The sun., 1918-08-21
LADY CAMOUFLEURS
WORK IN TIMES 50.
But Their Overalls Give Nary
a Thrill to That Blase
Region.
PROTECT w. S. S. STAND
Twelve Of En- Climb Ladders
and Paint Right Into
the Dusk.

Twelve lady artists from Greenwich
Village, who are serving their country
as captains. lieutenants. sergeants. cor
poraIs and privates Of the Camoufage
Reserve Corps OF the National League
for women's Service. passed yesterday
afternoon painting futuristic, or cubist,
mince pie nightmare on the little Thrift
Stamp stand in Times Square, 20 that
IL German submarine sails up Broad
way or one of Fritz's Zeppelins comes
along dropping pomos on the jewellers
Of the Great White Way the camou-
! tagged stand will just melt away into
the surrounding landscape Of subway
holes and theatrical billboards and the
Thrift Stamp cash pox won't be dis
turbed.
The twelve ladies were assisted by
| two Beaux Arts men, members OF the
Shipping Board, A. Bement OF Columbia
| University and Artist Davenport, who
came over from Boston to help boss this
| job.
Worked to Beat the Moon.
The fourteen toiled manfuliy 90 finish
1 the chef d'euvre before nightfall. be-
| cause as Captain Myrtle Hanford OF the
Camoufage Corps remarked in pause
| of her task of holding the chalk with
| which the design was marked. the moon
was at the full and moonlight nights
were just the> time the Huns took to
| make their raids. And with Eddie can
tor OF the Follies and Frances Victory
| Of the Eyes OF Youth" and lot OF
! other talent coming to open the drive
for $4,000 the C. C. Of the n. l..
! for w. s. would never forgive itself II
It left that stand unprotected, a target
| for the Huns.
They toiled manfuily. as before
] stated nthely the overalled limbs of the
ladies skipped up and down the ladders
merrily the paint brushes flirted with
the rough boards OF the stand. And
Just as the excitement was at It's height
along came a painter. just the common
garden variety of painter. with a red
nose and a pipe and a pail of beer In
his hand and cooked an eye at his lady
competitors and spake thus to his mate.
an electrician with a coil Of wire over
his grlrny shoulder:
Them wimmin don't know how to
handle a brush. They pecks at the
boards like q canary bird. You wanna
hold the brush wit 4 free sort OF grasp
and make broad strokes"
They're prob'ly workin BY the piece
unused the electrician. Say, amt war
what Sherman said 1t was? Wimmin has
to put on overalls and climb ladders In
Times Square to make the world safe
for democracy. Pretty tough"
On the whole. though. Times Square
didn't pay much attention to the busy
band OF lady painters. SO blase has
suffrage campaign and year OF wal
stunts made the Great White Way that
woman in overalls, who would have
| haap r,ohhad fan wars ago. WAS worth
scarcely a passing glance.
Il A few men stopped and gazed witt
expressions which said: Good Lord
what Is this world coming to? or. II my
wife ever does such thing she'll hear
from me: or. Bully for the nervy DANES
or, What's 1t all about, anyway, accord
ing to their natures; and a few women
examined their emancipated sisters with
eyes that expressed amusement, admira'
ton. disdain or inanity. also according
to their natures: but that was all.
. The ". S. S. press agent who prophe
sled that the police reserves would have
to be called out to handle the crowds
was sadly disappointed. The crowd a.
no time was more than one hundred
even counting the two stray dogs tina,
hung around tasting the paint brushes.
The stand Is dinkly little affair
which some of those zephyrs that Will
around Times Square will probably III
right of OF It's legs some day. but there.
one thing about 1t. 1t represents some
| thing got out OF the marlborough sub
way folk without paying for It. For hal
dozen husky workmen from the sub
way excavations around there put It up
in Mr.. Shonts's time too. and what |.
more they brought some Of Mr.. Shonts'.
lumber to do II with.
| The lumber was covered with poster,
and bills and things-no, there WASH
any OF Mr.. Shonts's poetry on it-bu
three nice young soldiers and a sailol
, and fat w. S. 8 press agent worked
hours scraping those posters of. On
, Of Marjorie Rambeau's eyes and severa
, Of the neither limbs of the Dolly Sister,
, stu remained when, early in the after
, noon, the twelve members Of the Camou
|, fiage Corps, in natty khaki suits ant
, caps. arrived with their paint pots ant
. brushes.
There was still time for a lot OF scrap
, Ing, for the C. C. had to dress Camou
, tagged by rickety screen they per
formed this operation in corner OF tn
, stand. with the populace gazing hungyil,
= at the screen and waiting for wha
! might come forth.
mcmillan, Hand Me . Brush"
Various visions came forth an
. crawled down the ladder. As a matte
of fact. not all wore overalls Privat
Harrison was extremely efficient in
real pair. the kind with straps goin
: over the shoulders and pockets for tools
i, neat fitting as to the legs but Corpora
Mcmillan. who Is youthful and curl
. haired, was brazenly feminine in a pal
blue smock with pink embroidery. Blu
her Knockers were sufficiently mannisf
Lieut.. Larned, who was tho first I
, mount the ladder and paint. stuck to he
|, brief khaki skirt. One or two wor
: artists smocks OF gray. and one donhe
8 kitchen apron.
Still there was a general effect o
overalled feminine limbs clambering II
and down. Also the camouhagers Gale
each other by their last names withou
=. any handles--"IIarrison. are you dcin
: the blue or shall I?' Mcmillan han
a me a brush"--and so forth. 1t had
businesslike sound
a The shades of night had fallen whe
q the stand finally bloomed forth In II
= startling dress OF blue and yellow an
white and black. done In highly futuris
H. patches according to the desig
:. drawn by the Shipping Board repre-
. sentatives And the twelve camouffa ger
took Off their overalls and aprons an
4, picked up their paint pals and marche
=, on to their well earned dinners, musin
:, proudly on the part their work will hav
. in the salesmen's drive which opens "a
. morrow, when every member Of the ma
'. tional ealesmenB organization now