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Show I ' "I.. .l. ... ...L.u.l.l...iH..-.-iaija.r -my i.i gbijaiLJat-irgju ai i m. 1 WOMAN AND LIBERTY LOAN j 1 I American Woman's Message to the Kaiser j I! By Winona Wilcox, j "What ought to be done to the J kaiser" Is tho preferred topic of con. I versation whenever two or more wo- men got together. 1 Their long-dlstanco maledictions are all Impractical, which is, perhaps, j unfortunate; but there'B a thing at I hand which can bo done, one by Which almost every woman In the : United States can contribute to tho 'German war lord's humiliation and I (defeat. j 1 t A weapon for every woman's hand I ' is ready in the new Liberty Loan. Rich wives leave tho buying of I 'bonds to their men. Buying bonds lis business of which they know nothing noth-ing but now is their time to learn! I Let tho men buy what they will, every f i woman of wealth ought to buy just :, rone bond more, as her personal de fiance to tho kaiser! Women In. moderate circumstances' .fancy they have no money to lend to Uncle Sam for fighting the Doche. Still these women manage to follow the latest fashions, they buy a new hat every two months six hats a year and tho price of any thro of them would pay for a $50 bond. Only exceptional women scjorn tho wearing of furs. The average woman thinks she must havo them. But ?50 is a modest price for a muff and collar this winter and a $50 bond might savo a soldier's life! And doesn't It seem queer that any woman can enjoy wearing a fine fur coat which costs tho price of two or three $100 bonds, unless she has loaned its equivalent to Uncle Sam? Even In wartime, many women at-tach at-tach a supreme Importance to social functions. The bills Tor the simplest bridge party will foot ip $50 (with chicken salad at present prices) even if the hostess does make over her last ' year's evening dress for the occasion. Isn't it time to forget one's social debts, and remombor ono's debt to humanity? Some women believe they need not buy a new bond because they took ono of tho last issue. And somo hesitate because tho last was oversubscribed. over-subscribed. They say their money Isn't needed this time. But if they havo over talked futllely about "what ought to bo done to tho kaiser" just let them rpbtiko tho kaiser now by vastly, over- subs-I subs-I criblng this Issue. If they have ever , wished for tho Hun's humiliation, let tliom go to their banks at once, and make deeds take the place of words. Halg Is going on the French aro going on, and counting their steps with tho blood of thoir men. Our J own man-power is not yet trained I but our money will speak at onco J It will help Co do in Belgium today what our man-power cannot do for i months. I Women who buy Liberty BondB now are sending the kaiser a message written in a langunge ho can understand. under-stand. Floods of Amorlcan gold will tell him plainly what Is going to hap-pon hap-pon to hlra. As thoy hate war, as they love their men, women who haYo money aro bound to loan scomo of It to the I government. I If any woman falls to do her share, it will not be for the lack of a way, l but for lack of the will. |
