Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-10-16
PATRIOTIC WORK
FOR W0MAN'S CLUB
Woman's Club at Pleasing
Session Yesterday-Hear
Of Patriotic Work.

The Woman's Club of this city met
in the Presbyterian chapel yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The rooms
were filled to overiowing.
After the regular openi1g and the
business routine had leen gone
through, the first real byx >ess taken
up by the club was thI /sideripg
of an action taken by ~
in buying $50 Liberty
Upon due consideration Of funds
IN the treasury apd~<tthe Willingness
OF the Wotfanaeent Wotneen to make certain sacri-
nceaa(pa motion was put and carried
s the directors be allowed the
privilege Of spending $3.50 for Liber-
ty Loan bonds instead of the original
amount asked.
Besides club members and friends,
there were present many people who
had come to hear Mrs. Marion Gay
lord Atwell. who was a much ad-
mired lecturer on Current Events
here last winter. Before introducing
the lecturer of the day the president,
Mrs. Adrian Lyon, continued the talk
on Liberty Loan and Food Conserva-
ton and as committee of men from
the city and county clubs were pres
ent, she took opportunity of intro
dncing them to the women. They
were o. w. Ramsay and Charles Nc
| Cormack and made the perilous situ-
alton in which our country now
stands quite clear to the women,
told them of the place women could
fill In this work, how they could best
work for their country and asked
the assistance of each and every
woman in the city in behalf of the
mems clubs.
| The first speaker was Adrian Lyon,
chairman of the Liberty Loan Com
mittee of this city. He spoke of
buying Liberty Loan bonds and told
of the serious situation that we are
now facing, saying that the people
were not alive to the real conditions.
that we must finance the world in
this war for worlds democracy. He
asked the women to be first in this
work Of loaning to their government.
by helping to sell the citys quota of
81. $4,000. He told of the courage
this bond selling was putting in the
Allies cause and how this renewed
IN actual success on sea and land.
He asked the help of every woman
In buying or selling a Liberty Loan
bond and considered it patriotic and
dignified work for any woman to do
and thought bond selling now, for
ones government, the most conven-
tional work to do to support the gov
ernment in this crisis.
o. w. Ramsay, executive chairman
of the County Committee on Food
Conservation, was next introduced,
who told of different dates for cam
paign drives in Food Conservation
and Liberty Loan bonds and wanted
the women to help put Perth AM
boy on the map" He asked tho
Women's Club to select committees
to meet the committees from the
mems clubs to organize these drives
and to work with the men in doing
this great work asked Of the people
of this city and county.
After the men had talked about the
Liberty Loan and Food Conservation
to the club, trustees for the selling of
Liberty Loan bonds were appointed
by the club including Mrs. Frank Dor
sey, Mrs. s. Audsley and Mrs. Q w.
Ramsay. They will not only sell bonds
to the club members and other women
but will work with the Mems Clubs OF
the city in forwarding this work.
Mrs Atwell was then reintroduced
as an old friend of last winter. She
gave a general review of the war sit
uation and the place of women I'M
these critical times She charmed
her audience with her magnetic handl-
ing Of facts of the why's, where's and
doings of the war and in explaining
of the dangers within, as well as those
without the gates. She gave an inter-
esting review of the work of the 65th
session OF Congress which has Just ad-
journed and how this haphazardousI
pleasure loving nation was gradually
changing to a serious band of people
who now considers 1t their first duty to
the world to spread American ideals,
thoughts, methods and systems
the east, west, north and
south Of the land In order that Democ-
racy may guard the world, She said. |
no peace would come untfl 1t comes |
victory and earnestly asked
the women Of the land everywhere to !