THE LANDSWOMAN
December, I 9 I 8
Competitions
When I First put this Uniform on
First Prize
HEN T first put this uniform on,
I said, as I looked in the glass,
That I was ridiculous,
Much too conspicuous,
My figure'~. not made for a Lass.
Now my logs feel so easy and free,
I'm as happy as happy c~tu be,
For the breeches and smocks,
More than ga.yeso silk frocks,
Are pleasant Ior a ll eyes to see.
This should be insist·"d upon
When recruits put the uniform on.
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They said when they got us to join :
" It is time that e.wh girl did her bit,
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.By combining duty
TogPther with beauty
And putting on Land Army kit."
All can see that to work in a skirt
Is to gather up mn.sses of dirt,
But the leggings and breeches
And smock t.hat just reaches
To knee, why no weath8r can hurt.
And all figures this uniform suitsA fact they should tell their recruit~.
Ringmer Dep6t, E. Sussex
(lp~tairs
in the gloom of her chamber
She dons them, tbose wonderful things,
And as she reflects in the mirror
H er heart with glad joyousn~'ss sings.
She is sure she will never be sorry
For wearing such garments as these;
But, alas, for her rride in appearance,
She has yet to be brought to her knoes.
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Next day at the long dining table
There were visitors, two of them , there:
One was the Iarmer·s fine brother,
The other, a young minister fair.
I must tell you so me more of the fam ily,
There were Hcrbert, and 1\illie, age d
five,
Two v<.ry enjoyable bwthers,
Both as sharp as a wel]-polished scythe.
The dinner was nic:ely progressi ng,
The talk flowing easy and freE>,
vVhPn," Mi ss vVa.lker'~ a man!" shouted
Willie.
·• I'm off under the table to see.''
Imagine the poor blus hing Land Gir1,
fl:er henrt is quite robhed of it" joy.
How she lvtl es the old breP-c hes and
leggings,
All because of that misc·. hievous boy.
Could you have looked happy, I ask yo" ,
With a bov who was ''going t.o sec" ?
And what made it a thousand t.im"s hardn·,
That poor blushing Land Girl was J\fE.
Potato Gang at Puttingham.
In leas than 6 weeks picked
100 Acres of Potatoes
Second Prize
lST to the voice oi th e Land Girl
Telling of what she has done,
When she put on her nt'w boots and leggings
And found it was not all such fuu.
PHILLIPA VVALKEn.
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Of course, there were · other things with thP-m,
An ovemll, snowy and trim,
To say nothing of corduroy breecht>s,
And a hat with a bendable brim.
NOTICE
S
OME members of the Land Army have travelled by railway
without a voucher and without the permission of the County
Secretary, or anyone in authority.
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The attention of members of the Land Army IS called to the
fact that the Department will not pay these fares, and that the
railway companies are authorised to take the usual proce~dl!lgs
against any L.A.A.G. who travels without a voucher or without
paying her own fare.