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Show BRAVE WOMEN. The women of the United States as well as the men are engaging in hazardous work, and they are doing do-ing it willingly and gladly. We ail expected ex-pected the magnificent response upon the part of the Bed Cross nurses, and we were certain the necessary number of workers of the (othcr societies would be found behind the lines in France. We are not so certain but that some of the wives and mothers at home have overtaxed over-taxed their strength and undermined their health in the work of providing surgical dressings for the hospitals and comforts and articles of wear for the soldiers in the field. But there are other oth-er fields of activity in connection with the war which the women are entering. We note that the first of four big government gov-ernment plants for the loading of artillery artil-lery projectiles with explosives has been completed and that when all of them arc in lull operation women will form 60 per cent of the employees. The wages will be good, of course, but the danger will be very great, and there are millions mil-lions of peoplo who would not accept such employment at any price. But there will be no lack of women to fill the places, and it is said that they are usually moro expert than men in the loading of shells with explosives, which most of us would not care to go near. Under, ordinary circumstances we do not suppose women would be allowed to work in such plants, but there is a scarcity of labor where risks are to be taken, and, fortunately, the American women are brave enough to fill the breach. |