lHE LA1 ' DSWOMAN
Janu ary, 1920
the so acts of hero c;m hy t be gnls
wc>re pcrfonn<'d in londy ficldb "\nd
fnrm", fat away from the hot blood
uncl <.omradt>~hip of tht> ftghttnll
line.
TJI J.J J>. Jl LY J!J RROR.
Tlw Prince"- • among h('t la _c:. !
Aflor you hM·~ callNl Ja~t night'H
n·copt10n at the hall of thP DrapcB'
Com pany a fn.rew(·lJ rally of th(•
\Vomon's Land Armv.
1t r1·nllv
re-
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rno.tns s•mp)y that - the PrllH'f'•S
among h(lr la~s< ~-
:So body rould hav(· bdwwd that it
woulrl dcw·lop jtll>i nq it did .
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Thon word rn.me· that th<.• Prince~:-,
v. as approach1ng, an cl <''H rybody
s tood while the· SatJonal Anthem
welcomed her.
\Vhcn she rcach<·d th<' platforJO we·
sa\\ a young lady, Yf•ryc;lm ply drc-.:wcl,
looktng down a.t us very kindly and
hlushing.
She Mtood and sm1lcd \Hth Lord
Ernlc next to her and Lord Le-e not
far away, whll<· the Land Army ~ong
was s ung to the tune of " Come,
La"Se"' and Lads.·· Then the nenou,;.
ness lessened ; something seomed to
have happened. and everyone becam•
more netghbourly.
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It was quite a family party. Xo
formal wa1ters or footm£>n about, -.o
('verybody helped herself and h<."r
neighbour.
Supper O\"e r, crackers began t()
y•eld their burprises, and then
we found out how charming and
jolly 1s our Prmct"<;S.
Lord Emle and the ) !aster of the
Drapers e ntered i nto the fun of the
m oment, a nd soon t"aeh had a cn.p
atop of a reverend head !
The Princess could scarcely move.
as all thE." Land Girls crowded to wards
t he upper tablE.", lit~rally taking h<'r
by s torm with requests for her auto.
graph.
She must have signed ove r lOO
p hotographs of herself before s he took
rofugo i n the drawing-room.
But e ven there Her Royal High-
nrss know no respite. Pen and ink
\\ore brought, and \\ ithin a. few
minuws tho Land Girls were clustcr-
m g about her again.
And s till s ho laughed and chatt~d
happily, pulling a c racker now a nd
then to vary th<' humour of the
moment.
" Isn' t s he a s port, a real good
s port? , I heard a lassio from York-
s hire s ay to her neighbour, and in
the Land Girls' vocabulary thore 1s no
higher term of pratse.
Tbo wonder of it was its s pon-
tnhcity.
It all s eemed to come
s traight'from the heart.
The Archway of Roaea.
( 1/Jun
Tbe L,A A .S. who prue:1ted the Land~woman Ba.ket .
'Port & Grnaal Prtss.
Tbe D S B Croure
( pert (; vt .. rral Prtss.
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