THE LANDSWOMAN
d vou C'an t r~.kc my .word !or it, JudRr l'etol.'r rarteret. would
d~ wMt he thought m;ht if he had to pay for it a thousand
.
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tl~r1 .hcar h~>'s been offf'rt>d ten thousand dollal'!'l hy tht> SfRel
After the PI cutatiou nt U
llhrriug nddr
tt) thf' girl•
!C
Trur.man al " }l()kc.
• an
'[ru<~t to ~··t the ~~rcc men oon ... icted, to give them a club to hold
0 ver the U nlon'~.
" TMt'at a lie-a false, wickPd lie," Cectlia CTi('d.
.. Bravo 1 " Gal ne<~ ~Id. " Our gracious bo;;tec~ wi he& to
ive the' df'vil hfc d UI'."
1t After that onthurst the U.lk drifted to more lmpef!onal
11 ubj ccte and t~hOrtl y ('~cilia led them over to the blf{ hou•e to
11110 w them h<'r ~tudio and f he murals. The di!ICUR'Iion of the
th,.me Rh<' had chO'y brokl." intQ groups asraln, and
wandM('(l lnto t h(' wood <~.
Ccdlll\ <''t()"'Ct~' d thC' .r udg<> to app<>ar any momPnt. ~o chl'
rxcu'll'cl h<'r~rlf from joining th£>Jo. She wi>~hPd the JucJ~"
mlltht be clt'l:tl ned and not come. Now that shP had h<'ard hrr
old frlr nd'l t '\lk t~hr r~>nll'll'd how wretrs.~ lt was t.o expect thrm
to undrrnt.nnd l1irn. Hhr remembered how unfair her O\\ 11
judqment of him had l)l'·en n few monthy
hc<'lllllfl con-cMoU!I of (',~>cilin, he r~ and facPd hrr.
"You I Xot you I " Cccllia.
whic:~ red.
(T o be co wt>re w1tn ~ed In th~
,tr<•et<> of AyiC!Ibury on bat urday aftem()()n on the IX'~ 10n
of a rally in connection with thr Bucki Women':~ Land Army.
Over 200 of t h<' land1women who had been award'!d badlle)'
prc.~ented a s mart and bwin~<~like appearance in the1r lllo•1ch
hats. smock.~ nnd breechM. There WM also a good mtbter of
women tractor driven~ in their serviceable khaki unifonn~.
l!any of t he girls were of <~plcndld pby~lqul', and mo;t o! th~>m
looked tho p icture ot health. T hey gathered fn the afrernoon
at the '!'own H all. where t he bnd gM t hey ha ot thu
3[arquls of ] ,tncolnihir<'.
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u' }(
Mls.$ 1 albot gave a
' .-; llltt and J dy '" n
LIDS.
Rally at Canterbur;y
Q '<
Satunlay, llarch ljth, a m0<1t 1 J
r•laoo in thr. brantiful old dining ~en
gf ~re~ony too~
1
~V~~~·~ ~~~c~~;~h~~~~~!!, ProdTallXlt,. Din"(:tQr·G~~en!J~f ~h!
vvu
uct ro n !)f) pa rtmcnt p l"t"!!" n t.<> d
st n$ttll hed ·en-i~ B3rs and 240 Good ervl~ J'lbl
to rn~>mbcr.l of th~ WomPn'$ Land Army.
' IOn
tl
tree
Dl J
The day WA~ on~ of the ~unnle!lt pos"ibl<' an1l the girls with
their tannf'd !ace3 and well-knit ngure~, so ~.PI"ntildly t:t ;JIT by
thl) ma.rt umforrn ut the T.and Army, were tlu1 hl~t Jl(K"It.ie
trl,hut.c ttJ the hMlth(ul ~ork thi'y w.-re ena:a'lf d l n.
The Tlfm , ~N. R!(·e. Chairman ot the Ea:ot 1\t'nt Women' \\itr
.\ f(rirultural (Muru•tt~. p~ld~>.d.
Mr-. lt•<=!· ~n intruducmg !Ill Talbot, welcomrcl the ~.till .. to
St. Au.~tHtnr; ~. and poke of the very iruJ.>Ortant part they hlld
takPn ID helpmg to win the war.
lii ~ Tal bot, in a 'ery able and lntewting "perch .-r\ld t11at
at the hl'glnning of tht! war \\'OIDPD had had to CODtl'nd with
many ltitnculti"", ehiPtly m tr\'in~ to brP-ak down natul1ll rrr·
jutliN"' on thf> part of the fanner.;, but tht\t now tho \\omen'
I.and Army "a.'l one of Ut~ m,.t falJli)u bodiC4 of fK'Ople not ontv
in J;nqlantl but in other c.ountrie!! as wen In London ,h,. hnit
h,atl lnt~rviP'II with and k·tten! from J&Jlftn"'~'• Amrrlcan~.
frPnch nnd ltaharY~. She had two ltttle Japa~ ~!inH.el"!! In
her otr1cc the other tiay, anti hP only hoped thry onder;tood a
httl" more of what he ~1\lll to them than ~he undrl"'tood Qf '"hat
thr.y ~aid to hl'r. But thl"\4' ministers wen' ·o ~:reatly wt•"'~t·~
In the Wom~n ·~ T.I\Dd \rmy that they rul.flJD 16tf'd on tn!.ing
away a ample Amllrt and bad~ and any llt~'rnture !ihr hn•l j;:nt.
awl 1n onler to att-ty thPm a. ... t(• 'llltl&t a Land \rmy 'lli'Omao
lookcrt Iller., Ill' had 'nmmonffl. )!f"'t. Hus.!h'"", Editor f•f TR£
L.\~DSI\'OY.\~. who w-a• al'I\AYI' 10 uniform.
:m Talbot then pre;entr!l Dt-tintrol! hM. :-, l"'"il'f! na~ to th"
.\ll-es Worthinlrton. GamPtt and K.Jate Lind'!A)\ n111l "'P~·C'tl
the ~treat plc~ ure it ~a'c h~>r to be ahlo to pro.qrnt Ulls hhrlt
award to th~ E:~.•t Kent ~tlrk
conclu~ion
o! the pw.l'nbtt•m c•·J"I'mCJU\', \OtCl of
th~nk~ to }{h, Talbot, :'!IN. Rice. ani\ vanou'\ hclpcn; ""re
pmpo;£d bv the Rt. Hon. J.,ord XorthbournP, lli~hop Kmstht,
l!r. :'it<'phi'n :-.winfortl and l!N. Prenti~. in all of which m ut ton
WM Tlll\d~ of tht' l!i pl·•nrlid work done by t ltc W IJIUen ·~ Land ~ r m~
In E~'lt Kf!nt.
On the
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Healthy
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and
Happy
The Land Girl who va lJes
her health and happi-
ness wears the '' L iberty
Bodice." She knows that
its comfort is the result
of its correct design-she
appreciates t he support
without constrain t that
·~ it g i v e s- she likes t~s
hygienic, porous and ph-
able material.
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K01tted Fabric e n a b les the w<..~ght of the garme;ts
to be p roperly d is tnbuted, a nd removes all u n ue
strain . Fo r Yo un g La d i es' and W~ m e n
size~. f~r rt C~ 1 ~.~=~ aook
For prices a nd ll:trt u: ula u wri te for free OLR
tbye Y(D pt 40}
' 'LI BERTY BODICE " :FACT
e •
(deep-fittin g).
M a le in 13
MARKET HARBOROUGH
Pleate mention
TBE L AMDSWOWAM
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..tm~1 ietm
IAJt..
• New Help dooe her fint Ploughinr
Farmer B rown •
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wire" writi"t 11 Advutrsers.
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