Evening journal., 1918-03-07
By GEORGE RANDOLPH cHEsTEH
and LILLIAN cuEsTER.
(Copyrighl, 1918, by the Newspaper
Enlernrise Associnlinn.A


(Copyrighl. 1918. hy the Newspaper
Enterprise Associahon.)
PARIS. March 7.-The iron-workcr
vho had her hair marcelled caught our
Ne and held e. She was a ncacl-
;omplexionad young woman and she
was turning things in tNo laihes. cast-
ngs for shells, we believe. old Stalls
Ncs. here To represent The Gore-Niaker's
Quarterly and The lngoi Journal and
The steel Epoch and a whole string Of
such light and friyol9us publications,
could ten YOU precisely
The m5rcellcd girl was working with
her hands folded in her lap and lock
OF lncnahlc content on her face, and
an occasional touch OF a weil-mani-
.urcd nngcrtip Go The marcelling Wnen
athc number one was through taperlns
ioVn The slell casing 10 a high polish
and a fnc iaper it stopped OF rs own
fccord. and isssed The thing into an
aulomatic runway. through which 1t
5vcnt Somewhere else TO have some
thing else done 20 y by some other
N0man: Whcreup0u the lathe young
.riv pulled a lever. W ;ch raiseI IN
other casiug into Mace: this she DEL
Z caie,y dusicd and Started the machin-
q err.
Il Siarling the machinery is the specially
M of thes, mechanics. NJ Cne lifts or
n carries anything 90 amount 20 any
e thing. IN about i've or seven minutes,
lathe number two finished its task and
& >1dnied more ami the lath loung lady
n accommr,tle6.
She gets is francs COY for Tint
and IS ha,ne the time ot her sweos
YOUNG lite. os well she may, consider
Ing o. tucniipp she ai.r1cis' Tor Sue
Is ihe newest thing in Froneei the la
boring woman
The young machnisi next to her
y wears her hair in the latest knot. which
near-psyche, and she isn't quite
% placidly nonchalant about her work;
Is )nt she makes up for it in public in
terest by looking around more.
The adjoining mile or SO OF factory
hands blended into a sort of general
q Irrespective. for there were too many
endless rows and cross rows OF them
~ under that maze OF whirring pulleys
70 notice Individually
III Old Statistics got the exact numher,
Y threo or six thousand or something,
1 and he Is welcome; but for MS II was
! sunlcent thai they were SO vast that
< they dvindled away into the dim dis
tancc 10 every direction When any
thing fills the entire limits OF human
comprehension, whats the use OF ug-
ures?
Clangl Clangl Clang A girl on a
tiny motor truck came whizzing out
OF Trench A and turned down Ally B,
fIyirled in a dcxtcrous curve, poked
the nose OF the truck under a rack Of
shells. twisted a lever which lifted the
rack from the floor, backed, circled,
and away she sailed.
she was a mighty pretty girl, with
flower In her blouse and bright eye,
and a smile for the obvious admiration
Nc gave her: and If ever a face eX-
pressed solid content with ones lot in
life. that girls face expressed IT,
Wo had a thoroughly enjoyable day.
we saw thousands and thousands OF
women-and men, where absolutely nee
essary-taklng the raw material and
transforming il into the (ost wonder
fnl perfected death-dealing devices, at
the rate Of so many a second and frac-
ton over
We saw them working with the
molten iron In great dim rooms which
tarcd like an inferno; we saw then
Ihandline the ponderous machines whicl
draw the iron into thick hars, which
break the bars into suitable lengths
which stamp the red-hoi lengths int
hollow castings; during an entire eter
nifty or SO we saw women handling th'
Enormous presses which force cold leat
K Into rods. and when stamp rods into
bullets and which measure bullets into
shells; but before we could sec any
more. thank heaven the machinery
stopped suddenly and we all went
TO lunch.
We've had some remarkable banqueis
and some remarkable luncheons, but
this was the most remarkable OF all
and positively the first time we were
ever fod by motor trucks. It's quite
the largest building on The grounds
that enormous dining salon, and we
were served in style with extremely
square meals, each meal piping hot.
The only difference between the
wage-earners and the bosses is that ,hC
latter have their tables set on a bal
cony. but they all get the same lunch
con at the same time and at the same
price-about % cents. Four plates
stacked up on top Of each other at
each place a separate plate for each
course. each course brought on swift
little motor trucks from the Kitchen
to the long rows OF warming ovens
from whence they arc carried 10 this
long rows of tables by neat Mattresses
and serye out OF big bowls and plailcrs
one helps ones self; a second help
ing II desired
The little bottle OF wine which stand:
al each plate costs i've cents, if wanted
and is the only thing which is restricted
TO single helping.
Old Statistics annoyed MS very much
He discovered that the factory is losing
money on this luncheon; he knows eX.
ectly how many cenimes per person
3ut they don't expect 90 lose any money
Ter the war, when prices resume th'
lormal aspect
There comes a strange note from
down below Instead OF the clatter of
knives and forks and plaics there rise.
the hum of pleasant conversation. Al
inspection from the balcony rail dowr
those long rows 0l tables is pro
found Study in conienlment.
The deieuner is Timed 90 be through
Al a certain instant So That there shall
be 80 minutes for recreation Fully