Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-26
BECOMES REGULAR EMrLoYE

begin her observance nt 'IIbcrtN DAY,
which today has been designated by
President Wilson
BECOMES REGULAR EMPLOYE.
However. it Is not . matter Of play
or sentiment with Mrs. Iilles, but .
matter Of strlctly business. She Is au
able-bodIcd woman. as she has many
times remarked, and believes It is her
duty To perform this service for her
country Is she has said many times
that she i a great believer IN democracy,
spelled with httlc "a. size doubtless
feels that while from stand point of
personal necessity on her part, she Is
not required 70 do It, she enters the
service on the same plane with those who
are working for a livelihood Financial
necessity in her opinion, should make no
difference In fact she doubtless con
sidcrs every woman who enters tins
service. whether for livelihood or not,
a feeling that she is performing a pa
trIotIc duty Many women, OF course.
are not physically able 10 do manual
labor Of this sort but Mrs IIilles feels
that she IS, and that being the case,
regards j. As incumbent upon her Ia
relieve the counirvs ) man power III the
industries just that much, which will
give the army and navy Just that mitch
more man power
Il is not a fad or hobby with Mrs
Illlles nor a playthIng 10 be tossed aside
when she might tire Of 1t, but it Is a matter
of principle The only thing she doeSn
like about II Is the not0riety, and she
cannot see any reason WHY any more at
teution should be paid to her aS a munition
worker than to any other woman who
engages in tins patriotic service for the
country and there are many Of them
1t IS not experiment with her. She
feels qualified TO do any work that any
other woman can do with the same
physical strength and goes into the
Bethlehem plant us a regular empIoye,
starting work each morning at $ o clock
and working eight hours each day with
exactly the same restrictions as any
other woman employc and 10 be pald at
exactly the same rate
TO CONTINUE OTHER ACTIVITIES.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs
Hilles viii spend practically all OF each
day at her work IN the munitIon plant
she does not lessen her interest in, nor
viii she lessen her energies IN behalf of
the other activities in which she has the
deepest concern, namely, the success Of
the Delaware drive for its share in the
third Liberty Loan and advancing the
cause Of the W0men's party She has.
however, Cancelled all day engagements
and has notified those interested in these
movements that al Of her work in behalf
of them hereafter, will have to be done
III the evenings She has been speaking
Al different industrial establishments and
At meetings in behalf of the Liberty Loan
and is organizing q statewide campaign
in behalf Of the Woman S Party, and the
work viii 90 on just the same, with 50
much time as Mrs. HIlles can give ii At
night
That Mrs Hiles has the welfare Of
her fcllow-Americans at heart no one
can doubt; neither can they doubt that
she is actuated by the highest motives in
every one of her undertakings, though
many persons may differ with her on
matters Of suffrage AS an evidence of
her interest in humanity, it is recalled
that she was the only woman outside the
Bethlehem plant who ventured up to the
very gates of that establishment the day
of the explosion there last winter, though
shells were being hurled through the
fence and in all directions, with death
dealing force, while she was cndeavoring
to gain admittance and give such aid las
might be needed inside She dcmonstrat-
ed her bravery on that occasion When
she found that she could do nothing
inside the yards She drove her motor car
to her home, two miles below the plant,
from which she had hastened when she
heard the explosions, and hurried back