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rail and April, 1934‘ , aim persons as Judges, pen 5 working in an election and er persons deemed by law as ompetent are not permitted vote. 1 he right to vote in Ontario tions is known as Universal nchise. To be a good sub- , the Canadian must not y be obedient to laws, but st actively participate in the erning of his country by vot- wisely and intelligently, and knowing and appreciating work and method of govern» t; thus only n he fulfil civic responsilb . Lu/ws at each and every individual, each and everyone has a To in choosing what laws ll be made; and which by c- and intelligent voting 5 him to meet the responsiâ€" ‘es imposed upon a citizen a democratic government. permit for Instructing Girls in Household Science ’e are pleased to be able to ounce that the Institutes nch will be prepared to pro- ~ instructors for a larger bar of cenh'es in each coun- nd district during 1934. A am has been sent to the of of all Women’s Institutes were asked to bring the 9 up for discussion at either Mandi or April meeting of branch with a view to se- 'ng the can-operation of the hers in inducing m‘rls to advantage ofthe instruc- and to send the names and resses of girls who would ‘ibly take advantage of the m'tunity to the Agricultural resantative for the district cernedr he program includes Family and Meats. judging Costumes and Methods of ewing tears, worn places holes by the darning hod. Each girl will be re- 1- to do practical work in ing. Then in House Fur- ing, Kitchen Plans with pos- lities in labor saving con- icnces and attractiveness will onsidered. Each person who es advantage of the coaching 525 will be furnished with able literature on nutrition will be presented with a t chart with accompanying s. irls who take advantage of coaching classes will be fur- ed with material instructing how to carry on various acts. including Clothing. d. Home Beautification, and dening and Canning n interesting {mture in the 1 m is the county judging petition. We wish to remind Institute offioers, however, the purpose of the whole rtaking is instruction which be of lasting worth, and not w. ration for judging compe- ns. While we appreciate the nee which the Institutes - rendered in providing suit- prizcs for judging compe- ns in each of the counties. rust that no assessment will ade on the individual mem- to raise funds for this or other purpose. The general lotions provided for mem- ilp in the Women's Insti- s and the privilege to take ntmge at the services avail- through the Department. out being assessed more Twenty-five lGents per If it is found desirable to - funds lbeyond the memberâ€" 596, this should be done out taking up collections to h each member will be ex« "-u to contribute, or making ssesement. HOME and COUNTRY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VALUE OF A - GARDEN By Mrs. John Hamilton Shearer, Poole, Ont. Why bother with a garden when you can get fresh fruits and vegetables at the market and in the store all the year roundl These people who "do not bother" with a garden never know the real taste and flavour of fresh vegetables, they never know the saving in dollars and cents, they never know the health and happiness they miss, and what is still more serious, they do not know that they are not being honest with their children. If Canada maintains or improves her present standards of health and efficiency, our homes will have to awaken to a sense of their responsibility to their children. There need be few or no children in our country who are not physically fit and men- tally nnd morally sownd, for, when a child has a well developed and wellâ€"functioning body, the problem of being pure and honest In all things is more than half solval. A child with a sound body has a one hundred per cent. chance of becoming a worth- while man or woman with good mind and clear morals, provided the parents understand how to train him or her to make deci7 sions; and to respect the rights of others. Physically fit chilâ€" dren are the product of intellectual understanding of their needs, strength or weaknesses, and an honest effort to meet sunely and intelligently the needs, to maintain the strength and to overcome the weaknesses, ‘by use of proper foods and care, to administer which one must of necessity devote time and thought to the subject, and then make the application. Farmers who are a credit to their profession are the ones who have devoted, and are still devoting, time, energy and thought to a study of the ancestry of each individual animal or fowl; to the production and procuring of the proper foods to develop their bodies, and to the training of these animals or fowls. so that they may secure the best record of performance at the least cost. Some farmers have made a study of the effects which different types of music have produced upon thin stock and have installed radios in their barns; but no loud music or jazz is permitted in these barns. We are proud of the men and women who are doing these things because through them they are raising the standing of our country among the other nations of the world, and we will be much prouder of them when they are applying these same principles to the de- velopment of their children. What is more pathetic than to see a father displaying a fine herd of cattle, while one or more poorly developed and untrained children stand beside him! We are being awakened, in too many cases rudely awakened to the fact that all is not well in our homes; there are doctor and dentist bills, grocery, vegetable, fruit, and meat bills to be met regularly, and yet we are not healthy or happy; there is a restlessness, a constant wanting something or to go some place, and in their quest for that "Smoothing" our children are grow- ing away from home and parents, oftentimes bringing about other problems such as idleness, wrong-doing, increased taxa- tion. etc. The progressive parents of toâ€"day are studying these prob- lems and in many cases are meeting with a commendable amount of success, Step by step they are working toward a solution and toward a prevention of these undesirable condi» tions in the homes and in the community. They find that health saves those doctor‘s bills and promote happiness; health comes largely through proper food and wise feeding; proper food and wise feeding can be attained most economically by producing our own supplies; therefore, it is evident that it is a paying proposition, “to bother with a. garden". To those who have reached the stage of thinking that "per- haps a garden may help", the following food budget may be a guide. This budget, which is for one person, covers only that period of the year when we have to depend upon our'canned and stored vegetables, namely from October first until June first, a period of thirty~five weeks, and. allows one half cup for each serving: CANNED VEGETABLESâ€" Amount per person Tomatoesâ€"four times a week Peasâ€"once a week Beansâ€"twice a we 8 Cornâ€"once a week 9 Spinach or Chardâ€"once a week 2 Okra ..... Asparagus 9 ” STORED VEGETABLESâ€" Carrotsâ€"once a. week 35â€"5" long. Beetsâ€"once a week .. . 35â€"3” in diameter Cabbageâ€"twice a week for 17 weeks 8 medium Onions . 105 Squash . 2 large Cauliflowerâ€"for twelve weeks 6 medium Celeryâ€"for twelve weeks . 12 bunches Parsnips 20 _ Beans (D ed) 1. pint. Potatoes 45 medium dz large The work of growing, canning and storing this amount of food for a family of five or more persons may seem to be large task. but it is not all done at once. It begins in the fall when the fertilizer is scattered and the ground ploughed that the frost may do its part; than in the winter, With the aid of “seed cata- logues” we plan our crop and select the seeds _we need to supple- ment those We grew last year. Next, the spring culmination and the planting of the early garden. How eager the children, as Well as the parents, are to get the first seeds into that spot - ' nd warms the soil so early and how we where the SW“! dries a ,Inddenfly we keep watch every day to see "if they are up!" keep poking among the flowers, too, looking {or thr r'rU'u- Ur snowdrop or "what comes next", All the while wr- arr- getting the rest of the garden planted, (nice even row», eight n l‘l'l!" apart so that the scufllcr may help with the :Ilmxt. a» weather and soil conditions permit. This is probably the time when our garden can do it- (WM. effective work in promoting a real undt ' nvling hum-wen parents and children. It is Our gardenâ€"paran 1h Hfihlilr part- ners and children the junior partners, each with hi, and hr-r own responsibility and each with hi and her own shaft of the work, all necessary to make a suc ‘ful whole, nut each a plot by himself or herself, but Our garden, where all work and all how- an interest which must fit into the interest of the when, The weeding, thinning and staking, etc, in come- in ll. turn, so does the gathering, the eating, the canning, and ill: storing, and before we realize that summer has gone we an taking our friends to the cellar to >l10\‘-' them nur fowl ~u]:]llll' instead of to the garden. A garden which means all thi" and far more m a family of six adults and two children, besims gifts of gar] prmlu/JL: to neighbours and friends, is 125 feet long and 80 font wivlo rnonh sloping because they have no choice in this), It px'rn'l'lla- an abundant supply of all the vegetable listed in the budget, ’ u ll as cucumbers, parsley, mint, sage, dill, broad \Vinrl-ny heanu lima beans.‘brussels Sprouts, Coleâ€"Rabi and rhubarb. There . I: also three apple trees, one pear tree and one elm tr â€" in 1hr- garden. The flower garden adjoins this gardv: ; no, - not a perennial border, just a flower garden when. onnual-, peren- nials, shrubs and wild flowers grow and gladden the pa. by as well as the neighbours and family; yet, and it p1 many a family discussion and alwavs someone has to yield to the majority. There are many such gardens, with even a better record of production than this one to be found throughout Ontario, but, alas, there are in this same Ontario thousands of farm and ril- lage homes where there are children and no gardens A YOUNG WOMAN’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS The word accomplishment means an acquirement or attain~ ment that tends to perfect or equip in character, manner or person. Real advancement is measured by the number of fact: and principles thoroughly mastered, and so made our own that we can at any time call them up and utilize them. Let our motto be “few and thorough" rather than many and superficial. A prominent American educator has said that everyone <houlrl learn “something about everything and everything about thing”, which means that we should get an outline knowl as many subjects as possible but should completely master one department. As there are a number of soâ€"culled accomplishments such as art, song, music, literature, teaching, ho keeping. etc, we must confine ourselves to one or two, Doubt] . we will agree to the chief one for each of us here being made y of the an of home<malcingz If we use accomplishments as Bid: in making others happy, their social value will be multiplied. What shall the young Woman do with her time? I am speak, ing now of the young woman at home. Says Beverly Warner, “A young girl oughtto make herself as attractive as pt? 19. She ought to enhance every charm the good God has given her, but she ought along with this to remember that the true charm of womanth is not in being able to do many things, but in the de» velopment of character.” With a mistaken view of this subject, we have girls from finishing schools who paint badly, not being artists, and who per- form on the piano poorly. not being musician It is indisputable that an honest kindline in manner is a most valuable asset in life, extending the influence of the indi- vidual and his power for good, Too many of our girls mistake superficial formality for real polis A courteous cultivated manner is greatly to be desired in all men and women, but let us look Well to a commonsense vierw of it. Many of our ladies’ colâ€" leges have roused to this fact, and more young women leave with an aim in life. In this connection, it may well be said that the knowledge to be attained in Macdonald Institute is of mach practical value, dealing as it does with the first principles of housekeeping, that the student may not only learn what other cultivated Women do, but she is given opportunity to become proficient in some line of work, and if needs be self-supporting. “That knowledge is of most worth to woman which emanci- pates her from dependence, either on her friends or fortune, and tumbles her, with calm courage, to face life, if need be, alone: which acquaints her with her own nature and the laws by which it is governed, and reveals to her the path to the highest perfec- tion of all her powers.” It is a beautiful achievement to build a true h0me~an im- mortal achievement. The home life is the strong spiritual level by which men are lifted heavenward. Take this away or turn it to the mere uses of extravagance, show and folly, and that power is gone All religion which is taught outside of home with- out the existence of a religious life in the household, is like the apples of the Dead Seaâ€"beautiful to the sight, it may be, but ashes within. If this is true, then woman’s greatest accomplish- ment is being a perfect homemaker. Notice, not merely house» keeper, but much more than that! We can much better atford to be ignorant of things above, beneath and around us, or of the arts and languages than to be unacquainted with this body which we inhabit, which Ls indeed "fear-fully and wonderfully made" and of this spiritual nature which is "opened to the infinite and destined to the eternal". Sciences that centre in or relate to the body and to physical health,â€"phsiology, hygiene, chemistry in its relation to food and drinkâ€"are as essential to every woman as the knowledge of navigation to the sailor.