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ATTITUDE OF THE COUNTRY

of the women has done more to further their cause than twenty years of agitation. Women, especially those who have lost husbands, sons, and sweethearts, are a much more potent factor in the country than the few noisy, flabby pacifists and mawkish sentimentalists.

In every way the country has changed. Such events as the Derby, Henley Regatta, County Cricket, Professional Football, have all gone — as jockeys, trainers, oarsmen, cricketers, and footballers are now occupied in more serious business, for which their former pursuits to a large extent fitted them. Even the face of the countryside is changed. New buildings, huts, and tents are everywhere. Here and there lumber

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