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Show EVERY WOMAN ! CAN HELP NEXT LIBERTY LOAN "Woman's Committee for Twelfth Federal Reserve District to Form an Organization j A By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN j Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, Twelfth Federal f Reserve District) ' j ,. ' Now that w are actively in the war and our mea are in the front, line trenches; are being killed;' are being gassed; are being maimed for life, it would seem that every woman in the laad phould be In the front ranks of 4h civilian workers to help the men win the war. . ' Each of us hu her part to play, however small it may be, and whether It he great or small It Is of importance that each shall perform her part to the utmost of her ability. Some can buy Liberty Bonds, some can Influence others to buy. Perhaps ' some can only help by conserving the use of food and clothing and by economising econ-omising in household expenditures, thus liberating and augmenting the essentials which must be sent "over there" tpr the use of our army and - tor the destitute civilian population or i .V , . eur allies. In whatever way each woman of , this Twelfth Federal Reserve District I an help, let her do her utmost that j , -we who are farthest from the front -may sustain our part of the struggle, j and keep for ourselves and our chll- drea the blessings and privileges we have Inherited, and thus make It pos-( pos-( elble to win like blessings for the mil- lions who are now la acturfl bondage. We should not only save to help, hut the great lesson to be learned also is to do new without non-essentials and to make sacrifices so that the labor ' which produces what we consider to be even easdUtlals may be used to produce these things which are acts-' acts-' ally essential for the support and safety ef those who are carrying the . burden Oi this unprecedented struggle . tor freedom and democracy. The aim of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee la to form aa organisation organi-sation which shall make the woman tn every home In the land realise these oondltiens and her responsibility, responsi-bility, (hat the message shall not reach her only from one direction, hut from many, so that she shall be brought to a full realisation of her responsibility. |