Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-16
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with the three Liberty Loan
drives" and the campaign for the
Red Cross subscriptions declare that
| their experiences this week in re-
gard to the War Savings Stamps,
commonly known as "Thrifties" or
Babies" according to the value,
have been the most interesting and
they are of the opinion that once
Harrisburg gets a chance to recover
its breath and to. get down to syste-
matte saving after all the strenuous
things of this month it will buy
stamps at a rate that will surprise
many people. The simplicity of the.
idea is all that William NJ. Donald
son, chairman of the committee
which is in charge of the War Saw
! ings campaign in the county, claims
Tor 1T. And it is astonishing in spite
of all the signs that have been dis
played and the yards and yards of
publicity" that have been put out
by mail and printing press that so
few people have become savers. And
| this is all the more remarkable be-
cause Harrisburg some years ago got
used to the stamp idea through the
Dime Savings Fund, which the late
| James Mccormick launched in this
| city. Perhaps, 1t has been because
there have been so many appeals for
funds and prices for everything havo
| ing proposition has not become more
general. Some of the men who are
| canvassing say that when the scheme
| is explained many housewives
! promptly agree to start saving and
that one of the drawbacks appears
| to be that people have an idea they
can only buy the stamps at the post
Office. What should be done is to
print list of the places where War
Stamps can be bought" said a man
| who is active in the present weeks
! work. Il understand that requests
| have been made for such informal
tion, but the people in charge do not
either seem to have a list or to
realize the importance of it. 1 think
that if we could get people to under
stand that our big stores are all sell-
ing the stamps we would have many
| more bought"
st. Matthew's Lutheran congrega-
| ton which has established its home
| at Green and Seneca streets, has n
| Thrift Stamp plan working that
ought to commend itself to every
one. This congregation, which is II
new one comparatively speaking, but
| composed of liVewires, has an an
niversary coming the latter part of
June, and the officers have asked
each member to save enough for one
Baby Bond between now and the an
! niversary and donate it to the church
toward it's funds. People who have
| heard of the plan nave highly COM
mended it and there are many hopes
in Harrisburg that this practical
means -ofcombining patriotism, thrift
and religious work may work out IN
the best possible way.
There are a lot of youngsters in
| 10 i-ht 1A q m "a
keeping pavements swept and help
ing around the house these days to
save for Thrift Stamps and some of
the youngsters have fine cards. w.
Brooke Moore. the railroad official,
who was here the other day from Al
toona, told with a lot of quite justi-
fable pride how a grandson did some
work in a store and put what he got
into Thrift Stamps. And did [
match him?" asked Brooke. We'll,
1 guess"
One of the schemes to popularize
the War Savings Stamps in the city
which was talked of short time ago
and then put aside because some one
had his head full of something else,
was that there should be War Saw
ings flag adopted which could be
hung outside of stores or offices or
places where the stamps are to be
bought and also displayed over the
. counters or booth inside of depart
ment store or building. This flag
could be reproduced in the newsp1-
pers until everyone would know it as
:, the place where War Stamps could
be bought just like when you see a
blue bell on II sign you know that
: an indispensable public utility is at
your service there.
Canning factory" and which it is
understood the Harrisburg Railways
Company, always prompt to do its
share in a safety movement or any
thing else of public character, was
that the street cars carry wv. S. So
signs on their Tenders for week.
The street cars advertise PaXtang
Park and picnics and other things
and the celebrity with which Frank
B. Musser would help along War
Stamps by such means can be imag-
ined.
Millers Bros & Co, has utilized
the Thrift Stamps idea in a novel and
very sensible way This firm has some
attractive pictures of homes on dis
play and n sign which reads:
Thrift Stamps make
Foundations for homes.
John f. D2pp, who has been de-
voting weeks to the War Savings
work in the city without any brass
band attachment or leading citizen
sign, has been complimented by
many people for what he has done.
Mr.. Dapp does not regard himself as
indispensable to any movement, but
has gone along quietly, getting the
Thrift Stamp idea firmly into the
heads of the plain people and there
is many well-flled card to-day that
is due to his energy and his sacrifice
| of I,ie tit,,a whiIe others NAV have