The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

celot Lowther, Lord Iansdales younger brother) watched eagerly the tiny mass of yellow feathers sitting in its iron dugout and newsboys who were shouting Good news from France and President Wilson's reply to the German note, paused in their vocifer- ations, in order to look at the tiny canary. don't know what happened
 to it eventually, but the crowd was
 just as thick when I left and the bird
 was still doing it's little pas seul ac-
 companied by feeble chirpings as
 turned away from the thrilling sight. I had a talk the other day with the Marchioness of Londonderry, who sis the commandant of the woman's land army in England, ana who is one of
 the few women of hIgn rank who is always to be seen iii ner neat kha ki uniform. Lady Londonderry Is a real hard worker and since 1915 has been an untiring and practical personality in the national advancement of wom : ems war work. She told me some thing concerning her early struggles | gainst the prejudices of officials and private persons who had little belief ! in the stability and vaIue of women's work on the land, q wrote two letters in February l1915, to the Times and to my great delight they were published in that newspaper" Lady Londonderry tola me HThey were both on the subjeoi /, of the employment or women on the l land, and look hack with considerable amusement when thiniS of the abus- i've signed and anonymous letters received after their publication.
 rThe impropriety of the idea H having womans land army was impressed upon me. From every side indignant women with early Victorian ideas asked i me what was to become of the health of these women, of their compilations, their figures. and their sense of duty to- wards their homes? In fact I was given I to understand from letters as well as
 from personal interviews that I was inn perilling the foundations of domestic life | and society by making the dangerous sug- gestions that I had set forth in my communications to the press,
 l Although perhaps few people realize l the facts of the case, we women of Eng, I land fought and won very severe bat l tie against prejudice and ignorance 1 three years ago. I am very proud wher l I look back now after a plentiful ant prosperous harvest that and the wemer associated with me stuck to our gun: | and came out victorious. don't thinl our complexipus are much impaired anf IT certainly do not think Anyena eoui( say that our physical health has beer endangered; in fact have seen hundred of women who before they took up lanl work were nervous, miserable Weaklings and who are now fine, healthy, whole Isome-minded women.
 "By the way, I will never forget tha lit is to America we owe our first grea encouragement, for Mir. and Mrs. West linghouse in the early days of our struggi sent over $s5,0o0 in donations to ou cause, while many tractors and farmini implements were sent to us from Chi eago and other cities"
 Lady Londonderry has just cause |
 be proud of her valiant army; even il London the land girl is a very conapiell ous member of our city's population. Il the early hours of the morning whel the market carts are returning from Co vent Garden after having delivered thei
 loads of vegetables pr flowers, the Ian girl can be seen stretched along the driy
 CTS broad seat, resting after her labors
 while the big, patient farm horses slowl
 lplod their way through the erowde
 streets scarcely needing any guidanc
 from the loosely held reins that fa
 lightly across their backs. These girl
 ! Of the land army are frequently exceed
 lingly attractive; they wear coarse whit
 llinen smoclSs over brooches of corduro.
 1 or heavy khaki, and their brown leathe
 boots fasten just below the knee. Thei
 slouched hats are of hrownish or whit
 l felt and they wear a band of green an
 an embroidered badge of red or gree
 tppon the left arm.
 Now that the cold weather has com