Even foreign women, unaccustomed to the /prilliant glare of the Madrid sun inf July, who wore hats to protect their eyes, were frequently stopped by armed militia girls, and rudely ordered to remove their hats. Now the "senorita" have asked permission to resume the mantilla, the filmy black or white lace covering pinned with a gold pin, which characterized the women of Madrid in the past.
The preliminary work of the "Auxilio Social," the women's section of the Falange, of feeding the starve ing population, is largely ended though they are still distributing 1,500,000 rations a day.—Reuter.
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