Women Do Nine-Tenths of the Work

Making army tents and tarpaulins is largely a matter of sewing, a job women do best.

A. R. Capren of the Western Tent and Awning company, Lincoln, will match his fastest, Mrs. Rachel Punch, against the country's best stitchers. She sews four thousand stitches a minute, zips around corners without pausing. Capren has several other seamstresses putting together canvas at his big Lincoln factory who aren't far behind Mrs. Punch.

Women do nine-tenths of Western's war jobs, which has included more than a half million first aid pouches and shelter halves, tent flies and heavy tarpaulins. Several girls of Mexican parentage are employed and are highly efficient.