FRENCHWOMEN ON THE LAND.
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9
SIR,—One sees so many references to the admirable work which is being done by the Women's Land Army and kindred bodies that I am tempted to beg for a very small share of your space in which to pay a humble tribute to another Women's Land Army little known and rarely mentioned on this side of the Channel. I refer to the Army of Women who have, almost unaided, carried on the great agridultural industry of France with a courage and self- sacrifice which are beyond all praise. From dawn to dusk, year in, year out, in fair weather and foul, the women of France toil unceasingly with a methodical and relentless energy almost painful to witness. Who can measure the debt we owe to them ? They have earned the unstinted admiration of those of us who have seen them at their tasks, and they deserve the undying
gratitude of the civilized world.—I um, Sir, Sic., ON LEAVE.
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