An Ashridge Party
Far be it from me in this place, though I have the highest admiration for Sir Bernard Paget, to enter into the polemics of the Ashridge affair, but it is worth while to call attention to one incident in the most beneficent activities of the place. Some fifty-odd American farmers staying there desired to see something intimate of village life. Happily one of the lovelier villages, Little Gaddesden, is juxtaposed and is nosy the head- quarters of the Village Produce Association. The members at once threw a party, with American and English country dances and a display of produce, which included several local wines and preserves. A local farmer presided at a quiz between a team of Americans and villagers. It is a liberal education just to visit this district, so rich is the country in trees and commonland, so serene and old English the villages. What is best in Hens and Bucks join there and might stand for a picture of rural England at its best.
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