Jeanne d'Arc--the spirit of the women of the Allies They wear the uniforms of the Edinburgh trams and the New York City subway and trolley guards, with pride and purpose Then--the offered service of the Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps in England was spurned. Now--they wear shrapnel helmets while working during the Zeppelin raids The French poilu on furlough is put to work harrowing Has there ever been anything impossible to French women since the time of Jeanne d'Arc? The fields must be harrowed--they have no horses The daily round in the Erie Railroad workshops In the well-lighted factory of the Briggs and Stratton Company, Milwaukee, the girls are comfortably and becomingly garbed for work The women of the Motor Corps of the National League for Woman's Service refuting the traditions that women have neither strength nor endurance Down the street they come, beginning their pilgrimage of alleviation and succor on the battlefields of France. How can business be "as usual" when in Paris there are about 1800 of these small workshops where a woman dips Bengal Fire and grenades into a bath of paraffin! Countess de Berkaim and her canteen in the Gare de St. Lazarre, Paris. An agricultural unit in the uniform approved by the Woman's Land Army of America. A useful blending of Allied women. Miss Kathleen Burke (Scotch) exhibiting the X-ray ambulance equipped by Mrs. Ayrton (English) and Madame Curie (French). |