THE LANDSWOMAN
December, 1918
at that - - pastime, potato lifting, every - - girl was only
too keen to forget all about her - - job and enjoy herself.
As usual, - - old Miss Z. turned up at the last moment and
suggested an - - - - evening, but luckily - - Miss X. was
present and promptly put her - - foot on any such - - proposal. Everyone was keen to practise the - - glees for our
--village concert., but during the - - week the - - rain
had come through the - - roof and had a - - effect on
our already somewhat - - piano.
1\liss T., however, not to
be daunted, produced from her - - breeches pocket her - tuning fork and the fun began."
The letter writer now asks the rest of the company, each in
turn, tQ give her an adjective, any one they can think of at the
moment, and without telling them where or how they fit in, she
qufetly writes them, in their order, in the spaces left in the letter.
This goes on until the letter is completed and all the spaces filled.
The adjectives given, for example, might be as follows:Splendid, rotten, blazing, delightfnl, soothing, boss-eyed,
enchanting, antediluvian, uplifting, boisterous, elephant.ine,
crushing, bewitching, squawky, curious, balmy, hot, silken,
noisy, jumpy, dilapidated, screaming, etc., etc., which wou1d be
written in, and the letter will then be read aloud to the
Company:" The splendid Land Army Club at rotten Chelmsford met
as usual on a blazing Wednesday evening. After a delightful
day's work at that soothing pastime, potato lifting, every bosseyed girl was only too keen to forget all about her enchanting
job and enjoy herself. As usual, antediluvian Miss Z. turned
up at the last moment and suggested an uplifting boisterous
evening, but luckily elephantine Miss X. was present and
promptly put her crushing foot on '!ny such bewitching proposal.
Everyone was keen to practise the squawky glees for our
curious village concert, but during the balmy week the hot rain
had come through the silken roof and had a noisy effect on our
already somewhat jumpy piano. Miss T., however, not to be
daunted, produced from her dilapidated breeches pocket her
screaming tuning fork, and the fun began " I
And so it will, for you cannot imagine, until you have tried it,
what deliciously funny resnlts can be got out of this apparently
educational pastime I
THE EDITOR.
Rain
JT It's jest as cheap and easy tocomplain
ain't no use to grumb H[