The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-04
Two HEADLlNERs SPEAK
State and National Chairmen Presen.
the Cause of Government Bonds
Applause Indicates APPROVAL
Women Must Work.

"A UyplCdl h6nOSna auQ16nce small
but enthusiastic greeted Mrs. George
Bass Of Washington, D. c., and Mrs.
j. II. Mariner of Milwaukee at Guild
Hall on Tuesday afternoon, when they
launched the woman g drive for the
Third Liberty Loan with speeches that
thrilled their hearers and convinced
even the most skeptical members of
their audience that the chief business
of Kenosha femininity for the next
month is selling Liberty Bonds to all
who can, in any way, afford to buy
them.
The meeting was characterized by
fine spirit of patriotism introduced in
the first instance by the stirring songs
of Mrs. Truax and ably seconded by
speeches from Mrs. L. M. Theirs, Mrs.
j. H Mariner, Mrs. Bradford, and
Mrs. Bass
g AS men in the army take and obey
the orders Of their superior officers"
Mrs. Theirs said in presenting Mrs.
Mariner, $50 we, too, the women in
the second line Of defense have gather
ed here to receive instruction from our
superiors of the state and national COM
mittees and thereafter do our best
to execute their commands in exploit
ing the Third Liberty Loan in Kenosha.
The task is one of tremendous respon-
sibility but we feel sure that their ex-
perience and direction will send us
'over the top to another victory"
Mrs Mariner Pleads for Self-Denial.
Mrs. Mariner Immediately fulfilled
Mrs Theirs predictions for her with
an address which presented briefly but
inspiringly the most salient features
of the Third Liberty Loan. In words
that were charged with patriotism she
urged Kenosha women to awake to
the seriousness of the present situation
and consider nothing secondary to the
work of winning the war.
Now as never BEFORE she de-
clared with fine emphasis, "we need
every woman in Wisconsin to do her
best for Liberty and Truth. She can
not fight with bayonets and bullets as
her men-folk do, but she can help and
help magnifcently with bread and
bandages. Just now both of these things
can be furnished not only by conserva-
tion and Red Cross work but also by
securing investments in Liberty Bonds,
the proceeds from which will enable
America and her Associates to halt
the Hun in Picardy.
If this is not done," she continued
IN commenting on the farmers wife's
adherence of debt, "the titles TO
farms in the United States will not be
worth the paper that records them.
"Our task is difficult" she con-
Guided, "but that's exactly what we
want. We want to do something that
will make us worthy of the men who
are dying for us and the most we can
do is none too much. An idle woman
is disloyal woman. This is no time
for leisure or pleasure. If our hus-
hands, sons, brothers, and sweethearts.
can sacrifice their lives and homes of
immortality for us we can certainly af-
ford to give up our petty parties and
trifiing entertainments to save them
from death -
Mrs. Bradford Presents Mrs. Bass.
Mrs. Mariners address was fol.
lowed by prolonged applause at the con-
clusion of which Mrs Bradford intro.
duced Mrs. Bass, chairman of the ma
tional Woman s Committee for the
Third Liberty Loan and leading speak |
er for the afternoon.
The woman S hour has struck upon
the clock of time,'' said Mrs. Bass in
introducing her theme. "The time has
come when she is no longer supposed
to confne her activities to the narrow
circle of her own home. She is rapidly
becoming rising power in a commun- |
ity family, national family, which
holds obligations and responsibilities as
imperative as those of her own hearth
and which opens for her a wider field
or service than she. has ever known be-
fore.
The world-war has greatly increased
her opportunities for usefulness. In
spirit she must now cross the Atlantic
and In interest, if not in fact, fight |
shoulder to shoulder with the men de- |