LAND AND WATER 
November 21, 1914 
THROUGH THE EYES OF A 
WOMAN 
(Continued /row page 90) 
are forgotten. They seem to belong to peace times, yet 
their stock-in-trade is often their sole investment and their 
dividends are in the purchases made from them. With the 
end of the year those who can do so will perhaps remember 
these clever workers, who want no relief excepting that 
which comes from the ordinary course of daily business. 
Women at Work 
There is much that is beautiful and a great deal that is 
very interesting in the annual exhibition at the Maddox 
Street Galleries, organised by the " Englishwoman." The 
diversities of gifts come out strikingly. One woman finds 
her interest in life and her source of income in delicate pencil 
portraiture, and another is as deeply thrilled by the possi- 
bilities of modern upholstery and economical home-making. 
There is something no doubt to be said for the isolated way 
in which so many women work. Each has her group of 
patrons and her own atelier ; she is the " master of her 
fate," which is pleasant, but sometimes it would seem as 
though a great deal more might be done in a collective kind 
of way. Several of the clubs have permanent exhibitions of 
the work of their members, and a ten-days' show like that 
brought together by the " Englishwoman " not only gives 
the public an idea of the scope of woman's work but puts it 
into touch with the workers. The. difficulty so often before 
us is how to find out a clever craftswoman. The march of 
time certainly shows a great improvement in the standard of 
work ; the interesting amateur no longer finds herself 
particularly sought after unless she brings her performance 
up to a high commercial level, and the cloak of originality is 
no longer allowed to cover picturesque bungling Jewellery 
— that most primitive of all arts — is well represented by 
half a dozen workers. The delicate figure enamels of Miss 
Isaac and the exhibit of Miss Tause and Miss Woodward are 
all good, and it is the kind of work for which women seem to 
be particularly fitted, for they understand what others of 
their own sex prefer in the way of decoration. 
The Cullompton weavers ought to be encouraged for 
they employ soldiers and sailors who have been invalided, 
and they are glad of orders for woollens for the 
Army and Navy, or for their tweeds and linens, and 
knitted coats and jerseys. The " Somerset " weavers 
show a loom and a whole variety of beautiful homespuns 
with blouse silks to match. They employ numbers of 
girls at Clevedon, Somerset, but here again the drain of war 
is having its influence in lessened orders. " Certainly," as 
an officer wrote home from France this week, " we see the 
necessity for keeping the normal home life of a country 
going as much as is possible," and if this is so then he gives 
twice who gives his money to those places where employment 
is assisting to maintain village life and industry. One 
of the best " comforts " ever brought out is made at Clevedon, 
and consists of a scarf and hood of soft wool, very light and 
practical, just the kind of thing for the cold that is coming 
down from the north-east to our men at the front. Of 
village industries one of the most successful is the inlaid 
veneer woodwork of Captain Palmes, of Cromer. The colours 
are natural and have that translucent appearance that gives 
such delicacy to the work. There is a kind of Renaissance of 
toy-making all over England, but long before the present 
vogue arose Miss Heaton, of Trefnant, was making toys in 
the Vale of Clwyd ; and hers is no small effort, but a business- 
like undertaking that has put the results upon the market 
so that they may be bought at the stores or at Derry & Toms 
and at Selfridge's. Erica. 
The Austin Motor Co. (19I4)> Ltd., have been successiul in 
securing some large contracts from the Allied Governments. The 
orders referred to, coupled with the satisfactory reports concerning 
the behaviour of the lorries now in use by the AlUed Forces, confirm 
the appreciation already expressed by private owners as to the 
efficiency of the vehicles constructed by this company. 
At the Loru iviayor's Banquet, which was held at the Guildhall 
:m the gth instant, where about one thousand people were present, 
hJollinger 1906 Vintage was one of the champagnes used. 
The Cardinal Publishing Co., of 3 Wine OflSce Court, London, E.C., 
have just issued their No. i of " War Hero Portraits " from the 
original copperplate etchings by WilUam Renison. One of these will 
be found as a frontispiece to Land and Water this week. The price 
is 3d. each, or is. 6d. the set of six. 
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