I can't begin to tell you the things they made--every part from the tiniest screws as big as the end of this pin--to rough castings.

They did designing, and drafting, and moulding, and soldering, and machining, and carpentering, and electrical work--even the most unlikely things--things you would never think of--like ship-building, for instance! "Ship-building! Imagine!" she continued.
"Why, one of the members of the British Board of Munitions said that if the war had lasted a few months longer, he could have guaranteed to build a battleship from keel to crow's-nest--with all its machinery and equipment--all its arms and ammunition--everything on it--entirely by woman's labour! "So, you see, I can't very well get conceited about what we are doing here--although, of course, I am proud of it, too, in a way--" She stopped then, afraid they would think she was gossipy--and she let them talk for a while.

The conversation turned to her last advertisement.
"Are you sure your figures are right ?" asked one.

"Are you sure your women workers are turning out bearings so much cheaper than the men did ?" "They are not my figures," she told them.

"They are taken from an audit by a firm of public accountants." She mentioned the name of the firm and her three callers nodded with respect.
"I have the report here," she said--and showed them the table of comparative efficiency.
"Remarkable!" said one.
"It only confirms," said Mary, "what often happened during the war." "Perhaps you are working your women too hard." "If you would like to go through the factory," said Mary, "you can judge for yourselves." Archey was in the outer office and they took him with them.