The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23

4 MASE1lNG1ONt ". S'J Juh0 H"'
Why everybody should have got ex'
cited when Washington's first eleva-
tor girl went to work, is beyond me to
explain. She looked natural sliding
the lever and swinging the doors, and
iiet "six up" or eight down" was by
rs manner Of means displeasing. She
II nea appearing, courteous and strict
~ attentive 10 business, which are rec
Communications / haven't seen many
eieyatof conductors Of the male sex
81 this city would ungrudgingly
rive. The Job ID one which belongs
f6 women anyhow; no able bodied
man or boy should care for 1t, unless
re Is 3 lazy lout. They are putting
tlie girls On the job fast, now that the
start mas been made. There is moth
4 lis About Il which any female Of the
srecies can't do. The telegraph COM
6inies have some messenger girls at
work, and that's become an old story
III 3 few weeks. At q local machine
shop, eight women are running lathes'
some Of them are married to SOL
dfers and marines. The Buperintend'
6iit Of the place told me that, as q
iSttef % be expected, the women are
tioWer learning machinery than men
lid boys, but after they "get It," they
Keep Il, and are better than the males.
mat has been his experience, he says.
The Capital hasn't got its female shoe
sinners yet, but they are on the way,
afid the Greek propfietors Of these
liS6rIofs" wear worried look. They
have a monopoly Of the shoe-shining
bIsinebs, but the war shut Off their
r sappIy Of Greek boys, and they have
negro boys doing the work nov. When
tie girls get ID the business the rout
o the Greeks Is predicted. With all
their growing independence, there Is
10 sign Of It on the crowded street
cars Should q tired business man
Sc IS fortunate as to secure a seat
3before the rush, some.female- of.the'spe'
aofe cruel. than.the-male dances
aIkine the dog on his poor feet until
3 he surrenders. Then she Hops down
ION the seat with a look as If she
oWned IL and never SO much as says
thanks. This doesn't apply only to
Inc parasitic flapper class, but to the
whole bally breed generally.
several hundred washington boys
i've been sent west to work on the
fSFnte. ana more are to follow when
tliB last pabIic school closes up Tor
i tISe summer this week. Ten thousand
l50Ss, ranging IN age from 16 to II,
ii6vS enlisted for farm service, and
VIII be sent ct once to all parts o.
lie country, wherever they are need
"a. The United States Boys Working
rIeede IL the organization under
Sffch they are enlisted, and the Wash
iagt6n branch Is headed by q number
Al ti6e foremost citizens. The Y. M.
al ia cooperating with the govern
5Enent in this work, and branches are
being formed throughout the coun'
nv as rapidly as possible so as to get
TIE boys to the fields in time for the
hffyeBting. Many Of the local recruits
Are wofhing on the farms and truck
rardens not far distant from this city.
The work Of the potatrtots Is no less
iIiinoffaftt n winning this war than
titt 81 the patriot heroes in the front
trenches.
According to the figures little old
Montana Is the flghtingest state in the
Union. Fewer men claimed exemp.
tlf,it there, even the negroes declined
n claim It. Also, Montana exceeded
a. estimate BY 30 per cent, and Its
total registration was SS,373. Contrary
~ the belief Of last week, the total
registration will 60 above the govern
,ienEs estimate Of 100000, when
az 726,Da6 men In the military estab'
iishment Of the United States who
we're not required to register but
we're included In the census estimates,
Re taken into account.
II may DO welcome news to the many
west Virginia lawyers who have on
Sle applications for places IN the Judge
iEiyocate's branch Of the army service,
md then again It may not be to some
81 them, 70 learn that II they land
de 1ob they seek, they will see ser
ace which IL the real thing II the
var runs as long as everybody ex
bacts now It will. If any applicants
ought he was seeking place where
4 bullet wouldn't whine nor shell
shriek, he has another think coming
him. Take the official dope for II
mt Il Is not q silk stocking job, but
(fttHk mans place. They will be
members Of the actual fighting force
nii6 WIN be IN the danger zone as Of
dr as any other specialized commits
stoned man, such as the doctors and
surgeons, for instance, The official
statement makes its meaning cleaI
~ pointing to the large percentage Of
casualties among the members Of the
aforementioned profession. It's not a
haven for slackers Of the woolsack
sliitts sure and certain.
gapitolians are growing over what
they did TO the Liberty loan. They
nlpped sl9,00O,OO0 chunk out Of It