New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Women Of the Country Achieve Sex Equaltv
In Campaigning in the "Push''
For Militant Dollars
OF Liberty

Greenwich, Conn. For work;r.
poses the large territory had -
mapped out into nine pr,nc;ns, -,
divisions, each the especial char. :.
woman chairman, who worksd
close cooperation with the cb.;.
Of the mems committee. OF tbe.. -
divisions the metropolitan district !.
by far the largest and most ,mnort..s
financially, though every district -
done its share and more to sv.,, !,
quota. One of the most Interests
campaigns was launched by Mu
land Stillman, the chairman ~ ~
field County.
A feature of Mrs. stillman'. vn,.
was the house to house canvass. rv.-.
farmer, down to the most obscura .,s
remote, was interviewed person.,,,,
Every would-be, could-be or mich. =
rural bond buyer was tracked down avs
ensnared in network Of Organization
that left him no loophole for escan.
Ihe house to house canvass methos ~
rounding up subscribers has its lim;t..
tlons, however, in the greater comu,.x,-
ties of metropolitan life where tb. -,
iective appeal must supplant, to great
extent, the individual appeal-wh,.s
necessitates a shift Of emphasis -
other features of the loan orpani,..
ton. Such has been the exney;s,s..
OF the leaders in the Metropolitan D..
tr'ct, which comprises the borouphs a.
Manhattan, The Bronx and Brook,vr
Mrs. Courtlaadt D. Barnes was ~.
chairman of @is division. Her Aid.
were Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stanton !,
charge of The Bronx, and Mrs. Walse,
Shaw Brewster, chairman of Brooklv
Miss Virginia Farman was the trss.-
urer.
The Women as
Money Strategists
On April 6, a brilliant offensive wa.
set in motion. The results speak "a,
themselves. The first weeks recein..
from the wonen's booths were tan
times as large as they had been for the
corresponding period in the second
loan. This promising beginning was
obviously the outcome of the efficient
centralized organization and the bound.
less enthusiasm and untiring efforts Of
| its leaders.
The women enriched the campsipn
organization with some admirable
contributions. They turned their At
tentlon to a few specialized phases
OF the work and undertook to elsts,-
rate them. Their most notable achieve.
ment was in connection with As
booths and with certain features Of tie
Advisory Trades Committee.
The Liberty bond booths estsbusAsd
by the Metropolitan division Of Tie
committee-there were $50 of them
and more scattered throughout the
city-were among the most conspicuous
and most successful instruments Of the
campaign. They put in an appearance
wherever people congregate-in hotels
restaurants, department stores, public
institutions, railroads, important thor
oughfares and clubs.
Underlying all these potent vehicles
for the distribution of bonds was tho
constructive genius of the young wom-
an chairman of the subcommittee on
booths-Miss Louise Dixon. It was
Miss Dixon's task not only to provide
the volunteers with the booths and sIl
the bond selling paraphernalia, but also
to instruct the would-be saleswomen
in their duties. Glasses opened on
March % and became so popular that
two to seven sessions had to be held
daily. The attendance varied from 81
to as many as $50 volunteers at esch
session. When the campaign was prop
erly launched, Miss Dixon gave up this
arduous task to Miss Clara Porter n
experienced bond saleswoman Of the
Guaranty Trust Company. Miss Porsss
devoted one hour every morning, from
| $3.50 to 10:30 o'clock, to a class Of from
35 to 80 volunteers.
The work with the booths was tho
most salient feature of the, wonens
objective. But there is another field
of still greater promise which they In
vaded. This is the Advisory Trades
Committee-the Rainbow Division Of
the Liberty Loan-which represents
employers and employees from S6 lead.
ing industries of the city. Mrs. Virginia
Potter, the chairman Of the Woment
Advisory Trades Committee, wisely
realized that the Rainbow Division was
too complex a field for immediate con-
quest, and she decided to centre her ~
tention during this campaign on three
branches of women's trades only: tne
tea rooms, the dressmakers and tne
nurses. Miss Ada May Lucky, Of the
Vanity Fair Tea Room, was Chairman
of the Committee on Tea Rooms; Nh:
Willard d. Straight was in charge ..
the dressmakers and importers, ana
Miss Anna Mcclellan of the nurss9
Mrs. John F. Russell, the secretary q
the Women's Advisory Trades Commu.
tee, was the leading spirit In this nes
branch of the work.
Campaign Work Wipes