A ugu3(,
THE LANDSWOMAN
~pUmher
numb!'r.
Ru~h(;d Into frolic ecstasies: the plume
''Ltn~ rountie<~ a~
now mali.ing the fruit",
but lP tot I • I'rt ,, nt "- tr\nd -l"til'l' m~k"E'l' them thP bt><.t
SHOPPING CLUB.-1 hop" tho readns of TnE LAXDS.
•\nU 'i whf m .}OU~<'If, your dream
of what o. People- may betomc.
I Jivo a. chnngin~ life, a life of moods and
pa!-sions, of heart br<.'aks and t1 red m usdes.
Sometimes I a m fltro np; with pri de, when
men do an honest work, fitting t he rnib
together truly.
Sometimf's I droop, fo r t hen purpose
\
has gone from mt>, nnd cynically I pl ay the
eo" nrd.
Sometimes I am loud, gar1sh, and full of
hM been ..,tarted enttrdv for tht'lr C'OnH•ruence, and I bap~ n
that <'go that bla.~ts judgment.
try !
I a m t he battle of ye~ tc rday and the mis ta.ko
<~how what you can do.
of to.morro w.
Thrt"e prlll"'\ will also })(' gi\ ~n for c . .;say<; on " liarw"t "-not
more than 5<10 wor~ an h.·n~th All <:ntr1cs to rea.ch this O.tllC<'
I am the mystery of tho men who do wi thout
not lntn thnn September lOth .
k nowi ng why.
P EACE. -A gr ·at many of you would hkc very much to havc
I a m the clutch of a n idea, a.ncl thE' reasoned
march('d in the Pt'nC<' l'rocc -.ion on July lOth, and I was ke11t
very bu.o;y th ltWt't'k writing to tdl you that the Loudon.processlon
purpose of rel'lolution .
wa.q purcl>' n navnl and military om•, nnd M no clv1Uan'l were
I a m no more t han what you believe me t o be
lnclud•·d 1t wa.'l ohviou<~ that the Land Armv could not. tal..<
a nd I a m all that you bolievo I can be.
p•rt. From th(' country plact'"l, howovor, all over England.
conll'll thl' n11ws tJu\t. t ho L A.A.S. have becn asked t~ march 111
I a m wha t you make me, nothi ng more.
101'.-al proc.. IOn'~, and are to he vt>ry much In evidCnC(' In Hat•
I swmg be!ol"(' you r eyes as a. bright gleam of
W!ncrnl c-:lehr.ltion!ll and rejoirang... In fact, In one villagt> m
colour, a sym bol of yourseU, the pic tured sugges-
Hamr~hlrt" , t hcy rt'COI(niM'd so 'lurt>ly that t he Land Army Jl(
t ion o f that bu~ thiDJZ whi ch makes this nation. F o r
largPly ~pon~tlbll' for thc peact', that two L . ..\.AS. were called
upon to rang the l't'l\00 lkll11. In Doi'N.'t a. L.A . ..\. S. wns askcd
yo u a re the m ake r~ of the flag and it is well that
by tho rect.or to ht•lp with tho planting of an oak tree In tl1~'
you g lory in t hE> m a k i n g.
vallago ~hurchyard to commemorate Penct' ; and a joUy farmcr
From " T he Ladies· H ome Journal. "
Jn Surrey, who !'mploy~t 20 L . \ .\..S, brought them aJI up to
r
I
I,oodon in n motor lorry nt 2 a.m. on Pence Day, droye them
r ound to •ef' tht> d~'coration<:, and got them "afcly home ag:un,
lonct lx'fore the crowd arriwd and ma.de gett1ng about impo"sible
Rnt W•l m u-t rern,.mber thc\t nltho~h the d<'clamtJOn of peace
mt'ans that th" war 111 OH•r. 1\0d that fighting as at nn end, it doe<~
not by nny ml'!flns hrmg an f'nd to tht> need for food production
There are thou":\OII~t !er. ... ngricultur.\1 lllbourers than there Wf're
h-.-fore thP. w tr, and our h<'lp i~ &till ncedcd , mort' cRpecially in
conrl'!ct1on \Yith Hrr ru•lk "Upply. So our orders for the moment
ftf~ to c,;nry on JU~t ss <~ph•nda dly M f'ver. As women we all
know thnt a.n ndNtwtte milk supply Is of the utmost Important:'~'
t.o our b:lbics. :.nd t h:\t. i'l why 1t is ~;o 1'-~ntanlly our job to l'ee t o
1t that th, v flhftll not go ~hort of mil.'< bN''\USO of a .tack of milkers.
'nl'• war hn'l ~iron women the opportunity to prove t hnt t.ht'y are
an th~'Jr rillht phoe " milkt'l"', and \VC hope that they will nlwal s
!t.'ly thcTP
hupposo lt la beco.ncm wo are all 11o f ull of jov, and perhaps more
atJil that wt' at 11\st, nftn four )'<'nrs, have t'h c right t