24 JULY 1915, Page 3

Last Saturday tens of thousand of women paraded through the

streets of London to express their readiness to serve the nation. The procession included a pageant of the Allies, the most remarkable figure in which was perhaps the lady who represented Belgium. A mourning figure, with a flowing veil of purple and carrying a tattered flag, she marched bare- footed. A deputation was received by Mr. Lloyd George, who, after indicating the ordinary prejudices of employers and working men against women's work, said that their work on munitions would and with the war. Meanwhile women whose services were accepted would be paid at the same rate as men for piecework, and for time work a minimum would be fixed.