January, 1920
THE LANDSWOMAN
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tbe
Press
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Wh&
Princess took the gift, and
TIIE
TIME~.
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he rottiest ceremonies tho City
It waa one of t
P d (' ' 1 ~ healthy and bro\\-ll
has ever see~. ~he ~:" t 111 ,;~r ~;hitc ov(•roll!:i, their
and ga\l~nt· 0 ~h ngt~tir Jugh hoot:;, and thcll' gl\Y
coniuiOy brtcc es,
k. brenth of clean country
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little f"lt hats, camo I c·t~cctB of the City. Each
air through the ?ldcst s rnation in her buttonholo
of them had a crimson ea
Th 0 LadY
d bore the slct>ve badgo of the army.
Lor~{
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.Mayores.q
lent tho flo"'crc.>d wands from_ tho that
Ma or'. Show and the gitls roado an a\'enue . ,
lool~d ·like noddmg hollyhorks for the Kmts
daughter to go by. Andsho Jookrd as hnppy ass <'
alwa.y 3 dous '"'hen occMion brings Lcr among young
·rfs· and ati rosy chC'oked as any of thont.
gJ It' was a groat mght for them when they :,upped
with tho Prmccss, and there wa.s a gorg(;O~!' .r-upper
such as a d£butantt at hor first hall ('DJOYI'l, and
hundreds of crackers that popp<'d off a.t the tnd.
.And then bdore they Lrok(• up there " M a concert
nh 'ch h ,o Land Army Girls sang and sen'ral
d
at .. 1
girls from Cumberland danced old country nnceti
"'hiJo ono of their number played a mouth organ.
It was a wonderful evening, and every one of tht>
Land Girls from &ll parts of England and Wn.les
carried tho Christmas number of TnE L~NDSWO\f,\...,
a."'ay with her, for it had a new photo of Prinress
Mary specially tak<·n for their magnziuc.
THE DAILY MAIL.
Come 011t of the towiM,
And 01~ to the doton.'J,
Where a girl qtl4 brou•n anti ~i rony,
Jhth awinging pace
And morning face
She dou her work to aong.
The children sl~all not starve,
The 1oldiera mmt haw, bread,
lr e'll dig and aow and reap and mow,
And England shall be fed.
It is the ~and Army song, and Jasse~ of the army
~poned thou country throats an cl sang 1 t to Princes~
1\lary Jut night tiU tho pain«:d roof of Drapers'
Hall, London, rang, and only tho kings and queons
o~ England on the panols between the mnrble
pillars wore not moved.
The Princesa, with whom walked Lord Lee and
Lord Ernle, Miss TaJbot,_ Mrs. Lyttelton, and Miss
Dorot~y YOTkc, had a triumphal pathway through
tho nuddle of th~ ball when she arrived.
Forty of the guJs stood with long wands crowned
with -~cs held to make an arch of flowers, and as
~~ gxrhah figure, in groy cr~pe de chine with a silver
. , pa!lsed under it the girls sang " God S
th
King."
ave e
:ut~vhcn _sho sto~d on the dais and faced them
::o
:: he~ oh:be:u::~~{
song, the pretty pmk
country colour She bo
p roao.. She wore t he
chreb hko the~sel VCR,
ma.Idon of ope~-a.ir
of the evening to tho fuJJ.
dy to sha.ro the JOYS
A bevy of girle whoao heads were wreath d .
green leaves and red homes walked to b. c With
handed to the Princess a be
.
t e dais and
omamentcd with needlework attlftul rush basket
themao1v(;s, and in it t
ruJ s wrought by
wo~,~ tied Wlth thei;v~oTolumes o~ THE LA.Nns.
dr-hght and a pretty bow ours." With a smile of
and
Thank you," tho
:na::e:
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i mmediately the Jon
talc of heroines lwho game~ the Distinguiehc~
Sorvice Bar was unfolded by l\11ss T albot, w hile ou
by one the girls s~rode under t he roses to have t h:
bar pjnned on thOJr breasts.
What clapping tbero was l Tho Prin cess listened
spoke sisterly ,~ords to all, and ga vo eaoh brow~
hand a. wann grl})•
And then t{) .supper-t{) ta_ bl~s loaded with baked
d il
f
k
meats and delicatcs an p cs o crac ors-la.id Hl
two of the Court rooms.
Prmcess Mary caught a.ll t he merri ment As woll
as tho colour of tho occasion . Sho loo.ned acrose
the table this \\-llY and tho.t con tinua.Uy to s nap
crackers w1th tho glflA, she si~cd thei r autograph
albums, and ono caroo back W1~h h~r book, s aying:
,, bn t sho just S\~eot, and bho lS gom g to kco p Wlth
us to tlw end... But tho Prmcess's mc rr 1 mcn t
reached its hcight ''hen s he t urned and saw Lord
Ernlc at her sido wearing a tall and t asselled fooJ'~
d 11 th 0 0 th 81 d 0 C
D I to
C&J), an
er
anon
a. n, mast..•1
of tho })raper:J' C{)mpany, g raced w1th a. purple
cocked hat. There wore s hou ts of laughter o n
every hand.
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DAILY TE L EGRAPH.
The National Anthem t he City is acc ustomed t o
but "Come, lasses and lads," s ung in a. City
company's ancient hall by 600 rosy-c heeked l ass<.:ll
"Ith strong, clear voices t ha.t told of tho opcn-a 1 ;
hfo, had the s urprise of novel t y. The first g reeted
Pnncess :Mary when sho entered Drapers' H all 10
Throgmorton Street, last uvcni ng, and the coW::try
lilt followed. This was, i ndeed, no ordm a.ry
occasi~n. Tho ~romen~s Land Army is being
demob1hscd. Tlus was 1ts last r ally, and PrmcC'~
:Mary, as Lord Ernlc gracefully s a id, brought tho
warm s unslune of her sympathy m to grey Novem ber
da.ys-como to bid them fare well. Not in all 1 ts
long hist{)ry has London City known s uc h a gather-
i~g. T~cy were war wo rkers, s trong, well-sot-up
guls, . Wl th _bronze'~ faces an d bright oyes , and t he
prettiest p1cture Imaginable the groups of t hem
ma.de, drebsed in tht•lf white s ruocks e ach set off
with a red ea.rnntwn-the fe mi ni ne to;ch-and f a rm
hats and gaiters; the yo u t h of English womanhood
at its best. T he passage -wa y was made a.n cm·
bowered avenu_e, bright with ta.11 garlanded wands
held by tho guls, and through th.is the Prm~ss
paBBed. A strange sc ene i n t ho old City, but
welcome.
DAIL Y OHRONIOLE.
There was .som~thing of the glad spirit of Harvest
Home last wght 1n the he art of the grey old City,
where men traffic in crops so far awa.y from the
fields. tha.t p roduce the m.
Prmcess Mary presented bars to Land Girls
who had W O? t~e m fo r courage and devotion to
d u ty as deta.lled 1n yesterday's D aily Ohronide.
On~ felt a thrill as the deed s were read out, and
the guls, often sligh t and dainty little things who
;:al~ed sh yly _up the gangway, oame forward to
h CCive t he pr1zed d ecoration s topping runaway
il~rses, rescui ng cat tle fro~ burning sheds, tackling
tempered bulls and s avmg the lives of fellow-
workers, and the like.
And after seeing something of military decorations
won s plendidly under fire, one remembered that