Evening star., 1942-06-20

ried brethren because no single man,
after a reading of the list of men
tionables, unmentionables and semi
mentionables that will be issued to
each of Uncle Sans new woman
warriors, could possibly find it in
his heart to resent being inducted
into the Army before the married
men
He could not help but feel that it
would be better to fight on the far
flung battle fronts of the world than
to stay at home and be faced with
clothing woman. This list un-
doubtedly opened the eyes of many
single men to the Herculean task
that a married man assumes when
he takes 110 or lis pounds of fem
ininity and promises to keep it shell
tered from the winds that blow, the
rains that fall and the styles that
change.
1t must have been obvious to the
single men that while the list Of
clothes that members of the WAAC
will get was imposing, it is as noth-
ing compared to what the average
husband has to supply his wife.
After all, the WAACs are soldiers.
and Uncle Sam is supplying them
with little more than essentials.
Theirs is a military trousseau and
does not include the ten thousand
and one minor refinements without
which women are likely to get very
fretful around the house.
For example, Uncle Sam is pro-
viding the WAACs with but one To-
ton bottle. Let a husband try to
get by with one lotion bottle. He
must provide more bottles than the
Ball Fruit Jar Co. There must be
bottles for cream that removes
wrinkles, cream that removes the
cream that removes the wrinkles,
lotions that relax the ears, lotions
that brighten the eyes, creams that
lengthen the neck and creams that
make the hands, wrists, elbows,
knees and forehead purr with con-
tentment. The average wife's dress
ing table bears a strong resemblance
to cellar shelf in a farmhouse
just after preserving and canning
time
Just let husband attempt to put
his wife on a ration of one pair of
bedroom slippers as Uncle Sam has
the WAACs. Wives are always torn
between buying bedroom slippers
that are comfortable and bedroom
slippers that are pretty and fetch
ing. AS a solution to this problem
they keep up steady stream of
buying both. Also, they feel that
they must have at least one pair
of bedroom slippers that cause them
to sound as if they were taking tap
dancing lessons every time they
take a step. These shoes have no
backs, and are equipped with iron
heels.
We do not believe that stinginess
prompted Uncle Sam to limit the
WAACs' wardrobe. We believe he
did it to enable the WAACs to be
mobile, to be able to move from one
post to another with a minimum Of
delay and trouble. Some one in the
Quartermaster Corps veteran hus-
band, perhaps knew all about wom-
en- and their packing; knew that
when a woman travels she carries
everything she has along with her.
Let woman prepare for a trip Of
two days and she'll carry enough
clothes to see her through on
ound-the-world trip. She likes to
be ready for any emergency, even
that Of being cast away on a desert
island. She would die If she were
cast away on an island with an
other woman who happened to have
the right thing to wear while watt
ing for ship to see their distress
signal, and she didn't.
Let the single men study that list
again. We feel sure that it will re-
suit in many enlistments prompted
by fear that if they don't get in
the Army. they may get married
and have to assume that toughest of
all jobs-that of being husband.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Incl