Show kathleen norris says cant batet yo you u hear the nigle bugle calling sell bell syndicate features feature 1 c the wives 1 I service men when without children or other inescapable responsibilities as home go into the FAC in droves by KATHLEEN NORRIS S IT just possible that you IS I 1 are missing an opportunity that is right at your door today Is it just possible that some day in the future you are going to look back at these sad terrible glorious war years and ask yourself what on earth was I 1 thinking about that I 1 get into the which means get into the actual military service of the greatest country of them all wear her uniform share her great adventures travel learn win your right to glory with america when the hour of peace and victory arrives for generations for gen centuries this opportunity hasaan has been offered on only ly to men the excite excitement men t and sa satisfaction faction of acting it acting with daring and confidence and he heroism r cism w when hen the hour of national crisis arrives rayes has been monopolized by men for them have been all the thrills abandonment of routine new sights new duties new friends new ter terms ms and responsibilities uniforms bands the rare corn companionship of the camp and barracks the most 8 absorbing club in the world have been theirs alone for the women increased home duties dullness waiting praying anxiousness now all changed girls are needed and wanted and welcomed welcom td in the army now and not girls only women of any age between 21 and 44 c can a n se seize I 1 ze thi this s opportunity to serve america build a very bu bulwark 1 of strength and inspiration on behind our fighting men and a at t the same time gain enough training guidance education experience to carry them into entirely changed and widened and bettered lives after the war opportunities for or wives without special ties the wives of service men when without small children child renor I 1 or other inescapable responsibilities at home go into the in droves there Is no bo botter better way to fill the lonesome time of waiting busy healthy well paid allotted to the special work and the special niche lor for which you aire are most fitted you can write to your beloved soldier on equal terms have your stories of camp life the top sergeant the drill the companion soldiers of your company to match his stories and as nothing but the service interests ln him now your gossip will be a thousand times more alive to him than were the 0 old id letters the lonesome one letters filled with news of the tomato preserving and the buying of a fall hat I 1 said up there well paid you start at 50 a month as a noncom you may make that very toon soon the been in existence much more than a year and many a woman Is getting that now but that all you have no living expenses you get comfortable for table rooms bathrooms recreation rooms you get the finest anest food the richest nation in the world can afford tor for anyone the very best of eve everything grything ry thing and plenty of it you get your clothing from the well me made de soft to the touch under things to your uniforms your cap and topcoat there Is no smarter uniform in in the world than yours will be and it Is carefully and individually vidu alli fitted to you you get laundry work service and you have access to electric irons for extra touches you get amusement the highest paid entertainers in the country are making incessant rounds round of the camps the finest movies come your way and the homemade home made camp theatricals by the men sol 01 ol AMERICA CALLS our nation needs women between the ages of 21 and 44 to increase the strength of the army corps besides the gratification of directly serving to preserve america the women of the WAC enjoy these benefits training train ng which will prepare a young woman for a postwar job good pay many noncommissioned officers make a month no living expenses yet the best food end and clothing that the worlds richest nation can provide medical care receive arm army y medical care which means mea rs meticulous m eti culous attention to health and physical fitness such organizations as the WAC are proof of role in national and world events diers and the girl soldiers are perhaps the most tun fun of all it if you have any special gifts along these lines you may get through your enlistment a chance at an audience that wont forget you after the war it if youre ill even to the slightest sniffle the shining bright well equipped hospital and its staff take charge ot of you permitted to marry what are some of the questions you want to ask yes you can use makeup make up and curl your hair so long as the latter clears your uniform collar yes as an army wife your allotment goes on yes you can fall fail in love and marry while in the service you can go to army dances and find out what real rushing can be be invited to service club parties in short live bye on the terms ol of which all girls dream or at least did dream when iwas a girl more than 40 years ago terms of healthy activity regulated work interest excitement companionship tun fun and have a chance to learn whatever you want to learn which I 1 never did 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 now in washington the men mea these thousands of girls replace are at the fighting fronts women working today in essential war industries factories and farms are doing a magnificent job but leave that work to the wives mothers older women who cant qualify as being better paid than you will be certainly but lots of that pay goes for or things thing about which you wont have to worry marketing transportation clothes rent house cleaning domestic help and much of it progressive ri vetting wont be so BO much in demand after the war but what you get will be always like money in the bank the right to call america truly your country the country for or which you fought in the greatest of all the war the right to talk to your returning men on their own terms no you sit at home and grieve you got into uniform perhaps to be sent bent overseas overie as perhaps to work here in 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 day ot of air routes and radio information to make sure that it win will be before you settle down to the homemaking home making and childbearing child bearing that are the happiest and most worthwhile things in life for a woman grasp this chance it may not corno your way again |