November 14, 1914 
LAND AND \\' A T E R 
THROUGH THE EYES 
OF A WOMAN 
Comfort and Discomfort 
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A BRIEF retrospect of the hundred days since war 
began shows what wonderful things can be 
achieved when the heart of the nation is touched. 
If we remember the few committee meetings 
and sewing parties that inaugurated the women's 
work for the nation, and see the vast machinery that has 
developed so rapidly, we can say, without fear of contra- 
diction, that women, as well as men, have borne willingly 
some of the burden imposed by war. When the new and 
great Army came into being in a night its simplest require- 
ments made an instant appeal to our mothering instincts. 
Nobody cavilled, or criticised, or spoke in a detached way of 
the duty of Government and so on ; instead of that, a 
great resolution seemed to be made quite spontaneously that 
the Executive of the Empire should have immediate and 
disinterested support in its almost superhuman task. From 
small beginnings have come the great undertakings in London 
and the provinces ; the men in the services, the unemployed 
workers, the professional classes, who, perhaps more than 
all others, are affected by the dislocation of civil life, are all 
being cared for by some agency. England, always " rich 
in human sympathies," aided by the generous help of the 
Greater Empire, seems to have received a deep impulse to- 
wards an idealism of brotherhood, which will surely last into 
the future — long after the last sound of war has died away. 
Just a few days ago a small paragraph appeared in a 
daily paper appealing for warm clothing for recruits at a 
certain depot. Within a week the whole requirements had 
been sent in , socks, shirts, belts and underwear, books. 
'baccy and pipes, all the hundred and one little odds and 
ends that humanise and help, had reached their destination, 
and soldiers knew that somebody had taken a little trouble 
about their well-being. The aim and object of us all must he to 
co-ordinate our efforts so that we do not make " meal of one 
and malt of the other," to use a homely simile, and as the 
weeks go by it is comforting to notice how well the various 
committees are endeavouring to define the scope and locality 
of their individual schemes and to co-operate with each other. 
The Field Force Fund 
With Lady French and the Duchess of Portland's names 
to head the list of the executive, the Field Force Fund has 
come into action again. Many of us remember its fine 
services in the South African War, when it secured the delivery 
of parcels to the troops at the front. During one year nearly 
two hundred and thirty-seven thousand parcels went out to 
the men. It was a fine effort to relieve the powers that be 
in a gigantic task, and to this end it is working again. 
There is no desire to interfere with or limit the various 
activities now at work ; it is merely an endeavour to bring 
all agencies into one line, to make sure that provision is 
made for everv unit in the field and that wastage is avoided. 
Mrs. William Sclater, who organised the work for South Africa, 
has consented t(i become honorary secretary, and anybody 
who is anxious to know of the requirements of ihe Field 
Force Fimd will receive full information from her at 5j Gros- 
venor Street, London, W., care of Lady Henry Bentinck. 
Cleanliness is the God-like essential of health. We 
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We cannot all go out to fight, but we can = 
all do something to help our soldiers who ^ 
are fighting our battles and defending the ^ 
honour of ournative land, and in this way ^ 
contribute to their well-being and efficiency S 
SEND HIM A FLASK OF I 
HORLICK S I 
MALTED MILK TABLETS I 
Invaluable to a soldier 
in the field and most 
efficient in relieving 
hunger and thirst 
and preventing fatigue. 
We will send post free to any 
address a flask of thesedelicious 
and sustaining food tablets and 
a neat vest pocket case on 
receipt of 1/6. If the man is at 
the front, be particular to give 
his name, regimental number, 
regiment, brigade and division. 
of all chemists anH Stores, in con- 
venient j)ocket t1 isks, 1/- each. 
Larger sizes, 1.6, Z/S and 11/- 
/. iberal Sample icnt fosl jut for Jd. in stamps. ^Z 
HORLICK'S MALTED MILK Co., = 
SLOUGH, BUCKS. = 
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A hot bath after marching or any 
form of vigorous exercise is the best 
preventive against either cold or 
stiffness. 
The Gas Water-Heater supplies 
the bath with plentiful hot water at the 
shortest notice ; there is no risk of 
getting chilled through having to wait. 
A Gas Fire is a further safeguard ; 
it needs no preparation and makes no 
work. 
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