New-York tribune., 1917-04-09
Lady Of England Does Her Bit
in Hand With Factory Miss
Women of Wealth and High Station Entertain Tommy at
the Theatre While Their Lowlier Sisters Labor to
Relieve the Suferings Of Trench Life

plosives and other material was re-
ouired. few realized the tremendous
drain upon British manhood. and no
ono knew the ability Of women.
Women az Bread~ inncrs
Two years passed before the govern
ment called into tho army a big ma
jorlty Of thc nations brcsdwlnnerS,
which resulted in many families beng
thrown on their own resources. but
1t WAS not long before there were emer-
gcncy corps Of pioneers. and such or
ganizations began finding work for edu-
Gated women whose brcadVinncrs had
gone.
Throughout the war middle class
women, those accustomed to depend ON
incomes from $50 10 Sl00 week. un-
used 10 hard labor and ignorant OF
business. have paid the heaviest price.
Wealthy women mad no financial vor-
rles and poor women became prosper
Gus for the frat time IN their lives
through separation allowances and in
creased wagcs.
The emergency corps concentrated
their efforts on the middle class. Some
became chautfeurs, some typlsts. bank
clerks. secretaries. guides or attend
ants. depending on whether their do
mestic affairs permitted their absence
from homo. These corps organized
numbcrlcss crechcS around tho country,
where babies and small chIldreA could
be left while their mothers worked. ar
ranged for the distribution Of sewing
in the homes OF the mothers, opened
communal food kitchens, and cstab-
lished recreation centres.
Women Form Police Force
Another organization formed a wom-
ans police force 10 care for and protect
their wayward sisters, who thronged
the streets day and night, until the
problem began to worry Cabinet oifI-
cials almost as much as the Zeppelin
raids.
Later shall give details Of the work
Of this class Of organization, which IS
primarily interested in the welfare OF
women left behind. To those women
without immediate financial worries
there is a special appeal IN the mill
tary auxiliary
Once nursing staf IS organized,
there will be a steady stream OF eff
cient probatiOners flowing into the SER
vice. but there il always room for one
more. Women who arc conducting
large hospital here have stated II en-
tirelv with female doctors, and similar
places can be found in various parts
Of the country
Work for the Soldiers
But great rs is this body OF women,
il is small compared with those VINO
are devoting their love. energy and care
10 the soldiers. In every village you
will find workrooms where women vol
unfairly work, making hospital slippers
rolling bandages, knitting SOCKS, mui-
Aers and caps and sewing pneumonia
Jackets. nightgowns and paJamas. IN
fact. they furnish the bulk OF the stun
used in the hospitals, and they are
never idle. There is seldom a day when
the British casualty list does not in
clude thousand names. And always
these workers must prepare for the
"big push" They will work on long
after peace is declared.
Another group of women does us
duty building up Tommy's morale
while he is still convaiescent. These
vomcn plan entertainments IN hos
pitals. and arrange for theatre parties
and teas. Generally these teas are IN
private houses and attended by
dozen soldiers under the care OF one
woman. -
know All American woman, VINO.
though neutral" averaged one OF
these teas weekly for more than year
and it is hard to say whether the
bostess or the Tommies had more run
playing American gsmes
Wounded at the Theatre
America has no sight to compare
With theatre flled with wounded
soldiers. Though they are wheeled or
carried in. though often dozens are
,igbtless. though many are without
rms and others are suffering from
shell shock. there - nothing more
hearty than Their enthusiasm when the
yilIain is cornered in the old Drury
Lane melodrama.
Women arrange for the theatre, Tor
conveyance TO and from the theatre,
for the thousands Of cigarettes the sol
d,ers smoke during the play, Tor the
Gallons Of tea and the loavcs OF oreai
9hcv drink and eat. When lt IS re-
mcmbered that this is daily occur
rence in London alone. you can mag ne
The amount Of planning and labor re-
quired. .;es. rbo
boasts that she has escorted over Two
tboussnd soldiers in the last two years.
She works six days week and SIX
hours a day. and enjoys every minute
with the soldiers, who worship her