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Show FUWOU M TO JOHjmE II Point Out That in Many Branches of Service They Could Work. Special Cable to The Tribune. PARIS. Sept. 13. Instead of deviating Into Buffragism. French feminism is taking tak-ing a different course, and Lb calling out for soldiers' rights. "We have a right to serve in the army as well aa the boys," say the youns French maidens, and come of the more elderly ones Join In the chorus. The Grand National, a special paper edited by Paul Vlbert, publishes pub-lishes a letter containing an appeal to the minister of war signed by 900 young ladles, who describe themselves bjs patriotic pa-triotic daughters of France. The letter sayB: "The undersigned young: French ladles have the honor of submitting to you their patriotic desire, aa follows: When the three years' service serv-ice law comes Into effect our active army will still be smaller than that of our eventual enemy. The shortcoming might be made up by utilizing all the soldiers employed in the auxiliary services, serv-ices, the sanitary and commissariat departments. de-partments. We, on the other hand, would be willing to undertake the duties of the aulrillary services. Frenchwomen have in the past illustrated our history, and we do not wish to do leas than they. Many tof us have been enrolled In the Red Cross service, but inia Is not sufficient, suffi-cient, as wo can perform other tasks aa well, and besides, not all of us have the time to be trained for that Bervice. Our fondest hope Is to be able to offer to France our youth, and bo share the honor hon-or of defending our country with, our brothers. We, the daughters of France, beg you to have a law passed to that effect, permitting us to enter the military mili-tary service, ana to co-operate in the defense of our country." M. Paul Vlbert, in speaking, of the petition, pe-tition, addB quite seriously that 200,000 men now employed as cooks, tailors, cobblers, potato peelers, clerks, musicians, musi-cians, etc.. could be turned over to the active service, and he seems to suggest that their places might be takon every year by 200,000 girls, who could cook, sew, cobble and make music for the army as well as the young men. He hope3 that the minister of war will at once put the idea Into practice. |