Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
WITHIN THE IRON RlNG---V
HY FREDERIC ). HAsI<I,

win Amazonian power They work in
the munitions factories and III the WA
chine shors. Women drivers often
pring your coal TO your home. and you
.:c; Il lasting. keen Impression OF the
Widespread li!irdshipS caused by the
war. when. through your cur'aincd
win'iow. YOU watch such an urfortu-
matt woman through weary afternoon
struggle Il load OF coal into tn, base
m"nt. a bushcl at Il time upon her
shoulder
Women Even Huiid Houses.
Now and again in Hungarian VII
iagcS and towns. one happens upon
women builders. constructing houses
and stores. Woman carpenters. ma
sons and woman hod-carriers. plod
back and forth. ja"kknifcd under their
heavy loads Of bricks and mortar
| Women. rraybcards. cripplcs aud chi
drcn are doing almost all OF the work
in hungary. for this land seems 10
he more stripped Of its ablc-bodicd
men than any other land in Central
Europe.
Women have supplantcd tho men to
a very noticeable degree III the labors
! OF maintaining transportation ana
| communication They sell and take
tickets in many Of th" stations. They
load and unload baggage. they are
employed in considerable numbers a.
drivers Of delivery wagons and dray5
and of the poSt-oilCc wagons. rho Ger
man w"man-drIver dresses IN very
short, heavy skirt. a box plcat Jacket
and short boots The stun OF her
wurka,hty costume ia generally dark
blue or rrnyish color merging int"
black She wears simple cap. mostly
:, cap Of military cut with visor md
ing her eyes from view.
The woman "cnbby" is not entirely
a war phenomenon. III tue United
states she drives AN occasional jitncy.
and enjoys tho mild excitement and
newspaper notices attendant upon her
conspicuous departure from Kitchen
and laundry. Var has made woman
"cubbics" in central Europ" plentiful
and "cmmouplao" robust. mus
cular women. who seem 10 ~ normal
Is int" the profession
ono Of these feminine johus could
he seen a. her stand on Inter den
Linden. near The Ericdrichstrassc al
mos, amy evening laat summer. her
heavy. booted logs rrosscd. hcr high
hat tilted dciiautlN over on" car. her
broad face CONCEALED int" an express
sion of cynical aggrcsSivcness. read
ing torn. dirty paper cl"spch in
red fist Will" waiting FOR farcn
Better Conductors rhnn Wen.
As mot ,ru"u aud conductors. WON
cu hav" proved AN unqualified sue
rcsS rhc PASSENGER NOW gets his IN
formation and his transfer with a
| smile. where he formerly cot IT with
a -ruut. tn" aged and 'horc over
burdencd with bundles arc helped on
and off IN" cars nowadays The woln-
I m conductor - an improvcm.u. over
tn" male. ON tn" other hand. th" WON
an motorman, with stray wisps ~
hajr strayin- from uudcr hc~ uat,y
! cap takes q much NOR" reckless out
lock up"u lifc ilan III" man sh" bag
replaced. AS the street cars sweep
through TIA" crowd rot"dam rlatz or
through the i.cipziccrs;rassc. ono may
u"N gee mach alert dodgiu-
From the woman with Sooty face
and h)ackcrcd arms. s,raiuiug splo,-
did muscles at tho iron foIro ard the
feet aim" messenger girl To Tho woru-
"n "N"cutiv" successfully dominating
tn" MOS, pcrpl.NiuG details OF The
Wonderfully organized w4r welfare
work. tn" s"N has acquitted itself wcIl
Ia all lines Of cuIcavor
i:ut 'h"r" is - diffcrcucc i'm these
Women. They have It fr-cr swing and
iirm"r tread than ~ tn" .lays before
I tn" war. They ar" harder. NOR" re-
served. more independents Snuc>.
chances have given way TO the 81, adv
gaze o. resolution and to tho npath-;ic
stare OF sorrow Soft. loNabl. dim
piles find little PLAY in checks become
draw by war work aud short raticns.
In"s" now. war-traIucu Mon,"n are
planted firmly upon thor .wu foot.
u IS not the least amazing effect ~
tn" var that IL German. tn" land or
"a" HduS:lau and the traditional sub.
)ugaiion of women, tn" sex has at
tanned perhaps more of economic IN
dcp"udcnc" aud equality win mon
fhau 1uNWhcr" else in iIo ~ CrIl