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NEW AT RANDOM n order to have authentic inform- on about Women's Institutes con- . iently at hand, Miss Lily Dempsey Stratford has kept every issue or me and Country. She has bound A first volume which includes all '- issues printed before January, 6. Miss Dempsey 1s building up endid reference material for the z- of her district of North Perth. I usbands of some of the members 0 have taken the work on Quilts tory quilting frames by following - blue prints and instructions their es received at the course. urprises and happy adventures e accompanied the project on nishing of old furniture in many . munitie the removal of a sur- e looking like alligator skin re- clad the fine smooth walnut of 3 od table; the owner of a century old rry chest discovered it had a rquetry drawer; a mahogany ndfather’s clock bought in Sect d by the owner’s great-gran â€" her responded beautifully to the atment given it; one man is re- ving the beauty at a grand old lnut sideboard which has been [led down through enerations to . ; one woman is refinishing a set of mahogany empire chairs which husband's great-grandfather ught to Ontario over one hundred rs ago. Its. Thos. Scanlin, local leader for ve-making, has taught 46 members the Tamworth Women’s Institute v to make gloves. They have made I pairs. Mrs. W. Hutchinson, of nthill Women’s Institute is second students having made 123 pair . n a number of communities men 1 boys have joined the glove-mak- ; classes. A man in North Ren- \v made a pair of gloves out of r skin he had tanned himself: a rig man made the first pair of was he had ever owned. t the Summary Day of the chen Ensemble held by the Insti- es of North and South Essex each nch gave a fashion review with the ers modelling their own dresses. 5 Erna Bahler, one of the suc- sful local leaders, had both her ther and grandmother in her class. rs. C. A. Kenny, of Roseland, a1 leader in Buymanship, reports have found a great deal of know- ge and pleasure in the project on anship and intend carrying on a while longer. I have been asked speak on this subject to several en’s organizations in connection h churches, and expect to make first attempt in May”. (Continued on col. 2). l STRUCTION IN HEALTH ENCOURAGED BY INSTITUTE BRANCHES »n the programme year just com- ed, Women‘s Institute branches in r province have promoted 23 short rses in health education. These 9 carried on under the direction graduate nurses who have had cial preparation in public health. he courses emphasized positive lth. including personal hygiene, 5' health habits and guards inst communicable diseases. Folâ€" ng the courses, a number of _ch Institutes assisted in the pro- on of toxoid clinics. In all, there an attendance of 2,242. addition to the short courses, ‘ ommunities profited from the ser- ' of n speaker on health edu- on. The speaker endeavoured ielp the local Institutes plan a la programme in a field of health ntion for the ensuing year. dv of such subjects as The Life I Work of Pasteur. Prevention of tagious Diseases, Cancer. Import- '- of Pre-natal Care, etc., followed introduction given by the De- ment speaker. Exactly 1,478 so were reported to have attend- 1 ese meetings. BOTTOM ROW, rcndinz (rum [on to right: Mrs. E. SIJIIII‘III. Mrs. J. H. Cnvocallcn. Miss 13, HOME _AND COUNTRY The Members of the Provincial Board of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario, 1936-1937 hichi-mid. Mrs. D. C. Gnrveh Duke, Mrs. F. Eewsun, Mn. A B. Mn. W. R. Tait. SECOND ROW: Mn. 0. Herrmnnn. Mrs. J. hIcAulay. Mrs. F. W. Bream), nonnumhls Duncan Marshall. Miss Bcsxiu 1. Ross, Mn. '1‘. J. Newman. TOP ROW: Mrs. F. Mrs. E. J. W. Cunningham. Miss M. L. Schnnrr. (Continued from col. 1). A member of a threeâ€"months short course, who was the eldest of eleven children. was greatly interested in instruction in nutrition. Her own fourâ€"months-old brother was not gainâ€" ing properly. She saw that cod liver oil and orange juice were added to his diet. The baby gained and was brought to the class room to show what a five pound gain in two months did for him. With this demonstration, the parents realized the worth of cod liver oil and bought two gallons for the other children The students of one three-months school planned and prepared the noonday meal for a family of five children for two months. Nutritious dinners were prepared at a cost of from six to twelve cents per person. Minister oi Agriculture, Mrs. T. J. McDowell. Mrs. W. B. Lcntherdnle. Denyse, Mrs. J. E. Wilcox. Mrs. L. Wilson, Mrs. W. Swamnn. Duffy, Mrs, P. W. Hamilton (nlllcrnnte (or Mrs. steeper), Mrs, G. Campbell. in. (Continued from col. 4). one meeting. As the secretary’s minutes are the final authority, I was asked to read the motion. I did so and the mover of the motion arose and said that the words as stated didn‘t give the meaning to the motion which she intended A queer feeling ran up and down my spineâ€"and the relief I felt when the president said, “these minutes were approved. You should have made the correction when they were read.” Well, I realized my skirts were clear, but after this I am going to insist that each mover states her motion clearly and definitely in a proper form for the minutes. I am not going to do any more interpretâ€" ing or act as a coach in English." “Oh. a wiser Mary Wright!" sug- gested her husband with a smile. Homemaking Clubs Have Active Programme Progress reports, which may be compared to mid-term school re- ports, from homemaking clubs show that 252 clubs with 2,106 members have been carrying on an unit of work in homemaking during the winter months. No doubt there are additional clubs which have neglect- ed to report. This failure does not mean less valuable work in the com- munity but does mean they do not receive the same credit at the pro- vincial office. Juniors, in the age group of 12 to 15 years. make up 34% of the mem- bership, the remaining 66% are from 16 to 26 years of age. This winter the girls have studied five difierent units of work in home economics: 1.070 girls worked in 124 "Supper Clubs"; 51 clubs with a membership of 401 studied “Dressing Up Home- grown Vegetables"; "Clothes Closets Up-to-date" was the work carried on by 43 clubs with a membership of 383 girls; 18 clubs with a member- ship of 142 have undertaken the unit on “Being Well Dressed and Well Groomed”: and 11 new clubs with a membership of 104 have enjoyed “Cottons May Be Smart", Spring Programme . Plans are now being completed in 32 counties for training schools for local leaders connected with the junior programme. The programme of work will be carried on In line with seasonal interests and activâ€" ities. Garden and Canning Clubs will be organized in 31 counties, and will receive not only training for local leaders, but also, the members will have the advantage of taking a part of the instruction from_the Home Economics Coach who IS a member of the stafi of the Women‘s Institute Branch. Girls in 12 counties who have suc- cessfully completed previous pro- jects in clothing will have the op- portunity of profiting from a newly planned unit of work on “Summer Clothes for Girls". Twelve counties are offering their clubs the unit on "Cottons May Be Smart”, one county is having a training school for lead. ers on the “Supper Club", another on "Dressing Up Home Grown Vegets nbles” and two counties are concent< rating on “Being Well Dressed and Well Groomcd". New Units of Work Many girls have been expressing great interest in the study of wordâ€" robe organization for one season of the year. And who doesn’t need a new summer dress? Accordingly, the unit on “Summer Clothes” will have the attention of many club girls this spring. They will plan, select and make an afternoon dress of batiste, dimity, lawn. swiss mulsin or voile and they will plan an organized sum- mer wardrobe for themselves ac- cording to their own needs, limitzh tions and privileges. With careful planning, they will find it possible to be well dressed on a surprisingly limited clothing budget. Many girls find it dimcult to take an adequate amount of milk each day. The unit called “The Milky “lay” will show how easy it is to use a generous amount of milk in attract- ive cookery, thus ensuring a more healthful diet. In 11 counties girls will have a practical experience in bringing their clothes closets up-toâ€"date bv instal- ling home»made, inexpensive con- veniences and adapting a usable colour harmony. A WISER MARY WRIGHT Mai-y Wright was in the midst of appraising her year’s work a; the secretary of her Institute branch. Her table was covered with papers, newspaper clippings and pamphlets. In the midst was a heavy pasteboard fileâ€"box, a few manilla filin folders and the minute and cash 0er he- longing to the Institute. As Mary was sorting some of the papers, her husband came into the room and gave his whole attention to the paper laden table. He secretly wondered how Mary ever kept it so orderly, but said, “Now, what kind of a whirl Wind is this"? Mary replied, “Last year when I accepted the office of Institute secre- tary I bought a pastboerd file-box in order to keep the records together. I find they should be classified and I am using a few of these manilla folders for that purpose. I mark each folder in order that I may know the kind of material it contains Last week when I was in town, I bought a second fllevbox which I am going to use for permanent records, or it might be called the archives." “What do you do with that good- sized heavy envelope"? enquired the curious husband. "Oh," said Mary, "I use that to harbour correspondence, bills and notices that should be brought before the next Institute meeting. I keep it in the back of the minute book.” “Really,” continued Mary, “I have done a few thing this year. I have established an orderly way of keep- ing the Institute records. Every member gets her Home and Country promptly. I have helped the presi- dent make out her agenda for each regular meeting All the letters re- ceived from the Department have been presented to a regular Institute meeting. I think I have sent good descriptive reports of our monthly meetings to the district secretary. But I know I have fallen down on my minutes.” “Now, don’t tell me that," laugh- ed Mary’s husband with a quizzical gleam in his eye. “Yes I have," quickly replied Mary in a cold tone. “The minutes re- corded by the previous sec rotary were excellent and I thought I could just Copy her system. She had evidently adhered to the advice on the writing of minutes which is outlined in the minute book. But just the same I got in a bit of difficulty which I haven’t told you about. At the last meeting a question arose about the action which was taken at a previ- (Continued on col. 3). OFFICERS’ RALLIES HELD IN 27 INSTITUTE DISTRICTS Over 1,300 Women’s Institute mem- bers attended ofiicers’ rallies held by 27 Institute districts in Ontario dur< ing the past year. In the year pre- ceding, only five such rallies were held. The programme for these rallies provided for both morning and after- noon sessions. Discussions on the administrative problems of leadership gave the branch officers 2 better com- prehension of programmes of work, publicity, Institute finances, rcports and records, community enterprises, and functions of standing committees. Parliamentary procedure was usually the main topic of discussion at the afternoon session. At the noon hour, the members en- joyed getting acquainted with each other at a picnic or box lunch. The Women’s Institute Branch, De- partment of Agriculture, supplier] an experienced instructor in adminis trative leadership for the oldies rallies. This service from the De- partment was secured in addition to the regular district programme of either speaker service or training school for local leaders.