ten o'clock
Let 's get busy . '' `` Well , get on your costumes , girls , '' suggested Alora Jones . `` They are all here , in this big box , and the banners are standing in the hall . It 's after nine , now , and by ten o'clock we must all be at work . '' They proceeded to dress themselves in the striking costumes they had secretly prepared ; a blue silk waist with white stars scattered over it , a red-and-white striped skirt , the stripes running from waistband to hem , a `` Godess of Liberty '' cap and white canvas shoes . Attired in this fashion , the `` Liberty Girls , '' as they had dubbed themselves , presented a most attractive and patriotic appearance , and as they filed out through the hall each seized a handsome silken banner , gold fringed , which bore the words : `` Buy Bonds of Dorfield 's Liberty Girls . '' `` Now , then , '' said Mary Louise , `` we have each been allotted a certain district in the business part of the city , for which we are individually responsible .