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Show ;c ::.:,wif;ii ' 'V' "V.: ' V . J ' ' '"V . "SL . ... ... .,..w.v.v.-.V-.v vr. a .-. - . . . .....v.-. ... " v.v.v.v.w.-. I 4 1 ' ( -! "I 1 ? 4 " I i ? 1 . .v. ...,.Y, V. .V.Vmto.m, V- wrtA-. .W.V.WftV. ..W...ynVVf I Stickler's for tradition, the British, nevertheless, are willing to lay it aside in matters of expediency. For that reason, and because of the fact that the day may come when the "tight little isle" may need its women to help man its ships, the nation has inaugurated inaugu-rated a program designed to give its daughters a hand in ruling the waves. Photos here picture activities of the naval reserve all-woman crew of the "English Rose, III." The lady sailors are called Jill Tars. Aboard their trim craft at anchor in Bournemouth Bay, Commander Wollard (above) has assistants, as-sistants, but they are on the distaff side. One, First Officer Brenda Long, gives individual instruction to a pair of cadets interested in navigation. She is showing one how to use the sextant. At left, a Jill Tar has the task of hauling haul-ing water overside in a canvas bucket. Assigned to a job on the jib, this girl (right) wears the regulation lifebelt that must be worn when certain jobs are dertaken; and they have no complaints com-plaints as they dangle over fathoms of silt water. I - - v lA '( I If - , vrgff - , ' , " ' i 111 ' mS-J'' - ' 'f'vi Jiff , - ih , . - ' ? Vi ! j. , f t " j A little pan-cake for the "English Rose" applied by Jill Tars (left) who are expert at this sort of thing. Scraping Scrap-ing and painting the hull of the ship is all a part of the life of a sailor. I is a part of naval routine that ,e,6r appears on the recruiting poster. Pawn's early light, just as her male ""Part on His Majesty's ship must the Jill Tar is awakened and the !hipboard fay begins. This lady with whistle has won the title, "The girl y we'd like best to heave shoes "' B"t all that's wishful thinking, as e Mistier is adamant and reveille be obeyed. Just the same, it's ' e t0 sour these females forever on lsterj, be they from handsome "'res or female boatswain's mates. L j , sf 1 IfM r . " . I t' ' 5 ' t i i V K- A? ' ; i 1 |
