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Show S , How the Dignified Lord Norbury is H Grinding at a Lathe, Lord Albemarle fill Making Soldiers' Boots, Lord Ashburnham Feeding a Furnace, Lady Curzon Sewing on Shirts, and the Duchess of Rutland Canning Food for the Fighters. W!w!B$w London July 14 PERHAPS the most astonishing transformation produced by the great war is that it has set the British nobility hard at work Many noble lords are, of course fight Ing in the -war (or that has always been the favorite occupation of a gentleman, but the necessities of the present con flict mate a much higher demand upon the British upper classes than merely calling for a supply of officers These classes at last realize that unless they not only provide an army but arm and equip it efficiently they will have no coun try left worth fighting for and will spend the rest of their lives being ticked iround toy efficient Prussian officers As a consequence wealthy noblemen who never did anything harder than ehooting over their estates are grinding away at shell cases and doing even rougher work if they have not sufficient skill to do that Even women of title, many of them young and beautiful ac customed hitherto to a life of luxury and admirat-on, have been performing the roughest kind of war labors The first nob eman to go to work on war munitions was the Earl of No-bury one of the richest and most dignified noblemen of England In the peerage he is described as "William Brabazon Lindesay Graham Toler fourth Earl of i Norbury Baron Norwood Baron Nor bury and Viscount Glaname Now he is a hand in a machine shop He was too old for military Bervice End not trained to be an officer Moreover More-over he realized -that the need of war munitions in the British army was even greater than that of soldiers He ap-pl ap-pl ed for the ifirst useful job he could hear of and obtained one in an aeroplane aero-plane factory He has been photo graphed working at a lathe and deposit ing his time check, showing that he is doing his duty like a regular workman without any nonsense or favoritism. The hours are 6 a. m to 7 p m with half an hour for breakfast and an hour for dinner Lord Norbury" told a correspondent of this newspaper I am not altogether strange to the wnrk he pTnla1np.il T havp. run a. lathe of my own for the last thirty five years, and have been used to turn ng my hand to all kinds of mechanical jobs that wanted doing I had intended at first to otter myself for shell work but when an advertisement appeared asking for mechanics for an aeroplane factory I appl ed fo a job and was taken on. Lord Norbury is fifty three years of age but has the appearance and en thus asm of a man half his age "Though the hour3 are long they will not mean much hardship for me he said I like work and am never happier than when I m working at something Once when he wai staying with some friends In the backwoods of Canada he related he put in no less than eighteen hours in one day on some pipe fitting in the house. The peer munition maker receives ex actly the same treatment as the other workmen and lodges in one room near the factory Many other members of the nob llty both men and women were stirred to action by Lord Norbury b example and promptly sought work where they could be useful in supplying the army s needs The noble Earl of Albemarle ts trying to make strong boots for the soldiers having always had a gilt for this kind of work The equally noble Earl of Ashburnham found that the best Job he could obtain was shovelling coal into a furnace where shells were being made The Duchess of Rutland mother of the famous Manners girls is making herself useful preparing little tins of pork and onions for the soldiers So grave has been the lack of war materials and munitions In England that many women have gone to work in the factories The supply of ordinary work ing women was not sufficient for the purpose and many women of title and high social position have gone to work on such tasks as making uniforms and even making shells They expect in this way not only to increase the war sup piles but to shame the men who have not been doing their utmost Among the spoiled darlings of society who have thus gone to work perhaps the most beautiful and picturesque is the Viscountess Curzon She Is the wife of Viscount Curzon who Is the eldest son of Earl Howe and Is only a very distant dis-tant relation of Lord Curzon of Kedles-on Kedles-on who married Miss I elter of Wash ington Lfdy Curzon Is considered the most perfect type of beauty from the racial standpoint in England On this account she was chosen Queen of Beauty at the great pageant called "Shakespeare s England organized by Lady Randolph The 4 Churchill in 1912 All the most beautl ful women and handsome men In Eng Viscountess, lish society took part in this affair representing rep-resenting the famous characters of Curzon Queen Elizabeths time ' Again, she was selected "Queen of Twice Beauty" at a reproduction of a mediaeval tournament of knights In armor held CIiqspit-later CIiqspit-later The Viscountess is very tall, nearly aJ six feet, with exquisite golden hair and large blue eyes Her figure is magntfi-cent. magntfi-cent. Her complexion has the pink and white quality that is needed to perfect such a type of beauty Most Although so exquisitely graceful and , , beautiful, Lady Curzon Is strong and Beautiful muscular She is a splendid horsewoman, and good at nearly every sport. She Is Woman therefore well qualified to do the hard est kind of work on war materials m But the great value of such a worker of course Is to stir the men up to do . their duty England, Lady Mary Charteris daughter of the Earl of Wemyss is another beautiful girl Who of the British who is working on war munitions The members of Queen Marys Needle I work Guild wear overalls and work all day making clothes for the soldiers in Now their hall in Church street, Chelsea. They also furnish bandages and other requisites for the surgical service Sewing These devoted needlewomen include the most fashionable women in English Skiff society The committee In charge of the "Juris Chelsea branch includes Lady Mary Howard daughter of the Earl of Car for lisle Lady Riddell and ttie Countess Cadogan Thousands of girls have qualified them tne selves for such very hard and difficult work as shell making These have to Soldiers be finished on a lathe until they are within one five thousandth of an inch of PL ill ill?! I 1 JPL W?QL JSiCiE'al hi 4 Its hw t ffl r the Filters. ' standpoint in England On this account WSSwP she was chosen Queen of Beauty at yJ-M-TRM fMySM the great pageant called "Shakespeare s WSWiWL fSSlfe MSSl?- Eglarganizedjy-ady Handoh The "H resenting Ve famous "characters "of Cnr.B11 'ifliSili Queen Elizabeths time Curzon, igiSfPg six feet, with exquisite golden hair and a UNfe5 TOji large blue eyes Her figure is magnlfl- SSgSSNSSW MSSBKS cent. Her complexion has the pink and 0,0 fcSBS&l white quality that is needed to perfect . tJgS&fSL TjNfcn such a type of beauty Most Although so exquisitely graceful and . , , !$B$1EtS beautiful, Lady Curzon Is strong and Beautiful $BfigS muscular She is a splendid horsewoman SSSS TOSSIS WS and good at nearly every sport She Is Woman -lM&&PB iR&&iS therefore well qualified to do the hard &SWt$-td W htK$g& est kind of work on war materials m But the great value of such a worker m W&itiw WfMl 1 v jPSjP of course la to stir the men up to do "IJOTW lWkSM ttel duty England, ;lKaK3 Lady Mary Charteris daughter of the ki)M&tff day making clothes for the soldiers in Now m?iilWm It their hall in Church street, Chelsea. Now WmHmM 3 rlKMW'sWs They also furnish bandages and other MfM' t XStW?SfM requisites for the surgical service Sewing OfjCS'KltP$ fMSKH tlSsOSlBsSBl These devoted needlewomen include IglS&iO OgS&iiA t iWWSSKm the most fashionable women in English Shirt, f i&k & society The committee in charge of the btuTti f J$t 'JtM dAL M$,tS T "iH Chelsea branch includes Lady Mary Wt, T Vs3 !3SS&KSM Howard daughter of the Earl of Car for ISyg'slW 1 -ftjMV Itele Lady Riddell and the Countess JTOtS-a3 jWifeh 1wOTa3BBMi Thousands of girls have qualified them the aBa$i?S2 RrJ !SEHi selves for such ,ery hard and difficult fmtiffi& HXPW work as shell making These have to Soldiers SSIJlJff' vV&:3HPg3 be -finished on a lathe until they are 30,ale llreESirll i A M IfelllliP within one five thousandth of an inch of WJktlk1 "SJnUMSW, tM"f s$&Si "fiiySllO will W :' wM Enghsh G.rh Work.ng m an Ammunition Factory, Among Whom Are Many Women of T.tle and Pont.on. - I the required standard of size In mak A Scotch doctor who went to the Bel der varying decrees of strain nA rf.n , fL "Xfe N'iir ' ?JLlK. Ing the fuse of a shrapnel ihell one of gian front with his wife early In the ill 18 d 8eS f S"&ln 403 dan i IS SO the s mpleat shells made one hundred war has written a remarkably Interest The women whom 1 Met in Tlnlrtnm 1 J? Akafelvxi & 1 Wti d'7rHnV,atthHeB areWire? , , ln acnt o' "ave conduct of the were all T aTike ThV ntu.od toako ' W XiflCvi? W MV Lord Kitchener has sent a telegram women there lnelr Dlaco Thov , prl nn, nt ' ,! Tr.-i JfiSWPVv SL PSit? to Glasgow saying Tell the girls om We were in Ypres on November 1 In T their Tewnri wlto n!r,M Vfl,v lr. V ViW ployed in Macgreor and Company s shops the day after the most terrible battle in been individual men a ew of them- p . U sCftv how highly I appreciate tie good work 1 Istory when 60 000 English out of 120 Fngllsh Frsnch and Belgian soldr7 Earl of U WV K? Wrf, they are doing in turning out shells and 000 fell he says For four months my chauffeurs "nd civil i wwho hava turn Norbury ritSl HWCSl ?l them for their efforts two Englishwomen Not one house in the women we have watched are str, "lnB W i TWftllft ! l! Ukl fW Among these Glasgow girls are many the town itself is left untouched by w iMklnT In fear t g Regular JSvHWt:J I J ?S OJl women of good social position shell fire The three women lived In a t m.nt , .,, tho .... w,,, . Day' VM2fiSSlttfe?S Undoubtedly the women of England cellar for the first weeks Then they a nlifp ifL J? rl '? , Sald Work VlFM rr HI VPIlli have astonished the country by their moved Into a partially demolished house I " e('i l' fdJJ ?LDln,lll,rk ,6hVM J, &&LOK JKW willingness to lo the hardest kind of In early Marcl a shell exploded in the ?wcnfv mn Pwt f?odJ,a.lety,0f 1 1U t AWaW Z t$ZM OMtf work and also share In the dangers and kitchen and kil ed two of their soldier twenly lle.8 baclc 'rom V6 tront Wo alhe an lVr-lV? ifi hardships of war itself Those w! o have holpers The won en were at work in n ddenly saw their tluie had come Aeroplane l 1 TT nWJ--Q t JQ ? 9K gone to the front have fired the storm the next room Wo have had op ortun to 8trlP man ot one mora f his monopo r.ftnr W4 I bW''&5T XJl V of leath lpa ng projoot es witl per ity for ol serving women in war for we lles For BCmo thousand years he had ory. ItA "4 vV ' W feet ca mnns d ra ry and in many have seen several h ndreds of them been bragging of his carriage and bear- -i wlKyW cases have I con klllod nurs.es helpers chauffeurs writers un Ing In battlo F A'f W. English Girh Working m an Ammunition Factory, Among Whom Are Many Women of Title and Ponhrtn. I the required standard of size In mak ing the fuse of a shrapnel ihell one of the s mpleat shells made one hundred different IatheB are required Lord Kitchener has sent a telegram to Glasgow saying Tell the girls om ployed In Macgreor and Company s shops how highly I appreciate tl e good work they are doing In turning out shells and how much the country Is Indebted to them for their efforts Among these Glasgow girls are many women of good social position Undoubtedly tho women of England have astoniBhed the country by their willingness to lo the hardest kind of work and also share In the dangers and hardships of war itself Those wl o have gone to the front have fired the storm of leath lea ng projoot es wltl per fert ca mnos d ra ry and in many cases have I con klllod A Scotch doctor who went to the Bel gian front with his wife early In the war has written a remarkably Interest Ing account of the brave conduct of the women there We were In Ypres on November 1 the day after the most terrible battle In 1 Istory when 60 000 English out of 120 000 fell he says For four months my wife has been living In Pervyse vlth two Englishwomen Not one house in the town Itself Is left untouched by shell fire The three women lived in a cellar for the first weeks Then they moved Into a partially demolished house In early Marcl a shell exploded In tho kitchen and kll ed two of their soldier helpers The won en were at work In the next room Wo have had op ortun lty for ol serving women in war for we have seen several h ndreds of them nurses helpers chauffeurs writers un der varying degrees of strain and dan ger The women whom I met in Belgium were all alike They refused to take their placo They ere not interested in their personal welfare There have been Individual men a few of them Fngllsh French and Belgian soldiers chauffeurs and civil ans w ho have turn ed tall when the danger was acute But the women we have watched are strange ly lacking In fear I want to see the shells burst Bald, a discontented lady at IX nklrk 6he was weary of the peace and safety ot a town twenly miles back from the front Wo men suddenly saw their time had come to strip man of one more of his monopo lies For some thousand years he had been bragging of his carriage and bearing bear-ing In battlo Tra Wealthy Earl of Norbury Doing Hi Regular Day. 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