Evening star., 1919-04-24
WOMEN SUCCESSFUL
:. IN LOAN BOND SALES
Committees at Hotels Reap Harvest
Of Subscriptions-Rally
Today.

A woman's victory rally, in the in
| terests of the victory liberty loan. is
to be held in the Belasco Theater this
afternoon at 4:3o o'clock. The meeting
, is open to the public.
Mrs. Newton D. Baker. wife Of the
| Secretary Of War, and Mrs. Franklin
Townsend will sing. and the speak
| ers will include Mrs. Larz Anderson,
| who has recently returned from Eu-
| rope; DR.. Esther Lovejoy. the first
/ American woman physician to render
aid to the sick and dying children
Of France. and Miss Katherine Pad
don. who for fifteen months served
| as the driver Of a motor ambulance
and wears the decoration won by the
served for its especial bravery under
hre IN the Argonne sector. Miss Pad
| don has been released from hospital
duty for the period of the victory loan
drive has been assigned to the District
of Columbia woman's liberty loan
committee. Beside the singers and
| speakers there will be music by the
Marine Band.
Young Girls to Be Ushers.
To help in seating the large au-
diencs expected a bevy of young girls
| has been secured to serve as ushers
| acting under the direction of Mrs. La
Rue Brown. The girls will carry over
their shoulders the Cupid" KNAPP
broidered in blue and containing
| bond cards. which they will distribute
These ushers will include: Miss Jane
Gregory. Miss Elizabeth Brandeis.
Miss Selma Borchardt. Miss Jessie
Haver. Miss Edith lockwood. Miss
Miss Grace Elbert. Miss Alice Saw.
telle. Miss Mildred Price, Miss Ruth
Kernodle, Miss Millicent White, Miss
Nell Ryan. Miss Edna Seuell, Miss
Ruth Thomas. Misses Ruth and Ber-
tina Lohee. Miss Jean McCardelI, Mrs.
Miss Ruth Pitcher.
Women Pushing Loan.
steady progress has characterized
the District women's liberty loan
progress in bond sales during the frst
three days OF the campaign. There
| have been no ecord-breaking sub
scriptions taken to permit the women
to indulge in self-adulation. but. by
the same token, there has been eyery
indication that there is to be a steadi-
ly increasing flow of bonds of moder-
ate figure.
Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner. chair
man Of the women's committee, an
nounced last night subscriptiona re.
ported on Monday amounted to SAD. $50.
| with several committees yet to report.
OF the above amount. the sum of S2S. I5O
was taken In through the various hotels
on Monday.
Good Work at Hotels.
Yesterday the Raleigh, with Mrs.
Walter Schoellkopn and Mrs. John
Connor as saleswomen. led with
SIS, 900: Wardman Park Inn followed.
with $4,000. and the Willard wrote
down $500 in bonds sold. or this
amount Mr.. Beale R. Howard was the
purchaser Of hve-thousand- dollar
bond. The Washington Hotel showed
q credit Of $2,25o in the early after
noon.
Mrs. Charlotte 3. EldridKa chair
man Of the committee on airpianes
and tanks reported an interestine
meeting Tuesday night around the big
mark camoudaged army tanE
which has seen active service in ReI
gium. At Tuesdays meeting 1t served
as q platform for speakers at BEN
tamin Franklin statue, 10th and
Pennsylvania avenue. Lieut. Frost is
| in charge OF this tank. and it is man
ned by hve men who saw service in
Belgium with the United States Tank
Corps. Lieut.. Frost was one of the
speakers Tuesday evening. as was
Private Lewis. who. having been one
| Of the nghtinE men who helped the
war to victory. knows how to drive
homo the necessity for its support
Other speakers wero Representative
F. c. Hicks Of New York and w. II
Irwin Of Montana The bonds sold
| amounted to $1,000 II. -
NzA EldsidEs announced shiT the