AMAZONS MUST NOT POWDER
Madame BotchUavcra, colonel of the. Russian Women's "Baltaiion of Death," has been describing to an English woman he.r melhod of selecting recruits. Having obta:ncd to form the battalion, she speedily found hers elf overwhelmed, with offers to serve. El.mination was necessary, and she told how ona of her methods was to muiitcn the tip of a finger ami draw it across the cheek of the would-be Amazon. If any powder or rouge became .evident, the candidate was rejected forthwith. By this and other Gideon-like devices she chose 2,000 etai wart women from more than 15,000 applicants.
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Evening Star, Issue 16910, 6 December 1918, Page 6
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100AMAZONS MUST NOT POWDER Evening Star, Issue 16910, 6 December 1918, Page 6
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