The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-16

the "a women who are Liberty Loan
chairmen in eastern counties OF
North Dakota. at the conference held
Friday afternoon with Mrs. G. A.
Severance, st. Paul, ninth district
Liberty Loan chairman for the wo-
mems work. This meeting was in
the Y. M. c. A. auditorium, with Miss
Minnie Nelson Valley City, state
chairman Of the Women's Liberty
Loan committee, presiding. Several
patriotic songs were features, in
Guiding the new Liberty Loan song,
copies of which are to be obtained by
the county chairmen. The song
leader was Mrs w. T. Craswell, VAL
lev CITY. chief of the Singers bureau.
Mr.. Mcdowell Speaks.
The first speaker was w. G. Me-
DoweIl, Marion, chairman of the
Mems Liberty Loan committee for
North Dakota, who told OF the
proportion Of the loan to be raised in
different sections Of the state. he
said only IL counties are not seeking
aid in getting in their crops this
year, and that the extreme western
part OF the state must be let off as
easy as possible. THE counties that
will put over their share of the loan
the easiest are the ones that are best
organized" said he, and incidentally,
stated that Cass Is one Of the best
organized counties in the state.
In warning against spreading war
work over too wide a field, Mr.. Nc
Dowell told Of I.aMoure county's
War Work council and its success.
1T lis Just about time we began to
think first OF all about these Ameri-
can boys in khaki, he said, caution
ing against neglecting them while
aiding other nations, and emphasiz- |
ed: 1T 10 time to concentrate on
America.
IN giving Liberty Loan campaign |
advice he defined slackers, and |
warned the women against seeking |
to sell bonds without knowing the
situation clearly. 1T is easy to spoil |
a $500 sale with $50 one" he stat
ed. The Boy Scouts did much harm /
this way in one town in the last cam
paign." Mr.. Mcdowell thinks the i
women can do the most good by CO.
operating thoroughly with the men
and concluded, Personal credit must |
be submerged in the greater good"
A Woman's War.
MRS. Severance, in her very fine
talk, drove home the lesson that wo-
men must change their petty ideas
and activities to world ideas and
activities. while every war is a
woman's war, tlGs one is peculiarly
so" she said, and the first thing we
have to do Is to realize the war"
Speaking Of the morale of the army,
Mrs. Severance pointed out that the
morale of the country depends upon
the women and Is as important as
munitions. She emphasized that wo-
men must guard against urging a
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that the debutantes of today have
very different ideals from those Of
former periods, their ambition being
usefulness instead Of pleasure. I'VE
must keep high heads, high hearts
and high hopes" she said. war is
3 test and an examination for the
nation and for the Individual. 1T is a
Test not applied until now to the wo-
men of America, whose field OF use
sulnesa has suddenly broadened into
lne OF vast proportions"
In urging that high school girls be
to do some one thing we'll
his summer. Mrs. Severance stated
hat it Is quite as important II not as
'omantic. to drive a tractor I'm a field
is TO drive an ambulance. Women
nave three great duties now, Red
Cross work, conservation and Liberty
Loan support" incidentally, the
speaker explained that the white
Jour Is sent to Europe because while
,read to us is a luxury, to Europeans
t is life itself
Every woman should give at least
iiX hours week to Red Cross work ]
The said. IF she doesn't she is a i
ilacker. The Red Cross is the great I
organization in a world ]
5iven over to destruction" Mrs.
severance's husband is engaged in ]
reconstruction work In Europe, par
icularly Serbia and she related facts
cleaned from his experiences to
lrove some of her points.
Mrs. Severance asked the women
q eat food produced near home, to
ave freight service. and TO run their I
iouses on a business basis. I'VE {
TASTED $4,000, 900 worth OF food last I
ear. This, waste must stop" She
Emphasized that women must also
.onserVe by dressing more simply,
BECAUSE there are not enough factor
es to make "tinsel gowns and muni-
Ions. automobiles and cannons''
We need money. food and a united I
america TO win the war. We are
hree years late; all we can do Is 10
our in the money and the food" AS
. the Liberty loan, she said; "A
ollar boarded is a Stacker dollar: a
ollar spent for luXuries Is a traitor !
ollar, a dollar invested in a Liberty :
pan Is q patriotic dollar Systema-
10 saving is the most valuable habit :