Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-13
WOMEN SELLERS
OF LIBERTY BONDS
Enthusiasm Characterized Inter
state Conference i'll Phila-
delphia.

bond Won arc giving them an int crest in
their government. they never had
before"
"If Won don't sell bond don't bo dis
couraged. Won may have cleared M that
mans or that woman g mind IN regard
to tho war. You may have done more
good than sell bond
'GDo all the little blis-sell the gfeat-
est number Of small bonds Won can.
These are the uppermost thoughts Tor
the women who are going tn sell the bonds
Of the next Liberty Loan. and they were
g,ven out Yesterday bv Mrs. John +.
Miller of p,ttsbura at the conference Of
pnnnsvlvania and Delaware women bond
sellers. held Mt the ADMINISTRATION.
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely, State chairman,
and several members Of tho Delaware
Womens Liberty Loan Committee, have
been IN Philadelphia Yesterday and to-day
attending this first conference oi the
womon bond sellers for the third Liberty
Loan. For this loan tho women are
going bv State unita, and the men ac-
cordinp to Federal Reserve districts. but
there thrv are working in close unity
The State plan seemed more feasible Tor
tho women but in order to become ac-
ulaintrd and tn make ono conference
dn for two States. the Delaware wornen
loincd in with the Pennsylvania women
for the conference. They arr heafing
all kinds of roasons why the loan should
hc, and arc getting instructions fef the
conduct of the drive that VIII open on
April q. With Mrs Rldgeiv ut the con
ference arc Mrs. Dtho Nowland char
man for Wilmington, and Miss Augusta
La Motto. State chairman Of puhheity
lshB
ton. secretary; Mrs Walter Morris, char.
man for Kent. from Dover. Mrs Howard
Pool New astle chairman. aud Mrs.
Edward I.adev from Niddletown. and
Miss IyIa Townsend of Selhyvilie chaH-
man FOR Sussex They went un yester-
day morning. and vii, return this even
,np Sessions arc held at tho bellevue
Stratfnrd. and there were luhcheone
for tbe committee each day. about ihu
women. most of them from Pennsylvania.
attending Iast evening there was
reception, anil thrn addresses l'Y MIS-
Antninctte Funk. vire-chalruan of tho
\at,onal Woman Liberty Loan tn1n-
mittoc. Hon William Sproul oi he's.
tor. 4 puscv rasanorr, governor lhlrd
Federal Reserve ilank, aud William
Nather Lewis. National ofnitfeo "i
latrtotic Societica
yrRTrnptv' e NETTING
Yesterdays aessiona wcre gwen over
very largely to addresses. Mrs Waiter
$ Thomson. Liberty Loan chairman for
Philadelphia. spoke tho welcome 70 the
,irleraifa and the other speakers wrfr
Mrs ! Willis Martin. chairman Woman
1nmm,tteo. CnuncIlof National Defence
Tor ronnENlvanla. and Ilcutenuut fiarry
NIilaon. county chairman of PeunFyl-
wanna. gave tholr reports
In the afternoon Mrs James Starr,
Ir. ~ Gcrmautown Who la we'll known
~ Delaware. both a. Liberty Loan char
man for tho Third Federal kcaerte DIS
trlct and ae prCsldcpt ~ the Pennsylvania
society tolonlal DANES nf Aneura, gave
very inspiring addrcEs, II whifh she
reviewed the early strugglea Tor liberty
IN thus district, when the only thought
was of freedom, leaving rocompens' ont
of II She asked that people would re-
member the cares and troubles oil Wash
netou before beginning any critlsism of
President Wilson Let s sco how best
We can do our work before complaining,
and lets be ready 1T any minute WAS
what she asked the women.
Mrs John : Miller WAS introduced
hv Mrs Starr rs tho best woman organ
lzcr in he nltcd States and Mrs Miller
smoke of Mrs Starr as The shock ab-
sorber for tho loan drive, because she
SAID all chalrmen who werc IN trouble or
dissatisfied could go To Mrs. Starr 10
get things arranged. Mrs. Miller gave
practical talk on the selling of bonds.
and on the necessity for helng prepared
for the drive She begged the women
not TO be So stIrc the thing will bc a sue
cess, that they will not work, hut to pre-
pare for the worst and then work So hard
and So efficiently that the greatest sue
cess will he the outcome. y on rep
resent the hest Of your communities,
she stated. remember what Kitchener
SAID la his men after the Soudan. You
have tasted the salt of lltc, YOU never
can forget its flavor She urged an
eternal vigilance against German pro
paganda. and asked that all dIsioyalty
be reported To the women who live IN
the country she made the suggestion that
they take New York of Philadelphia
Dapcr. from now until the drive Is over,
and she asked all the committee TO read
Christine" and when the Germans
Came to Poland, " and to follow the
testimony IN the German-Amerlcan Al
liance investigation.
Mrs Joseph Hutchinson, vlce-presi-
dent for Pennsylvania, promised To pro-
cure speakers for whatever towns or
districts needing them, and she spoke
of the Minute Men rs being available
either as speakers or as securing speakers.
Minute Men were appointed, four IN
each State, to represent President Viii
son in giving out information anent the
government. Mrs. Hutchinson closed
with an appeal for an attitude of mind
that will mean winning the war and sell
ing the bonds.