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Show Scribe Has Ideas About Service Gals By ROBERT CROOKSTOX WAVES, WACS and SPARS: General Sherman said, "War is hell." Wonder what his ghost thinks of this stream lined affair, with our men scattered on 64 different differ-ent fronts from Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strand. Some of the boys back from Africa tell of the intense heat, the torturing insects, salt pills to keep a fellow sweating, their apparel consisting of shoes and shorts. It was Wm. Shakespeare who said, "The apparel oft proclaims the man," then such a contrast in the conditions in the icy north, up there the butter doesn't melt, and there are no flies, mosquitoes or other pests, but the cold is intense. Viewing the war at this good safe distance our opinion of women in uniform is that those serving as nurses are the ones to be praised, revered, honored hon-ored and loved. Of course the Waves, Waacs and Spars all have their duties too; not all women are adapted lo serve as nurses. Suppose we indulge in a little speculation of what the results will be on account of women in the army, navy and the marine corps. The discipline should be one of great blessinges to humanity. There should be less domestic discord dis-cord and divorces when women are trained to do what they are told and not argue. Women who never did do what they were told to do should benefit themselves greatly by absorbing ab-sorbing plenty of army discipline. It's too bad it takes a. war to teach men and women to take orders or-ders and not argue back. ',We have recollections of the men who returned after the other war; anyone hiring help were glad to engage ex-service men, because they were efficient and dependable. You tcould tell them once what was expected of them and the orders were carried out to the letter. If this discipline affects women the same way; lucky will be the men who marry ex-women soldiers, because they will regard the vow to "love, honor and obey," as something worthy to carry out. Of course we expect many improved im-proved conditions after this war is won and this large army of women being mustered out of service ser-vice to engage in peaceful pursuits pur-suits will add to make a better world. Many of these women will of course marry and occupy their time in quiet home life as God intended and their children should be an improvement on many of this day. You can't imagine children of these Waacs, Waves and Spars too slothful to buckle their shoes or to go around with shirt-tail out. You may hear something like this: Now my dear I'm . sending home some whole-wheat flour, and hereatfer this family uses no more of that inferior white bread; w.e want these kids to have strong bones, perfect teeth and rich blood. 'Aye, aye sir, and you come "home after work and weed this garden; it's an order." "The queen's orders shall be obeyed." (end quote). Now some of you chaps having a venture into matrimony in mind, why don't you wait until after the war? |