Evening star., 1919-05-22
SOLD
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Salvation Army Campaign
ers Pushing Toothsome
Pastry Vigorously.
MANY ACTIVITIES BUSY

Washington will just have to learn
to eat more doughnuts. 1t must for
the. time being put entirely aside any
southern predictions for spoon
bread, waff1es and similar delicacies
and become temporarily a New Eng
land state in good standing. Why?
Because just now the doughnut Is the
symbol, the visible emblem. of the big
drive for the home service fund of
the Salvation Army, and. with the
drive two-thirds over. the National
Capital has not reached the halfway
mark in the quota set-s100.000.
Opportunities to devour the tooth
some pastry are not lacking. Hotels
and lunchroomS are featuring them on
their menus and are turning over the
entire proceeds TO the drive commit
tee The cafeteria Of the United
States Food Administration, for in
stance, concentrated on doughnuts six
successive Saturdays, and, as a con-
sequence. was able to hand over $3.50
in cold cash.
Doughnuts All the Rage.
But one doesn't have to visit a cafe
to get chance at the dainties. Yes
terday $1,000 worth were sold on the
streets by members of the local bat
talon of yeomen CD, and today an
other crew of about thirty Of these
young women. many of them clad in
and brand-new straw sailor hats, are
out on the job. either on foot or in big
motor trucks. equipped with music.
Local bakeries ana restaurants pro-
vided the ammunition
While the Salvation Army's dough-
a n II
you ever tasted. still trayful of them
is no child's burden, so the quicker
you buy the quicker the strain on the
pretty yeomans shoulders will be
lessened.
Perhaps the casual passerby thinks
these girls were just borrowed from
the Navy Department. as the Marine
Band Is sometimes borrowed. Not one
pit of 1t; every girl you see selling
mas sacrificed one day of her treas
it to the cause
"Four DIS Won the War"
AS Lieut.: William E. Severe,
wounded Yank of this city, who
speaks from experience, told a big
and enthusiastic crowd of Business
High School students today, the war
was won by four "Ds"-Devildogs
n04shb9ys,, a,,9s %S;a doughgirls and dough-
Aio|S hAS war, IL mas Deen SAID,
sanctihed the cigarette, made mas
culfne the wrist watch and develop
ed the doughnut to the highest point
OF emciency ever attained by any
foodstun except two beans. the regu-
lar bean and the coffee bean. II an
other war should raise custard pie
10 the same pinnacle New England
will probably secede and proudly set
up as separate nation.
Women to Sell Tags Tomorrow.
II you thought the "yeoeirls" at
tractive today, wait until tomorrow
and see the young women who have
promised to sell tags to help the
campaign. says Mrs. Louis Brownlow
who is in general charge of this
feature. The members of the varf-
Gus teams promised to be the best.
looking and the most cheerful that
the Following captains can possibly
Mrs: Harwood Read, Mrs. Basil
Rozier- Biggs. Mrs. Theodore TiIler,
Smith. Mrs G H. syme. Mrs. Earl
Godwin. eo.d. Mrs: Isaac Cans. Mrs. Joseph
Cowing. Mrs Melvin G. Hazen. Mrs.
G: L. Henry. Mrs. J. T. McClenahan.
Mrs. o. ]. Rider. Mrs. j. P. Yoder,
Miss Rosalie Waters. Miss Callahan,
Miss Miidren Clark. Miss Della
Heaven, Miss Mary Heyler, Mrs. NJ
o. Chance Mrs. David Meade Lea and
Mrs. r. Thomas West.
Capt. Gordon Gordon Smith of the
Serbian army addressed the daily
luncheon Of campaign business mems
team captains at the Willard today.
Every Tenth Sale Donated.
Parker. Bridget & Co. announced
today that tomorrow and Saturday
every tenth cash sale. whether the
purchase be a collar button or
hundred-dollar Panama hat Mrs.
Edla c. Barker. who served with the
2Sth Division overseas, will be the
oranizations envoy extraordinary"
invited by the firm itself to station
herself in the cashiers Office and
check up on this generous financial
arrangement
up to Tuesday. only tho second day
of the drive, the Navy Department
had raised $2,532.05, thank you, and
Is wondering whether any other fed
eral department can report a better
showing. So full of pep is the local
navy yard that they are printing
handbills for the benefit of every
worker. asking for pledges of "one
cent or more" This is the yards
second issue of handbills
So enthused are the veterans out at
Soldiers Home, who never enjoyed the
Sal" themselves in service that they
have asked that campaign speaker
be assigned out there to enthuse them
some more, and Thomas P. Littlepage
has been given this pleasant job.
In the language of Comma nder Tow