Ociobtr, 1919
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THE l ANDSWOMAN
Flax Pulling in East Suffolk
now bl'ing very IMgoly {Crown In P.n t Suffolk, tlifl
L 0 ~ 1 • bl•inf.l p.'lttiMllarly &utttd to Uu kmd of crop, and thl•
~ 11 0 r 1\nd Arnlv wa, MkNI to provJd•· a •m nil gang or work• r~
~·~nn~ p~Jihnl{ In Llttlo IJJo~,k•·nhmn.
I 11 WM a vt'rY hot Sunclay evrnlug, in Auf(n«t{ that four r, \ u;,
•li'lll with kttbag,., d~, hunlllNI out o the fAlmlon tram
11 1
~'' 11 ) r m•\fll' thl'lr way to tht' cott.lr(A whtch had bct•n furnl~lv 11
" ; ,,,uy for them. 'J hrru tltry ft,und tJw r.-.,t of thn l(Artg,
0
P:ln day hcfrm 1 nod
~~~~ ,pr.nt thcJr ttm" m gf'ttlu;.c t.\crythtn:c ~lup:•h:w•. 1 he
O\'l'r, *'"'~ryor,.. w •• ~ quct.) at home. nnrl thP
1 llret t lntraks
wlll'rt growing. It bM n hlu6 flOW't)f and whrn tuJiy grown 'l(.~ndc
iLbont 11 ft hTJlh. Th,.. ~t!\lk lt U'l<.'d 1n the nJ.anuf.Lctcm· of
11 .. ropl~ne wtn{(i and con~qw•ntly ""'"r:Y bit mu•l he pull,.rf up.
we ~oon fonncl that thrro t! quite a knMk of pull•o~r, but, onr 11
this b'\'1 h'cn ma.,ten>d, the work is qUJtc tmt,l", though Vt'Tf
monotonou.' and back-achloj;t.
The w~llfh"r was all ln onr favour, and '~e were alJlo! to g t a
gooJ <~tArt. the first. wr('k Snnrl"Y mt)rntng f(Junri 11§ tn rOtAtr
for F'dtx~to\Vf', where we '~J)eOt th•: rlay nnt1 I'.OJt)YPd o•tl'!Y!h• 1
thorou~hlr p1cnicl hctu'h 1n th" npr•ro,ed l.l\nd .\rmy
h•luon, and paddling, rtc nut. all {(Ood tlun~., rome to an end,
~ 0 M the cl<>"e of a ooauttful day wu boMdcd thP. l\\t •1rn boat nod
"llo homo to bed "-to quotft )(r. l'~PY"'·
rhc nr-,:t week flax pulling oprratlon' werr h.llli[J( n>d hy
rain, but wa were glad t~ h-'\VC an Nhy day or t\~o si home, and
managed to livf'n Otlt'-I('IVP'\ np wtth danc1ng m tt'lP hruttPd
<~~paco our cottage atfordPCI, to tho "tram~ of an IJO(Iromptu JUZ
hi\Ocl (The wa~htng-up bowl mad(l n.n r.JCcellr.nt drum ') 'l he
rt"t of the wet>k the weathrr w.l~ ftnc and we made up for our
two daY'\' d·~<~ipatlon br working unttl afrer "unml otl)(>r T. \ \ !:' from
n<'ighbouring fMin.s, jomed n<~, and Wl' 'l~nt a mo~t enJOyable
dsv on the b<>a.ch
Utcrwnrd~ we wrrc all e-ntert.lint'd to t~a
hy the Comnutree, and I tlunk l may ...ay that W•' did jn-t re
to tll" O:<<"llent cakP'l which lend l.ll:en pro'.tdt'd for u~'
The Tl'mntnder of our month's stay wa~ ~J?I'nt at "ork,
~~•th a cap t"l W, as the ram had hy tht~ timt> put~ so rar l>t'ltlto
no turnin~. and t\t la"t the d,\y came wh<'n thl' la"t lola.J!! of lf:u:
\\l\.'1 tmlled and thf' la.qt bundh• tied, and \W ltit thl' field for tlll'l
l~t ttme
\'! we walked wearily hom('ward" thr gen~rnl ft•el ng
W.l'l that we had had <'nough of tt:n: to Ja.. ... t a hietcxne I
\nd yet, such 1s thP call of the land. I 'omttmte-. \\Oo•lrr
tf tlco"'' of the gang who nrt' t~till m the Old Couutry-for «~111\1'
hOJ)e t lh bbon~ 11 .\S
held at "\{ncclcsfleld on J ulv 'lOth for thE' cirls of t hr Wt·•tem
.\rea nnd about 35 T,, \ ml'rult>r" \\l•n• l"'~"cnted \nth thl' a\\Md
by 1.1\l!;r Uroadhurst.
fhc.y wen> met on arrl\ll.l at till! :.tJ\hon, and C$Cort.'d 111th
llllleh t'l•r,•mouy to the.' Town Hnll, where U1ey \\l.'rt' re cetwd hy
tht' "\[1~~ or and )[ayoT'E'<~:s In tholr otllctnl capacity.
'l'hf' ~trl:J were t\dd.rei~qpd by the Chturmnn or c.w \ F.'(o•cuti\C
('omtmt.tt'l', by the Rev. E. Audcn, hon see., and bv l.ady Broad
huNt They thl'n came foNnrll to receive thl'tr ll :.; R from
l.arly llrol\dhurst, who wnnnly t'Ongmtulnted t>aeh n'ctp cut,
nnll their T'E'port.s wel'l' l'l'ad out by tlw orv:anio~tng &-l'l't·t,\ry,
~howlng how wt'll they had all dc-.crwd thi:; honour
\rter h 'lll't photoj;truphed, a n cxvllf'nt tt>a w.L~ pro\ldcd by
tlu• ComnuttJ>c, followed by a ahort mcl'tlnj;t, whrn tlw 1\tlll~ oi
the Chc'lhtre Land Gtrla' Assoclatton was cal\'fu ly explamcd to
th01e pre)lont, nnd the whole matter fw-ly discuo;-.ed.
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RN ICO
MARZIPAN
getbng plenbiul again!
0. Thts very
a:mondd·pa~te
de!.cious a n d w h o I e • o m e
confection made ~f selected
a m on s and rtftned • u g a r, but 'n t h e
CLARNICO way (which just makes all the
d •dffer eknce}-appeale it'ruist1bly to young and
o 1 a 1 1 e.
Cl. It is at once a captivating confect10n and
l
a fascinating food.
Sold by all the lead. ng
Conjt tioner• nerywhere
PER 1 ~ PIECE.
But-see that EACH p1eceJs stamp€d
The M me CLARNICO on any •~ eet 1& your
GlJARA '-.TEE from -
CLARKE, NICKOLLS & COOMBS L TO.,
LONDON.
In Camp with m y Wife
" It ., 86 dnrmcr ftl} tnuung for f.trm y,·ork that I llr,.t nll'!t
"''' 111/e, one e't:nmg '1\C \•l•ro out ll"aru nl{ to mow, ancl "'t 11 ~
she wattl~•1 •hfl DlAtie a wl'•ath of lltm• r~ and put 1t on her hNl•l I
th<'n l'!c;corted hn home nod nnon11n~d my •n~nt on of ~dting
m~rrted. Stnoe tbon w 've I(OU" a~ hubt.y and w.tte. In duo ttnle
~ pl.aoe wll.3 VlVADt; I '1\1\< to s,!O, taken~ anmher ~t•rl "'ith me. Of
cour~. a.s I tuu1 a WJfe, tlw-~ w~~ no QW'~t on a• to 11"bo hould gt~,
"It was a (lJ'I'ftt day of el:dtemt•ttt tr:\wllmg to our 1\nt plac~ .
\ nlet! hum• I~ -look me Iarmtr wo.:t u.o: M too 'tatloto, aou hy th
tune \l"e tr31:hed our destinAtion wt' Wl'rt tcrt.:\lu llll !l.hould hke
him and all his farmyard posse!lliOn• . Af1er U\iu~ tn lod~~;mg
f
Ppm{r, nnd wt> •oon
J!O!."nu~ Mcd CO"Y· Tllo Jl"-t nt~ht "•' found tht' board 'I drenrtfullv
hnrrt out we contr•v••d n hed of rlothe an th~ Ooor We \L.~d an oJl 't.ovr. for cookl ntc t Jw-
bn:aldast, and a bonUrr for eookmg our C\l'run~ Ill(' a]. and putt cog
rendy what could be done for tll" ne1.t. day, auch .u mnklltiJt
}JIIfldm~ <\nd cak< '• whu h pTO\l'd ~treat fun; ncverthek , tht y
\\t:rt• Jt'llv J!OC){) nnd w..• t'llJO)"ed the lt!e.
•• o 11 r ; 1 Mu--t town w \~about fh<' cndec; awa>, ~o on Saturday
m~tht 1\6 U"•~d to l.."'t In our prOVI!'JOth for the w~k. On ono
tX:C:I.,tOn we tCiok our lnt-b:Lg w carry puntv; we put nil ~ort ol
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