Show I II I As 5 a 0 Women Woman n Thinks RS BY EDITH E. E MORIARTY Jj 1 THE ToRE ToREO WOMAN O AX E EX WAR WORKER rT HE little nurse was sitting over over o overL J- J L in a dark corner of the club 1 looking vcr very disconsolate and dreary A friend breezed up to her anI and anil in inquired inquired inquired in- in briskly bri kly how she was as how bow she shu over Hover there and liked her work what she was ns doing doing- now The little nurse smiled not a happy smile and said she was fine Then her face bri brightened a bit hit and she said she loved e ll her work in itt I France and anti then her c expression i changed and she site looked so very cry tragic trag trag- it ic ie that thai her friend was startled for lor a moment Her TIer tragic look was soon explained away lY however when en sli she c start started cd in on Ott a fl long complaint about how dull and tiresome her work e since she came caine hack back home lund hall the worst worse kind of a case a n. i spoiled fussy woman who wile merely thought she was as ill and rejoiced cc i in ina a long Jong convalescence The l little Durse nurse was changed Her friend knew it the minute she saw her ller but she realized it more with eyer every 01 word 1 she spoke Previous Pre to her war work she had all nil k kinds of or disagreeable and cases hut but she always managed to be bo cheerful and seemed SeetHed to enjoy even n the fussiest and most ex exacting indig indigestion tion M patie j But the war did to her what i f it did to so many women war wn workers it almost unfitted her for peace wort ork It t is is surely pitiful to se see sec th women who have c learned a new diS dS content during the heroic month 0 i the war Service ser service in Europe The is is indeed a hard lot and it will ivill K Klong b blong lon long before they settle their problem of oil readjustment The Their problem is is not like the returned s wl 1 herS her'S problem It Jt is not ma mainly on o of r empIO but one of readiest ment There arc are scores o of or wo worn who went overseas o as fiS stenographer telephone operators operator clerks clerk boa bool keepers relief workers or nurses Almost all nIl of them Jm have havo beep alle to return lo to their former empl hut but few are arc satisfied tl with thai Like the little miree l' l too many Ii finding their old arc are jobs job dull thuR ull au and tiresome These women need hel help just as much as 1 the I e returned needs help in iii looking for a job Joh anit an it is II up l to j t the he women who sta stave J home to help them That will ill reid real service servie which the women Kb iE sta c stayed home l nIe can ran render feuder J Copyright 1920 J J |