Hundreds of girls at work assembling radio sets

the instrument — it may be the make of the famous Siemens works in Munich and Berlin — and rest assured that this machine in its entirety, including the final technical tests, was completed at the hands of the working girls as well.

All this shows clearly that certain kinds of work have been reserved for women alone — the fine, delicate work, where production was far greater at their hands — while the heavy work on the huge machines has been reserved for men only. What astonished me at first glance in one of the huge factories was the presence of a single woman among a group made up entirely of men; and when I approached the machine on which she was working, I found that this woman was indeed fit for the work, for her height was no less than one meter eighty centimeters and her weight most certainly above a hundred kilos!

I see you now, dear reader, rolling your eyes to say: and

where is the social problem you began to speak of? Is it the pres-ence of a woman weighing a hun-dred kilos among a group of men?

No, Madam. The problem lies not in the work, but after it is done, and especially at the end of the week, the days of rest. You perhaps know that the European woman, the German among them, enjoys complete freedom and conducts herself like a man in all the affairs of life; and just as the young man likes to treat himself to life's pleasures on his days off, so does the girl — be she worker, student, or wage-earner. If you asked me about one place of amusement I came to know in Germany, and where it lies, I would answer you: in Berlin; it is called the "Razi," and it is a very large dance hall in which acquaintance among those present, of both sexes, is made by telephone and express post. In front of every table hangs a plaque bearing its own telephone number, and it is their custom not to address a girl directly, even if she is at the very next table, but by telephone; and it is rare for a young man to ask a girl to dance before an acquaintance has been

She solders a special telegraph instrument