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Show LIBERTY BONDS TO CUT FIGURE IN SMART WEDDINGS NEW YORK, May 23. Liberty bonds for wedding presents are ex-. ex-. pectert to become popular in tliis citv --sjn June, according to a statement is-..i.ed is-..i.ed tonight by the Liberty loan com-j com-j mittee. It is estimated that approximately approxi-mately $10,000,000 is spent here every i dune for wedding presents, and the committee suggests that this money might easily be diverted "to the permanent per-manent benefit of both tho government and the brides." "The smartness of the wedding, the popularity of the bride and tho patriotism patriot-ism of the bridegroom will be tested next mouth." says the committee, "by the number of Libertv bonds which appear ap-pear among the wedding presents." More than $1,000,000 was subscribed over counters of department stores today. to-day. The great majority of subscrip-! subscrip-! tions ranged from $50 to $100. I Three thousand deputy sheriffs, as well as thousands of commuters, have I banded together to aid the hundreds of j other agencies iu the sale of Liberty ! loau bonds. In addition, meetings have j been arranged at which speakers will acquaint the public with the terms on I which bonds may be purchased. More than 100,000 employees of public pub-lic utility corporations will be enabled to subscribe for the bonds on a basis of $1 a week, according to a plan adopt- j cd at a luncheon given by George B. ! C'ortelyou, former secretary of the treas- ' ury, to representatives of the various ! public service companies here. The companies will assume the initial bur- , den of financing. |