The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
By One Of the Young Women.

SAI' "putu tt Nitdtlh ut
ladies' mighty poorly IL dis
heah country don't 20 to war
after de ladies have done gone
I eli d. heah trouble"
Such was an old Maryland darky's
comment as he stopped with d chuckle
to relight his pipe on his way back to
town from the encampment OF the Ma
t!onal Service School for Women a.
Chevy Chase, near Washington.
Below US lay the encampment with
some seventy army tents placed with
rsslisticr army precision. symbolic Of
military discipline in its very appear
ance Of rigid efficiency and spotless
order. Fellow feminine campaigners
n khaki uniform stood TO the right OF
W. sister sold!erettes to the left Of US.
while in the distance against the green
Of the tall spruces that f1anked the
northern boundary Of the camp a COM
rsny Of them were drilling. making a
drab colored blur that moved in rigid
Turns and counter turns under the hot
Maryland sun.
such Is the vision OF the FIRST femi-
Tine Platts burg as it fills the eye Of a
visitor as he drops off the Washington
trolley. Yet II content with such a SUI
pertlcisl view, rarely is he any more
IkeIy 20 sense the real workings Of the
osmp, lis rockies real work and under
iylns values, than ii he had stayed at
home For, saturated with the mill
'ary aspect Of the camp associated for
The first time in America with women,
Pn'hQr - la. 49,, -, .t-... "a 49, l.,.-ns
'ng whole. as merely "A lot Of women
WHO with true feminine Inconsistency
ana love Of fads. with a zeal worthy OF
'nelr youngster brothers. are absorbed
n the arduous task Of playing SOL
cler And at hest II in an indulgent
MOOD he j. prone smilingly to agree
with he did dHrky hat il Uncle sam
doesn't calamity and gratefully reward
mem with var their pretty bubble of
preparedness will so for naught.
Yet what would he say to enrolled
rockies, 200 strong. who under a disci-
Pine as rigid as Piat,sburg's own re.
main, every last one Of them. for q
rIiins classroom schedule that college
examinations can only family echo in
subjects that the most ardent advocate
VI dNt-preparedness or a~nti-suffrage
Nond he forced 10 acknowledge AZ the
mos Womanly woman's own!
D4shed with a military sabre az q
earnlsh amid a stern militarism of
background they find with q few ex.
cep'lons a course strictly Of the femi-
nine standardization, nursing, cook
ing infant care and housekeeping
WIN Patriotism not as a far of vision
70 ledd them far from their homes.
nut as directly applicable to their
homes and their daily life therein.
lhns they are learning that just a
pa'rlotIc az TO nurse wounded soldiers
" II To boil the baby's bottles with
care, 10 swat the fly and
70 clean the kitchen drains properly.
ihne"d 10 calm those who tremble to
,nlnk of women hardening under the
uoc'f!he OF war 1t might be we'll to call
a"ent'on TO the fact that the actual
instruction Of this war" camp might
- summed up as nothing more mur
oe'ous than Live and let live-all
eaS" germs" And surely anti-pre-
pdf"dn"ss opponents will agree that
women trained tn combat enemies Of
''eIr ration's health become valuable
assets 10 that nation in war as well
a. n peace.
foT the sake Of those who doubt the
SERIOUSNESS Of the fair rockies them
.NtS let us glimpse at the interior
"t we tents, where 400 rockies from
-IPh'een States in squads Of 200 zach
.naurs discomfort for two weeks apiece
throughout May In order to interpret
."' themselves under expert instruc-
,on rom army, navy and the Red
TOSS a feminine brand OF prepared
ness.
"ren a small army tent Of regula-
non Size is occupied by Ave cots, hive
mars, five basins and pals and n
Hnle The movements of its Ave occu-
PANTS have to he OF carefully restricted
Dimensions
'R"aii. military calisthenics are un-
necessary, said one rookie. I'VE have
mem every morning in dressing in
o,oe' 10 avoid giving each other a
black cyc."
hef"in are developed unsupported
ha''onal resources In feminine ingenu-
ny N dressing IN as limited time As