The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-01-04
TO AID THEIR men
British Women Disregard Former
High Social Positions.
Female Population May Be Found Any
Place Doing Such Work as Will
Help the Cause.

"By Jove. I never felt more like an
ass in my life, old chap" 1t was an
old British colonel speaking. He had
just returned from a government mis-
sion to the colonies, and seated before
a great open fire Of his London club,
he was relating to "a crOny some OF
his experiences while away. ut was
while ! was in Sidney. Knew Il chap
out there and thought I'd drop in on
him. Walked up to the house and
rang the bell. Dencedly pretty maid
answered, and, by Jove, SO strong was
the force Of habit, don't you know, !
up and kissed her before I realized
she was my MI niece"
And don't think for a minute that
the old colonel's experience was
unique, except in Il few minor details.
Others may not have developed such
osculatory habits, but many an officer
has come back from the frost u
found his women folk working as do
mcstics in London. The prctt; young
WOman one sees polishing the wood
work Of the hospital waiting room or
busily busting the furniture OF the
club parlor may be a duchess or oun
| tess or the daughter Of a millionaire
| wine merchant. There's no telling
these days, and the English public is
by its gentlewomen that it has come
to accept it as u matter Of course.
Not so with the Sammy, though,
says an exchange. He'd be the first to
resen the charge OF being undemOcrat-
ic. but still the thought of being
served by one Of the '4OO' is almost
/ too much for him. He was a pretty
fresh young man when he first hit
England. He had a reputation for
br%eczincsS TO uphold. and by the spike
of IIeinic's hat, he was going to live
up to it. But when he learned that
the young woman servant was the
daughter of one Of the peers Of the
realm he wilted.
For one may find the English gen
tlewGman any place and doing any
kind of mental lahcr. She isn't the
petted ard pampcred dollhouse product
popular novclists would have you be-
licve her once to have been. Instead,
she's a mighty sensible. industrious,
patriotic person. Her brothers and
Sweethearts are "olt there" doing
their bit ard she is carrying n back
home. It's no longer Il novel sight to
see her manipulating the intricate ma
chinery OF the munitions plant or
.VsJJYYl- xp,.t1tarr a, fa..i Wn,yh tho
! fo~g-shrouded streets of London. In Il
white uniform she wears the red cross
in the hospitals of France and her na.
tive island. And now she is plying
the dust cloth and the mop, washing
dishes, answering doors and doing the
have to be done.
Nothing is too mental for her to at
tempt IL it adds to the comfort OF tho
Hen who have given their all for Bri
tannia. There's Lady Evelyn King
eldest daughter of the earl and count
ess of Lcvelace, who is n h%ouscInaif
at a Weymouth hospital. She was
debutante just a few years ago ant
at the time she was presented to kins
George she was expected to become
one Of the leaders Of London society
She is tall, with dark brown hair ant
eyes Of the same hue, and is consid
cred one uf the most beautiful wOmer
in London. When war was declared
she was rapidly fulfilling the predic
lions made for her popularity at tht
time Of her coming out. But now she
is Il servant in one of the many hos
pitfalls in England.