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f,ovcmbc r,
1920
The Prince or Sllliles and
Land Girl.
a
n_one of us forget, &.s
W L a c;hall
et rtalll even ing n"arly
Ion
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g as we hve,
1 \ery delightfu l cvcnin'g indeed a /etar ago now,
• hght
· r u I st1 11 t. uy t I lC pn• f nee of ' " uu Our made
fl•
p . morf;
. ..
, .., we call' d her that day.
nncf...:.,
Our J· in:d Rally W&:. .t pcr.)()n
t"ff aH·
.
nilicl h er day
· from Australia
a 1 ett,·r,
,, luch
arnve<
.·
11
be n:ad With pleasure and priclf· by cv<.ry girl :~ ~vcr a mem bf'r, of the I: and Army,
1 he lett•·r
If Jb Jts own <;tory .tnd reail·
t!'fd,ty, and we are trytng to settlf' Jown ag.lin.
lie had a wond.<·rful welc<>m<' and a great tmte,
und everybody WISbC'<.I he could have stayed longer
'llwy cttll him the r .rincc of ~mlies here, and he
vcrv popular, e~pct:Jally with the ex-service mt·n
111 a;1y of whom he met in France.
I saw him at ,;
litd(' bu-.h st c<-serv1ce gi rl in this .di:.trictJ. The
Princl' rf'S )fan·
was prht·nt. H e a lso signed my autograph album,
which wa.., a great honour, for one of his strirthl
rults \\ ry envied person , I can assurf' you."
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A Legend of the Chrysanthemum
1'\on~mber has o ften been spoken of a~ Chrysanthe.
mum Tim(>, and these )0\·cly winter flowers h.ave
now reached t he prim e· o f tlwir beaut}-Chry-.an-
themum-t he C hr is t F Jo wcr-<.IC-;('endeJ from Brllis
~rennis, the wh ite star dai-.~. The chrysanth\.'mum
\\,,-., born a t the same time a' t he Babe of BNhl<'hem,
and wa<> the tok <>n to t he wi~e mt>n that they had
reach<·d the s pot whithe r the ~tar h..1d bidden them,
for <,(•arching a lo ng the narrow '"a~:. of tb.~ ' llag-e
tow: rd-. the fall of nig ht, the-.e rul~r ... of tnbt·-; .1nd
f•xpounder~ of d<><:trine wond«>rrd greatly what. -..h~uld
be di~lo...<' c\:ent : thf"rj)
were no W<'lcominu '>Ounds of mus1c, d like the s tar t hat h as g uided u .;, a nd whkh "
<'V('n now hanging above our heads. 11 A" :\la!dwr
bent and plcked It, the sta ble door openf'd of tt . . ,.tf
and t hev e nte-re d in , Malchl r placed the' ehry .. an-
themum · in the ha nd cxtend<'d to r<.x~'iVI' it-th<· h.u~d
of a little, ne w-born babe a nd all went to .t~<·tr
knet·-;--.o ru n., t he leg end -before the shtmng ·
tood
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pr(;S(!no, bearing
0
white Jik ll<.'s~ ~~ •'--, ~ a. sceptr. th• wint<:'r fl,,\\ Pr-
J h
V1 u~<~ gu1de
tar
;, ve told }'vu this 1
u. ~-. __
ignifi('.ant that th C
••gen ~'\:mbr•r of
first birth~eatton-th ~ ltttle. h>J ing flower child- Hi ..
b
b
y pr~nt-and g'J\4'n, not bv a poor man
u:n Y 31 adn
cartlll~ niQn:tr<:h, alcusto~ed to •• 11 th~
1
~ P 1 magmliu:nc<.: v.hkh "Urround~ a king
~lU..,l ~~~e st ru(k the man a., bemg rath.,r "Iran"~
(J
to vw1·r
avc <>me-
thmg
that rob~ i\ov< mber of :-.um(' of thf' gloom of it'S
1
' uP'' d lt:-rrc r, Wf t, fug, (rr ,t, c~r,d murk.
1n t<:r~t1n h'
g h!or Y, h' but 1
now . c- .,ureJ
E. R. ~l.
What the Fairies Wear.
I f ntly pas ... ing b'< ·
I ~1 11.1 do\~" .tnd d1tche.,.~ 'here and there,
) ou 11 find th<> clothr·~ that th~ fairie5 \Har.
golden and "ih: t-ry frock
In Lady\ .\Iantle and l.ad"mock:
! :hcrr:'s L:td)' (Jart!'T (\\hi 'Oiemn fa' r'r... \\ ho ridt:" on owl.,
Shn ud th~>ir f.tce::. with ~Ionksh<>od cowls :
\r I th1 t• ' ot lv•r thing., ht>-.ide .. fair\' d rc ,~s
'J 1 r '., l..uh • ·,. ,\I irror und I. a \ l rr,. ... e~ .
You t;.ln S<'t' each
1
B.H wlor .. ' buttono; mu!.>t be for clvt:s
W h<> have to do up their cl< the:, th~ nN•J\,., ;
\nd the tailor fairie.:. use Fain ~h ar-,,
LonJ cutting·gra:-..;1'' that g-rm\: h\· m•·res;
.\nci thq· mend their thing., '' ith th,. ~p.cf•'r-
~l itchc:•,
F.tint "hit•. flow ers that vou find in due ht ,
\nJ "" h('rd\ i\ced!e wl1ich you'll "t e plain
ln \ \ mt adow .tnd fit· Id and lan0 ;
.\nd \\ h~n th<') 'vc H.:.• d th<:m the~ ~row .tga n.
If onl} )OU walk with an open ear
\nd \\ .tt\ h \\ ith an open e' e,
Th re'... \Hutd rfu I - q•rn-.. to ... ~ and ht ~r
};,· ... ilropriNor., •Jf .. PrmclJ. "l
Land Girls in Switzerland.
At a f.tnll on the Alp . . near the Italian fron~ier
thr daught1•r-; of the holhe get .up ev~ry morn~ng
at two o'clock I;ST ·
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