| Show Kathleen Norris Says Cant Can't You Hear the Bugle Calling D Bell DIU ll Syndicate Syndicate Feature I I I t. t 0 A 1 vv r 1 4 I a r- r The wives of oj service Jenice men when ichen without small children or other in inescapable c responsibilities at home go into the WAC in droves By KATHLEEN NORRISS NORRIS S IT just possible that you IS are missing an opportunity opportunity opportunity that is right at your door today Is it just possible possible possible ble that some day in the future future future fu fu- ture you are going to look back at these sad sad terrible glorious war years and ask yourself What on earth was wasI I thinking about that I didn't get into the Which means get into the actual military service of the greatest country of them all wear her uniform share her gre great t adventures travel learn win your right to glory with America when the hour of peace and nd victory arrives For generations generations for for centuries centuries- this opportunity has been offered only to men the excitement and satisfaction of acting acting acting-acting acting with daring and confidence and heroism when the hour of national crisis arr arrives arrives ar ar- ar- ar r rives ves has been monopolized by men For them have been all the thrills abandonment of routine new sights new duties new friends new terms and responsibilities Uniforms bands the rare companionship of the camp and barracks the barracks the most absorbing club in the world have been theirs alone For the women Increased home duties dullness waiting praying anxiousness Now that's all changed Girls are needed and wanted and welcomed In the army now And not girls only women of ot any age between 21 and 44 can seize this s opportunity to serve America build a very bulwark bulwark bul bul- wark of strength and Inspiration behind behind behind be be- hind our fighting men and at the same time gain enough training guidance education experience to carry them Into entirely changed and widened and bettered lives after after aft art er the war Opportunities for Wives Without Special Tics Ties The wives of service men when without small children or other inescapable inescapable inescapable in in- escapable re responsibilities at home go into the In droves There Is no better way to fill the lonesome time of waiting Busy Dusy healthy well paid allotted to the special work and the special niche for which you are most fitted you can write to your beloved soldier on equal terms You'll have your stories of ot camp life the top sergeant the drill the companion soldiers of ot your company to match his stories And Andas as nothing but the service Interests him now your gossip will be a D thousand times more alive to him than were the old letters the lonesome lonesome lonesome lone lone- some letters filled with news of the tomato preserving and the buying of Ot a fall hat bat I said up there well paid You start at 50 a month as a noncom noncom non com corn you may make that very soon The haven't been in existence much more than a year and many a woman is getting that now But that But that Isn't all aU You have no living expenses You get comfortable comfortable com com- rooms bathrooms recreation recreation tion rooms You get the finest Onest food the richest nation In the world can afford for anyone the very best of everything and plenty of ot it You get your clothing from the well well- made soft touch thc to the touch to your uniforms your cap and topcoat top top- coat cont There is no smarter uniform uniform uni uni- form in the world than yours willbe willbe will willbe be and It ft is carefully and individually indi indi- individually fitted to you You get laundry laundry laundry laun laun- dry work service and you have access access access ac ac- ac- ac cess to electric irons for extra touches you get amusement the amusement the paid highest-paid entert entertainers In the country are making incessant rounds of the camps the finest movies come your our way And the made home-made I camp theatricals by the men sol sol- I A AMERICA CALLS Our nation needs need women between be bey tween the ages o of oj f 21 and 44 to increase e the strength o of oj f the Jf Women's omen Army Corps Corp Beside Besides Besides Be Be- sides side the gratification of oj di die directly directly serving erving to preserve America the tire women o of oj f the WA WAC C enjoy these benefits benefit Training which will tuilI prepare a young woman for Jor a postwar po job Good pay Many noncommissioned noncommissioned noncommissioned non non- commissioned officers make mahe a month No living expenses expenses expenses ex ex- yet the best food and clothing that the worl worlds world's richest richest rich rich- est nation can provide Medi Medi- Medical M Medical edi cal care receive army medical care which means meticulous attention to health and physical fitness Such organizations organizations or or- a. a as the WA WAG WAC Care are proof o of oj f women's role in national national na na- na and world events diers and the girl soldiers are perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the most fun of all If you have any special gifts gUts along these lines you may get through your enlistment a chance at an audience that wont won't forget you after the war If youre you're ill even to the slightest sniffle e the shining bright well- well equipped hospital and its staff stat take charge of ot you ou Permitted to Marry What are some of the questions you want to ask Yes you can use up make-up and curl your hair hah so long longas as the latter clears your uniform collar Yes as an army wife your allotment goes on Yes you can canfall canfall canfall fall in love and marry while in the service You can go to army dances and find out what real rushing can be You'll be Invited to Service Club parties In short you'll live on the terms of ot which all girls dream dream or or at least I did dream when I was a girl more than 40 years ago Terms of healthy activity regulated work interest excitement companionship fun tun And you'll have a chance to learn whatever whatever whatever what what- ever you want to learn which learn which I never did You'll learn to swim to drive cars to decode messages to project movies to cook to work in the pharmacy library hospital Very high government officials have as stenographers and secretaries secretaries secre secre- urics now in Washington The men these thousands of ot girls replace are arc areat at ot the fighting fronts Women working today In essential essential essential essen essen- war industries factories and farms are doin doing a magnificent job But leave that work to the wives mothers older women who cant can't qualify as ns They're being better paid than you will be certainly certainly cere but lots of that pay goes for tor things about which you wont won't have to worry marketing transportation clothes rent house cleaning domestic domestic domestic do do- help And much of it isn't progressive wont won't be BO so much In demand after the war But what you get will be always alway like money In the bank The right to call America truly your country the country for which you fought in the greatest of all the wars The right to talk to your returning men menon menon menon on their own terms no you didn't sit at home and grieve You got into uniform perhaps to be sent overseas perhaps to work here In Inthe inthe inthe the home camps but always beside your soldier always sharing with him the greatest experience of your lives This may be the last war We pray it will be and we are taking steps In the new enlightened quickened quick ened day of routes air and radio information in information in in- formation to make malte sure that It will be Before Detore you settle down to the making home-making and child bearing that are the happiest and most worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile worth worth- while things In life for a woman grasp this chance It may not comp com your our way again |
