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YOURSELF AND LIBERTY BONDS.
In normal times, opportunities are spread over the ye«rs. In
these hideous days of the world's blackest war, opportunities are
crowded. It is now or never with every reader of this newspaper.
Nothing that any of us did before the *ar will really count. Noth
ing that we may do when the war is over will fix our place. As
we do our duty now, or as we play the part of cowardß, so are we
in the eyes of our countiy, in the eyes of our own self-respect and
in the eyes of'our children. Posterity will not ask but one ques
tion : Viewing this war in its true and overpowering perspective,
future generations will search our records only to ascertain
whether we did our full part in the days when the whole world
was in flames. Approved now, we have nothing hereafter to fear.
Failing now, naught else will avail.
The marvel of marvels in this war of wars is that there
are no non-combatants. The forefront of battle is in France,
but the long supporting lines go back to every home in America.
The enlisted personnel is limited by age, by ability, by inclination
and by physical fitness; the full strength of the great citizen
army is determined only by the census. Every citizen of the
state is a soldier of the state.
To some is given the high duty of facing the Hun, and, as
a man to man, of driving him back to his lair. To others it is
given to build ships and to produce crops. To some is ministry
and to some is succor. Borne are fighting the battles of the war
in the trenches and some in the kitchens. But all may fight the
great battle of dollars and may loan the government of their means.
Those soldiers are what military men term the "parados" of the
trenches: It is through the sacrifice of men who supply funds for
the government that the boys are transported, equipped and given
a chance to meet the Hun with his own weapons. No more hon
orable station (except on the firing-line) can be given to any
men than that given those who finance the government in the
day of its need.
A thousand arguments of patriotism and of profit can be
advanced in behalf of the Liberty Loan. No arguments except
those of ignorance, treason and misinformation can be raised
against it. Sometimes it is said, by men who have not thought
serioiisly of what their remarks mean, that they will fight the
Germans when they cross the 6eas and threaten this country. By
precisely the same argument a man would begin to fight fire when
flames had swept through his home. We must fight the kaiser
across the the waters or fight him over here. We must either
redeem Belgium or see America made another Belgium. Some
times, also, one hears men who say they will not subscribe to the
Liberty Loan because they do not approve the manner in which
the war is being waged. Usually, this argument—if it may be
dignified bv,,that name—comes from men who are merely seeking
an excuse for not supporting their government. Even where the
argument is honest—who can seriously consider it? If we waited
to defend America until we could do so in a manner acceptable to
every man, we would still be wrangling when the statue of Liberty
had been moulded into German cannon and the city of Wash
ington was in ashes. We must support the government—if for
no other reason than to correct its jnistakes and to supply money
to prevent more serious mistakes.
Does the government need your money—your fifty or your
hundred dollars?
In very truth, yours is the type of contribution'the govern
ment needs most. For the money you invest in Liberty bonds
will be money you saved. The nation can be saved by its savings.
Some of us think it can be saved only by its savings. Subscribe
today! And remember, you have to choose between government
bonds and German bonds.
! How Do Your Sacrifices Stack Up
With These of the Boys in Khaki? [
The American boy who goes to war gives Dp the position which j?
| means no much to hla future, or the little business which has just !!
begun to show promise of success.
; lie severs home ties; fives up home comforts; leaves behind s
? parents, fiends, wife or sweetheart.
" He faces the probability of being obliged to take up life anew when a
5 he returns; of losing all the advantages which yearb of hard work
" have won for him. H
. He faces the possibility of coming back incapacitated for earning
a living and of being dependent upon his friends or upon charity,
a He faces the possibility of never coming home at all.
Facing tliese things, he goes to France to fight for us who remain £
2 safely at home—and when the moment comes for him to go over the
? top—he goes!
What will he think, how will he feel, If we complain because Z
" wc are asked to make a few sacrifices for him—sacrifices so insig- s
• nlficant when compared with his? =
Show him that to invest in Liberty bonds is not a sacrifice, but a
i privilege—an appreciation of his sacrifice!
? When you buy—buy! s
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WELCOME OPPORTUNITY
OF SUPPORTING
THE BOYS
Very Few Can Go "Over
There," But Everybody
Can Help "Over
Here." _
Ray Stannard Bakor, the writer ami
investigator, particularly well known I
for his "Adventures in Contentment,"
which Hppeared under the pen namo
of "I>nvid Grayson" ami which shows |
that Mr. Baker is at heart one with j
the country resident, Rays this about i
buying Liberty t>ond*:
"I look upon the Liberty I*oan not
so much as ft duty, although it is a
duty, nor on a favor to the govern- j
ment an investment as safe as Gi- I
braltar at a good interest rate is j
surely no favor to anybody but the
investor—! look upon it rather as
an opportunity for u«* to get together—
•ll of us—in a great and iublo un
dertaking.
"Mr Wilson has asked na to help
LIBERTY LOAN SUPPLEMENT.
make the world "safe for democrat'."
Not all of uh can fight. In my town
of Amherst only about sixty men so
far out of a population of 5,500 havo
actually gone into the army. That
leaves 5,440 of us at home. The same
proportion holds goo 1 in every town
in America.
"The Liberty Loan supplies us—the |
frreat ma*s of us who must remain be- I
hind—the opportunity of doing some- j
thing vital, something really impor- j
tant, in helping to win. We can lend J
a little of our money to the nation j
that the nation may send our boys to I
the front to fight the battles of lib- j
ertv and
men—the best national asset we have j
—willingly offer their blood for the j
great cause, I for one welcome the op
portunity of supporting them to the
utmost."
Remember the TuscaniA. Buy a Lib
erty bond and help build warships to
protect American soldiers upon the
sea.
Strike now a blow for freedom, for
humanity. Buy a Liberty bonil and
help win the war.
WOMEN CO-OPERATING SPLENDIDLY
IN FDTH DISTRICTS CAMPAIGN
Regarded a Little Skeptically in the Previous Drives, Or
ganization Has Become an Effective Asset Women
Under Mrs. George J. Seay Have Proved They Cannot
Only Sort Bandages, But Can Sell Bonds.
To the question, "What are the wo- !
men doing to win this wart" the an- 1
ewer might well be, "Everything/'
with the further admission that "every- j
thing they are doing they are doing J
well." , (
In Bed Cross work, making snrgi- «■
eal dressings and bandages, and knit- *
ting socks, helmets and sweaters; in *
the production and conservation of 1
food; in nursing, and in other phases 
of so-called "woman's work" women i
are expected to live up to a certain
standard of excellence, but when it j
comes to commercial matters an** mat
ters of finance, "the wonder, fls thv 1
oft-quoted Dr. Johnson remarked, "is j
not that they do it so well, but that
they do it at all." J
Tentatively secretary of the treas- J
ury and the great financiers of the '
nation offered women —individually— j
the opportunity to show what they
eonld do to buy and sell bonds dur- 1
ing the first Liberty Loan. There was
no organization of women proposed; J
but the individual woman did so
much to help on the loan that there 1
was no question of not asking h£r to \
enter the second Liberty Loan cam- \
paign as an organization and not as J
an individual. In a business-like way *
she went at it. A general chairman
was appointed to take charge of each
federal district. Under her there were
state, city and county chairmen who 1
were to look to her for comfort and
guidance and yet "keep their powder j
dry" by working individually.
Ready for Third Loan.
It was a fine scheme on paper, and
would havo worked out as finely in
actual practice but for the fact that
| some of the district chairmen, through
' no fault of their own, were so lato
in getting started. That threw state,
city and county chairmen a little out
of gear, and though the women did
marvelously well in the bond-selling (
drive for the second Liberty Loan,
many of them had the feeling that
they might do better if only they had
another chance
The chance was not lacking. The
very moment rumors of a third Lib- |
erty Loan were whispered from Wash-1
ington the women began to get busy..
This timo they knew well enough what
they were about.
For the Fifth district, comprising
Virginia, West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mrs George J. Seay,
wife of George J. Pea?, of the Federal
Reserve bank of RICHMOND, was ap
pointed general chairman, as well as
chairman for the city of RICHMOND.
In the shortest possible time Mrs. Seay
had selected and called a meeting of
her state chairmen, at which meeting
arrangements were made and every
detail threshed out for the work in
the state. Tn the meantime, as city
chairman. Mrs. Beav had communi
cated with and formed a working com
mittee of the heads of everj woman's
I ortranidation in the city of RICH
MOND, and when this committee met
—there worn over eighty women pres
ent—they found to rheir amazement
that their chairman had completely
formulated a perfectly simple, feasible,
well-worked-out plan *%y means of
which they could co-operate without
friction, without the imposition of
extra work placed on any one or
ganization, and without the smallest!
show of partisanship or favoritism. |
Splendid Co-operation.
The co-operative drive of these for- j
ty five women's organizations for the
third Liberty Loan has been the big- i
gest. thing ever accomplished by j
I RICHMOND women, and to the ablo '
j direction of Mrs. Seay, aided by her ;
I vice-chairman, Mrs. John Kerr Branch, j
; must be attributed tlie wonderful sue
: cess these organizations havo had in |
1 "going over the top" in just eight days j
• of good, hard work with $1,035300 to
i their credit.
This sum forms one ninth of RICH- I
a;,i a a -ana a a ••'tti'a'ia>iauaiiiiiaiia>:iiiiiia"iii|ita-.'aiiai>aiianiiiiiißit«iiaiiiusitßiiaiiaiiitg
Third Loan is Three Billions
| The amount of the third Liberty Loan is 83,000,000,000. The cam- I
palgn opened April 6, and closes May 4, |
| The Fifth federal reserve district, which comprises the District I
| »f Maryland, Virginia, West Y ir ß lni ». North and Sooth I
I Carolina, is called upon by the treasury department for $130,000,000. 1
| Division within the district Is as follows:
| Maryland $38,259,000 I
| District of Columbia 12,870,000
Virginia I
| West Virginia 15,782,000
North Carolina 18.555.000
South Carolina 14,(25,000
MONDT3 quota for the third Liberty
Loan. > »r v_
Five department stores —J. B. Mosby
& Co., Fourqurean. Temple & Co., Mil
ler k Rhoads, Thalhimer'a and
Cohen's; two hotels—Murphy's and the
Jefferson; the Main-street postoffice,
and Tragle's drug store offered their
services to the woman's committee and
in almost every instance built and
decorated the booths in which bond*
were to be sold.
J. B. Mosby k Co. offered a prize
of $250 to the organization making the
biggest sales in their store, and sup
plemented this with a generous prize
of SIOO for the organization making
the biggest sales in the city. From
day to day the organization totaling
the largest amount for the day is pub
lished, and at the end of the drive, on
May 4, the total amount of subscrip
tions taken in by each organization
will be published. •
The women have gone into the mat
ter with the utmost interest and en
thusiasm. A friefldly rivalry for thel
prizes exists between organizations,
and so far from not being able to
induce women to work at these booths,
Mrs. Seay has had to let in several
organizations which clamored to be al
lowed to do their patriotic part, even
though there was no chance for them
to equal the amounts taken in by
richer and more influential bodies.
Novel Publicity Features.
There have been some interesting
publicity features introduced by the
woman's committee. Ono booth has a
Liberty Loan bell which strikes when
a purchaser buys a bond. Another has
as a trophy a German helmet. In the
windows of the department stores have
been placed small replicas in plaster
of Paris of the trenches, the ruined
villages, the tanks lumbering across
the wastes of No Man's Land, and
other reproductions of phases of life
"Over There.''
The new Browning machine gun, in
charge of a machine section of one
officer and twenty-one men, has also
I been loaned from Camp Lee to demon
i strate the necessity of funds for the
[ munitions of war if the Hun is to bo
l whipped.
| After consultation with several
prominent bankers Mrs. Seay decided
that subscriptions taken at the seven
booths in the banks .and trust com
panies, though they came under her
chairmanship, should not be counted
in each day with subscriptions taken
in at booths run solely by women's or
ganizations. "Women in the banks
are working with the men, not against
them," was the way she summed it up.
The third Liberty Loan drive is not
yet half over. Women know that there
is a long hard pull tfiead of them,
but so great is their rourage and en
thusiasm that the last day of the drive
will find them as high-hearted and
• ready to do their share as they have
j been during the first week.
CALLY RYLAND.
"THE BOY SCOUT POSTER."
Boy Scouts of America sold more
' than $100,000,000 worth of Liberty
bonds last October. As a result of
this good record and their desire to
co operate in the third Liberty Loan
campaign, a special
poster has been produced for them by
; the treasury department through the
i courtesy of J. Leyendecker and tho
Saturday Kvcning Post. A million of
J the posters, in eight colors, showing a
j scout kneeling before an heroic figure
of Liberty, are bcinft distributed by
i scouts throughout the country.
• Stop criticizing the government. Do
i your bit to help win the war. Buy
i a Liberty bond.
j A Liberty bond buyer becomes a
real fighting soldier for Uncle Sam.
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Buy bonds or wear them. Come
I across or the kaiser will.