The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-05
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As result of the general situation
nd the presentation TO the other NOM
bers OF the committee, subcommittee
and other officials OF the actual facts in
connection with tho loan every effort Will
be made for the balance of the drive to
meet some OF the old jazz and pep that
marked the opening OF previous drives,
but which have been conspicuously abb
sent in the present one. The committee
feels that this is the last and that II 1t
ia necessary to work all the sirens,
whistles, bands and other bally-hoo fea-
lures to arouse the interest OF the public
1t should be done.
Consequently n unique feature will be
Introduced tomorrow night for the re-
naming days OF the campaign. Thou
sands OF saleswomen will throng the
streets of the city and urge every one to
buy Just ons~more bond. Each one who
makes an additional subscription Will
eceive small red feather to be worn
alongside. of the Victory Loan button.
>, The re. Rather campaign will be Of
ncially authorizes by the Treasury De-
partment in an official statement that
Will be published on Wednesday aimed
10 speed up the closing days Of the drive.
or the lapel OF the coat, and will only be
ssued TO subscribers who have pre-
viously purchased Victory notes. The
campaign will be inaugurated tomorrow
night with n carnival parade in which
all the leading members of the local COM
nittee will participate.
The parade will form on Fifth avenue
between Twelfth and Eighteenth streets,
tarting at s o'clock for the march up
Fifth avenue and by way OF Forty-ffth
street to Victory Way. All along the
line of march the parade will be illumi-
rated by huge red flares lighted by Boy
Scouts. Big BHr' Edwards, collector
of internal revenue, will be grand mar
shal Of the parade.
Following the procession Of marcher.
there will be n parade OF decorated auto
mobiles. Prizes of captured Prussian
helmets will be given for the best dis-
plays.
Police arrangements will be under the
direction OF Commissioner Wallis, who is
a member OF the red feather committee
The second day event of the red
feather Campaign will take place
Wednesday evening. Guns will boom
sirens, whistles and countless horns
throughout the city will blow and every
noise producing eontrivance available
will be utilized. Red flares will be
lighted In. every section OF the city.
Father DUFFY Mt victory Way.
The Rev. Francis p. Duffy. chaplain
OF the old Sixty-ninth, was the chief
speaker at yesterdays meeting at Vic
tory Way. His appeal was in the
nature of an expression Of gratitude
on the part OF the men of the army fol
the support to the cause already giver
by the people at home and a prayer
for a continuance OF that support In the
present instance. Father DUFFY said:
You have made this sacrifice, you
have offered this great gift for the ser
vice of your. country and TO you are
due thanks and honor. To you, then. to-
day our hearts go out. our thanks go up
and we tender TO you in the name OF
your fallen ones their thanks for the
glorious upbringing that you gave then
and the thanks of the army and of the
whole country for the service rendered
TO this patriotic cause by the devotion
and loyalty and sacrifice of those who
had TO stay at home"
At u meeting OF Greek Americans
held at the Casino Theatre, s35. 900 wa,
subscribed TO the loan. Not quite hall
that sum was paid in cash. Three Ger
man helmets were auctloned. one
brought $1,000 in Victory note subscrip.
lions; the two others $1,000 apiece.
The American Flying Club. in Co
operation with the loan committee. ha:
arranged a series of daily passenger
carrying flights at Belmont Park, Ions
Island. beginning to-day. Ten passen'
gers will he carried each day between
4 and 6 O'Clock.
A certificate emitting the holder e
n flight will be issued by the club a
II East Thirty-eighth street to sub
scribers for 100000. Upon presentatior
OF this the holder will be taken up from
Belmont Park. This feature of tn,
campaign has been transferred from
Van Cortlandt Park because the crowd.
there made the landing OF the plane:
difficult.
WOmen's Clubs Lead Rainbows.
Last week closed with the Rainbow
Division, composed of the advisor,
trades committees. reporting 80 PEI
cent. of its quota Of $3.50, 12S.O00 Graf,
Colgate, chairman OF the advisor
committee. issued the following appea
yesterday TO the $4,000 committe.
workers:
THE amount the Rainbow Division
has raised to date is less than half o
WHAT Was raised IN the corresponding
period of the Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign. Both in number and volume o
subscriptions we have raised but hal
of what was raised in the first tive
weeks of the Fourth Loan drive. Thi
means that the division must rails,
twice as much during this. the fna
week OF the Victory Liberty Loan cam
paign. II II is to reach its quota.
up to date but FIVE committees hav.
reached their quotas. IN the Fourth
of ninety committees reached theil
quotas before the end of the campaign
This is the last opportunity that will
be afforded US to do a real patriotic ser
vice. We have sacred duty 10 per
form. a duty that is a test of the char
acter and patriotism of each one of US
single individual"
The weeks results show that III,
Womens Clubs Committee maintained
the lead In the division with 52.4 pc
cent. of its quota, and the AllieC
Music Trades Committee second will
25.4 per cent. The standing Of tn
committees follows:
Quota. Subscriptions
Music trades.,'... ~ toOoOO $1,000, 0Ut
Art dealers .....- ZOO 900 37i,70l
AutomOtive trades l2,0OOOOO 1907 IL,
Baking Industry. 400 900 / 300 90,
Bets, Suspenders. 900 600 li1 80,
Building trades. $500 900 1881 10,
Business women. 43OOuU 5l4 20,
Butter, cheese. 100 600 $50 lOI
Carpets, rugs. 1,440 OnO ia 40
Chemicals, drugs. 320O0OOO aG4l 3St
Children = wear. 1,1SS 900 glaUhi
China, glassware. 100000 3G7 2Ot
ClOaks suits. I.115,OOO = 200 90,
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