LAND AND WATER 
And if we may judge More About Book, 
March 6, 191 5 
here and arc working in this country. -- - 
No rival to the Camps Lending L^^;-^>, Jlil^Ji^Xl^" 
the VV^r library, which -^-^gf ^^u^^^^^^^^^ 
Marble Arch^ London. _ To ^his address^ ^^y^^^ ^^ ^.^^ ^^^^ 
wounded soldiers. 11 is iu i".=. '"", '^^^u" t^ev agree in their 
between the two libraries hes^ Though ney ^ .^ ^^ 
And. request for as many books as possible, ttnirj^^ P ^^^^.^^ 
from the Secretary- 
of the War 
Library's letter, 
thev supply the 
sick, while the 
Camps Library 
supplies the strong. 
The War Library 
appeals for maga- 
zines as well as for 
books, and hopes 
that these will be 
forthcoming as 
quickly as possible 
in view of the large 
number of wounded 
now being brought 
to England. The 
importance of the 
part cheerful books 
and magazines play 
in a soldier's con- 
valescence can be 
gauged from a 
letter written by 
Sir Arthur Sloggett, 
Director - General, 
Medical Army Ser- 
vice, referring to 
the Library's work. 
In it he says : " We 
shall be only too 
glad officially to 
recognise the gener- 
ous efforts which 
you are prepared to 
make in collecting 
and supplying 
literature for the 
hospitals." As a 
matter of fact, this 
work was started 
in August, since 
which time hos- 
pitals in France, as 
well as in Great 
Britain, have re- 
ceived a number 
of books. In com- 
mon with many 
THE NEW LADY LONDONDERRY CcpyrigM, Madanu unu Ckariet things, however, it 
Who h«i •■ggeited women working on the land while (he men ere at the front. is one thing to start 
She it Colond-in-Chiel of that much ditcaued body, the Women't Volunteer Reserve ^ g^^^ ^^j-j^ ^^^ 
another to maintain it. It is with the latter effort that 
the crux of the matter Ues, and it is everybody's business to 
help if they can in one degree or another. 
widely discussed that there are few words left to say about 
^ lL?S^of long, full coats we are invited to consider 
short cut-away models verging towards bolero type, 
greatest change of 
all, we are told that 
bare throats must 
not be seen during 
the daytime. Those 
of us wlio ha\e 
groN^Ti attached to 
the collarless blouse 
and its feeling of 
freedom and com- 
fort will no doubt 
dislike this new 
fashion intensely. 
Still, tlie possibility 
is that in the short- 
est while from now 
we shall all be 
swathed up round 
the throat in 
mummy-1 i k e 
fashion. The turn 
of the year and the 
approach of spring 
with— it is to be 
hoped — sunshine 
makes clothes-buy- 
ing a necessity, and 
we shall assuredly 
exchange old lamps 
for new. 
The Teaching of 
New Trades 
Whatever may 
happen in the im- 
mediate future, 
when brighter days 
should certainly 
dawn, the past few 
months have not 
been easy ones for 
London dress- 
makers and their 
workroom staffs. It 
is difficult, indeed, 
to know what many 
of the girls would 
have done if the 
Queen's " Work for 
Women " Fund had 
not come to the 
rescue in %ery prac- 
tical fashion. With 
the aid of the 
Central Committee 
on Women's Employment numbers of dressmakers have secured 
work which has literally saved them from starvation. They 
have become flannel-belt makers.shirt makers, and sock makers, 
and have learnt their new trade in remarkably quick time. 
Forty girls are now working full time at the Committee's 
Test Workroom in Piccadilly and over seven thousand are 
being employed on a large War Office contract for regulation 
shirts for the Army. It is not an easy thing to learn a new 
trade in a Umited space of time, and at first, from aU accounts, 
the organisers of the work had a very difficult task. They 
were absolutely determined, however, to make the scheme a 
success, and were never daunted. An excellent system of 
dividing the work was adopted. It was soon found that 
while one girl was good at sleeves another was expert at 
button-holing. Each girl, therefore, was set to do the task 
at which she was best, and shirts have often been the work 
of four or five pairs of hands in consequence. Sock-making, 
again, under the Committee's guidance has become a great 
industry. A contract for over two million pairs of socks has 
been undertaken, and it is estimated that through it over 
twelve hundred women will be employed weekly till July. 
The spectre of unemployment amongst women is a very real 
one, but methods s\ich as these will do everything to lay it. 
For the big idea of employment — not charity— is the motive 
underlying all appeals on behalf of the Queen's Fund. 
In the South of France 
The Allies have much in their favour, and not least is 
the fact that the Riviera will be at the service of all the 
wounded soldiers who can manage to be sent there. Even 
the shortest while of bright Riviera sunshine is the best tonic 
known to man. A feeling of health comes with the first 
glimpse of blue sea, bluer sky, and the golden fruit of the 
orange groves. Life is not without its compensations after 
all. This morning's mail brought a letter from the manage- 
ment of a Nice hotel enlarging upon the advantages of the 
Sunny South at this time of year. Chief amongst them was 
the fact that the season would be " Germanless." The 
Teuton and the C6te d'Azur go together remarkably badly, 
and nothing spoilt Monte Carlo so much as the German host 
it attracted year after year. 
This German invasion spelt the fashionable doom of the 
Principality. Every French hotel proprietor recognises this, 
and several in the past took steps to stem the German 
tide, following the example of the brilliant Parisian who 
can make or mar the fortune of a town at will. 
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