Show GAS MEN PLAY A BIG PART IN WINNING WAR WA ten thousand soldiers toil at turning out shells to rout germans MANY ARE INJURED AT WORK edgewood arsenal in maryland won place of leadership over allies in scientific progress and deadliness of output gas factory city in itself baltimore md while the men wh who 0 have been working in shipyards tit and I 1 plants plant have received just for their fulfillment of patriotic duty there is sin ail army of men strong who have Norl worked zed faithfully carefully screened from public notice some of the most important work of the war work which was laidely responsible ible for the alie early signing of the who have ic calved no nt at all day after lily day they have secretly walked lit in the manufacture of the poisonous gases which routed tile the nuns huns and hilpi essed upon the Gein ians the ingenuity and illness of the american brain these men of the edgewood arsenal san ed on call soll soil never had the excitement of lit an voyage or adventure in a foreign country or the liero hero worship of those who have been oer overseas eab and yet c staying right in t this lit country they ran greater risks than ninny many of the men on the firing line at one time in hospital the hospital at edgewood Is now 0 occupied by men who have been gassed or burned while about their count rys work there have been as grbac heroes at El Ede lowood wood as on the battlefield there is in the hospital a blue eyed boy in early manhood smiling bravely through though scars cars which are arc today its as vivid as the alie first lay day months month ago when they bi ought brought him a writhing bit of humanity to the hospital nor is lie he the only one there are others otheir R some of whom have been gassed twice and thrice and are today in colorado having developed tuberculosis hundreds of others are maimed and will always bear the marks of their sacrifice for uncle sam which they gave so gladly without any of the glory stripes promotion or encouragement given to the men in the camps and the signing of the armistice has made it possible for tile the public to havo the first insight into the i ast worl work which has ins been accomplished at the edgewood sewood Ed arsenal where lias has been manufactured and shipped safely over there more gas than lias has been made by england and france combined far removed front from prying eyes these of men have produced kases ases which will po go down in history as s among the greatest achievements of the war gas factory a city in itself where on oil october 24 1017 1917 stood a bare i waste aste of rot foiest cat now stands what 1 is a small manufacturing town and a city in fit it its activities groat great chemical plants have risen with lightning rapidity are arc the chlotine chloi ine lne pliocene pl pho iogene gano chloral chlor alln in ind and mustard gas plants and then down near the w liter ater the large lining filling plant where the big shells were filled aith ith deadly poisons and sent on their errand of freeing humanity edgewood arsenal covers u I 1 tract of adjoining its companion unit file great aberdeen Abe ideen grounds where the biggest of 0 the big guns arc tried out that were designed to smash mash the strongest stion gest st of german fortifications at the arsenal those re results tilts it was confidently predicted be more eff eu eath oct lely ely secured and certainly at smaller human inas cost by the g gas products which it was is conil confidently dently declared would smother mother the metz forts upon these acres have been coil constructed ted it a large number of immense plants with nith the necessary sary all ad juliet all on oil an ail extensive scale connected lie acted by yr 35 miles of railway operated by united states army crews working three shifty a lay day at firt first it 11 was attempted to run the arsenal with cIN chilian Illan labor but the hazardous character of the employment ninde till this class of employee so uncertain although fancy wages were offered that it became necessary to use men exclusively throughout the plant the result tin has been that work of a highly specialized nature and extra hazardous iniz I 1 lias as been done by men receiving ceia ng front from 30 a month up tip and under rigorous military discipline the alio research laboratory work nork of the lias has been highly fruitful and tilt gases of the Geri germans nans ire are said quill to ile be mild in comparison with the lie more terrible tei products product of Edge edgewood of IN which aich the alie germans ind had only got a foretaste when tilt the was avas signed came to teach remain to learn two tano experts colonel auld ind and captain hankar one sent from E england and the other from france to lid aid in the establishment of toxic gas plants said on len leaving ving we came to teach but we rerita remain in to learn the central construction corporation recel Ned a contract in october 1917 for the construction of a gas shell filling plant at ed edgewood awood under the immediate supervision lupei vision of capt now col edwin M chance then conne connected etca vm the ordnance liepart department p part ment it soon became quite evident that more than one gas shell filling filing unit would bo be required it was also apparent that work necessarily had to be carried on in connection with construction on a somewhat elaborate scale in the effit n rt unit both of which circumstances caused the pressure on the entire situation to be rapidly increased hence the contractors organization as well as the military personnel began to increase rapidly early in the present year until at the alie height of its operation the construction st corporation hall had approximately men lit in its employ new camp buildings and mess halls dialls were constructed ted at top speed when AN we c sai saed ed salt in last it winter we helped swell the amount needed for the making of chlorine of which it is the foundation this plant produced tons of chlorine and tons of fu fused zed caustic soda a lily day making one of the largest single plants of its kind in the country for the first time vis igors a party of business men were allowed through the plant last week and they saw one of tile the co commonest MM onest of table supplies salt being made into one of the most fatal poisons tills pas gas passes from electrolytic cells its Is diled by sulphuric sulphur lc neld add and pumped to the chemical plants dry gas is bubbled into the common sulphur in tank taniz and becomes a basic raw mate material Vial in the production of mustard g gas as which atas as one of the deadliest Ave weapons apons used to win the war then there Is the phosgene plant here coke Is received by rail and burned by a common milion co steam boiler pure oxygen obtained from liquid air and carbon dioxide are passed together through red hot coke producing cubon monoxide dry chlorine gas ind and carbon monoxide are suitably mixed ind and by passing over a converted to form gaseous ph phosgene ogene the liquid phosgene Is filled into one ton containers for overseas shipment ind and was tilt the gas most largely used in the i war one of the commonest war gases is another product of edgewood and was nias produced at the rate of 30 tons a day filing plants are another important feature of the arsenal here shells tire arc received by rail and inspected Illos phosgene gene clil orp orin and mustard gas are arc received from the chemical plant other war gases are obtained front from outside plants by rail the capacity of these plants Is more than containers a day the ventilation Is such that men in direct contact with the liquid gas are not required to wear masks the filled shells are returned front from filling machines and a are arc class tied lied by weight and stored one day its as a test for le leakage nage they are arc then painted gray and striped the numbers and colors of the stripes indicating the nature of the gas within the shelf here the drums whose range is approximately 1700 yards ale aie filled with tile the fatal gases the grenades grenad ts are arc filled by land hand with stannic chloride and are used especially in clearing dugouts dug outs others other are filled with white phosphorus and are arc used in tile the product production io I 1 of smoke screens lit in connection with the ilie concealment of troops no matter what gay cay colors may ex es 1 press the jubilant mood of women who are once more indulging themselves in dinner and evening gowns black satin remains the most certain of admiration its distinction and its becomingness are arc so well recognized that the gown of black satin is a matter of 0 course in the smart comans womans wardrobe she would not consider herself outfitted without one or wo of them it is the most versatile of fabrics given rich black satin and fine chantilly lace the best of 0 designers will begin at once to d dream ream dreams which no color could inspire lucille has just recently turned out the enchanting dinner dress which Is pictured here it is nn an after the war inspiration with a hint of tile the submarine silhouette for which we ahall have to find another name since no one wishes to think of submarines now it widens at the hips and narrows at the ankles in the graceful way dear to the heart of lucille when sho puts her mind upon picturesque gowns there Is a plain ot american beauty satin a mere wido band which appears to be wrapped about the bust nothing could cling closer to the shoulders and arms than tha tile the lace of the bodice with long iong sleeves which end in deep flaring cuffs of satin these mits and cuffs on lacs laco sleeves are arc a feature of the new styles and jeweled hands play hide and seek in them in a very fascinating way the bodice lias has a round neck finished in the simplest way with a binding of satin the long iong pointed tunic ind and the very wide girdle of satin are marvels ot of beautiful adjustment to the figure tho genius of the designer is written in them and ill in the facing of the tunic with american beauty satin the thai tracery of heavy silk loss floss cleverly outlining the gattein in tile the lace which I 1 make inake of this a joyous and beautiful victory gonn go n |