The Pulaskian., 1916-07-14
Mrs. RobertLansing, wife of the Secretary of State. is among those who drill and learn at the National Service School.

OV young women in the train
 ing camp were as red faced as Holsters, always assuming Holsters to be red faced. It is the tan of wind and sun and life in the open. The belles who tangoed in high heels all winter long, with never hint of anguish, were nursing swollen blis- tered feet as result of wearing stiff high service shoes.
 The khaki coats and skirts were bad enough, they were so different from the soft, fluffy garments that the girls otherwise might have worn
 It 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 ing how women may help in time of war. It was preparedness of the Dost practical sort being undertaken.
 Imagine 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 a chaperon-some matron who is enjoying the training cemp just as much as if she weren't mar ried, because she, too, is a girl again. One of these matrons is Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary of state, and she is drilling with the girls in her S10.50 khaki uniform just as though she had never known the so- cial burdens of an official hostess in the national capital
 There are five wash basins and five small mirrors in each tent also. Be cause it is convenient and cheap the tents are electrically lighted. And be- cause it is further convenient, shower baths are provided for the girls in khaki. But these need not be regard ed as luxuries They simply are mod ern necessities.
 Reveilie at 6:30.
 Out of these tents, when reveille is sounded at 6:30 o'clock in the morn ing, pour the 'boarding pupils" of the service school. The day pupils" live
  half an hour there is marching and countermarching under the direction of three United States army officers, who are assigned to the camp fls in- structors. They pretend to dislike their job, these officers, but in reality, they wouldn't miss it for a good deal. The girls are so pretty, and despite | fc<o 1a ha- witchingly.
 At seven the mess tent calls. Break fast for one morning consists of eggs and bacon, prunes, baked potatoes and coffee. Another morning it is or anges, bacon and hominy, bread and butter, green onions and coffee. The only difference between the fare of the woman's training camp and that of the United States Marine corps is that the girls are allowed butter three times a day and the marines only twice. But they thrive on it. Bless you, there was less need of rouge among these thousand girls last week than any week in all their lives. The unbreakable 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 $500 yards of gauge is used in the classes in a weeks time. A Red Cross head nurse and 30 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 tread" those sent
 There are classes in wireless teleg-