Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-04-26

To tho question, "What are the wo-
men doing to win this wari" the an
| swcr might well DO, Everything"
with the further admission that "cvcry-
thing they are doing they arc doing
we'll"
In Red Cross work, making surgi-
cal dressings and bandages, and knit
ting socks, heirn6ts and sweaters; in
tho production and conservation Of
| food; in nursing, and in other phases
of so-callcd "woman's work" women
are expected to live up to n certain
standard of excellence, but when it
comes to commercial matters an5 mat
tcrs of finance, "thc wonder. as tn.
| oft-quotcd DR.. johnson remarked, ais
not that they do it SO well, but that
they do 1t Mt ALL"
Tentatively secretary of the treas
ury and the great financicrs of the
nation offered womcn-individually y
the opportunity to show what they
| could do to buy and sell bonds dur
ing the first Liberty Loan. There was
| no organization of women proposed /;
but the individual woman did SO
much to help on the loan that there.
| WAS no question of not asking her to
enter the second Liberty Loan cam
paign rs an organization and not as
an individual. In n busincss-liko way
sho went at it. a general chairman
was appointed to take charge of each
federal district. Under her there wero
state, city and county chairmen who
! were to look to her for comfort and
guidance and yet "kccp their powder
dry" by working individually.
Ready for Third Loan.
1t was fine scheme OH paper, and
would have worked out as finely in
| actual practice but for the fact that
some of the district chairmcn, through
| no fault OF their own, were so lato
in getting started. That threw state,
city and county chairmcn n little out
of gear, and though the women did
marvelously well in the bond-sclling
drive for tho second Liberty Loan,
many of them had the feeling that
they might do better if only they had
another chance
Tho chance was not lacking. Tho
very moment rumors OF a third L:in-
erty Loan were whispered from WASH
ington the women began to get busy.
This time they knew well enough what
| they were about.
For the Fifth district, comprising
Virginia, West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Maryland and the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Mrs. George 7. Scay,
wife of George ]. Scav. of the Federal
Reserve bank OF RICHMOND, was ap-
pointed general chairman. rs we'll rs
chairman for the city of RICHMOND.
In the shortest possible time Mrs. Seay
had selected and called meeting OF
her state chnirmen, Mt which meeting
arrangements were made and cvcry
detail thrcshed out for tho work in
the state. In tho meantime ms city
chairman, Mrs. Scay had communi.
Gated with and formed n working COM
mittce of the heads of every Noman's
organization in the city Of RICH
| MOND, and when this committee met
there wcro over eighty women pres.
ent-thcy found to ,hcir amazemont
that their chairman had completely
formulated perfectly simple, feasible
well-workcd-out plan by means of
which they could cooperate without
friction, without the imposition of
extra work placed on any ono or.
ganization, and without the smallcs,
show os partisanship or favoritism.
Splendid Cooperation.
The cooperative drive of these for.
ty-five women's organizations for tho
third Liberty Loan has been the big.
gest thing ever accomplished by
RICHMOND women, and TO tho able
direction Of Mrs. Seay, aided by her
vice chairman, Mrs. John Kerr Branch
must be attributed tho wonderful sue.
cess these organizations have had in
"going over the top" in just eight days
of good, hard work with $1,O35 800 to
their credit
This sum forms onc-ninth Of RICH.