The Washington herald., 1919-05-08
ALL LLD.C.STRIVES
TO REACH LOAN
QUOTA BY Pm.
Joy Festival on Avenue to
Cap Climax of
Drive.
WIDE OPEN AND LID OFF
Ole Hanson Hero of
Seattle to Speak on
Ellipse.

More than 5000 volunteer loan
workers. all the banks. business
houses and government depart
ments will combine their efforts to-
day in a mighty effort to win the
Districts quota of the Victory Loan
before o'clock tonight in order to
be ready for the big "over-the-top"
celebration and joy fest on Penn
sylvania avenue tonight Although
several millions of dollars still are
needed. the Victory Loan committee
is confident that the people of
Washington will meet the emerg-
ency and raise the full amount in
the great Outpouring of subscrip-
tions today. Every bank will be
open from $50 this morning until 6
tonight to offer every facility to
bond buyers.
Buy bonds today and join in the
shouting tonight" is to be the watch
word OF loan workers all over the
city. That the shouting will be fast
and furious and that the celebration
will be one of the most unique and
spectacular events of the kind ever
witnessed in Washington appears GER
tain.
Unlike other street demonstrations
in Washington. tonight's jubilee will
be free from restrictions of every
kind There will be no ropes, no
police lines. no restricted areas. and
no limitations as to where pedes-
trians or automobiles may go. As
Melvin G. Hazen. chairman of the
committee in charge. put it. THE lid
will be off. and the Avenue will be
wide OPEN" The plan is to make
it possible for everybody to gather
on Pennsylvania avenue and celebrate
the successful close of the last great
war loan.
There will he music by a dozen
bands, songs by the Community Cho-
rus of 100 voices. and dozens of other
CNOrUscS from tho government depart
m"nts and civic organizations.
Ole Hanson to speak.
Preliminary to the celebration
there will be a great mass meeting
on tn White House EIIipSe. begin
ming at 80. where Mayor Ole Han
son. of Seattle. who won national
fame by the mastery way in which
h" rid his city of the !. ". w. aGi-
tators. will make an address. Fol-
lowing Mayor HaRson's address,
there will be a spectacular fire
works display. with aerial flags and
scarChIights. The crowd will then
move to Pennsylvania avenue where
tho stage will be set for the car
nIval.
The signal for the celebration to
staE will be given on the stroke of
. when Capt. i. J. Sullivan. of No.
> Truck Company. will run a big
hood and ladder truck out on the
avenue and sound the siren. Inn
mediatcly dozen bands. which will
he stationed between Peace MOnu-
ment and the Treasury. will begin
playing. whistles will blow. auto
mobiles will tOot their horns. thou
sands of men and women will join
in with HOise-makinE devices, red
fire will blaze up. and a battery of
powerful army SearchliEhts will
open up on the buildings. the street
and the skies. The spectacle will
he GazzlinG. Shop windows on both
sides of the avenue will be ablaze
with light and EaiIy decorated.
The street will be thrOngcd with
frOlIcfIinS men and women in gaily
ColOrcd masquerade costumes and
with floats. automobiles and trucks.
all decorated and loaded with pretty
girls. soldiers and civilians There
will he scve-al scores Of army trucks
fIlcd with soldiers from nearby
camps