Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-03
MORE LOAN WORK
ASKED OF WOMEN
Must Sell More Bonds or
Lose Leadership, Says
Chairman
BUILD ROAD TO BERLIN"
Sign and Stickers for Buyers
Prove Valuable in North
Philadelphia

Mrs. Walter :. Thomson. chairman Of
looked facts in the face at today's noon
meeting of her district chairmen at
headquarters in the Lincoln Building.
with everything against us. we must
work like Troisns take hat message to
your districts she said.
we must obtain subscriptions of So
900. 200 daily to make our quota. Today
we are 5000, 900 below the necessary
amount"
The everything against us included
the excessive optimism. induced by the
good war reports. and the Health
Boards ban on public meetings.
The women have called off all their
rallies and other meetings for at least
ten days and until further notice.
The subscriptions reported today were
$780, $50 yesterday nearly a million was
reported. The official total Is now 49,
75I,75O.
"If tho Allies arc to-continue their
present success Mr.. Thompson de-
clared. the people at home must do
their all to help the brave boys over
there. Contrary To the general belief.
the war has not been won and ! do
not believe peace will be declared for
at least another year.
Too Much Optimism
MANY Philadelrh'aLs, especially
women. are too optimistic now that the
Germans are on the run. They evidently
have failed to realize we must go over
the top in this loan If we want our boys
to continue their march to Berlin. There
is no more important work for the
women Of Philadelphia today than to
subscribe for bonds and work for tas
sale of bonds. Let no one in the country
be able TO say that the women OF this
city did not do their share and more In
the fourth Liberty Loan
Road to Berlin
~ YOU want to participate in the
great American drive that is being
made by Pershing's forces, buy a bond
here and have your name emblazoned
along the Road to Berlin" Such Is
one of the slogans adopted by the WON
ems Liberty LOAF committee of the
North Philadelphia district. 1t is prov.
ing effective, according to Mrs. Chees'
man Herrick, chairman. The Road &c
Berlin will be built on a huge sigr
which has been set up outside the North
Philadelphia committees headquarters
Broad street and Columbia avenue. A
zigzag course. embracing all the prin.
cipal cities and towns from the Ameri-
can headquarters to Berlin, will be fol
lowed, and everybody who buys a bond
at the committees headquarters or al
any of the scores of booths scattered
throughout North Philadelphia will plac,
a sticker bearing his or her name or
the road. The sign and the road which
thus will be mapped out already beal
many stickers and are attracting much
attention. As soon as this road II
completed trails will be blazed from thu
headquarters of other Allied troops, al
converging on Berlin, as Philadelphia
goes "over the top"
The Jewish women in North Phila
delphia are playing a very active par
in this campaign, as they have In al
preceding ones. Liberty Loan commit
tees nave been formed in all the Nortl
Philadelphia Jewish organizations. and
there is the greatest rivalry as to which
will bring in the largest lumber OF sub
scriptions.