The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-11-01

mcNtS IN lhiB SoVNtTy WuSt 70
Backed to the Limit-scven Wide.
Iy Known Women Issue an Appeal
to Their Sisters.
Dayton, Especial THE seven
most widely known women OF Ohio
Joined in a call on all women Of the
state to push the United War Work
Campaign Of Nov. II TO lS over
the top" The organizations taking
the place of home in the lives of our
Ohio boys over there must be backed
to the limit, they say.
The appeal is issued by Mrs. James
NJ Cox of Dayton. Miss Belle Sher.
win of Columbus, head of the WON.
ems committee of the state Council
Of National Defense; Mrs. Prentice
j.. Rood of Toledo. president of the
Ohio Federation OF Womcns Clubs;
Mrs. William Cooper Proctor Of Gin
cinnati; Miss Helen Taylor Of Gin.
cinnati chairman OF the Y. w. c.
A. executive committee for Ohio and
Wost Virginia; Mrs. F. F. Prentiss
OF Cleveland, and Mrs. Frank A.
Soldering of Akron.
THE people of Ohio are to be con-
gratulated that in this state. as in all
states OF the Union, the organizations
looking after the welfare Of the sol
der abroad and STRENGTHENING the
second line OF defense at home will
hold joint money drive. When the
Y. NJ. c. A., Y. W. c. A., the Ma
tional Catholic War Council, the War
Camp Community Service, the Jewish
Welfare Board, the American Library
Association and the Salvation Army
came together in united campaign
for sl70,500,O 900 they made prac-
| tical and patriotic move, heartily en-.
dorsed by the women OF Ohio, they
| declare.
A Woman's Advisory Council, en-
! bracing women OF all religions and
employments and representative both
| of industry and capital, is being
formed under the chairmanship OF
Mrs. c. A. Grasselli of Cleveland.
Miss Elizabeth Hyatt is director Of
the womens campaign. The Coun-
Gil will put before every woman OF
the state the facts of this $>10,500,-
900 campaign which is to r'ins the
good cheer Of Ohio homes into the
camps of France and Italy and 81.
s, IBERIA, where boys, many OF them
from the Buckeye state, are hghtins
for democracy. Leaders OF the cam.
paign will point out this fund means
| A11 Ar, .
ta!nment OF the men Of the army and
navy.
+ 1.-The women an. going to be prime
factors in the drive" r. w. Ramsey,
state campaign director. said today
Were counting on mothers and sis
ters and sweethearts, as we'll as
fathers and brothers and good pals.
The Women's Advisory Council
will take no part in money s0licitt
ZION. State campaign officials, how
ever. recommend that at least one
woman's team be formed in each
community and certain part Of the
solicitation campaign turned over to
t.. These teams are usually OF 10
members. and If the experience OIL
Liberty Loans follows, the women's
teams will spell pep. t't
Another job before the woman's
Advisory Committee is 10 mother
and bis-sister the Victory Girls:
Girls between IL and 20 years olG
will be asked to earn and give to ths
campaign. The. money must be the
result Of their own work and can moi
be solicited. The usual gift will bt
S., which, it is reckoned, will suppl.
a soldier over there with all the com
forts of the seven organizations fol
Ave weeks. The women Of the state
will naturally have a responsibilit.
in what their daughters accomplish
While the Y. w. G. A. is the onl!
woman's organization recognized b.
the government in war. work over
seas, each OF the other six organize
tions in the drive has women's com
mittces and is backed by women
streagth. At meeting OF the Wa
Work Council Of the Y. w. c. A. II
Chicago last month John r. Mott re
+ quested an outline for mobilizing tn
/. entire womanhood OF the nation II
the drive. Six women from the Jew
\ ist Welfare Board, three from tn
- War Camp Community Service. eigh
from the National Catholic Wa
Council, eight from the Salvation
Army and one from the American
Library Association, together with Y
'' NJ. c. A. delegates, determined upo
t general enlistment of all women ur
y der state advisory committees repre-
g senting each of the seven organizs
o tions.
II The organization already set up b
IS the Y. w. c. A. will be used In eac
It county of the state, and Y. w. C.
o representatives on county executiv
(, committees will broaden their wor
d to become representatives of all won
en- of the county.
';'he only woman on the Nations
Executive Committee, Mrs. Henry i
}. Dhvison. declares that nationall
% Jewish Catholic and Protestant won
(. en- are working eagerly together
}. and the same result is rapidly bein
accom- plshed in Ohio.