The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18

6NHE chairman of the womens dl-
 vision of the second liberty loan, S Mrs Prentiss B. Reed, has sent out a letter to many prominent women of this city asking their aid in the work. The letter, in part, is as fol- Jews:
 "The woman's work will be con ducted distinctly as division of the mems general committee. The women will not be asked to collect money. They will be asked to distribute the enclosed pamphlet, to list the names of women who promise to buy bonds and of women who are considering the buying of bonds. This list will be a basis for follow-up work from head quarters.
 s'Will you not give just few hours of your time in acting as your gov ernment's personal representative to The homes of few women near you? This publicity through the home may possibly mean the sale of bonds to many women, but perhaps more impor- %ant is the absolute certainty that it will tremendously increase the sales 
 s"rhere are few women whose hands and brains are not already busy in war service. We can no more decline to an- sver this new call, however, than can yhe soldier wearied by many battles fail to go on to the next trench.
 srf American men will march mile after mile through sleet and snow, through fame and shot and poisoned gas, will not American women walk a Kew blocks to explain liberty bonds to @ther American women?
 "To buy clothes and food and shoes and guns for our soldiers liberty bonds must be sold. Will you help us? Our organizing committee will meet you Thursday afternoon at o'clock Tn the Nutwiler hotel ballroom to announce "details. If you cannot serve please Hu- wise headquarters by letter before noon of Wednesday that substitute may be provided Yours very sincerely,
 MRS. PRENTISS B. REED,
 Chairman of Womans Division. larW C. ADAMS,
 Chairman of General Committee
 The inclosed circular said:
 The women of France are ploughing sn the fields that the men of their army
 
 America lend money to their country that their own fighting men may be provided for?
 .'The women of England, from the highest to the humblest. are toiling in intuition factories to make guns and shells for their soldiers. Will not the women of America do that far easier thing of merely lending the money to buy the guns for equipping the Ameri- can men?
 "The women of Russia are fighting Tn the trenches inf1amed by the hope That a free Russia may be a safe home for their children. The safety for which Russian women give their blood was won for American women long ago by the swords of American men. To pre- serve this safety for you and your children American men are now march ing to battle even as their forefathers marched. Will American women stand shoulder to shoulder with them? They are offering their lives as gift. Will you offer your dollars as loan?
 ITO save your homes from the flames destroying France. your babies iron the sword that murdered infants il Poland, your daughters from the horde that ravished Belgian women even a. they fled through the streets. Amercar men are making the supreme sacrifice What sacrifice will you make to hell equip these defenders of your country What will you give up that you may help finance the struggle to save Amer ican freedom?
 Not gift, but loan is asked O you Not a free loan. but loan at in terest. Will you withhold your none. while men offer their blood? Buy a lib srty bond for your country's sake. Pu