OUR CKLSvarhne

RHYMES BY / fei PICTURES BY

HAMPDEN CORDON ^ JOYCE DENNYS

Authors of OUR HOSPITAL ABC

LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD

NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY

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OUR CIRL5WARTIME

OUR GIRLSWARTIME

RHYMES BY HAMPDEN CORDON

PICTURES BYJOYCE DENNYS

LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD

NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY

TORONTO S.B.GUNDY

INDEX

Introduction

1 Winnie the Window-Cleaner

2 The Flag-Day Girl

3 Martha the Munition-Maker

4 Pansy of the Knitting-Party

5 Penelope

6 Diana of the Horses

7 Lizzie the Land-Worker

8 The Lift-Girl

9 Clarissa the Club Waitress

10 Betty the Bus Girl

11 Maudie of Mayfair

12 The Canteen-Worker

13 Dora the Van-Driver

14 Dolly the Bank Girl

15 Cordelia the Constable

16 Belinda the Barber

17 Nesta the Nurse

18 The Taxi-Girl

19 The WOMEN'S Volunteer Reserve

20 Pam of the Telegrams

21 The War Hospital Supply Worker

22 The B.P. Girl Guide

23 Trixie the Ticket Collector

24 The Government Office-Girl

25 The Dispenser Girl

ThHE AUTHORS OF TMS BOOK OF RHYME

WILLYKLO TO HONG IN ADMIRATION

OF LADIES WHO GIVE ALL THEIR TIME

TOWORK THATS USEFUL TO THE NATION;

AND W VE SHOW THEM IN A COMIC LIGHT

ITS ONLY OUR ATTEMPT AT BEMC BRIGHT

M TRUTH THESE PLEASANTRIES ARE MEANT

TO PLEASE

THE FAIR V^-VORKER IN HER HOURS OF

EASE.

1NNIE IS A WINDOW-CLEANER .

Ah I HOW OPTEH HAVE I SEEN HER

WHEN TEMPTATIONS ROUND HER LURK

Put HER BACK INTO HER WORK

0R EVEN THROUGH IT.

HE RaC-DaYdIRL IS DRESSED

IWHITE

IN SUKSHINE OR IN SLEET.

She is a host attractive sight

valen viewed across the street

;

But dont you co too near that

I. charming seller

Unless your nane is

RiTZ PRoCKEFEkkER

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NIartha, a munition- maker

Manufactures shells -

Martha' s Iather is a baker :

Cakes are what HE 6ells.

Martha swears the shells she hakes

do more damage than his cakes .

Rrhaps .

3

ES^SY RAN A KnITTINC RrTY.

Oh! the things they knat.

Rnsy's meetings never ended

And results were simply splendid,

I can swear to that,

Since for weeks we used the socksSHE SENT

1o TAKE THE PLACE OF WIRE ENTANCLEMENT.

4

litenelope cheered wounded heroes

ViKth dances and amateur ISrrots

3he<d sacrifice beauty

stick to her duty

And worked up to midnicht

AT ClRO'S

N.B.ISAW HER THERS TO-DAY

Assisting theYM.C.A.

5

Diana is a hwhtress born

On horses desperately keen

d» her ridmc with the vuorn.

whe's donned a host becommc kit

(Look at hercaiters, hov they m)

And NOW SHE IS THE ReHOUNT QuEEN

I THINK PERHAPS I OUGHT TO MENTION

HE HORSES DO GET SOME ATTENTION.

c

Lizzie labours on the Land .

wftW SHE DOES I UNDERSTAND,

Is TO MAKE THE CATTLE DIZZY

RuNMIMG ROUND

ADMIRING Lizzie.

he Lift Cirls at a certain Store

(the haunt of one callisthenes)

ARE ABSOLUTELY TOPPING:

I USED TO FIND IT QUITE A BORE,

BUT NOV/ THAT I'VE DISCOVERED THESE

I 00 A LOT OF SHOPPINC

ALONE

8

Clarissa tells you what the ClubCAN DO

10 MAKE TWO COURSES OUT OF SEVERALDISHES ,

And when youVe half a mind to risk

THE STEWAnticipates your wishes .

She never keeps you waiting justFOR sport,

Without a hitch she brings the

^ corconzola,

Ohe clows with pleasure as she

_ OFFERS port.

In pact, she is a regular top- holer

SOMETIME&

9

S)etty on a motor ^aus

Collects your penny fare .

That sagacious sailor Cus

Ever SMCC HEW HER THERE

Has spent his lejb/e and thirty bob

BESIDES

In nothino but 'bus iudes.

10

P4audie is her name, I ve heard,

(I WOULD NEVER RISK ENQUIRING

)

V^N SHE OPED THE DOOR MY WORo!

I FELT VERY LIKE EXPIRINO.

Henceforth I shall never dare

Pay A call in Berkeley Square

Ihe frozen eye methinks!

M

kUNTIE FANNIE RAN A CAN-

-TEEN FOR TRAVEL - TIRED Tommies .

Such a feast they hadn't seen

V^ILE they sojourned WHERE THELSOMME IS.

OVELY LADIES LADLED SOUP

FOR ANY "IrOCADERO's ,

Eggs and bacon looped the loop

Down the throats of hungry heroes;

I^U D HAVE thought NO MORTAL MAN

OoULD GET through SO MUCH-SOME CAN!

'some' canteen 1

12

Dora drove a motor vs^n

And she drove it faster than

Any ordinary man

Did Dora .

Into something Dora ran ;

"Ihus she found that peopue can

not onuy stars but an

AURORA

OREALIS -

13

LPnAEB^ BV TUr SCORE

^AvITUlii A 1WW 1 1 niil #% wm

She spends a dull dull day.

No WONDER, WHEN HER WORK IS O'ER,

eOhe gets SO VERY CAY.

GIRLS, 1 TRUST, INDULGE IN SUCHEXCESS

As GOING ON THE BUST WITH Auntie

Bess .

14

Cordelia is a constable

Of cunning and resource.

She runs in lots of worthy folk

VXthout the least rehorse .

if you should show a cmmk of light

M^ile getting into bed

She RUSHES IN and takes your name

Am OH THE THIN^ IVE SAID I

I HATE Cordelia !

16

Nesta's nursing down our way

VA.D.

I MET NeSTA yesterday

aXnD henceforward I SHALL PRAY

That D.V.

In her hospital III stay

ip some bits of bullet stray

Into me

NeSTA IF you see THIS LAY

R.S.V.P.

17

Eileen, I hear, has come to town .

She drives a ^axi up and down

With FASCINATINC SV/ANK .

/VlrEAOV^ SHE'S BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH

(Five lamp-posts and a broken clutch)

That nov she's called the Tank !

V^MENS VokUNTEER ReSCRVE

Rrade the streets anp do deserve

VFFiaAL RECOGNITION.

Myself, I strive to recognise

My Aunt in military guise,

Amazing apparition !

But up till now I've met with no success.

I WISH I COULD remember HER ADDRESS

I \/ANT MY PUTTEES BACK

19

A CHEEKY BOY IT USED TO BE

Vl/fO BROUGHT THE WIRE TELLING ME

That the horse I fancied most

RklHTED AT THE STARTING POST.

OW IT IS THE PERKY MAM

Who BRINGS THE FATAL TELECRAM

XlOUGHTFULLY INSTRUCTING VOU

[MBARK TONIGHT FOR llMBUCTOO

20

iiramda mixed with all the rvobs

;

Her Depot made a million swabs

Hospital oupplyX

It WAS THE GOOD HARD WORK, SHE SAID

HAT TURHED NY HAIR THIS VIVID RED.

NEVER^ MY DEARSi, SAY DYE .

21

|p YOU WANT TO DROWN YOUR AuNT

Nowadays you simply can't.

Ihronging every countryside

Struts the meddlesome Girl Guide

Saving life's all very well,

But why revive Aunt Annabel ?

22

Trixie takes your ticket when

you're travelling by train.

It must be very boring as a habit,

though a little mild flirtation

May relieve the situation

I D rather stay at hone and

the rabbit!

23

EiRiEs IN St James ' I^rkT

Kries in Xa^itehall!

Oee the little Lady Cuerk

Reigning over all!

And the fairest that I've seen

Holds herself like any queen

Irim and smart and very keena a

I MUST A CALL.

24

I DONT KNOW WHAT DISPENSERS

But daphne DOES IT ALL DAY THROUGH.

No MAN HER SKILL DISPUTES.

She does dispense with skill, I grant,

dut, naturauy, what she can*t

Dispense with are- -

25

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