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 '''by custom and expediency; they need consult only the dictates of humanity. If ever the world needed their intervention on a vast scale, it needs it now!'''

"Failure in such a task would have no fears for them; failure in a noble effort is often a measure to success! The greatest have seemed to fail. Judged by human standards, Christ's life on earth was a failure. The effort in any case would leave its mark upon the thought and history of the world. Womanhood will have arisen in vindication of a higher humanity—to avenge desolated motherhood and protect



martyred children; it will have asserted its right to shield the weak and young from the fatal results of the organized murder called war."

The appeal was not made in vain. The day after its receipt a number of prominent American women called a convention in Washington, D. C, on January 10th, 1915. Miss Jane Addams of Chicago acted as chairman. The result of