Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-06
WAR WOMEN OF BRITAIN
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Tho first cIcmtne IN that great develop
u,enf nf munition work during the war
hes certainly been tho all-powcrfui motive
n ratrlotIsm But second to thus. the
nrsrtIcal success of tho work has boon
NAL nossihlc largely through the recog-
ritinu and development OF welfare WORK
WHIT We understand nowadays by wei
k,re does not consist merely IN the pro-
visio, of canteens and other helps Tor
vxrkers IL means the study OF human
nature the introduction oi the humaniz-
,ny element. Experience has proved that
there is nothing IN the world 81 calculated
u yet the best out OF human nature rs the
human touch Welfare work, undertaken
sporsdicalIv in Great Britain since the
:,rrinning of the 10th Century, has beer
.radtlalv introduced into our factories
il, th, rf;orc cnliGhte ened employers. bNt
~, advent of vorner. in such great num-
LcrS to rn,Initian works, has set 'hc seal
al nflcl,l approval on tho system. Mss
Lillian Barker. tho lady superintendent 81
thc Roya! Arsenal II Noo!"aoh, super
viscs the woman operators cmlhoNed
Their, with the good hunur ana sagacitH
of An ideal statesman. " hen MISS oafkfT
took I'D her work al ooiWlch II ne
cef..her. 1918. there were 4oO women ana
girls crnplnvrd ~ tic arsenal. today there
are over 25,0G0, everyone OF whom mas
been personally engaged by thus super
woman of Wo0!Niah Recently much
tro,lllc WIS experienced bv the manage
men, owing 10 bad time keeping IN the
shor,S Able to earn considerable sums f
ucfcv nv working only three or four DAYS
L. -. r.ric a nj STAY away
for thf. rest al the week Miss Barker
TOOK over the responsibility for the tune
hecp.nl never before part oi her work and
the results Wcrc astonishing II you
lcast POS fuse rings incomplete, she
would SAY, IN making personal appeals 70
small! groups Of girls, they delay Z'W
f.rses Two hundred fuses delay POO shells
from beng sent to the front Think OF
What 200 shells would mean to soldier IN
tight corner
rHy ''INIrIL' WORKERS.
The work of the V A d 5, members OF
the Voluntary Aid Detachment, the " A.
A. C's. the " omen S Auxiliary Army
Corps and the W f.. n 5. the Women S
RovaI Naval Service, is too well-known in
this country to more than touch very on
what thev have done More than 10000
service bv these women, taking over work
formerly performed by men In the British
Army or the Royal Navy. Naturally,
in the complex system necessary to main
tain an army III the field, there are
thousands OF positions which can be
filed Just as easily by women as men,
and TODAY. IN the British ExpedItlOnary
Force In France, with q few exceptions
there are no men doing work which can
be reasonably performed by women.
Wherever the British are established
on a fighting front, women are baking
bread. telling tees. working as telephone
and telegraph operators, stenogTaphers,
twists. and doing all kinds OF clerical
and manual labor and often within shell
fire While the work Of the women al
home, does not perhaps carry the
glamour With II that wearing uniform
and working IN France does, still II Is
naturally Just aS essential, and women Of
all ages from the pert little fiappcr 10 the
grev-haired mother OF fighting men, are
TO be found in every Office workshop and
business in the land. Just before ! left
England, ! passed huge coal wagon, toll
ing lp Lldgate Hill There were two
women on the box, the driver and help
or The wagon turned into side street
ana Was Dackct INTO iiIp CuIt}- j ne TWO
women hoped down from their seats,
and Immediately commenced to unload
their sacks Of coal Such sight is not an
uncommon one, Go to any Of the markets
early In the morning and YOU will see
women handling the produce At the fish
markets it is the same At the ware
houses on the docks Even in the rail
road yar,!s, olling and cleaning the engines.
Everywhere woman has found new
sphere for her usefulness This great
change was naturally very gradual.
The Englishman is naturally con
seryative man, and does not readily de-
part from his accustomed groove, and
while women have always been treated in
England with the utmost respect, from
hcncefortI size will be- respected million
times more The women of Great Britain
Il, well a9 the men noR havc realized
that they are ll.-t =, important 4 fighting
unit as tic men who arc handling rifles
and bayonct- and bombs. and while
thousands Of thcni will not receive any