Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-03
WAR MOTHERS
WANTED TO PARADE
Executive Committee Wants An
napolis War Mothers To Par
ade In Baltimore Saturday
PATRIOTIC PAGEANT

Especial TO The Evening CapitaD
Baltimore, Sept. 30.-The executive
committee of the War Mothers of
America. Maryland division, has sent
call broadcast through the State for
the participation on Saturday, Octo-
Der 5, of every War Mother in Mary
land in the Liberty Loan drive in Bal
timore
The War Mothers want TO do their
maximum bit to foster an early and
successful conclusion of the Loan
campaign and they have decided to
march in the pageant of women in
Baltimore on Saturday The decision
to march with the other women Of
Maryland was made at a meeting of
the Emergency Committee, called by
Mrs. James H. Patton, acting presi-
dent of the Maryland organization.
who was acting for the Executive
Committee. The meeting was held
in the new headquarters of the War
Mothers, in the War Camp Community
Service building, Holiday and Lex
ington streets, Baltimore.
Those who attended the meeting
and participated in the deliberations
were: Mrs. Patton Mrs. Phillips Lee
Goldsborough, Mrs. George n. Num-
sen, Mrs. 7. Parkin Scott, Mrs. Sam
uel A. Tubman. Mrs. Charles Slagle.
Mrs. Hester Dorsey Richardson, Mrs.
George Clark Peck, Mrs. George w.
Hyde, Mrs. S. S. Field. Mrs. Frank L.
Mohler, Mrs. S. F. Miller. Mrs. Mat
thew C. Fenton, Mrs. w. A. Bucking-
ham, Mrs. Henry H. Hubner, Mrs.
Harry c. Skinner, Mrs. Oscar Lesser,
Mrs R. Bennett Price, Mrs. NJ. W..
Pryor and Mrs. c. ID. Jones.
1t was decided definitely that the
War Mothers will march as a distinct
unit in the Saturday parade, which
is being organized by Mrs. Edward
Guest Gibson, of the Liberty Loan
parade committee. In the War Moth
ers' unit will be another distinct unit,
composed of War Mothers who wear
gold stars in honor of sons who have
made the supreme sacrifice in the
war; With the unit will be a song
leader, to be supplied by the War
Camp Community Service.
Plans discussed at the meeting were
for the participation in the parade Of
all the War Mothers of Maryland.
Every effort will be made to reach
those in the counties and they will
be urged to enroll for the march, just
as the War Mothers of Baltimore are
urged to enroll, at the War Mothers
headquarters, Holiday and Lexing-
ton streets. The place of mobiliza-
ton will be announced later. The
hour of assembly will be / p. m.
Another decision reached at the
meeting was that concerning the dress
of the War Mothers in the march. The
costume will be plain, simple white
dress, such as shirtwaist and shirt.
The headdress will be, a white veil
of coarse net, one yard square, held
in place by band of dark blue satin
ribbon, bearing the words, War
Mothers of America in silver let
tiers. These bands may be purchased
on the day of the parade or any time
beginning Thursday morning at War
Mothers headquarters in the Red Cir
Gle building.
On the left arm of each War Mother
worn between the elbow and the
shoulder, will be the official brassard
of the organization. This will be a
red ribbon, three inches wide, encir-
cling the arm On this ribban will
be a white field sufficiently large to
contain a blue star for each son in
the service-and for gold star, Of
course, for each son who has given
his life for the nation.
Other information relative to dress
and details of the parade will be
available at the headquarters, which
also can be reached by telephone by
calling ST. Paul 316.
The War Mothers hope to do their
maximum in this pagenat in the in
terest of the loan drive and they hope
every War Mother in Maryland who
can will participate They are urg-
ing that all War Mothers enroll at
once at headquarters and be prepared
to be in line on Saturday.