Jubilee Commemoration Having no use for jubilees, and still less
for banners, I regarded with a little scorn the invitation of my own parish council to attend a meeting called " in order to discuss the most appropriate way of celebrating," &c., 8c. But later I received a second invitation, and at the same time a report of some proposals to commemorate May 6th not by waving flags or letting off Roman candles, but by taking over certain areas Of common land, hitherto grossly neglected, in order to put them in order and preserve them decently for the future. This changed my attitude, since I believe that the only sensible way of celebrating is by commemoration and, if possible, by the preservation or establishment of natural beauties. I have since discovered that the Council for the Preservation of Rural England is advocating these same methods of commemoration. Encouraged by recent experiments and work in Derbyshire, the Council is now also taking steps to appoint Countryside Wardens, voluntary workers whose business it will be to en- deavour to preserve the amenities of the countryside not only for those who visit it once a week or once a year, but for tto3e who happen to live in it. A booklet on the subject has been issued, so that all who are more interested in trees and fields than in banners and fireworks and who are anxious to preserve their countryside from the adventures of so-called " country- lovers," would do well to write to the Secretary for a copy.
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