Tombstone epitaph., 1916-07-23

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 NA And tan. The thousand VT young women in the train
 ( ing camp were as red faced as lObsters, always assuming lobsters to be red faced. IL is the tan of wind and sun and life in the open.
 The belles who tangoed .n high heels all winter long. with meter a hint of anguish. were nursing swollen. blis- tered feet as a result of wearing stiff high service shoes.
 The khaki coats anu skirts were bad enough. they were so different from the soft. fluffy garments that the girls otherwise might have worn.
 IL was the National Service School for Women, this training camp. con. ducted by the woman's section of the Navy league. of which Mrs. George Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey. Is president. The thousand girls soon settled down to the business of learn inS how women may help in time of war. II was preparedness of the most practical sort being undertaken. Imagine q tented city. laid out in regular streets, with guards posted and military discipline prevailing. In each tent are five cots. occupied by four girls and chaperUn-some matron who is enjoying the training camp just as much as if she weren't mar . Tied, because she. too. Is n girl again One ot these matrOns Is Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary of state, and she Is drillin; with the girls in l her Sln.J0 khaki uniform just as though she had never known the sO- | ciai burdens of an official hostess in he national capital.
 There are five wash basins and five >,nGii mirrors in each tent also. Be cause 1t is convenient and cheap the | tents are electrically lighted. And be- cause it iS further convenient. shower baths are provided for the girls in | khnki But these need not be regard | ed as 'uNuries. They simply are mod l erh necessities.
 l Reveille at 6:30. Out of these tents, when revcille Is | sounded at 6 30 o'clock in the morn l ing, pour the boarding pupils" of the service school. The day pupils" live 1 in Washington and come later. For 1 half an hour there is marching and 1 counterlnarching under the direction of three United States army officers. wh" are assigned to the camp as in | struCtors. They pretend to dislike | their job. these officers. but in reality. l they wouldn't miss it for a good deal ! The girls are so pretty. and despite their bliStcrrd feet they smile so be- ! witchingly.
 Al seven the mess tent calls. Break fast for one morning consists of eggs . and bacon. pruncs, baked potatoes and ! coffee. Another morning It is or angcs, bacon and hominy, bread and l butter. green onions and coffee. The only difference between the fare of the w"nan'S training camp and that of The United States Marine corps is that The girls are allowed butter three Times q day and the marines only twice But they thrive on il. Bless you. there was less need of rouge amon: these thousand girls last week than any week in all their lives. The | uuhrcakable crOckery and the camp
 silver" are lent by the marine corps. by the way.
 Then comes the ceremony of the changing of the guard, which is an other. regulation borrowed from the United States army. And after that there is busy day.
 The one obligatory course is that of Red Cross first aid and surgical dress ing of wounds. No less than 3.GDO yards of gauge is used in the classes in weeks time. A Red Cross head nurse and 3O trained assistants are the instructors in these classes. of which there are five daily, each put ting in an hour.
 Girls Enjoy Signaling.
 Then the girls may take semaphOre signaling lessons if they like, and nearly all of them do. "Wigwagging" is one of the most enjoyable of all the camp activities. The pupils" learn the signal alphabet, finding some diff culty with the letters beyond "N" and
 pronouncing 'R" particularly hard. but they learn 1t and can transmit dis patches by signal with some facility already, as well as ''read' those sent.
 There are classes in wireless teleS l