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Show Western Women's! i War Service Week From April 8 to 16 Is Western Women's Wo-men's War Service Week. Read what 7011 may do to serve your country, and make the burden lighter for those near the battle line, and then do, your duty: :"k One special thing that the women "40 of the West are requested to do dur-v" dur-v" lag! Western Women's War Service Week Is that they ask for goods manufactured nearest home. Compliance Compli-ance with this will be In accordance with .the President's request to Ware transportation. 'The foundation or motive underlying underly-ing Western Women's War Service Week Is to render service to the government. gov-ernment. Real war service will be rendered by reducing the freight ' congestion,- so that food and munitions muni-tions of war may be rushed to the eastern seaboard. The members of .every women's organisation are requested to ask for western brand of goods during this . week. If the article desired Is not manufactured In your own state, ask tor the article with a western brand. ' Familiarise yourself with the west- ern manufactured goods your. merchant mer-chant carries in stock. You are helping help-ing to build the West when you ask t" lot these goods. X, Here, are some of the things being be-ing done by the clubs which are suggestive for work during Western Women's War Service Week: Making baby layettes. Supporting French and Belgian orphans. or-phans. ? '"" a Helping support nurses huts in France.. ' ' T- ' , Having dish towel' showers for home batteries. Thrift Stamp sale days. Duylng Liberty Bonds, l1 Gathering old leather for the Red Cross. Gathering books for soldiers. Special day for writing to the home boys In the camps. Sending candy and tobacco to the soldiers. Melting pot socials. Starting war gardens. Community kitchens. Forming exchange for rural women wom-en to dispose of their poultry and dairy products. Better baby contests. Pure food shows. |