South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
ELEANOR BARKER
SPEAKS FOR LOAN
Business of Every American
Woman to Stand Behind
Men, She Says.


terness OF utter defeat" declared
Miss Eleanor Barker Of Indianap-
oils a speaker al the luncheon given
az the Indiana club Thursday noon,
Tor the purpose OF instructing and
organizing the women OF ST. JO-
seph county for their part in the
third Liberty loan campaign which
begins Saturday April 8.
1T is the business of American
woman 90 be back of the man who
has already given his life on the
field Of France. whether he be
French or English or Belgian. that
she might stay at home in peace
and In comfort and in honor. and
50 is the further duty OF every
American woman 10 get back Of
cur own men who are going over
daily. willing TO give even the SUI
preme gift. Your government is
not asking you 10 do this. but it l5
asking you TO get back Of the men
who are fighting for YOU over there
and loan your money.
"It is for F'rance-the France who
sent Lafayette and his men and
the ships-all the things that spelt
Victory and happiness 20 thA coun-
try. that you are asked to conserve
and 20 give. To is for the families
who have been left destitute be-
cause OF the one who went down
before Nerdun or at Vimy. that you
are asked 10 help. 1t is for the
little children Of France who have
forgotten how 70 sing, the little
.. N,g frr
between the hours Of three and four
In the afternoon. often times to be
taken out Of the line and forced TO
wait another "a hours, 70 give way
10 another child who is sickly or
who cannot possibly stand the pri-
walton that much longer
Germany viii Not Starve.
Germany viii not starve for she
has control now the rich black
earth wheat country of Ukraine,
and which is known as the corn
brib" OF Europe We cannot starve
ouf Germany this year. but we can
starve out the allied countries un-
less we give the white bread from
our tables. We must not only send
them wheat but we must send them
the money with which TO buy their
bread
The men Of 4S years and under
are the men who are fighting for
France today" said Miss Barker
"Can there possibly be any cOmpar-
ison TO the giving Of the United
states. so far as men are concern
ed They have been fighting our
fight over there for the past three
and a half years and now that we
are i'm IL we've got TO see it through
10 the finish and nothing but
triumphant finish.
Germany is a country that has
taught her little children 20 hate
They have been taught songs OF
hate I'm their schools. They have
been taught that no country was
tit to rule but Germany. They have
lived under the ruling for years that
might is right and that whatever
German said was right for coun-
try 20 do, was right We have got
10 fight against this mad force un-
I'll we can make them understand
that nothing is right in the world
unless 10 is i'm terms Of right is
might"
Must live Up to Ideals.
ct is up to the people OF Amer
lea 70 live up 10 the standard that
George Washington and his men
fought for at Valley Forge. 1t is
up 70 us people at home to live up
10 the ideals and the principles
which prompted our splendid man
hood 10 don the khaki and go over
d
ing asks. the first thing that the
men i'm the camps over there ask
when new men land i'm France is.
How about it, How about the
How about it, How about the
folks at homc2 Are they back of
use Are they with us? How about
ite' Are we going 20 be hack Of
them or mott
we cannot be back OF them un-
less We sacrifice and give and give
until we have given what the men
or France have given; until we ac-
ouire some o. the splendid spirit
of the lighters over there our men
are going % do just as wonderful
things now that they are into IT,
bat they viii go down unless. every
force. every Soul pdch mere Is 'dtN
OF them. unless every point is
strained. every sacrifice is made
that they may have the confidence
that we are back Of them in every
way"
Miss Barker is a member OF the
national speakers committee on
the Liberty loan and her speech
Thursday noon was memorable
ono For nearly am hour she held
the rapt interest OF the 100 women
who attended the luncheon. with
her recital OF the situation over
seas and her eloquent appeal 20 the
women who are going out through
out the country In the interests Of
the Liberty loan campaign.
4 unique musical program was a
feature Of the noon luncheon. Mrs
Grace Fink Davis and Miss Jo-
sephine Decker FIRST sang "a double
number and then lead the singing
Of other SONGS OF the day which
are revised 20 suit the Liberty loan
program The songs We're lover
There" which was suns 90 show
what the women are going to do
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