t7lt ay, 1 9 19
THE LANDSWOMAN
COMPETITI()N
Needlework
First Pri~. £3.-l::l•iP Gilliatt, LindsE>y, Ltncotu ... hirr, <'m
hroldered linen baby'~> frock.
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( r!XIIa Priu, 10/·.-R. Hutton, Wamekshlre, o.trlp of lhw
crochet for cloth.
Con~rdnt\On PrPt-!, 5/· eacb.-W. W. SamJ)'>on, Dor-ct, tmy
cluth; Lily Hamson, DcYon, tray cloth wlth G.~. Ribbon
lli"'is.tn In crochPt; C. Gorton, West Riding, Yorlc-, camisole;
Jt. Will~ and M. Dodg,on, DeYon, baby's coat nnd cap
Bighlv Comn~.-F . .A~ton, Kent, tray cloth : D. Watkln·
·on, •'Ottls, camtl'loie; D. Wflkimon, (la.t~) East Suffolk, towrl
w1th knitted lace edge; E. Greenfleld, Surrey, crochet afternoon
dot h.; R.. Rolfe, We>~t Suffolk, Land Army mnscot..'l; M. A.
f'ook, GlouCXJSter, child's frock; L. M. Baln, Dorset, <'aml'lOIP;
"'· M. D'Arcy Evans, Eac;t Kent, child'q frock: S. M. Palk,
Dorset, embroidered handker<'hief and knitted doll-.' clothM;
.A. RaphaeJ, Gln.morgan. crochet lnce.
Commmd~.-M. Smith, Lines, tmy cloth ; -
Fro,!tll<'h,
Ltnca, crochet; D. Raper, D.S. B., Xorth Rid In~. '\ nrk,;,
e:unl~ol~ ; S. M. C'arr,
~P.rfonPth, camisole : C.
-'L Roe, Hunt-9, table
~ntre :
M. Hownrd,
Hunts, caml<~ole ; H . ?r!.
Howf'll, Denbl~n;;h!n·,
ramls(,Je : E. Phlllips,
nenblgh hilt', tea cosy;
J.. l[. Saunt, Dol'let,
embroid~rr : M. Com-
"'all, IJ ert.-., baby's bon-
net : B. l->hlrlt!y, F.a."t
K~>1 t !Iatin roses.
colour drawing,
hr:\d.
water·
dog's
q _ J. Dnw6on, Ilcrr·
ford, hlre ; S. ~[. Palk,
surrey.
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nnhthomablc blackness.
I ltstcned. All wns Ycr:.· qulrt stn·e 1 or an occnslonnl t~ott
-,IJJver whl<'h scrmcd to JW'~ through tho hon'le. You <'OUid not
all lt wind for it had 0(1 br•'llth. 1 frlt uneMy. W11..'1 I 111 ?
~V a.<~ somi'OJlC els~> m ne<'d of me ? What WM hap{lt~nlng ?
Thl'n I felt the pres<'nce. It was near me ; it \Vt\.'1 abou t me:
, 0 mething unutterably c.'\lru, ret no human prcsrnoo. T he relkt
wa-. !"('at vet I felt still a faint kind of curiosity.
In ~he ~tillness of thr night thr clo<"k struck onP. The sound
'l . ~ 1 unll y(>t clrar and of a ~ignlflc:~nce. Had this great
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presence it8 touch upoa
everything nenr me ' I
felt curiously r latcd.
W ith a stArt l rats~d
myself In h<'d , b ut, com-
Ing back to ev('rydav
life, I q uite- t!Uddl'nl\·
felt cold, and so pulle(t
Second Prize :
When the
Swallows Came
l:Mt Rid in~. York~ ; R.
Harrh.on, £ac;t Krnt :
J.
I hy Jn my bNl
thr <~mnll room wns (lf
yet
window. \\"fth a ru'lh
all the old fMHng or th"
night came back to mr
The pre'lence had not
left me-my mystnlou.;
frlrnd WM everywhefl.•
-had come to "h~
the snow l
anrl ink drawing, !!hep-
hl'rd and -.hcpherdcAs.
1/, 'lhbt C'ommtndd.-
r.. 1'\hll'P• D.S.B., Wc'!t
K.-ot ; llunty Daniel,
l.:m~ ;
R. And(ln,
nervy ; -- Youn~. K
S11 !IX:; ?tr. Uarrlson,
Wnmorgan ; P. PCMf',
J )tJrsf't ;
unn!\~?r:~ d~rk night,\ itb no moon, and
th;~'lk; seernl'd to'})(' hke s!IH.'r, though
w('nt off to ~ lt>ep.
The morni ng WM ftnr
wh('n I nwok<', but from
my bed I couJd only se('
the '\ky-a curious soft
grry. It WM <'arly, but
-.omcth lng drove me out
of bed to look out of th•·
Strrmd Prize, 10,·.-
\f. .t •. I.nnl{, Rant.<~, pen
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nr,·er woke~ ur at. mldnl~ht \\lth the
.1..s
of soinrthinll happrnln~ ? It t8 a fnlrly common expc-
ri<'~~;~ and yet whi'D- ithnp{lf'ned to me a s hort tlmr ngolt seeml'tl
T ~ then- am·onr who M..<~
bedclotltes rountl
about mr, and \\Jtlt
hardly anot h<'r thought
('If my my<~t(lrion<~ triencl
F"•l Prize, £1.-L.
Do~r.t,
ESSAY
First Prize : The Night Visitor
the
Drawing
sannt,
was a glorious dn~.
1 1' warm
and no wind
Gart,Jde.
and th(" !iky wn.-.
mist) blue. I t seemed
as though it were of thl'
~oln~,
Comm~n,. tr ~"'~' b ll'(' ;
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,1o; , lt<'dgC5, J,Je of
\ \ I I!Cht
palf'St blue, with a veil
of grey mist in front of
it, and yet. the air wa.s so
clt>ar. I was ln a hollow,
Essay
nnen.rthlns; a IMngel
Drawinc-Fint Pr izo-L. SAt'NT, r •. A.A.H.
nck. That In lt<.elf is n.
I irtt Pril,,£1 -"Car·
thing of joy, :1. • rtot
lull." Ea.'t Sust-f)X.
of gorgeous t"nlourmg-;.
"'cona Pnu, 10/·. -B. E. Jefrrll~, L-.1~> of \\-lght
'rhl' ground wa" "tretcbing upward'\ In a curve till .it 11eemcd
lllr;My Commnzdrd.-:\l A. Geden, l.A'irc~t<'r; C. ' .. mtrhdl.
ahn~t M though I were in the hottom of a bowl.
"' df ; ){. Woolnorth, Bucks ; "l'tp, " Cumbi'llnnll: A. l'arr,
. Pnrt oi the Jlround wa.-; frecthly plou~h(;d, and prut Wt\S g~cn
West Stl ... <.(·:ot.
wtth young wheat, with yet another ~>trip ln grn...c;s. But JWt
r.n•lltMIIIful. -ll. M. ~alt<'r, Buck..;; r .. E . Thollll)',OD, Woktng.
oppO!•it., mt:' was a strip of cop~P, not wry wide but rN\Chinf( to
the top. Thero were some pines o.t tho bottom, and everywhere
Poetry.
wns n carpet of pl'imros.-'l;, anr·monr.s or wlnd ·flowcll!, nod biu('·
Fu1t P~e • .£1.-E. Dcnnt:', Hants.
bell~. It Se<'med an ordinttry Rprh~ day n.nd yet the re wus 1\0mt:'
St!ttJ1l1l Pr;~e., 10/· -I~ggy Bellson, Bucks.
tnclettnable thing In th~> air. Though the!'(' WM no wind ~et, t ht'
lli,lhlV Cotlllll.nulni. - L. E Gan\OOd; G ;\I 8:.~1tor, Burk'l ·
plnr<~ w<'re '~hi'>Pt'ring, ancl tho bluebell!'~ and the wlnd-llower:.
Hodr.ct-, 1>. I~~>chman, .lkdiord; .U. Heward, <:hl'khire, R
"'<'IX' nodrllng cxctU>dly a.~ thoup;h soml.'th ing Wl"re going to
Unrlt \~, Hn<4t Kent,
h~P[)('n. The plgeom wet'(' coolnS~: In llWih<'d ton<'~, as thOugh
rmitlll'ndt rf,-" Pip." Cnmbrrl.nnd ; L )f. ('h!hl, T.an~ ;
! hf'y wert' afraid to bn>ak the spell which I'UDg over everytbl~g.
\! j{IIUMIIIII, wm, ' J Wor-wick.
rhen t-uddPnly, M though thev c3me from anoth<'r world, O\er
the rim of ttLe bo\\1 thf'y a.p.P<-ared-thc tll"l\t o f t be <~wallows,
Everybody's Prize, £3
:t1 ti10ugh actlnp; as !:rout~. ~wooping. twisting nod turning.
•hrtm~ hither and thither. and vrt tl)e main bodY of tbrm 1 tlll
\\on ll\"
n. TRf'riHll'l 0, Bedford .
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~tolng sll"",light on, thctr gm<'t'ftil TIIO\emrnt~ so ~\qui~lt•'. the
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