LAND AND WATER 
January 2, 1915 
THROUGH THE EYES 
OF A WOMAN 
Peace and C>ood Will 
WE are so often told that we are not an emotional 
race that we must accept the impeachment. 
We are, perhaps, apt to hide our deepest 
feelings beneath a somewhat stony exterior, 
and this, no doubt, gives a wrong impression 
to those of different temperament ; yet the most stoical 
among us find it hard work to pack up puddings and blankets 
for the Expeditionary Force without a heartache, and some- 
times the whole season seems full of irony. We continue to 
knit furiously, to attend " Tipperary " teas, and teach 
French, and we are all so occupied that jaded home-comers 
have thought once or twice that we were just a trifle callous 
or that we had failed to realise the havoc of war. That is 
utterly untrue, however ; only women, more than men, have 
to keep themselves going steadily if they are to carry on 
month after month. Christmas this year is not an easy 
time for us, yet the message of the festival is not drowned in 
the clamour, and every day makes it more evident that people 
are asking how individuals and nations can attain peace and 
make a reality of good will. War has sobered us in all sorts 
of ways ; it has swept the crude elements of vulgar osten- 
tation into limbo. Our clothes, our food, our mode of living, 
have changed in three months, and far beyond all mere 
externals we may set a value on the extraordinary interchange 
of ideas that the disloCiUion of our humdrum life has brought 
about. Reformers have preached in vain about high rents and 
wrong conditions, yet now the sadder interest in soldiers' 
and sailors' wives brings home to all kinds of minds the 
causes of discontent and despair. The different strata of 
society have been jumbled up together so thoroughly that 
life has been viewed from totally fresh standpoints, and it is 
evident that all the elements of friendship and good will are 
present in greater strength than ever. One can see the line 
of red tape thinning visibly beneath the friction of wholesome 
public opinion. "As it was and ever shall be," applies to 
divine precepts, and not to outworn human conventions. 
It is just as though the whole nation had wakened up to the 
prospect of greater evenness, of enlarged opportunities, of 
the pleasure of seeing the pleasure of others. It seems 
sometimes as though we had had to learn our lesson in one 
way or another. We have all quite imperceptibly been 
tarred with the brush of cupidity, and have accepted the 
man of wealth without the smallest questioning as to how 
the wealth was obtained. The Christmas message has taken 
on a new meaning for most of us; it has shown us that 
exploitation of weak members of society brings neither real 
wealth nor strength. We have a better standard by which 
to judge of individuals, as well as of nations, and " Peace on 
earth, good will towards men" seems to bt nearer realisation 
than it ever was. 
The Youni! Men !n France 
Letters from France— especially those from big bases— 
convmce us that one of the best pieces of work in the New 
Year will be the establishment of recreation huts in France. 
Nothing I can write can do better service than Lady 
Wimborne's letter to the Press, in which she says : " It is 
quite unnecessary to urge the vital importance of these 
centres of social life for our soldiers, who are massed under 
extremely trying conditions and are living arduous and 
strenuous lives in preparation for their active share in the 
great war now in progress. In England these huts are 
found to be the greatest boon, and are crowded at all hours 
by the men. They are very largely assisted by residents in 
the neighbourhood, who provide many of the comforts and 
necessary means for making these huts bright and happy 
social centres. In France the problem is 'more difficult 
whilst the needs are, if anything, more pressing and urgent' 
In that country there are not only the soldiers either going 
to or coming from the seat of war, but there are transport 
workers, men connected with the remounts, and lastly 
convalescents from the hospitals, whilst the English element 
so valuable at home is lacking." 
First, Lady Wimborne wants funds, and, secondly 
provisions for the canteens, strengthening food for con- 
valescents, mens garments, deck chairs, folding tables 
games, soap, towels, tobacco, pipes, handkerchiefs, songs' 
books, and fresh newspapers. That list shows us at a glance 
what It ah means. Thomas Atkins wants a home ; he wants 
somet ling that will comfort and help him. War and its 
attendant misery are going on so close at' hand that we are 
enabled to do something for those who are obliged to take 
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I How to help Tommy Atkins I 
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