Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-14
ENGLISH WOMEN MAKE
MASKS FOR SOLDIERS
GUN GAS ATTACKS FUTILE
Troops Able to Withstand Ger"a"
Bnrbnritlcs With Assured sup
ply of PROJECTORS.
rpy MARGARET WALTER

Cpy MARGARET wALTER) g
! LoNpON, April i3.-After visit
Ing gns mask factory the ouher
td4y realized why irs 10 nfilcuI'
tn get a yard of elaaiic In the Lon
IJon shopS They are getting All me
rubber they need there. unllke the
ticrmang who have 20 ure Wlre
.nrtnrs and leather In their masks
which helms TO explain why they
n,.ni us to give up the devillSh
dcyice they invented AZ this rae
,or, visited thousands OF gas
masks are turned out triple IN
speptcd every day They are in"N
,ng rpnsIls Tor American soldiers AZ
vol as their own. And every Amer
It,,r womun who has a man over In
/ t,,,rrc may set her mind az rest M
lto his immunity from German poison
lair 40 far a. the making or these
masks Is concerned.
/ II there Ia ore thing In Whlch
/ English women, excel Il Is the ,lntlnlte
|rapIcity for taking pains. Whether
|ibig amounts 90 genius ] don't know
lint it certainly produces fine gas
r,asls and that's more important
,pst NOW than gcnius The making
/ OF the masks has been given over
IL, women. whose light skilled ringers
have proyed entirely adequate 10 tn7
I3cIirr,c process It's not very az
/ ,orc,t from making fine shlrt-
fr,. ,, , bahy'g dress this cutting
w., a,J making Of gas masks. Most
! - "a, ,yomcn who hAys volunteered
/ g,r the Iob are drrssmak"rS' Iahles
Ir.stds or ladies with knack Tor
/ U,c roedlcwork and above All WIN
auItIcss cycslght
Dcpcnd- on Eycsight
.t,cryfhiug depends upon tho eye
..,.t., ~ ,nos. women. mind YOU. ana
.If ,uu 1ro given 60 prayers you ihikn'
/ iIust slim ln a word for l'' pI's'IVn
|,lor thousands OF our soldier ooyN
viii owe their lives 10 mo liiuo con
,r.,,,,.r of drrly combined rubber
|.,,,b elastic. ulc. goggles and pad d.
|dca clasps mado by the women ot
/ ENGLAND
i.s u, wonder that tho gas mask
factory s,thc most feminine plRce
7 r,., trt run across IN England The
.,,...,.,n st the head ~ 10 is a slight
.IrlI-u figure even I'm her shori army
'tb,tt Sho gives hcr "n''r" tune
d, 0.r work. and entire time means
4, I,r getting up n ak. being at
Inc r,fary by eight and working
|.rui almost any hour at night tn"
tIuc M closing depends upon whom
.tho J4,.s work IS done and ihai may
he qI4 o'clock or eight or ten. NOW
bey are working overtime because
of me new order for American
mask
"Arcnr ynu afraid that the sup
,l,. a. srIllcf hard workers may run
srprt pi'h an the drains upon y
m s.t,1 because 7 have been soek-
Inc .u vain for % fressmaksr TO
make uc some spring clothes
.>ai bit There are plenty of
women iu England and they come
rcrr .,pry day 20 offer Themselves.
n ,qr, tlrca n couple of weeks 20
Ia,ru the trick and then they 20 on
ffso anything. But its not skill that
.s the first requirement here. It's
.p,irtutism. Just that. pure and sim
ul. n only takes me a minute 20
tsr1 phr'her y girl r. adapted 10 this
work once or twice I've said pret-
~ rough things 70 the gentle, well-
bred lady ~ leisure who has flostod
down here. goodness knows why.
and bestowed upon US the privilege