Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-06

Can you conceive of greater sacrifice
than that of a gently born woman, reared
in an environment of luxury and refine
ment, giving her whole time to manual
work which forever ruins her looks and
which DESTROYS her crownlng glory her
hair? Several thousands of British
women, drawn from every class, have for
four long years voluntarily and cheer
fully undertaken the work of handling
L. \. T., a highly explosive chemical
which turns the skin canary yellow
color and which causes the hair To fall
out
Lloyd George IN recent speech said,
''lf it had not been for the splendid man
ner IN which the women came forward
to work In the hospitals and munition
factories. i'll administrative offices OF all
kinds and IN war work behind the lines
often III daily danger of their lives, Great
Britain, and believe the Allies, would
have been unable 10 withstand the enemy
attacks Of the last few months. For this
service TO our common cause humanity
owes them unboundcd gratitude
Up 10 the outbreak of war, Great
Britain had approximately POO, ONO female
workers, mostly employed IN the textile
industry. Today over 6OO,o0O British
women are doing ] ,7OI different kinds OF
work previously done by men, and, what
is more, they have broken everN pre-
war production record set up by the stern
er sex Over .NR, 0GN are directly en-
plovcd in munltion producing plants,
over 500. 900 are employed III engineering
and chemical works. 5000 arc working
as farm iaborcrS, 10000 arc i'll he uniform
OF the Women Auxiliary Army Corps,
working in France or Britain as motor
drivers, bakers, clerks, etc, Ovcr 10000
are in the Women'S Royal Naval service,
doing similar duties for British Jack
Tars
b. their work in the shipyarlS. women
have made possible the increase IN ton
mage which more than nulhiied the
destruction by l-hoats
British women are to-day acting aS
pollcewomcn. postwomon, bus drivers.
chimney sweeps, window and railway
carriage cleaners, railroad porterS They
arc delivering coal, acting as clerks in
grocery and other stores The postal
and banking work Of Great Britain Is
largely in their hands Over 100000 are
employed in government offices All
classes have volunteered An EarlS
daughter is turning a lathe, while beside
her is working a former scamstre>s or
flower seller, and they arc still enrolling
at the rate Of 1000 per week Five
thousand British ciri soldiers have been
sent To the American Army u France
These are engaged IN clerical duties and
some arc making pics for America ;
boys.
oUTrVT or MUNITIONS.
II Is admitted On al sides that thc out
put Of munitions achieved hy Great
Britain since the spring of 1915 has been
little les than marvellous indeed mlrac-
lIlouS, and thus result is all tho more aston
Ishlng when II i recalled that II least -
per cent nf the men who were engaged III
the chemical and engineering tradc~ at the
outbreak Of hostilItleS have Joined the
army. 1t was thus essential not only to
fill the gaps, but also to augment the sup
ply of available labor, IN answer 10 the
increased demand. The women of the
empire at once responded TO the appeal
for their help
The extent OF the help rendered by
women, may perhaps be best realized by
the fact that there are over ! 100000
women engaged IN munltIon work. en-
ployed Oh processes which cover prac-
tfcalle the whole engineering and chem
ical trades. nder the general term
''munition work are included varied forms
VI NOlk5 tbJlll SF>iAltl4 Q!l~lIl4ttAs
taken by women. from the heavy manual
labor Of loading and unloading trucks of
ammunition, to the most intricate and
delicate of engineering and electrical
operations. To mention ONLY lev Of these
highly skilled operations women are
building a great part of one of Inc best
high-speed engines in the country each
woman setting her OWN tools woIl, which
requires considerable teenmgal skill In
the construction Of chassis tor heavy army
lorries and il marine c1einc b.uiding,
women are undertaking moro and more
responsible work In the delicate zori.
Of constructing aero-enginrs th~yarc turn
ing on centre lathes 10 i h4lt 81 thoas
andth Of an inch. Women are boring and
rifling the barrel of the service rifle. thcv
undertake the hydraulic rivetlng Of boil
ers: they work the electro overhead
travelling cranes for moving the enormous
boilers Of our men-ot-waI they ere EN-