Women and girls have approached men whom they did not know on the streets to ask for contributions or to urge the purchase of stamps or bonds, and only those who know the South can realize what a departure from traditional standards of feminine conduct such actions indicate.

The business woman has been a familiar figure for years, but she was sheltered by the walls of her office or shop.

On the street she was held to a certain code and was criticized if she failed to observe it.

But here also the old order is changing and giving place to new.
The power of public opinion is very great in the South.

While this may be true of rural or semi-rural communities in any part of the land, nowhere else does collective opinion exert such overwhelming force as in the Southern States.