That the women of.the Empire are excellently organized in their war-work, and under able leaders, no one could doubt, after paying visits to the headquarters of the New Zealand Women's Association, the Austra-lion Women's Voluntary Service, the South African Voluntary Service and the Canadian Red Cross, Most of the women in these and various other groups attending to the welfare and comfort of troops, are living only temporarily in London.
Mrs. Jordan, wife of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, has spent three years in England and though she is glad to be over here &t this time, doing what she can in the way of extra war-work, she is naturally looking forward to returning to the Dominion when her husband's term of office is over. She and all her overseas friends have been very busy lately sending Christmas parcels to the Fighting Forces.
Mrs. Bruce, wife of the High Commissioner for Australia ard Mrs. Waterson, wife of the High Commissioner for South Africa, have also got through an enormous amount of work this month. All day long, women from their own parts of the Empire arrive at Australia House and South Africa House to see their leading countrywoman and hear how best they can play their parts in the war, The help they offer may be at heaven which appear to be out of place.
That recalls the small boy who wrote that Shakespeare was a very polite person because he often said "Go to" but didn't finish the sentence.
Page 49 brings us to wines. The lady knew her wines. She asks herself and answers questions about red port, white port, Lisbon, Madeira, sherry, tent wine, tokay, hock, rhenish, moselle, champagne, pontac, frontignae, muscatel, burgundy, claret, falernian, ' constantin, lachrymae Christi, hermitage, cote retie, rota, and shiraz.
It is done paradoxically, because on other pages she stresses the value of temperance! Here the Child's Fountain of Knowledge talks glowingly"of mountain, "a sweet, luscious Spanish white wine"; of burgundy, "a fine red wine"; and of frontignac and muscatel, ^the delicious productions of Languedoc."
And she tells of the enviable death of the Duke of Clarence, brother to Edward IV., who fell into a butt of Malmsey and was drowned!
Five pages later we come to Kit Marlowe, who was killed in a tavern brawl:
Q. What was his character?
A. He is said to have led a dissolute life and openly to have expressed infidel opinions. He was killed by a serving-man in a discreditable quarrel.
Garlic is "a bulbous root of an offensive smell and strong flavour, much eaten by the lower classes of the French, Spaniards, and Portuguese." But it has its uses, If it's
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