The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-24
APPEALING POSTERS

cards designed Tn the Splrlt or no l compromise with the Hun' have been prepared by the Bureau of Publicity of the Treasury Department for the | Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which l begins Saturday The designs are | eleven in number, ten of them being
 pictorial in their appeals, and the l eleventh, a card. carrying a represen- | taton of the Fourth Liberty Loan | button and exhorting every loyal cit | izen Of the United States to wear the | bu ton as badge of honor.
 The new posters Init the Hun be- tween the eyes" figuratively speak | ing. revealing the menace of Teutohic A strong appeal to the n0bler in stincts of humanity is contained in | Walter H Everett's design, the orig inal of which is a fine oil painting of mother clutching a child to her breast while another clings to her skirt, the mothers left arm stretched forth in an agony of appeal This poster lettered Must children die and mothers plead in vain?" Is litho- graphed in ten printings.
 The celebrated lithographer. Joseph Pennell. has delineated the Statue of Liberty crumbling under German shell fire. and silhouetted against lurid sky and the blazing ruins of the city of New York. This poster is cap toned That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth" Five hundred thou sand are being issued in four print ure.
 The menace of Hundom is exem- plified in a poster by F. Strothman, which shows a green-eyed Hun with a bloody bayOnet peering over the edge of Europe. his predatory gaze fixed upon the 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-iIis Mark: Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds" typifyng the murder lust of the Hun The ar list is J. Allen St John.
 \ pair of bloody boots. ornamented with the Imperial German eagle and Captioned Keep These or the U. s. A.. constitutes another poster and conveys a message which may be read and understood at a glance The artist is John Norton
 Critics consider d design by Els worth Young one of the strongest of the series. It shows silhouette of q 1 Hun dragging a girl aainst a vivid background fecked with blazing em- bers, and bears the significant caption Remember Belgium"
 An oblong poster by J Scott Will jams, represents a figure of Victory bearing flag and with marching troops silhouetted against a stormy background. Behind the figure of Vic ! tOryl is a majestic representation of the American eagle in full flight This poster is being Autographed in eight printings and is also being used as d 24-sheet poster for billboards Walter Whitehead has depocted an American in d heroic attitude. rifle and bayonct in hand, facing the foe. 1 This poster bears the stirring admon- ition, Come on!"
 Hun or Home?" is the caption of poster by Henry Raliegh. the artist who executed the Halt the Hun" pos ter which was so popular in the Third | Liberty Loan campaign Mir Raligh's s 1 Fourth Liberty Loan poster represents a Hun invading d home while a little l girl with baby in her arms gazes iii startled apprehension at him. Howard Chandler Christy is the de | signer of the tenth poster, which | shows the figure of Victory towering above gun crew in action on bat.
 tleheld and captioned Clear the
 Way" Mir. Christy's representation
 of the gun crew was taken from a
 photograph made by an officer when
 a gun was actually being served
 The posters will become available
 to the public through the Liberty
 Loan committees of the respective
 districts but they will not be display
 ed until the opening week of tho
 campaign.