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Show PLEDGES 10 111 RENEWED BY.WDMEH Committee of Utah Meets Prior to Observing War Service Week. Preliminary to the celebration of "western women's war service week," beginning tomorrow, the members of the Utah division of the women's committee com-mittee of the national council of defense de-fense met at the Commercial club yesterday yes-terday morning. The meeting was attended at-tended by a large number of women, representing the various women's organizations or-ganizations county, city and state and toward the close, on the suggestion sugges-tion of Mrs. C. II. McMahon, the following fol-lowing telegram, voicing the sentiment of the women of Utah concerning the entrance of the United States into the war, was ordered sent to President Wilson: On this, the first anniversary of our country's entrance into the great world war for the preservation preserva-tion of liberty and freedom, we, the women of Utah, assemble this momentous day, together with the women of the western states who are observing "western women's war service week," reaffirm our allegionce to our country's cause and efforts. All our energies, all our hopes, are centered on the one great object to win the war. Our prayer is that the great God of justice guide and protect you in this critical hour of our nation's destiny. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. W. N. Williams, who explained the reason why women should take an important part in the war work, and. urged every woman in the state to affiliate af-filiate herself with some organization engaged in this service. The Liberty loan was discussed by Mrs. W. Mont Ferry, who urged every woman to encourage the purchase of bonds by the members of her household and to "economize in every way, that the Liberty issue may be the better supported throughout the state. Mrs. Jeannette A. Hyde spoke on the question ques-tion of food conservation, emphasizing the importance of using home manufactured manufac-tured goods in preference to those brought in from other points, that the administration may be assisted in solving solv-ing the transportation problem. Mrs. Union Wortliington impressed every woman with the urgent need of greater effort in Red Cross work, declaring de-claring that while only a minimum amount of supplies are now being used for the American soldier, the time is coming when the drain on the supply nf surgical dressings and articles provided pro-vided bv the women of America will become so great that the limit of their productive power will be taxed. Mrs. Vorthingtou suggested that not a moment mo-ment be lost or wasted that could be converted into good for the American Red Cross. The musical features of the session were a solo, "The Flag Without a Stain," by Mrs. Margaret Summer-Lavs, Summer-Lavs, and the singing of "America" at the opening and "The Star Spangled Span-gled Banner" at the close of the meeting. meet-ing. The first session of the week of celebration will be held at the Hotel Utah tomorrow morning, beginning at 1 0 : ;i 0 o'clock. |