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Show WOMEN 0? WEST AGAIN CALLED TO THE COLORS By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN, Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of the Twelfth Reserve District. We have at the present time about two million men in Europe who must be provided with all that is rcessary to keep therr. in good spirits and condition; con-dition; and when their work shall have been finished, they must be brought . home and demobilized. The Govern- ment must make good the contracts it j has entered into for tae construction of I all war munitions, aiid for food sup- I plies already bought. Having ' responded to the Government's Govern-ment's calls In the past, and having loaned our money ungrudgingly to hurry forward the men and supplies, and vic'orv hnviyg come to us b"eause 4r -i. :.;:7':: ' :: 'y?? mmsimsm MRS. A. S. BALDWIN sf this, shall wa hesiiatc for a moment j to respond to the last call the Victory . Liberty Loan when we can do so by j pledging our credit, perhaps with soma little personal inconvenience, sacrifice or small discomfort? The blood of the young manhood of America Is not now required. That was generously given before the armistice armi-stice was signed, and now we may give thanks that no more will be taken. The credit and good faith of our oountry Is at stake. We have won'tha war, and the cost Is small compared with what has been won. The men cf I the West with red blood in their veins ! t-111 not teed to be appealed to, becausq they will subscribe to this last call of i the Government as ungrudgingly as they did in the past. There are others, however, who may not be so keenly and conscientiously alive to the duty of responding re-sponding to the Nation's call, and It is to those that the women must direct their most untiring efforts. I This last call is truly a Victory Loan. What greater pride can men and women wo-men experience than In contributing to ltT A Victory Eond will be worth more than its price expressed In dollars. dol-lars. ' Every one will u a Dadse testifying testi-fying that the holder has helped his country to fulfill Its pledge to thoso who have been spared as well as thosa who have male the supreme sacrifice. |