Show BRITISH MEN ON A W A R BASIS gl grannies now wear overalls and put in time sewing ALL ARE DOING THEIR BIT the society butterfly Butter butterfly fl of the past has become the national beo bee of the present the bashful flapper Is now how an alert Young Woman who beguiles shillings for charitable purposes the war hns has wrought great changes upon the occupations vocational anil and otherwise of the women of england A picture of the new order of things was wag given recently by Mar margaret giret boll bell writing in a the london dally daily mail she says say boarding houses are full today but the alms aims and conversations have taken on a different tone the uncertain years are disguised under a uniform the incomes are augmented by war activities the trivial gossip has turned into serious discussions on the ways and means to do the utmost for the country in its present need the society butterfly of the past has become the national bee of the present and busily hurns hums her way among fields field of service which are not always fields of clover old women in overalls gone are the grandmothers who once assumed the role of elderly adviser and were content to leave actual practicalities to the married daughter the onetime one time gray satin or black lace has found a temporary haven on some obscure shelf and the overalls and veil of a sewing sisterhood are sufficient evidence that gr annys present role is not only an advisory one the shy flapper with errant pig tails and a keen appreciation of chocolate ice cream sodas has given way to the alert young woman who beguiles shillings for charitable purposes and evinces practical interest in the routine of house and kitchen malding ma iding the woman of no especial charm and limited means whose hours were spent in planning how to make jagged ends meet now finds time to give the benefit of her experience to unfledged ed housewives who are launching their first barques on the sea of domestic duties discards her lethargy the struggling governess still struggles but the rays of her pedagogical searching are not till all focused on her own work on days when she Is not employed in others houses she does gratuitous service among the work children who play in t the he gutters outside her home the war has transi transformed ormed the lethargic woman who never left her boudoir until the sound of the luncheon gong came pealing up the stairs and announced that her first activities were about to begin she has discarded her lethargy as she used to discard her last seasons hat and may be seen any morning hurrying away to some office or canteen even eiene before fore the milkmaids carts have left the streets gone too Is the incapable housewife who once boasted of her ignorance of culinary things the kitchen is tho the field of her operations today and rational living Is her hobby |