The Monte Vista journal., 1917-08-11

pcture of munitions of war. The ar
Icle entitled, IN. p. F.: A Working
.yomple of the New Phenomena" fol.
DwS.
BY ARNOLD BENNETT.
You see these letters on the doOrmat
4 the office. They stand for National
lroiectile Factory. l know not how
bany n. 2. F.'S there are in Britain.
|erhaps Mr.. Montagu, the minister of
hunitlOns, knows. This particular
hctory is very large one. 1t has over
\ acres beneath single roof. A
hrmer can visualize a ten-acre field,
Nt to the man in the industrial street
n acre is Il mere term. Imagine an
Eea of one mile long by a hundred
Bet broad. That is roughly the area
/ the factory, though naturally its
1ape is much nearer a square. Over
lOOO "hands" (the more spiritual Rus
Dans would say "sOulS'O are employed
here, and of these very considerably
ker half are women, of whom d large
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brt are young or yOungiSh and
ttractive, and possess husbands in
be army
Now, you can observe N. P. F. in
hriOus aspects. There is the human
spect of its picturesque adjuncts. For
Stance, the canteen (under it's own
fparate roof, with a prodigious
franda for the al fresco), surprising
wn halls in size and supplying all
e diverse cooking and eating accom-
odations which young women who
pow on which side their bread ought
be buttered require. There are the
Omens dressing rooms and lavatorieS.
p never saw before and do not hope
see again so many white faience
lSlns with hot and cold water, rows
pd rows and rows, and scores in a
Nv. There is the ambulance station
lth every device, and a nurse always
alting in the secret expectation of
major case and rarely getting any
llhg better than a scratch or u cut.
$lhere are the women in the roof con-
Olllng the overhead travelling elec-
c cranes that command every foot
The floor space. Each has a rope
Slide down by In an emergency, and
practice sake she is obliged to slide
wh that rope at least once a week.
iere are the other women who drive
electric carriages on the. floor it.
l-lhlles of line-sitting in sort
easy chair and tickling levers. (Six-
ch ana nine-inch shells are not to be
huy thrown about. The latter
isli more than man, aud it takes
lhef electricity or two men to shift
fh TO and fro; electricity does 80
cent of the shifting).
lhere are still other women in peg.
trousers. These last piquant crea
yes start with two minute points
Hr the ground and very often finish
of 'he top with an elaborate white,
corSage or flowing, glowing
l' The phenomenon looks. queer
factory. 1t ought not to look
ef' II ought to be far more preva-
~, liked to see a girl checker deli
&H rolling a nine-inch shell over
VI her fashionable glace-kid boot
peeped out beneath the yellow
."n' These things, happily, will
out' SO will the vase of flowers
uie strange personal belongings in
wire cage cupboard of which each
'Nist mas one near her machine.
are the long queues of women
afiesated street attire at the pay
, NO gray from 6501-702O" is one
s slshs) There are the war say.
uesks-astutely placed next to the
ueSks' War Savings Certificates
are subscribed today in THE
q avn, are YOU subscribing?' Well,
rule, she was.
NC manufacturing Aspect.
nlsht continue with the human
oque naqe aspect, but l must turn to
hr hruiacturing aspect tor, after
i"st rumbling maze OF wheels
eh and men exists for shells.
an tne men, all these women,
sn'' ,er nice and happy, are conscious.
ne s"seu In the preparation CT the
,ao Vi destruction and slaughter.
rom - at the bottom of this affair
do 10. y, VI boilers and furnaces. Step
m e h power house and, behold, the
Aus Deem translated into elec.