The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-08
WOMEN ARE NOW
 APPROVED FOR ALL ARMY WORK
English Military Heads De- clare They Have Passed
 Trial Stage.

1eaQQuarIerS or WOmouS AuAlu- ary Corps, Behind the. British Lines in France. Sept. 5-Women's labor as a part of the British army in France has now passed through it's trial stage and won the approval of the army authorities.
 In response to a question, "How do the young women themselves like ac- tive service ?' the censors at Women's Headquarters have permitted The As- sociated Press correspondence to take extracts from a. number of home wardbound letters written by women now serving in France.
 One girl writes to her brother: ssWe are billetted in empty villages and everything is done for our comfort. Army blankets and no sheets seemed 8 little peculiar at first, but all idea of sheets has now vanished from our minds and we are developing an af- fection for these warm army blankets as a covering. The restrictions are not at all forinidable; in fact we are allowed more liberty than I person. ally expected, which is saying g great deal Army rations may be a little rougher than the food we have been used to, but the quality, and quantity is good, and hunger. is the best of sauces. The work is interesting.''
 Here is a girls account of her daily routine: We have breakfast at 7:30 and parade at 8.15. We march down
 to the offices and commence work at g. We leave again at :45 and fin-
 ish at 5 for the, day. We are the nearest camp to the line, and the
 work at this base is therefore very important. We are free to go out
 from until o'clock roll call. That
 gives us a delightfully."- long evening" ,"
 The free time is we'll employed, as
 one girl writes: ''We went out on Suif- day and tried our French. which to
 our great surprise was understood by
 the Frenchwomen. We are now studying hard at it, and are also get ting up shorthand speed class. The army is developing us aiready.''i A girl working in a coast village writes: We are in the midst of beau tiful scenery aand the most glorious stretch of sea. With such advan- tages we feel we are absolutely in clover, because we had expected lot of hardships, and instead we have only inconveniences. Our life in bil- lets, being army, is of course very crude, and we have dispensed with such luxuries as tablecloths, but we have delicious white bread and white sugar. We get lot of bully beef,
 and I haven't yet risked my teeth on the army biscuits. We are telegraph operators on night duty. We have a bathing parade at 6:30 every morn ing. It sounds like a summer holi- day but it is not all pleasure, and
 my advice to girls who think of conn ing over here is Don't come out ex-
 pecting picnic. because you won't get it. Whenever we feel inclined to or hI I1 k,k %ajx 4S.4. of the men in the trenches, and we feel that our grievances sink into in
 significance by the side of the sacri- fees they are making
 A girl recently arrived writes: "Ouf draft through some mistake had
 rather a sorry time on arrival, noth- ing having been prepared for us. We had to put up at hotel that had not been opened for four years and the first day was spent securing the place from top to bottom4 To hear I the girls talk, one would think 1t was a huge joke and the way in which they made the best of the situation was splendid where a. complete staff of men work CTS was displaced writes: We were afraid we would be unpopular with the men on account of turning them out of their jobs, but nothing of the
 kind. They are very glad to see us and gave US cheerful welcome They had indeed provided every luxury you
 can conceive. They had put flowers ! in our mess and recreation rooms and everything was spotlessly clean. We feel almost swindled. inasmuch as we were definitely promised hard l ships but so far have been able to dis cover none"