LAND AND WATER 
Feb 
riiary 27, 1915 
THROUGH THE EYES OF A 
WOMAN 
(CoittinuiJ from page 314) 
(lood Work in BeUiiim 
When ci history of the war comes to be written it is quite 
likely that space may be foiuul for mention of Dr. Hector 
Munro and his gallant band of helpers. For a long time 
past this .Ambulance Corps has been doing splendid work in 
Ik'lgium. They have established centres at .\ntwerp and 
(Ihent, and after being forced to leave these places have now- 
made their headquart(>rs at iMirnes. The work is endless, 
and tile strain njion all concerned a heavy one, but the 
Corps is hourly reaping its reward. There is hardly a soldier 
amongst the .'\llies who has not heard of its fame, and many 
of them have already cause to bless the day when Dr. Munro 
and his staff took a hand in the hospital work abroad. 
Xumbers of wounded soldiers have been rescued from the 
liring line by one or another of the Corps' motor ambulances, 
manned bv plucky hclpsrs, and the rescue work has often 
been carried out under circumstances of great danger and 
difficultv. 
Amongst the members of the Corps is Lady Dorothie 
I'"eildiiig, one of Lord Denbigh's daughters. She is a pretty 
girl with an inlinity of pluck and courage, and apparently 
tireless. ]\\evvitnesses report that time alter time she has 
gone out under fire to bring in the wounded, and that she does 
not know the meaning of fear. It is a splendid reputation 
to have won. The last time I saw Lady Dorothie was at 
Ascot. She was watching the King and Queen drive away 
just before the last race, the first day of the meeting. She 
was very well dressed and very attractive to see, yet I do not 
doubt she has never been better suited than by the workman- 
like kit she is wearing at present while on her work of mercy 
and sorely needed help. 
The Discipline of W ar 
The cliance of the silver lining goes far towards making 
the blackest of clouds tolerable. It aj^peals to the ojitimism 
that is latent in every man, no matter how strenuously he 
may deny it. It would be hard for us all if we could snatch 
no gleam of comfort from the dread event which has over- 
whelmed humanity. Life would be well-nigh intolerable, all 
sacrifice vain, and the future a thing of no account. As a 
matter of happy fact, we can look with confidence upon the 
reverse side of the shield. We look forward to a future full 
of hope and promise, one in which values will have been 
readjusted and seen aright. It is the old story of the cleansing 
fire, and it is fortunate that it is so. Otherwise all things 
would resolve themselves into one gigantic puzzle, the 
answer to which was for ever missing. 
It is tills hope of the ultimate issues that is helping 
many a woman to face her life just now. In spite of all the 
activities into which we have plunged, in spite of our com- 
mittees, organisations, institutions, and schemes of a hundred 
and one descriptions, there is a terrible amount of time left 
for thinking. Women have the infinitely harder part of 
watching and waiting ; about that there is no shadow of 
doubt. The only thing to be done is to take a long and wide 
enough view — not to limit events to February of 1915, but 
to imagine what Februaries of succeeding years will be, 
when peace is restored ; and for the first time in most of our 
lives we realise what peace really means. In common with 
many things, it is in its absence we have grown to appre- 
ciate it, and the lesson could not have been learnt in any 
other way. 
Erica. 
SCOTTISH MOTOR AMBULANCES 
At Buckingham Palace on Wednesday H.M. the King inspected 
a number of motor ambulances which are being sent to the front by 
the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society. Parked in the 
Mall, the lone; string of cars looked very handsome and imposing, 
stpetching as they did from the Victoria Memorial to nearly half-way 
down the avenue. At the close of the in.spection the King, addressing 
Sir George Beatson, chairman of the Scottish branch, and other 
members who were present, said : — 
I cannot refrain from expressing my appreciation of this 
splendid gift which has come from Scotland. I assure you, 
gentlemen, I appreciate it very highly, and am quite sure it will 
be of the greatest service to our troops in France. I am glad to 
have this opportunity of expressing my warm thanks to you, and 
I can assure you that this inspection has afforded me the greatest 
interest and pleasure." 
The Scottish Branch of this Society has made the work a national 
one, all classes having subscribed. We think that a little more than 
the mere mention of the fact is due to the man to whom the Society 
owes the success of the movement and the raising of over ;^i40,ooo — 
no mean total. We refer to Mr. James Inglis Ker, J. P., whose 
unceasing efforts have made the scheme possible. 
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