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olume 1 (IIâ€".‘c ESTERN PROVINCES HAVE ORGANIZED NEW INSTITUTE PROJECTS Improve Health Facilities and Education The Dominion Publicity Secretary, hrs. J. F. Price, reports that the In- itutes of the western provinces have ‘tiated many new enterprises and .- ogrammes. British Columbia The Queen Alexandria Solarium at ictoria, the only one of its kind in goods started by the Women’s Inâ€" it‘utes, has been receiving a vgood eal of help lately. Royal ak . I. . collecting $2,500 to buy an Xâ€"ray ml many branches have raised oney and bad food showers for it. e W.I. 0thoa Scott $10,000 endow- ent fund for crippled children has ow reached $4,770.83. Alberta. Help to needy mothers includes the istribution of 65 “mothers' bundles," ese including confinement necessi- ies and babies’ clothes. Sexsmith, : the Peace River district, runs a. aternity home, and Grande Prairie ersuaded the Town Council to pro- ‘de a home for expectant mothers. A series of radio broadcasts on .I. work have been popular this 'inter, one including a pa er on World Peace" prepared y the ational president, Mrs. A. E. Walker f Ontario. Saskatchewan. Ten-day courses for farm girls at mps have been a recent develop» l ent of the work of the Homemakers’ lubs, which are similar organiza- l ions to the W.I.’s. These have been old in holiday time, local clubs se~ uring a house or camp, and arrang- ng for a “camp mother” and local eaders to take classes in home econ- mics, health, handicrafts and physi- al culture. Expenses are reduced by irls bringing their own bedding and onie food supplies. Correspondence courses in sewing, each of five lessons, is a new activity. - display of work is required at the conclusion. An increasing number of clubs are interesting themselves in drama festi- vals, three or four neighbouring or- ganizations presenting one-act plays. Manitoba I ' Homecraft courses in knitting, mattress making, comforters, rugs, and tanning skins have been organ- ized on a local leader basis. The work has been given in 17 centres by a specialist from the Department to leaders who receive training to take back to their own Institutes. As a result, 1700 rural women are learning to make warm garments for the family, and useful and beautiful articles for their homes. The annual provincial convention this year, as last, will be financed by a levy of $8.00 per branch. Last year 107 branches contributed. DISTRICT ANNUALS HAVE IMPORTANT ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND CONVENERS Delegates to District Annuals should give thought to nominations necessary for the election of officers and conveners. Select officers aware of the needs of the district and cap- able of guiding a constructive pro- gramme. Nominees for Federation Representative should be thoroughly conversant with district afiairs. Select women who are interested in the work of the standing commit- iiEES as conveners. _Send reports of district conveners directly to the convention area con- Veners. I Remember an effective organization keeps developing new leadership. Published by The Ontario Women’s Institutes at Toronto, Ontario APRIL, 1935 MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ESTEEMS INSTITUTE WORK A There is no branch of the Department of Agriculture in which I am more keenly interested than that of the Women’s Institutes. into close contact with the Through this or anization the Department comes arm homes in this Province and "The homes of a nation are its strongest forts." A .VVhenever the Department can assist this women’s organ- ization in its efforts and ambitions to carry on interesting and helpful work ainon its members, it will be gratifying to all of us who have the direction of the Department in our charge. I wish to congratulate this splendid women’s organization upon the work _they have achieved in the they now have in hand for future efiort. ast and the plans be social, friendly efiorts of this organization have found their way into the rural districts of Ontario, and particularly into the northern parts of the province where pioneers are facing the hardships inci- dental to the hewmg of homes out of the woods. It has been gratifying to me to find the great interest which the Institutes are taking in their work as carried on in what we commonly call New Ontario. This is the natural spirit in which women always approach work which means helping new settlements and carrying comradeship into the outposts of the province. My association with the meetings of the Women's Institutes during the ast few months has not only been pleasant but has indicated t e fine spirit of this organization which gives me high hopes for its future achievements. Yours sincerely, HOMEMAKERS OFKENTUCKY TO HEAR ABOUT ONTARIO WOMEN’S INSTITUTES The correspondence of 317 _Home- makers Clubs of Kentucky “nth the some number of Women’s Institutes situated in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, has led to their request for a Canadian homemaker and Institute member to visit Kentucky this April and speak to five district meetings held through- out the state. An Ontario Women’s Institute member has consented to go and tell them about the priwleges and problems of the Canadian home- maker and the development of Insti- tute work. In turn, her experience in Kentucky cannot hel but give the Ontario Institutes a sitter under standing of our neighbouring home- niakers of the south. Twenty or more Ontario Women’s Institutes branches correspond with Institutes in England, Australia and New Zealand. This neighbourliness is giving the members of the Instiâ€" tutes concerned a broader under- standing of women’s problems and lends deeper significance to the wider scope of the Institute movement when women of difierent countries meet with common interests through their concern for better home rela» tionships. These letter-writing Institutes have found out about many types of proâ€" grammes new to Ontario. Cheshire Federation (England) reports some unusual competitions were zinnias grown from seed, the best selected six-penny parcel of groceries, the most appetizing and attractive use of a pint of milk in a milk dish. the form provided for t Powell, Institutes Branch. SECRETARIES PLEASE NOTE The secretary of the Institute is responsible for the distri- bution of “Home and Country" among the members. The secretary should send to her district secretary early in May a report of meetinfis from January to April, inclusive, on is purpose. If an Institute is interested in corresponding with forei n Institutes, the secretary should get in touch with Miss M. . DUNCAN MARSHALL. Minister of Agriculture. 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRA- TIONS PLANNED BY FIRST INSTITUTE IN BRITISH ISLES A Good-will Birthday Party _is being arranged in North Wales in September, to celebrate the 20th birthday of the first Women’s Insti- tute in the British Isles, The meet4 ing to organize this Women’s Instiâ€" tute was held in Mrs. Jones' little summer house at Llanfair, P. G. Auglesey. Along with the Institute Birthday festivities the Silver Jubilee of the King's Accession will be cele- brated. The original Institute meeting was held in the garden of Mrs. W. E. Jones, and the guests at this coming party will visit the garden and the some little summer house. A Tea Party with a giant Birthday Cake, the top tier of which will be an iced model of the summer house, will be one of the festivities of the occasion. The celebration will include a gathering at Caernarvon Castle, Criccieth, on the morning of Septem- ber 17, when the guests will be wel« comed and the English and Welsh National Anthems song to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the King’s Ac- cession. After a tour of the Castle, motor coaches will convey the guests to the Party. The South Australia correspondent writes: “Although we are not great in numbers, we are strong in the spirit of our world-wide movement, and you will find us striving to be worthy of your friendshi greetings to all from this sunny lan , where We find that most of the shadows are caused by standing in one’s sunshine." own HOME and COUNTRY Number 10 NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. Women’s Institutes Will Convene June 24 to 28 For the third time since its incep- tion in 1918 the biennial convention of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada will be held in the Mari- times. This event is scheduled to take place at the Prince of Wales College at Charlottetown, June 24 to 28. It is the ninth biennial meet of this. organization, and will be held in conjunction with the twenty-second annual convention of the Prince Ed- ward Island Women's Institutes. Joint sessions will he held with the Prince Edward Institutes on Wednes- day and Thursday afternoons and evenings. The Premier, Honourable Dr. MacMillnn; the Provincial Archi- vist, Mr. H. R. Stewart; and Mayor kennedy of Charlottetown, will ex- tend ofiicial welcome. The meetings will be held in the Confederation Chambers of the Legislative Buildâ€" ings. ' Although the programme is yet in its formative stage, plans are being made for a superintendents’ session, when these oflicials of the various provinces will outline phases of work in their own domains and exchange ideas“ Reports will be presented, many in person by the following na- tional conv’eners: Mrs. E. Noble, Hatzic, B.C., Education; Mrs. S. E. Petch, Hemmingford, Que, Child Wel- fare and Public Health; Mrs. G. B. Telford, Pelly, Sash, Legis tion; Mrs. C. A. Good, Nictaux, N.S., agri- culture; Mrs. J. MacGregor Smith, Edmonton, Alta, Home Economics; Mrs. T. A. Cohoe, Pilot Mound, Man, League of Nations; Mrs. W. H. T. Pcake, Transcona, Mam, Immigration, Colonization and National Events. 'The programme for the joint ses- sions will include addresses on Rural Extension work and Dental Hygiene. A‘play based on Canadian Industries Will be presented through the co- operation of Miss M. V. Powell, the Dominion Convener, and Mrs. Martin, P.E.l'. Convener. Other national officers who will be present and take part in the pro- ;rrarm'ne are: the honourary president, Mrs. W. F. Cameron, Regina, Sask.; the two vice-presidents. Mrs, H. Me» Gregor, Penticton, B.C., and Mrs W. R. Shaw, Cornwall, P.E.I.; the three secretaries (recording) Mrs. A. H. Rogers, Fort Saskatchewan, Alta... (corresponding) Mrs. Allan Lance- field, Aldersliot, Ont, (publicity) Mrs. J. F. Price, Vancouver, BC, and the treasurer, Mrs. Fred Fenwick, Mill- stream, NE. A cordial invitation is extended to all members in Canada to at- tend Joint open sessions. Contribut» ed by Mrs. J F. Price and Irs. Allan Lnncefield.) ONTARIO JUNIORS MAY EN- JOY THREE DAYS ANNUAL CONFERENCE Girls’ Conference is to be held at Ontario Agricultural College and Mncdonald Institute, Guelph. MIN 8, 9, and 10. ’ College staff in co-operation with \Vonien's Institutes Branch are or ranging a programme. Visit to Col- lege _departments, exhibits, demon~ strations. and addresses by members of College Stafi and students at Macâ€" donald Institute; programme and pros Ject suggestions for Juniors by memâ€" bers of the Institutes Branch Staff: games, community singing. Registration fee and boardâ€"$3.00. A plication should be made to omen’s Institutes Branch.