LIMITATIONS: State imposed limits

And when the Daylight Saving Bill was passed, the fowls obstinately refused to go to bed as usual, about nine o'clock in the summer-time.

WOMAN EMANCIPATION:

During the war women acquired social position because they worked to substitute men. When the conflict ended men wanted to return to their assignment but women desired to be recognised their emancipation. So it created a conflict between men’s and women’s point of view.

'Oh, well,' broke in March, 'we don't believe in living for nothing but work.'

'Don't you?' he answered. And again the quick young laugh came over his face. He kept his eyes steadily on the obscure woman in the corner.

'But what will you do when you've used up all your capital?' he said.

'Oh, I don't know,' answered March laconically. 'Hire ourselves out for land-workers, I suppose.'

'Yes, but there won't be any demand for women land-workers now the war's over,' said the youth.

FOOD: Even if Great Britain was one of the winners, at the end of the war inflation increased so were difficult to survive.

War conditions, again, were very unfavourable to poultry-keeping. Food was scarce and bad

He was gone. The captain, upset, took a gin and bitters. Henry managed to hire a bicycle. It was twelve o'clock when he left the camp. He had sixty miles of wet and muddy crossroads to ride. But he was in the saddle and down the road without a thought of food.

Banford flew into the village on her bicycle to try and buy food. She was a hospitable soul. But alas, in the year 1918 there was not much food to buy.

'There's no food. There's nothing here. You must wait a bit,' said Banford to them.

MONEY

She, however, was the principal investor, for March had little or no money.

'Why,' came March's vague voice, 'what do you want to waste your money for?'

'I thought it would be well spent,' said Banford.

'I wasn't thinking of anything except the way the wind was blowing,' said March.

'Oh dear,' replied Banford, 'I could have had as original thought as that myself. I'm afraid I have wasted my money this time