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Show War Has BJJJJL. Able, Active Booster for Uncle Sam OSE of tli c most interesting developments devel-opments of the war Is that which has taken place in the political and social lives of women. In the days before be-fore America, cast lier lot in the cause of humanity nnd justice. , women never could have dreamed of the possibility of their doing the things -which now they consider hut a duty, toward the government govern-ment and their hit in winning tbc war. Now, they go out into the industrial world and take their places with the men in manufacturing supplies for the army and navy; they go into business offices to help direct the work of the government, govern-ment, and thousands of them have eren j'oined the military organization as yeomen yeo-men and are familiar in the streets in blue uniforms, with their official insignia. insig-nia. Many others have takeu up war work as volunteer workers, giving thejr time and strength to. further the interests inter-ests of the Allies and to help back up Ihc men at tbc front. In no phase of this growing activity among women in the United Stales has greater skill and interest been shown than in that of the government's financial finan-cial campaigns tbc Liberty Ioaip and Hie War Savings Stamp issues. When tbc first loan was announced, women were asked to take part in the great effort ef-fort to float tbc bond issue. They ventured vent-ured into this work from their homes untrained, un-trained, many of them knowing very little of the fundamental facts of government gov-ernment bonds, practically all without experience in salesmanship. Untrained and Unskilled When Call Came, She Has Developed Into a Dynamic Force in All Lines and at Present Her Efforts to Press Thrift Campaign Are Meeting Meet-ing with Great Success. Untrained volunteers, hut imbued with courage, they took theirplaccs in -the ranks of the Liberty Loan workers. What they lacked in knowledge of the greatj game of bond salesmanship tltey made up in sincerity of effort aiid in enthusiasm and faith in i ho cause which they upheld. Sow, when it is a matter of little intcr- ! , J est to sec womeu in ihe bond booths, in i ho streets, in such public places as the hotels, restaurants and theatres, selling bonds and war saving stamps, it is diffi-r diffi-r "it for the American people to realize ihur women have not always been active m business life, that but a year ago many bad hold little interest in things outside if the home. I Tliclr Vnluc Irorn. j All alung the line of the ranks of Lib- jcrty Loan and War Saviugo workers is the rulue of these new interests for women demonstrated. To tbc government its value can be es'timaterl in sonic cases in terms of dollars and cents, for through the Women's Committee in the city of New York alone millions of dollars' worth of bonds were sold in each of the three Liberty loans. ' Added to Ibis is the great force which women present in an educational way. Having close contact with the people in all walks of life through the medium of the bond or saving stamp booth, through their work in organizing clubs amons groups of womeu in industry and business, the active workers for the government have been able to carry on a great campaign cam-paign for patriotism. loyalty and all those qualities which arc tbc fundamental forces in tbc Americanization of the foreigner. Mrs. Courtlandt D. Barnes. Mrs. F Louis Sladc and MNs Louise M. Dixon, who aided the third Liberty Loan with such great success, arc examples of what women arc doing for America iu hclpiup to pu&b tbc government campaigns to success. |