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ing way, these young women opened the way for 

 others of their sex to perform service at once essential 

 and useful. How useful may be judged when we rea- 

 lize that but for their work it would have been neces- 

 sary to haul hundreds of bushels of garden-stuff long 

 distances over the steep mountain grades.. The car- 

 space and fuel thus saved 

 were applied to the haul- 

 ing of shells and cannon 

 and other supplies that 

 our soldiers so much 

 needed. If "they also 

 serve who only stand and 

 wait, " how much greater 

 is the service of those 

 who labor while they wait. 



Since the labor of these ^"""'y ^>p<= "" ^^^<= '*'"'='°''' '^'''"s 

 young women marks a new phase of food production, 

 in this country, a phase that is certain to appeal more 

 and more to tired school teachers, clerks, and other in- 

 door workers, it may not be amiss to tell in detail of 

 the life of these girls at Dixville Notch. 



Their home was in a cozy little cottage, from the 

 windows of which one could look off in any direction 

 on most beautiful mountain scenery. It was situated 

 only a few miles south of the Canadian border, in a 

 region whose towering mountains are pine-clad and 

 gemmed with clear, cool lakes and embroidered with 

 foaming mountain brooks. The girls received regular 

 monthly wages from the hotel, but provided their own 



