The Washington herald., 1918-04-26
WOMEN AIDING
LIBERTY LOAN
WILL PARADE
Patriotic Workers for Gov.
eminent VIII Have Sep
arate Division.

, The replica OF the famous Liberty
Bell. which has played 30 prominent
a part in the woman's Liberty Loan
Committees campaign. will lead their
section Of the parade as the women
march up Pennsylvania avenue this
afternoon. The liberty loan women
are to head the ninth division OF the
parade. and they will walk TO the
music Of the Eleventh Regiment Ma
rine Band.
The women's division of the Liberty
Day parade will be headed by Mrs.
Antoinette Funk, vice-chairnan of
the National Woman's Liberty loan
Committee, who will act in the place
of Mrs. McAdoo, chairman of the
committee. and now absent In the
West with the Secretary Of the
Treasury.
Following the members OF the na-
tional committee and the chairman of
the local committee, il assigned the
place OF honor to the seven vice-chair-
men Of the local Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee. They are: Mrs.
Abram Simon. Mrs. Carl Vrooman.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Mrs. Gar
rison McClintock, Mrs. Louis Brown
low, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. and
Mrs. Henry r. Rea. Following them
will come the twenty chairmen OF
the various subcommittee.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. chairman
Of the women's organization division
OF the parade, asks all the members
Of the Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee and all the women who have
assisted the committee, to rally to
hn afA d ~ zrI
Fourth street northwest, above Penn
sylvania avenue, resting at Indiana
avenue, facing south, at o'clock
this afternoon.
To the inspiring strains of the Con-
zaga Band, the girls of the Chevy
Chase School did a thriving business
yesterday in Bullet Booth Alley"
north Of the Treasury. They were
cheerfully assisted by a corps OF Girl
Scouts, who footed for the cause.
This afternoon the Junior Suffra-
gists will transfer their efforts in
chasing the elusive vote to persuad-
Ing the lords Of creation to delve
deep into their pockets for liberty
loan subscriptions. Miss RosaIie
Waters. chairman of the District
Junior Suffrage Association, will have
tNfdTBe OF the DulleI DOOIn campaign
this afternoon. and will have as her
assistants: Mrs. Middleton Beman.
Mrs. Robert d. Cummings. Miss Nina
Lynch. Mrs. Russell p. Edwards,
Miss Vera Eiseman, Miss Catherine
Boure.
Last evening Lieut.. LeBas, OF the
French Commission. and the Right
Honorable Basil Rowe. formerly Of
the Irish Guards. spoke in the be-
half of the Woman's Liberty Loan
Committee at Gunston Hall. Capt
Harlan Skerrett, of Camp Meigs. in
troduced the speakers. Many Of
ficers from Camp Meigs were pres
ent and enjoyed the dancing which
followed the talk.
Reports from the house-to-house
canvassers yesterday included one
from the chairman of the tenth di-
vision. Mrs. c. V. Burnside. 14lS
Newton street. who turned in
pledges for $500: the Soldiers
Home yielding $4,000 OF this sum.
The third report came in from Mrs.
Jesse J. Haas, who took in $25.05O
from the house-to-house canvass in
her northwest section. Mrs. ii. r.
Christie. 1870 Hamlin street, chair
man OF Sherwood division of Brook
land. reported in Sl.100 as the re-
suit of her house-to-house canvass
of that district.
The daily drive for liberty loan
pledges. conducted by Mrs. Frank
Hiram Shell. which goes quietly on