Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 41

WOMEN SUCCEED AS TAXI DRIVERS Experiment in Philadelphia Finds Favor Among All Classes of Riders. By Consolidated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 16.—The City of Brotherly Love ia in the midst of ‘an interesting experiment. It I8 trying out rhe problem of the woman driver of the taxicab. It Is the firat | A the really hig cities to venture | pon this unknown sen of feminine industrialism Women long have been known as splendid drivers of cars in general. hut the taxicab has been thought too teugh a job for them. Many men have found it so The feminine taxi driver, however, 18 only a step forward from the feminine ambulance drivers of World War davs. At that time women proved themselves capable of handling all sorts of light trucks. even to the changing of wheels and tires and making light repairs on baiky engines. Experiment Called Success. Thus far the Philadelphia experi- ment is counted a success. The wom- an drivers do not work late at night, but even that may come if they con tinue to invade this field of masculine employment. The taxi problem v: character of each city. Ordinarily the taxi driver, especially the ‘night liner,” 18 supposed to be just about A8 hardbolled as they make them, and 13 also supposed to know the puriieus the underworld of city, even bet- ter than the polic New York al- ways has had a bad time with its taxi problem There the i is used extensively by the eriminal elemnnt It ha the medium of many a “get; There have been taxi murders taxi highway robbers, taxi gunmen, and the taxi driver has in turn been held up himself. In most of the larger cities success- ful efforts have been made to solve the problem by forming large operating companies, In which It is claimed that every driver Is an escort. Courtesy and service have been adopted as mottoes. ries with the Timid Fares Fi | Here in Philadelphia woman @river is the most radical step tuken. Naturally some man ‘“fares” have been timid to ride with the feminine chauffeurs, or chauffeuses, to be more proper. The novelty of the experi- ment has appealed to others, and they have purposely waited for a cab with A woman driver to come along. Chil- dren along the downtown streets have had much fun with the woman drivers and have gathered around them in large numbers when they have been watchfully waiting for some fare who said he would be down in a minute. The uniforms of the woman drivers follow the general plan of the Red Cross drivers during the World War. One company provides its drivers with riding breeches, another provide short whipcord skirts. All the drive wear puttees and little overseas caps. Good looks have not heen a bar to taxi employment, as any observer may see from even the scantiest of ohrerva- tons. But the women have been re- quired to take their work serfousl. they do. They report that by and women treat them every consideration. \ with | o For the scientific purposes, spe- cfal classification including all racial combinations in Hawaii will be cre. ated. Besides Caucasians, the Hawali- population includes Hawaiians, Chinese, Portuguese and | camps. Reserve officers of the 320th Infan- try, the local Reserve Infantry regi- ment, from Col. Glendie B. Young, the commanding officer of this unit, down to the lowest rank- ing second lieu- tenant of the regi- ment, upon the completion of their sand table problem last week voiced their ap- proval of this method of instrue- tion, which is the first time that sand table in- struetion has been applied to the in- active duty train- ing ,of Reserve of- ficers. ‘This sys- tem of training, it was pointed out ast week, cannot only be presented to the reservists in an entertaining w but it is much more easy to grasp than the old lec- ture system in which the frequent quoting of regulations often confused officers of the fteserve Corps. Although this system of depicting tactical problems is not new to the service, it 1s an Innovation ih the in- ctive training of the Washington Re serves. Exact replicas of sections bf the Fort Benning Reservation have been mads on the sand tables, o that the student officers secure a visualiza- tion of the terrain and the tactical «ituations thereon to even better a vantage than in problems vunduc‘rd on the actual ground. Student ficers not only see their own units in combat, but see all other elements in- volved in the situation, thus acquiring a comprehensive plcture of the rela- tion of each element to the whole. By means of the sand table method of in- tion, tactical situations requiring decisions, action and orders by stu- dents can be realistically evolved, and from three to four such situations an be solved in the time one could be presented in a map proktlem. Col. G. B. Young. At the instructional assembly of the 320th Infantry Reglment last week the officars were divided into two groups; that is, the fleld officers took up the advanced problems under the direction of Maj. R. P. Lemly, Infan- try, while the company officers were sent through their sand table instruc- tion under the guidance of Majs. Al- bert 8. J. Tucker and ‘ am L. McCants, Loth Infantry officers There being ¢ large number of company officers in ttendance at the meeting, this grouy divided into two cla: Maj rucker taking one class, while Maj. MeCants took the other. The same problem, however, was taken up by both classes. In his introductory remarks to the company officers, Maj. Tucker pointed out that heretofore "the field officers and the company officers had all been given the same instruction, but that this year thé officers were to be di- vided into two groups, namely, the fleld officers in one group and the company officers in another. Those dafficers who take the company of- ficers’ course, Maj. Tucker continued, and pursue it satisfactorily, will then 0 to the fleld officers’ course. Announcement v made last week by Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adju- tant general of the Army, of the.1 trafning_directive which will govern the ecivilian components of the Army of the United States in their training activities at next Summer's training Of the total number of Re- serve officers oh active duty train ing, the directive points out. not to exceed 25 per cent may be non-com- | hatant officers. Greater efforts will he made to secure the attendance at camp of a_larger proportion of junior Reserve officers. The number of Re- rve officers to be utilized as in- structors at citizens’ military train- ing camps will be less than fn 1926 and the exact number to be allotted | Too tired to play— Tired all the time—sleep not normal— can't even play —eight to ten million little children in this land of f plenty are bearing the burdens of undernourishment—pay- ing the penalty of wrong foods. Yet Nature has given you two perfect grains with which to build strong bodies, repair waste tissues, and correct deficient diet. These two grains are wheat, astaff of life food, and barley, the body-builder. Both are scientifically blended to supply carbohydrates for energy—iron for ;the blood —phosphorus for muscle—in Malt completely balanced for bone—protein Breakfast Food, a food—a builder for underweight and undernourishment. It is an ideal breakfast or supper dish for all suffering from deficient diet. Give it to children every morning and watch them grow strong. You'll find it at all good grocers MALT Breakfast FOOD Costs less than Made a cent a dish by “The Malted Cereals Company, Burlington, Vt. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, nounced at a later date. Corps area commanders will be authorized to ob- ligate during the first quarter of the 1928 fiscal year their total allotment of funds for training the Organized Rederves, 50 as to enable them to traln during that quarter approxi- mately 85 per cent of their quota. Funds for the preparation and maintenance of concurrent training camps have been allotted for the 1927 fiscal year, and instructions for the preparation of estimates for funds for the preparation, maintenance and operation of concurrent training camps for the 1928 fiscal year will he forwarded to corps area commanders about December 1, 1926. The esti- mates will be submitted to the War Depagtment on March 1, 1927, It Ras been brought out. Gen. Davis pointed out, that in many camps in- active. duty training has not been planped so as to fit into active duty traiffing. All Organized Reserve units that are to go to camps as units next vear will be notified sufficlently early that either their unit training or the training of their individuals may be conducted %o as to prepare them for their perfod of active duty training. The Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps camps are to be conducted by, the officers and enlisted men on Reserve Officera’ Training Corps duty, with the assistance of other Regular Army persohnel to conduct the messes. The Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps students are to be organ- ized into appropriate war-strength tactical units and Instructed as far as practicable by officers regularly as- slgned to such units without the in- terposition of staffs of speciallst in- structors. The goal of the citizens' military training camps is not exclusively mil- itary training. Extensive efforts will be made to Include in the 1927 M. T C. Dbetter ¢ Its in reec- reation and physical development, in discipline, in _citizenship ard in the eloments of leadership. Greater re- sponsibility will be placed upon the red, white and blue candidates. The blues and whites, Gen. Davis explain. ed in his directive instructions, will be used as acting officers and non- commissioned officers. Any vacancles in the non-commissioned officers, after the blues and whites are assigned, will be met by utilizing the red candi- dates, who will be placed on a roster “or such duty. Instruction-in leader- ‘hip will, in the greater measure, he ‘n the application of leadership in the daily drill. The util ion of the aft- ernoons of the 1927 camps for leader. ship training for the advanced candi- dates will be limited to that necessary to prepare them for the drill of the succeeding day. The schedules will be so planned so t | . Woodward t the advanced | VI and VIT of students will be given sufficient time for athletics and recreation. The following changes in the assign- ments of Reserve officers residing in Washindton were _announced last week by Organized Reserve headquar- ters, in_the Graham Building: Maj. Stuart H. Clapp, Infantry Reserve, having moved to the 6th Corps Area, is relieved from assignment to the 309th Tank Battalion (heavy), Gen- eral Headquarters Reserves, 2d Three Fleld Armies: Sécond Lieut. Arthur F. Haellg, Infantry Reserve, also having moved to the 6th Corps Area, is relieved from assignment to the 18th Tank Battalion (light); Capt. Mel- vin E. Rice, Quartermaster Reserve, having moved to the 7th Corps Area, 13 relieved from assignment to the 4th Army Remount Depot. The following Coast Artillery reservists are assigned to the 3d Coast Artillery district: First Lieuts. Thomas H. Brown and Arthur C. Adair, Second Lieuts. Mil- lard J. Bamber, Walter H. E. Jaeger and Frank A. Swartwout: First Lieut. Ralph MeT. Graham, Infaniry Re- serve, assigned to the R0th Division, as’'are also First Lieuts. Percy W. Phillips, Field Artillery Reserve, and Clarence H. Porter. Infantry Reserve, and First Lieut. John F. Brady, Den- tal Reserve, is assighed to the 86th General Hospital, zone of the inter- for, in the capacity of dentai surgeon This week's instructional assembly program for \Washington Reserve units will be as follows: Today at 9 I at the Artillery stables at Fort r, Va. a ¢ in equitation for | Cavairy Reserve officers will be held under the direction of Capt. James B, Golden, Field Artillery, on duty at Washington Organized Re- serve headquarters. In the event of rain this class will not pe held, due to the fact that recourse cannot be had to the riding hall, as it is being re- paived. Reserve officers of the Judge Advocate General's department will gather in the Gr n Building tomor row evening at 8 o'clock to take up the subject of military justice, under the direction of Capt Morri- ette, who 18 on duty in the office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, while those of the Chemical Warfare Service will assemble headquarters to hear Maj. 1 Wallington, on duty in the office of the chief of Chemical Warfare Serv- ice, outline the year’s work and give @ general review of the principles of Chemical Warfare Service tactles. Tuesday evening members of the 428th Infantry will meet, at which will be taken up an advance problem. See paragraphs 205-233 of Field Serv. ice Regulations. The 313th Field Ar- tillery will meet Wednesday, at which will be taken up the selection of posi- tions, covered *hy section II, Training Regulations, 430-155. d work and sequence of comma also be taken up at this meéting. The instruction will be given by Maj. W. 0 nd Capt. J. B. Golden. 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