Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17

gone; they are about as different as
one thousand matches, all IN the
same box. 1t matters not that they
arrived by limousine, in touring car
or laundalet, bus. jitney, trolley or
train; they are now munitionettes,
and as such they are n and the
same, free and equal, oil taking a
hand in the perilous and thrilling
labor of m~unitioning.
The debutante SLOUGH, whether II
comes from the South End home. or
from the Budapest tenement is gone
and in its place is the steady deter
mined swing which bespeaks for the
workers their sicerity, their willing
ness and their determination to see II
through along the same lines if II
takes all summer.
They're off Some few will go to
the powder lines, in the finished pow
del sections, where they VIII busy
themselves picking out the small al
ticles of foreign matter that have
found their way into the small and
large grains of the explosives; they
will sit and almost break their backs
all day, sorting, picking, choosing and
cleansing the powder, SO that when IL
arrives at its appointed place to be
highest, uninterrupted powder to dis
loaded into shells, 1t will have the
greatest force, the most energy, the
rupt the ranks of the Prussian war
lords.
That's in the smokeless powder
plants. In the shell plants they're at
it bright and early doing all manner of
work, dangerous and cruel, hard work
on the hands. face and hair. but the
opportunity for grief over the loss of
feminine pride is swallowed up in the
glamor and romance of doing war
work. Some OF the girls are right in
the 7. N. T. rooms, and that's where
they breed "canaries," IL you are
among h initiated and know what
"canaries' are. There they come In
contact with the chemicals that turn
your skin yellow and green and olive
and orange and all manner Of weird
colors, where the hair takes on a most
luscious red color, tAaugh it's always
| been pridefully mentioned as being
blond, brunette or whatnot: it's where
the skin on the hands loses some of its
smoothness and the carefully mani
cured fingers become spotted and
marred a bit.
But what care the munition.
cites, who blithely carry ont
They're In IL, and they're going to
they need the money frankly and
truthful, others are it because
they ire actuatcd by desire { do
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than N size twelve socks for a
size eight soldier; many are teach
crs who are dependent on the mu-
nticcnt remuneration they receive
here o teaching and find IL more
or less compulsory to lake up
something else that they may CON-
time to a regular e and
wear regular clothes and be regu-
lar I'm all respects; lots OF the girls
haun fnEnrn a. nm nc a uaplr anil
lark IL is for them; the school girls
enjoy IL, and the other, younger
girls, art IL It just as they have
always taken work, as the most
natural thing in the world and not
20 20 fused about
Many are government inspectors; a
number are overseers. matrons and
foreladies, but the large majority are
powder monkeys" shell polishers,
handlers and-yes, It's true-laborers.
Their pay ranges from three dollars
a day up, and many are receiving
their weekly pay envelope containing
more money than thcT eve before
earned in an equal length of time. and
more than the large majority of male
factory hands eve earned before Mars
turned h industrial bankroll upside
down and started paying fabulous
wages. Those who have gained the
better positions and who teach school
during the other months of the year
are making more than their teaching
they are satisfied and more thar
satisfied with the opportunity to earn
such pay.
And the works want more help; all
they can get. They are after IL seek
ing ii n almost imploring for 1t;