LAND AND WATER 
October 3, 1914 
the windows of the «ards can be seen a fair prospect of 
snJling countrv. The inhabitants 1 [of the narrow ,ron 
S L trim and clean and comfortable. w,l have everyth.ng 
to win thom bark to health in th.s beautiful spot^ Broad 
white notices, headed hs the sign of the Red Cross are 
displayed in manx- of the siiops of the little town signed by 
the commandant of the local Voluntary Aid Detachment 
and setting forth a list of needs that still remain unsupplied. 
We are asked to send soap, candles, soda, rice, flour, and 
that expensive commodity, sugar. A demand for jars to 
accommodate fifty pounds of jam is made, together with a 
few hints as to bacon, eggs, and such like aids to convales- 
cence It is probable that all will be provided, judging by 
the number of people \\ho stud>- the poster and make a few 
notes for future reference, and presumably active attention. 
NOTHING daunted bv her previous experiences, Mrs. St. 
("lair Stobart has gone once again to the front. She is 
in charge of the hospital sent out by the Women's National 
Service League to help the Belgian Red Cross Society. The 
hospital has its headquarters at Antwerp, and is served by 
six women doctors and surgeons, twelve fully trained nurses, 
cooks, orderlies, and electricians in charge of the X-ray 
apparatus so kindly given bv Ladv Cowdray. Mrs. Stobart 
had a tale to unfold, without doubt, of her recent vicissitudes 
as a prisoner in the hands of the Germans, but she has been 
too busy getting ready for her new departure to waste much 
time in talking, and the story will have to wait till a more 
leisured moment. In the meantime the Women's National 
Service League is working hard in the interests of the Belgian 
Red Cross, which is having its resources fully taxed and can 
ill afford any fresh demand upon its funds. So it is hoped 
by the League that the expenses of the hospital will be 
subscribed for in this country, and Lady Muir MacKenzie 
makes a special appeal to this effect from the headquarters 
of the Women's National Service League at 39 St. James's 
Street, London, S.W. 
WHETHER we feci inclined to think of clothes or whether 
we do not the fact remains that witli the approach of 
autumn we must more or less replenish our wardrobes. The 
first snap of cold weather has already distinctly asserted itself, 
and nearly every post brings an appeal from one of the large 
shops, or a private dressmaker or milliner, asking for support 
as usual, so that workrooms may be maintained and the 
dread plague of unemployment not spread. Prices all round 
have certainly decreased-^of that there is no shadow of doubt — 
so that the shops are doing their best to conform to the heavy 
claims on every purse. Perhaps one of the strongest proofs 
of this was included in the contents of this morning's mail, 
when some sketches of the hats of a famous I-ondon milliner 
arrived. They one and all bore prices of amazing moderation, 
and it is safe' to prophesy that in ordinary times their cost 
would have been far higher. No one is inclined to wear vivid 
colours these days, and in not one single instance did the six 
small sketches offend. It is easy to see that black velvet will 
have it all its own charming way this cold-weather season, 
and few of us will grudge it its pride of place. Black velvet 
hats are universally becoming, and, moreover, they serve 
exceedingly well with the furs which will soon fall to our 
daily lot. " There is a certain type of hard winter hat which 
quarrels ceaselessly with our fur wraps, and quite undoes 
any softening effect they are able to impart. Velvet, on the 
contrary, never annoys in this way, and we can welcome the 
velvet hat in all its various shapes and guises. 
Besides the general subduing of colour the war influence 
shows itself in yet another way. Exaggerations of shape or 
trimming have almost completely vanished, judging by the 
same modistic guide ; and not many of us will regret the 
passing of their day. Erica. 
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