The evening world., 1917-07-02

made her ten-day flight through
fifteen Western cities for the Liberty
Loan she was dressed like the regu-
lation United States officer-breeches
puttees and all.
xkT HAD my picture taken In this
suit this morning" confded
the army's most attractive re-
cruiting officer. and the first thing
the photographer said with, oh. such
a tone OF disgust in his voice. was.
Why the skirt2 Don't you know 1t
spoils the plcture2 1 had to explain
that l didn't wear 1t when l was
really working. When l made the
Liberty Loan night l started at
Cleveland, Ohio, you know, took in
Toledo and a few other Ohio towns.
went TO Lincoln. Neb; to Bartles-
VILE, Okla; to Joplin, Mo, and from
there to st. Joseph and st. Louis 10
Chicago. took along this skirt as
my only baggage. 1t was rolled up
and strapped to the back OF the ma
chine Certainly the same old ma
chine in which l few from Chicago
TO New York.
"And I'm going to tell you some
thing! don't know whether |
should or not, but Henry Dougherty
OF New York assumed all tho 'ex-
penses' of my Liberty Loan flight
and his idea OF expenses was TO
give mo a check for ST., ,0O0."
l was glad to hear OF this good
fortune for until she told me, It had
seemed to me Ruth Laws great feat
had brought her more laurels than
lucre. II had earned for her In fact
the bronze medal OF the long distance
championship OF tho United States
IN aNfa
minted in the treasury OF tho gods
and banked in her yellow hair.
IIT M PROUD OF my uniform" q"
Miss Law declared. land
think the Government ought 10
permit women who are doing patri-
otic service to wear n Government
uniform. l wear this through special
permission OF Capt. Franklin Kenney,
United States recruiting officer in
Chicago. whose assistant / am. There
are hundreds of thousands OF women
In this country who are doing Just as
valuable service as the men who en-.
list in the army. Why not give them
a uniform7 That would be a formal
recognition by the Government OF
their services and would give them
something to be proud Of. The women
in Europe all have their different
uniforms. The women who run the
street cars In London and Paris have
awfully cute short skirts, really coats
with skirts. and they wear little caps
on the side OF their head, and they're
very proud to wear them, l can tell
you.
I'm recruiting for tho United
] 81 A NW, frsfar oh. l.vte -
course I'm giving special attention to
aviation, l think the requirements
for aviators are much too high at
present and will have 10 come down.
The sight test II too severe for one
thing. I'm practically blind In one
eye-that is, I've had bad case OF
astigmatlsm since l was n little girl,
but with my goggles on / have better
than normal sight And I'm not a
bad one-eyed aviator, am /?
ffDY tho way" Miss Law observed
az she stirred her iced tea
retiectively. "a British Army
officer now in this country told
me the other day that our
army doesn't make enough use
OF its acroplanes IN everyday
work When u British or French or
ficer wants 20 run over 20 London
from Paris or make a quick trip into
the country he calls his military pilot
and they start out in an aeroplane.
Here United States officers wait Tor
trains He thought II awfully stupid
But OF course we arc away ahead OF
other countries In lots OF other ways"
Miss Law ended with little burst Of
patriotism, "and / believe its our
patriotic duty 10 go after the trans
atlantic record,
"Do you know I was 40 bored by
the siowness or the trip coming back
from Europe this spring / made up
my mind I'd never take It again, But
n I can make II in thirty hours in an
Aeroplano III surely change my
mind"