The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-28

London, July i3.-(Speclal core
 spondence)-I don't think I like Lon
 don crowds any more, 1 have become
 accustomed to the electric excitement
 that pervades throngs of people in
 New York when they are looking on
 at something that really interests
 them.
 This was matter that troubled me
 good deal last week when I was one
 of the many thousands who viewed the
 wonderful march pass of women wa
 workers in celebration of the silver
 wedding of their majesties, George and
 Mary of England. Nobody in the mass
 of people looking on waved flag or
 raised sympathetic cheer and I felt
 as if, had l possessed the courage, I
 would have liked to stand up and
 shout. Give the girls a cheer, Wave
 flacs! Applaud them, Do something to
 show that you appreciate their superb
 efforts towards helping in the great
 cause" But no, People just stood
 asort in their ordinary thousands and
 s.'kaa to each other about the fine ef-
 feet made by that moving mass lof
 w4raen all Of them dressed in the dis finctive Sarn that marked some sep a,'Ste industry and many hundreds of them wearing some badge or order pre- sented to them on account of an act
 of bravery deserving public recogni-' tion
 really thing it would be a good thine if group of American women could come over here in order to start sort of missionary movement that would instil some pep into our crowds There was so much to ap- plaud and praise in that representative
 army Of women. but the orderly
 thrones of lootSers-on who, doubtless, appreciated 10 the full the significa nee of the pa geant, just kept their feel British way. and therefore did | lon;s most ardently for the New World fash ion of expressing approval
 When the contingent of women po- lice swung past with their chief. Miss Damer Dawson. O. B. E.. at their head I remembered especially the tremen- dous sa1vos of applause accorded their sister body in New York when I wit messed a couple of months ago. the police procession on along Fifth ave nue. I really felt that this very we'll drilled, smart-l looking body of Eng lish- women deserved a sDeciai sign of rec ognition. They had the advantage over many of the other groups of women in the procession because they <are probably the most carefully drilled and physically fit lot of women in war service. They are all tall. strappinE robust looking speciments. and their uniforms are triumps of smart tailor ing and excellent cut However they swung past with no one to give them an appiauding hand. recognized also among the ''marchers" the marchioness of Londonderry, looking neat and busi- nesslil1e in her khaki with bread | 1, I1z. l ing a chin strap at just the correct soldierly angle.
 Among the hundreds of women who interested me most were the girls who work among deadly chemicals and eX- plosives in intuition factories. and whose faces are dyed a bright yellow because of the nature of their work They are popularly called the Canary girls and their labor is one that in- wolves not only a martyr-like self rifice, but also an acute and ever pres ent danger. I saw some of them in the bright scarlet caps and smocks of their trade, while others wore brown overalls above which their chrome tinted faces looked oddly harmonious. With the summer weather al fresco fetes all of which have charitable end in view are numerous, and for a wonder the skies have been fairly pfo- pitious. and people have not been forced to pretend to enjoy themselves while showers fell and treacherous hreezes blew. l went out to the beau tiful grounds of the Royal hospital Chelsea. the other day in order to see some of the joyous .doings of an old fashioned fair that was given for tie benefit of various hospitals and insti- tutions for the wounded. Of course, as | you know. the Royal hospital is where the famous Chelsea pensioners-those old heroes of the Crimea and the In- dian Mutiny-wear out the last years of their life in the quaint uniform that | is to them a badge of pride and serv- ! ice to the dead queen and empress