More and more girls are going into what one may call the more high-brow war work. For example, several are already afached to the balloon barrage section and more are being trained to it. to release men for ae ive service. They pick up the work quickly, but it is said that more Women are found to be needed to n balloon than men. Thes: large contrations, tooking rather like bene volent sheep floating over the ci Seem tranquil enough: but when one sees them on ihe ground one realizes that they must take some mange: men', especially on a draughly Another new opening for girls ili" meteorological service for which some hundreds of W.AA.F.s are being trained. On passing the necessary examination, which is a pretty stiff one fhelnding trigonometry (the most aniipathetic branch of learning I can think of except its parent algebra) and the handling of strange centifie instruments. the girls are sent to different R.A.F. stations to make observations and draw charts Ifor the guidance of pilots. I wonder
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