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I t 11 i. or i i l l' l J I 1 m r rt t and tl J n h F r r. r 71 f 1 Z l N Now OW k Paint ain i B rus J t t I I r r-r-r r r 1 s 1 t Really Keally 1 true rue 1 hat i b f ar f jES T Y i the American Girls Girl's hr l 0 frt C Gifts in Camouflage Are R 4 ii Making Her a Wonder i r Jt Student of War Tricks ricks I t c r in in Concealment and t 1 f X t A r f t Deception Anyway a 1 L LI 4 f ft J 1 I t I 1 l. l i dr ft t. t t r f.-r LI LJ Ij I f 4 Here Here's LA ere R s secor Record d 0 of if n Her er f f i Newest 1 7 T A Achievements C h. h it t.- t. 4 IJ 1 Nb I II Jj ri 7 I I fL z t di 1 gt i 4 t j l' l I f f f l I ii 1 t I I I r t iK V t 1 7 t 1 r J r M L i I 4 r I j t tJ t j J 00 tf 1 g u- u Jt r I 4 l 1 c. c l Ii I r I I j jI Vj c i I ii 1 f P I 1 e er t rr r L a l Kyi i i tt 1 d Ky if z 1 i t y V 1 f i J v y mow II t. t r Y aA 1 J to I 11 t u rt s J f t 0 I By Barbara Craydon ra on r teems beems that thai the officials who arc are mobilizing S 'S M IT lr jug ing America to win the war Wal have discovered J that have fi girls have havo a it natural aptitude for cam cam- t Wags will greet the Information with a l c cynical rt grin and professional mcl humorists will probably find In tho the fact a rich gold r mine of oC fancy One can hear heal them proclaiming g that the tic art r I r. r r way was In vented invented by M other Mother Eve wi with h her lag leaves q improved on by the dressmakers dressmakers and brought to its full flower of oC perfection by the use of oC cos cos- 1 5 I 1 I So why should It be he strange ante that tho iho earn cam cam I excels the tho r after aCter some somo 6 mu years cars of or highly specialized training 1 4 Well VeIl I for one am willing to ad admit mot that wo we can beat the men at camouflage and camouflage and even to l confess that old age training in tho the art is an actual fact based on proofs pros much more convincing inc cou ing than the fancy of th the e humorist I. I i Camouflage as practiced lacU ed in In War ar is a rather difficult thing to define but hut it does docs not consist t entirely as ns sonic some writers have declared in ill the theart I art alt of decreasing visibility It is IR designed noto not tt BO so o much to make military objects object invisible invIsible- t 1 though this is II sometimes tin the main n n lq n w n a J S. S L J i it is to make them resemble aOl something different J from Cram their real nature No better belter colloquial definition of or camouflage has been invented than the one which calls it the tho art arl arlof artof of ot making things look like lil-e what they aint I Accepting ing this as a criterion history and science Hove nO woman a a. past master in the art Anatole Prance France Havelock Kills Ellis and a n. ECore ECOle of or other oilier Jid scientific writers have advanced strong arguments in fn support sup slip port of or the theory that thai clothing was wa originally invented and subsequently elaborated te b by the female of tho the species not through motives of of modesty or even of or protection against the elements ele cleo ments but primarily for purposes of or adornment and allurement Clothes Arc Camouflage They hey declare that prehistoric woman bedecked l herself in sk skins ns and necklaces of at shells sea ls purely through the tho desire tp make maleo herself more attractive live tive and that the evolution C of or modern dregs dreas con con- firms linns this thil theory High heeled d shoes lh they point out were not adopted because the they ade walking easier ensler but they Increased the height of or the tho figure and save gave a trimmer I curve to the foot and ankle nr l and ind hustles bustles wore were pr invented 1 to lo ma make maVo c th tit th- Girl Rookies Are Instructed in the Practical Use of Rock Suits Which They Themselves Have Designed and Made figure appear more attractive by accentuating It lines s Rouge louge face ace pow powder er e eyebrow pencils and the thousand and one modern accessories s of or miladys milady's toilet are subject to the same amo interpretation In the face faco aco of or the facts is there an any den deD lug In that thal the fair sex arc are adepts in the old art with witha a now name nume But i It I the thc mo modern ern woman weman is vain she i is It also allo Intensely patriotic and toda today with intelligence and zeal zal she is turning this peculiarly feminine trait of or camouflage into nto channels which have won the moat most serious commendation Lip slick and powder lowder puff have now been di discarded dis carded for the l paint brush The bou boudoir negligee f is replaced by br heavy overalls or military uniform and girls toda today arc are responsible for some t of tho the best military work that is being done In America The first camouflage a reserve reser corps for tor women be began an its training in New York on April 1 and since that date numerous similar organizations have come into being in other sections of or the country fhe They are arc learning not only onh tho the most approved cd methods of camouflaging big guns and trucks 8 bythe by bythe bythe the use lEe of or paint and foliage but are arc already experimenting experimenting ex in tho the manufacture of the ba bag like lIko cl clothing which artillery and infantry observers wear when on duty in advanced observation posts Some of or these hoo hooded ed suits are arc painted to blend into Inlo th the tho earth or Into piles of or rocks K others ar are painted green breen to blend with summer foliage among the trees and grass while hUc others have O tho the variegated varie- varie t gated autumn lines hues which the forest takes on in October The Tho first camouflage e reserve corps for Cor women has recently been taken under the direction of oC tho the National League for Cor Women's Service and androw androw row lOW occupies the entire floor of ot a big city buildt build build- t tu rr r 1114 1 Jag ing for 01 this now newest st branch of women's war work Members must all pass the the- regular arm army physical cal examination and must must have o had previous pre In photography or orwood orwood orwood training painting sculpture wood car Jn carving There is no ne fixed age ase limit though the majority of the young oun women now en engaged in the service ran range from 20 to the early carh Military camouflage e la Is governed go b by the most elaborate le and highly specialized scientific rules To the uninitiated the tho Irre irregular lIlar masses of oC color one seen on battleships or bl big guns uns and nd occasionally occa ceca on motor truck are arc daubed on haphazard ard and ami at random but for each stroke o of or the brush for each daub n of color there is a carefully carefully care care- fully worked pd out ont reason M Must Pass Army Examination Until a few tew months a ago o America J was behind the theother theother theother other allied countries in the knowledge of ot the newer newel phases of oC this art and numbers of French and British have been beon sent to this country lo to help Instruct the United d States Many of the tho girls now engaged in camouflage work woric In America hope 1010 later to be sent eIlt to Ic the tho front Their training includes regular military drill and the tho rudiments of Ino modern warfare The government o at first looked askance on the but bul she has persisted and proven plo her worth so BO conclusively that tho the powers power at Washington are beginning to recognize the im Im- importance of the thc mo em movement t. t 1 Lt t. t H H. I Ledyard e ard Towle who Is Instructing ll the the- first women's res reserve corps declares that cam cam- camouflage camouflage is as old as 8 tho the fighting and protective instinct The fhe Greeks Creoles employed ell it he Is quoted as gay day a- a lug ing when whon they sent tlc tl-c wooden horse home to Troy John P Pt Paul I J Jones ne user used it ft when he lie painted d more mop gun portion Joll ou ot the sides of oC his ship The Union J The Dirt Suits Snits Shown in I This Photograph Are Prat Pra f Invisible at a Distance of Yards captain in the Civil Wi war who marched marchert his I com company pan round and round a n hilltop all day i tug Ing In the Confederates believe he had a sup force orce was a ur It has alwa always 3 been d Nothing but the name is iH new an and that thal is Fr slang slant American Protective Coloring In Tn the in matter of or protective C colorin coloring In j time ha have been far in iii advance of or orr nr r the Wo Europeans The British DrUsh with their coats could be seen mm much 11 further than our d in their theil b buff baff and blue and made male aj v their heir red troy troi tro better targets The l Tench l-Tench in I also Iso made a good mark malI And even e at the PI pr day daS our olive drab rab uniform is the best and buttons l T British have ha metal buckles un star shells whit while glint l luse in daylight light or to use black buttons which arc are much harder F uniform is good an anthe The new French blue gray blue gra the sky tnt tut is seldom seen sen b by the enemY n mr In position The Italian bel with tbt their lr I f concealed concealed- of all Euro Eura eyed cred hats arc are tho the best troops tda today All this i is camouflage of oC camel camon In order to understand the value valno carious i one should hould know mo somewhat of oC the operations There are three 11 kinds of or and photographing IU machine hine the spotting bombing bombin machine and he hc swift OD one seater sEater b bij plane Ilane whoso whose duty it is to guard the other kinds against aerial assaults Spotting and to machines are arc constantly flying their enemy lines i With Wih h telescopic lenses make thousands of or photographs phonographs of the en works These are are usually taken from Crom a bof bof b fi of about feet feel which h. h is as low Jow as U It is is' is for the plane phone to fly Oy In these photographs marks trenches liko look like Uke thin pencil merest st dots dais Guns are b blots men like the detected by br the glints of nf th their lr metal And they the are arc found tho the ran range e Is plotted o o Q 0 and carefully that in some actual instances instances- guns gnus have been shelled to lo destruction with minutes after the photo photographs rains of or them were by br the aviators a the positions 01 or of The necessity of oC covering rin troops troops' su sti guns as well as Hi positions of or and this is the th and everything Is apparent of the thc C 1 Different Kinds of Camou Camouflage ag r Thero Therl are arc three Ji kinds of or camou camouflage camouflage- acOl ac the other oilier in taa t distinct from front for Ol the hat lIa navy Is it is Je et when hard to hide hido a ship es especially dallY t the e observer and tho the sun Hn but It is more o successfully done i There Thorp nr are l two into wo distinct istl ct kinds hinds ot or- land Jand t a flage ilage 1 at railed called up up Ull is designed t M o 1 Tilts ThiS c CO con conf cona the men in the opposite lo trenches j of f a n. great variety of or tricks r I tt th- th fc Both sides Ides seth send up many star bells of or Ji light lights IW ht brief period out lut the night In the tho trenches watcher s w alts 1 b bv Iy them over the tron Jes the WB theor glasses lasses look 1001 for or the tug bli g t of helmets fl el elIf So of or faces face even en of eyes ces work between the lines In lu the night have j camouflaged I |