Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1917 — SHE IS DOING HER BIT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHE IS DOING HER BIT

Mrs. James Lees Laidlnw, first vice chniriuan of the New York State Woman Suffrage party, In a paper she read at the annual convention of the Fourth Assembly district suffrage organization at the Westchester county courthouse, appealed to her fellow suffragists to improve every possible opportunity to “do their bit” toward helping win the war. She has outlined a long list of methods and means—practical suggestions for the patriotic woman who is wondering just how she can help. Mrs. Laidlaw, this picture show's, is following the advice she gave her fellow suffragists and Is doing her bit in her own kitchen. She is a splendid housekeeper and has put into effect In her home the recommendations of Mr. Hoover to secure war economy. She is . running her kitchen on a wartime economy basis, using no white flour and observing all the other tenets of the Hoover program most rigorously. Mrs. Laidlaw is one of the most enthusiastic workers In the “get behind Hoover” movement