The Washington herald., 1919-04-27
LOAN WORKERS
PROVIDE STUNTS
Woman's Committee An
nounce Interesting At
fractions for Week.

The District woman's Liberty Loan
committee, stimulated by the sue
cess OF Ntheir first weeks efforts In
the Victory campaign, have deter
mined to put their shoulders to the
wheel with renewed vigor for the
second weeks drive. Mrs. Wesley
Martin Stoner, chairman. announced
yesterday afternoon that a number OF
interesting attractions were on the
program for the coming week, and
would be revealed day by day.
The first of these was the announce
ment that the management Of Keith's
theater had promised the receipts
taken up nightly for the Victory Loan
this week to the woman's commit
tee, provided that the committee sup
ply one of its interesting speakers for
the four-minute talk each evening.
The result was that Mrs. James
c. Cantrill, chairman of speakers.
Immediately got busy. and already
has q list of woman speakers who
will talk in such manner for the
Liberty Loan as to make the last
laggard dollar pledge itself.
Mrs. George Barnett. wife of the
commandant of the Marine Bar
racks, will make the initial talk
from the stage at Keith's this even
ing. Tomorrow evening DR.. Esther
Lovejoy. one of this country's most
noted woman physicians, who per-
formed work of great value for the
sick and dying children OF France
for over a year, will tell OF her
recent work abroad.
Mrs. John Lord O'Brian. chair
man of the c0mmittee on hotels,
also Is working untiringly for big
ngures each day, and reported $780,
$50 from the various hotels OF the
city on Thursday last.
A Troupe of Troubadours.
Mrs. O'Brian also has promised
some picturesque features for the
benefit of this weeks sales. Her
chief attraction will be a troupe
of girl troubadours. who will go
to the various hotels about the
dining hour and sing and play for
the diners who will pay in bonds
for their unique entertainment.
Miss Grace Ocumpaugh will be in
charge of this feature.
Mrs. Charlotte b. Eldridge. chair
man of airplanes and motor tanks,
also reports special attractions
from her motor tank platform at
Tenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. From the tank speeches will
be made. songs will be sung and
/ instrumental music will be rendered
on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day evenings of this week. and
there will be other surprises in the
way OF stunts" at these open-air
! evening rallies.
Last night a group of trumpeters
called the audience together at the
/ base Of the Benjamin Franklin statue
and performed their part in the en-
| tertainment. which included speeches
I by Senior Capo-R Rodriguez. Mai Ed
ward b. Clark, Mr.. Edward Aiken and
others.
Mrs. Stoner announced yesterday
: that circumstances have made it nee
essary to make some changes in her
committee chaiTInen. Miss Margaretta
Fort has had to relinquish the chair.
manship of the committee on govern
ment departments on account of the
illness of her father. the former gov
/ ernor OF New Jersey. Miss Forts
place will be taken by Mrs. Gold
thwaite Higginson Dorr.
Mrs. Thomas Walkup also has been
called out Of town by illness in her
family and will be succeeded as chair
man OF the committee on speakers by
Mrs. James c. Cantrill. wife OF the
Representative from Kentucky.
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson, chair
man of sales committee, has left town
and been succeeded by Mrs. Charles
II. Merillat.