Mt Keith's
A motion picture carnival" will
be given at Keith's Theater at II
a. m. today. admission being free to
every purchaser of one IS war saw
ings stamp through one of the the
aters participating in the plan. The
program includes the first local ex-
hibition of the notable photoplay,
The Spreading Evil"
A thrift stamp lawn fete" will
be given on the Department of Ag-
riculture grounds at 8 o'clock to-
night Dancing. singing by the glee
clubs, with two military bands fur
nishing the music. and an address
by Carl Vrooman, president of the
Welfare Association, comprise the
program Admission Is free to all
men in uniform; all others must
purchase one 25-cent thrift stamp
at the entrance.
Baseball Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be war Savings
Stamp Day" at the Washington
Baseball Park. Manager Clark Grif-
nth has arranged many features Of
interest in connection with the
event. Among these are concerts
by q military band.
New members of 'gThe $1,000 Club"
registered yesterday were r. B. II.
Lyon and ]. II. Atchinson.
Manager Robbins, Of B. F. Keith's
Theater, reported last night that the
Wtnd-ups sale at this house at the night
performance netted s12,2so, a record
Tor the week. Mrs. woodrow Wilson,
wife Of the President, subscribed to
800 worth Of stamps. There were
five subscriptions Of S,ooo each. One
came from e. r. Albee, a second
from william Hahn and Company.
and three subscriptions were given
by visitors In Washington who were
at the theater.
At the Columbia Theater last nizht
q total OF 5000 was subscribed for
war savings stamps This AMOUNT