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WOMAN, this WAR will touch
YOUR home
YOUR home is certain to be touched by the war in which we are en
gaged. It may seem remote and impersonal to you now. but you must
not permit this impression to so persist as to bring you bitter, life-long re
grets which will cloud the rest of your days.
It is true that in the first call for men, the ages are confined to 21 to 30, inclusive. But we may And it necessary to put three million men or more in the field. Don't you
know that in our Civil War, men of sixty and boys of sixteen fought shoulder to shoulder before the war was done? Don't you know that Sixty and Sixteen are fighting shoulder
to shoulder today, somewhere in France?
Be very certain of one thing, this war will touch your home in some way, either through son, father, brother or someone very dear to you, before the war is done
Is your husband past fifty? How long could he stand sleeping in the mud of a first-line trench standing ankle deep in the water of it through a week of rain?
Is your brother or lou under
twenty .' Have you seen him toss
iii fever or gasp in pneumonia!
Let us hope and pray that they
will not be called but do not let
us blind ourselves to the possibil
ity that they MAY be called. He
member, twenty million men are
fighting today, ami twenty mil
lion men have been killed, shell
torn, mangled, blinded, wounded
and invalided before this. All
Europe is aflame, and we are just
going in. WAKK UP to it. We
are at WAR - and you may pay
with hitter years of sorrow it' you
fail to open your eyes to it today.
Lot's bo SAFE
Let us so conduct the arming
and equipping of our first million
men, the financing and feeding of
our Allies, that no more men Itood
be sent that YOUR man need
not go.
It has always boon women's
part to bring comfort and allevi
ate suffering. Suffering, impair
ed health ami the most extreme
discomforts are inseparable from
war. It has always been the wo
men's part it has always been
the hh-ssed duty of womanhood
to alleviate this. It is of most vi
tal importance that our men,
whether actively at the front or
in training camps in this country,
he equipped to the highest degree
of efficiency. We want our hoys
to have steel treueh helmets to
protect then against shells that
burst overhead. They have none
today. They must have gas
masks they must be protected
against liquid Bit which scars
flesh from the boms in an instant.
The difference of cost between
two grades o foooka e slightly
superior quality of underclothing
may ward off pneumonia, may re
pel consumption, may keep some
boy's life from being shattered,
How Would YOU Feel?
You can help save the lives Of
many hoys. You can preserve
them from extreme discomfort,
from serious danger, and, as you
will do in this emergency, just so
the mothers, sisters, sweethearts
of the whole nation will do. As
you want them to feel, and act,
and do, to safeguard the lives of
all the young men of the nation,
so you must feel, and act, and do.
You must exert all your strength,
for the nation needs your help,
NOW
If your hiushaud, your father,
your brother, son or sweetheart
were at the front and wounded or
ill, or suffering in any way, you
would give all you possess, every
penny, your jewels, your every
treasure, to help him and instantly-
wouldn't you Think,
then, how the womenfolk of the
million who will go must feel to
day. lo your part NOW for
them, that all the nation may re
pay you in kind, if your very
dearest is called to face WAIi
somewhere in France, before we
have won a .final victory.
How to Help
It is vitally necessary that the
Liberty Loan be fully subscribed
immediately in order to equip our
boys RIGHT. The Government
has offered for sale two billions of
bonds in denominations of $50,
$100, $500 and upwards. Your
plain duty is to buy as many of
these bonds as you can. They can
be bought on the partial payment
plan.' The first payment need on
ly be 2 per cent, $'2 on a $100
bond. Anyone with any pocket
money or an allowance of any
kind can find no excuse for not
buying at least one $50 bond. You
can make the initial payment of
$2 if you please, and pay the rest
out of your savings. You can buy
a bond through your husband's
boss by paying $1 a week. You
can go to your bank, to your hus
band s bank, or any bank, or your
husband's employer, and they will
receive you, not only cordially,
but with all the respect and hon
or due to an. American woman
serving her count ry.
As Good as Gold
And remember that this bond
is the soundest investment in the
world. It is a first mortgage on
the nitod State a piece of the
wealth of the wealthiest of na
tions. It pays you interest at
per cent. You are saving your
self, the very money you save
lives with.
lo something today to save the
lives that you know you can aid
in saving. Subscribe yourself to
one or more bonds; get your
friends to subscribe; give a Lib
erty Loan Bridge, or a Liberty
Loan Tea. or some form of enter
tainment which will raise funds
to buv bonds with.
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It IS Your Duty, It Should Be and Must Be Your PRIDE and PRIVILEGE, to Do This Work
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