The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08

 Manchester, arrived in this country from England about two weeks ago, but the Munitions Department of the British government desires very much that she would return to England as quickly as possible.
 # Is Lf1lfan c. Barker, lady super fntende1t Of the Woolwfch Arsenal, who is most anxious that Miss Monks should return to England. In fact, in q letter to the British Consul, Miss Barker says: 'I am quite sure, at the present juncture her (Miss Monks) presence in England is of far more va1ue to us nationally than it can be to xmerica."
 That leads to an explanation of the Kind of service which Kiss Monks has been Rendering England and which has seemed of such importance to the woman. who is herself one of the most remarkable women in England-Lil- Han o. Barker, the lady superintend- ent of the largest arsenal in the world. with the greatest army of women un- der her command that is probably to be found at any one point in the world
 The writer met Miss Grace Boynton Monks yesterday and asked her about me work she has been doing in Eng land She was perfectly willing to talk about the work in which she has been engaged, but she declined to p1ace any particular stress or enpha- 11s on the part she played in that
 And that is tr1st what one would na- tnEnNy expect from a well-bred young Amsrfcan woman who, as she said. s@Unnxed to do something-anything ----kor the Allied cause" and she did | this paxtlcular thing because it was <he firsf thing she found to do after hog arrival in England over a year gro Into which she could put all of her bEatns. energy and such experf- enpe an 6he possessed. .
 And 1t only takes a few moments q oonVersaf1on to see that she is very p1ack3ca1, that she has that rare thing Which is called common sense." and NGk &lxe knows a whole lot about hu- mn mature in the broad and the long -eeDeckal1y about girl nature.
 That fitted her well for the job ahs took up, which concerned first ana xorennoat the health of the girls W1xo have been called by the hum 6rSde of thousands to help England ' ln h6ir, afuun1t1cns factorfes.
 *X68 SSes safd Miss Monks, lever aanc6- fha war in Europe began wanted fos do something that would be of real value. I worked as best I could to help the Allies in various ways here in Boston-principally with Ers. Fiske Warren.
 ssBut this didn't seem to me to be enough, so went to England to see what could do there. took a num- Der of letters of introduction with me. one to Mrs. Erskine Childers. who is Mra- Ftske Warren's sister. and who ! had been very active in Belgian re- lief work. s-s fs.
 For a time helped Mrs. Childers in this work. Then we saw there was some very important work to be done among the women workers of the munition factoxies.
 ..The need is so great that these women work in some of the factories 1E hourB a day, and the wonderful part of 1t is that they do it willingly 5uht to help England.
 .I never saw sEch patriotism as prevails among the women workers of England. High and low, rich and they all work, and they all want to do something for their country.
 Mrs. Childers was given a fund by the International Reconstruction lea gus and Allied Home committee, and shs was asked to use her own judg- mont in the expenditure of the money in the interests of the health of the i: Wur sn munttion workers.
 ~1Grs, Chiiders practically turned fhs work over to me and permitted una to organize it. The work we have f dsne % far is really only a beginning.
 sAfbsr studying conditions in the z Ruu1kieus factories for a short time, H2W 6asre WAS necessity for some sort &k HIn0s where women who become { nopvona1y and physicially exhausted 4nmid ret ID. It wasn't a hospital, GnN61Wy that was needed, nor was 1t z o0nvalssoent,6 home. It seemed to nn& 6 eIhouid be somathing between &s tUD anad with0ut-as far as pos- 1I1D--zngtftutionai restrictions of dis 1pIane.
 tBe we esk fine cid brick resi- ' Nnnus not far from the Weelwiek Ar 0Ga3 End fitted it up te accommodate hofk 60 persons The lady superin- tnndHnf of the arsenal, Lillian c. Bar knp, Nus interested in the project 1ksm the start, anad she became very eukhuSfastio over the work as she saw : fhs practical results.
 < s-E51A charge to the wemeH who osuas to the home Is seven shillings axd sfxpeace, but the actual cost Is about one pound, or $5. The arsenal Days the ''seFen and six" Most of fha women stay at the home two weeks but some have stayed three noufh6
 ~At first the employees did not take Kindly 10 it, but in a short time they too became enthusiastic over 1t.
 T think what they liked most about it was the informality of the place. There was nothing institutional about if,. and the average English woman has horror of being institutionalized -prayers three or four times a day and all that sort of thing. which is regarded of sof much importance in Hnglieh& institutions for women.
 s-Fhe simple democracy of our Rest Home Appealed to the women; not that they didn't always recognize my authority for they did; but it was such recognition as intelligent people are always willing to accord those in charge of a place.
 Didn't you ever have to be sharp and peremptory with any of them? ?'
 Miss Monks laughed and said: 70 dear. yes; occasionally had to assert my authority. And you may know tfat s9ine of the young girls would try t6it lake advantage of the privi- 1eges. they were accorded: But pr the