In the days of chivalry when the lady sent ber lord to the wars she would buckle his bright sword round tum and him bring it back untarnished. Today she is less histrionic. Lut more practical. Her menfolic Faving joined the forces, she goes into the factory to make swords for them. To say that she makes sword: for them is. of course, to use but n figure of speech; as a matter of fact a party of journalists visiting a Ministry of Supply factory saw her mok ing. not swords but guns—anti-aircraft guns of the type that have greatly embarrassed the Luftwaffe in recent times. And they were making them with serious intent. Here and there a piece of finished work bearing the chalked legend "One in the eye for Hitler" bore witness that the weekly wage packet was not their sole motive. E
The factory visited was a good type of many that are now producing weapons up and down the country When the war broke out it did not exist. a month later the builders were rutting in the foundation, and in the following March it was producing guns. It row employs a large numter of workpeople, about one-sixth of whom are women. Since it was es tablished it has been doubled in size and even yet its planned capacity has still to be achieved. It will call for many more women before long.
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