Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
.SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-AY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

1.-THE physique of maid servant
and the brain of school teacher'
is the way a certain officer described
the kind of women needed in air
plane factories.
When machine gunners are drilled
they are bored to death by what is
popularly known as Il. A. that Is.
Immediate action" In discussing the
value of 81 A." one officer said:
ITO see a smart gunner busy at 1.
A. is a pretty sight. The gun stops
firing and Immediately the man be-
hind it glances at the crank handle.
According to the position of this so
he acts. A few deft touches and al
most before one has realized that the
broken out again.
Think what this means in the real
thing! A gunner is lighting hard
against the swarming Hun. He has
the target of his dreams-a mass OF
field-gray figures at close range. His
the comforting knowledge that there
are many boxes of ammunition close
at hand. Suddenly his gun stops. II
he is a good man at Il. A." his eye
has changed from his target to the
nk-handle and almost at the same
moment his hands have moved for
ward to perform the task which that
crank handle has told him must be
DONE Before the Hun has advanced
a couple of yards the gun is carrying
on and all is we'll"
When the German armies wish to
employ some special bit of deviltry
or implement of war banned by pre-
war international agreements they
announce that the allies have en-
ployed some such device and declare
that they likewise will use the same
device in a way of reprisal. Such was
| the case with gas, though as q mat
ter of fact the Germans were the first
What will the efficient woman war
worker do after the struggle has
ended and hundreds of thousands Of
men return from the fighting lines to
resume their old places in civil ac-
dominant in all countries. and one
which has aroused particularly keen
interest in England: In discussing the
situation Mrs. Burleigh Leach. con-
Army Corps. which numbers 10000
women, says:
"The important question as to how
after the war we shall manage to use
this magnificent enthusiasm. this
| wondrous ability. this unique energy
| and power which women and girls
are now displaying has attracted me
very deeply. In my own mind there
are certain schemes for not allowing
all the great success SO far won in
this direction to be lost after peace
comes again. But naturally can say
| nothing here about those plans and
notions, since they are still far from
complete.
! But already we ind our women be-
! ing sought for eagerly rs wives and
helpers by the soldiers from our do
minions over the seas. These men,
often very well-to-do in their own
land. see at once what excellent help
meets our women would make; and
| there will be q strong wave Of emf
grafton by women to the dominions
after the war"
| A London car was boarded by 4
husky soldier in the picturesque high
land uniform. On the car was q young
Stacker with his best girl. The girl
cast admiring glances at the attrac-
lively uniformed "kiltie." much to the
displeasure Of her Stacker escort. So
he endeavored to make fun Of the uni.
form by remarking:
| That fellows knees look as II they
i were frozen"
The kiltie. overhearin- the cc:.-