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LAiND & WATbR December 7, 191b 
<* Town and Country ^ 
THKRI-: is no aspect" of munition work in vvlncU the 
Kiiii:; and pn.rn are more interested than the weUare 
side. Her' Majesty is of a practical nature, and she 
has shown active sympathy in mikint; tlic hte of tlie 
10 ler easier. There has been a good deal of rebuilding on 
the Koyal estates u\ recent years, and the style of the new 
homes for the workinv; e!asse> that have been erected is in 
i%ery way a model of their kind. 
In order to extend tiie essential duty of })rovidinf,' huts, 
hostels, rest-rooms and canteens for women wartime workers, 
mainly in munition areas, the Vount; Women's Christian 
Association, o( which Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra are 
l)atrons, is orii.misiiif; a Women s*l^ay for Tuesday, February 
27th, for Greater London, with subsequent dates for the whole 
of Great Britain and the overseas dominions. 
There appears to be stuncthin},' unhealthy about that plot 
of grass next (iwyd\r house in Wliitehall. James II, was 
moved on at the time of King Edward s Coronation, and now 
Lord Clive has followed suit. This last move points to an 
endeavour of tlu' authorities to find more suitable positions for 
London s statues. The Duke of Devonshire is entirely out 
of place in Whitehall Gardens ; a site might easily have been 
found near the Palace of Westminster. 
Sir John Collie, who has recently written on the trcainieiil 
of the neurasthenic, has had an" exceptional experience of 
this form of malady. He is the recognised authority on 
♦nalingering which not seldom is the direct outcome of 
neurasthenia in .some shape or other. A most kind-hearted 
man, with a brusque and almost ferocious manner, he was 
l\v: terror of the workshv, and the stories he can tell of his 
diagnosis of this form of complaint are most amusing. Since 
the war began, he placed his services at the disposal of the 
country and has done splendid work in various direction i. 
He is now an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, 
The President of the Board of Agriculture is again calling 
attention to the urgent need that exists for the assistance of 
women, not already connected with agricultural intluslr> , 
111 the work that is required for loud production on the land, 
and to replace agricultural labourers who have been called up 
for inilitar\' svrrvice. Educated women, we are told, are 
especially iiivited to offer thi'ir services, and short courses of 
training can be provided for them. ' 
Hut the Board ot .V^ricultun- app mis lo ignore tin fact that 
only this summer many educated women did oiler their 
services to agrictilture and were ignominiously turned down 
by farmers without a trial, simply becau-e they were educate 1. 
The whole subject has been ])laye<l with hitherto, and the 
women have been band ed between farms and Whitehall in 
a most humiliating manner. If there is tiulh in tliis need, 
it is high time Lord Crawford si)uld deal seri(msly with 
the subject, and make such arrangements that suitable ' 
women, whether educated or town-bred, shall be provided 
with suitable employment, or at least be given an honest trial. 
The Hackney Horse Society hol<l> its annual show at tlu- 
.\gricuhural Hall at the beginning of .March, Hackney- 
are more in demand than ever, and tin it have been several 
buyers over here recently from frieiidK nation-- on the 
Continent on the look out for good sires. 
For some months Mr, Muirhead I'.oni' has been engagiil 
as a commissioned officer in the British army in France making 
drawings of places and incidents in the war for permanent 
record in the British Museum. Keproductions of some of 
these drawings are to be published (by authority of the War 
Office) in monthly parts, with appropriate letterpress. The 
first is appearing early this month with a preface by Sir 
Douglas Haig. Mr, Bone is an artist of international repnta 
tion whose drawings perhaps are better known a'lroad. 
I was an unwitting listener the olher day of a disciissicn 
between two Australian men in khaki on the merits of Au^- 
tralian and British hospitals. Said one : " Some of our out- 
laws have run against the discipline of British hospitals and 
iConiinueii tm j^a'^r (■li^ 
"Che DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME 
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I'JAUGHTER of JjouisXVL and Marie Antoinette, when a visitor 
to London in the larlvi days of the la«t century, made her 
home at " Orillon's Hotel," a house very popular with the 
aristocracy of the perind. Here she held many famous receptions. 
Occupying the sann- spot and i atering for " the Quality " of today — 
as repre»onte<l by the Ix-st County Families; — stands the Coburji 
Hotel 
/~J N a site which jl•il'^ llu- two iimsi ari>l()(i.un nud historical 
^"^ squares in ]..ondun — Kerkeley and Urosveiior Squuies — it.s 
situation is unique. Away from the rn.sh of traffic, it is yet adjacent 
to Oxford, KogenI and Uond Streets, near Hyde Park, and within 
ten minutes of the Karth-sl West end Playhouse. 
'T' HE Coburg ha» a rarhrl all il« own, which appeals to Na\al and 
Military OfJiiers, who in their hotel environment seek ii 
quietude not always possible in large carav;insarips. 
The 
COBURG 
HOTEL 
Mavfair 
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fiirty mt' >""tioii ut ticcnn, minhilmn rrjiuttfti ihniiiff ihi t'ttr't.^tinnfi 
ll'itidaij' 
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THE 
COST of LIVING REDUCED 
DURING THE WAR 
Exceptional inclusive terms to 
RESIDENTS and OFFICERS. 
SUITES and BEDROOMS 
Wl 
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PRIVATE BATHROOMS. 
Telephone: GERRARD 60, ./^Pply, MANAGER, 
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