Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-18

Delaware must have the honor of
naming the 800 ton steamer at Hog
Island. that is going tn be named hy the
district in the Third Federal Reserve
District. that gets tho highest over It's
quota in the Fourth Liberty Loan. and u
Delaware woman must chrlsten the boat
To give it tho name chosen hv her state
This is only one of the ambitions gained
hv several of the Nomen's Liberty Loan
Committee who arr attending the con-
ference of the PENNSYLVANIA Women $
Liberty Loan Committee ut the Bellevue
Stratford IN Philadelphia. 1t began Yes
ter,lsv and closed today. The Diamond
State was represented bY Mrs Henry
Rideelv OF Dover. State chairman Mrs.
Otho Nowland, chairman for Wilmington,
Mrs William L. Reybold, chairman Tor
New Castle county; Mrs Walter Morris
Kent chairman. Mrs. William futherly
Sussex chairman, Mrs Rachel Carlisle,
chairman for Frederica. the town that
got the first honor flag from " ashlngton
IN the Third Loan. Mrs @ { purdy,
Mrs Thomas W Wilson, Mrs James
Ginns and Miss Edna y Taylor State
chaaman of publicity frnm Wilmington,
Mlg Leah Burton of Georgetown,
chairrSan of publicity for Sussex; and
Mrs. v b. Jester of Delaware City
All phases of the Liberty Loan cam
rnipn are being gone over aud discussed
at the meeting. Mrs John O Miller,
State chairman of Pennsylvania, the pre-
siding officer says that women give n
human touch 10 what otherwise would be n
cold financial situation.
HONOR FLAGS.
Honor flags are being arranged some
what differently this time. These flags
are to have the white field and red border
as belore. with four blue flags to denote
the bond issue, and they are to be award
ed for going over 5p per cent OF the quota
because the quota is much larger IN every
instance for this loan Flags will be award
ed to communities and to industrial
establishments. stores, schools, etc, and
for these establishments there are also
to be honor rolls. on which those who take
bonds will be entitled TO inscrbe their
names.
THE PUBLICITY FACTOR.
Publicity has big place in the cam
paian and no feature of advertising will be
omitted. Richard Il. Norton, chairman of
publicity for the district, addressed the
women's committee on tins subject and
gave "A resume of the movie reels, includ-
ing films by 80 stars. an exhibition train
TO show trophies in the way Of German
guns and arms; newspaper publicity and
various kinds OF posters. Philadelphia has
added two posters of its own to those got
ten out by the government, and the Third
Federal Reserve District is going to
award medals of gold silver and bronze to
the three best cartoons made for the loan.
"YoUR hoy AND MY BOY"
For Your Boy and My Boy, is the
Fourth Liberty Loan song, and 1T made a
pleasant interlude in yesterday afternoon $
session of the conference, when it was
sung, first by quartette on men, and then
bv the whole audience. 1t is easy to sing
and the theme is so appealing that it is
going to be sung everywhere during the
drive.
CARD FROM FRANCE.
Ten million people in this country arc
going to get post cards from soldiers in
France, asking them to back them the
soldiers) up by buying Liberty Bonds.
These cards have been sent over and they