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This year your editorial board ex- tends to you sincere greetings for the New Year, using: the words of Lord Tennyson who in the last century prayed for “tho nobler modes of life” for which we to-day are still praying, working and fighting. In this 1941. we are at war to up- hold the principles of freedom and justice which we believe will "Ring in the thousand years of peace”. We are building for the future. To keep nlive in our country the spirit of freedom, tolerance and understanding is no small part of the task. As homeninkers we know that this spirit begins in the home. Canadians need the strength of body and mind which can be developed best in good homes. Let us resolve to make our homes more than ever "the bulwark: of the nation". The New Year brings to every In~ stitutc member the opportunity for service for the welfare of mankind; the opportunity to work for the ideals in which we believe and the convic- tions which we hold dear. The de- mands upon us are heavy. the respon- sibilities great but satisfaction will come from a difficult task well done. THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTES FACE 1941 With the months of Canada's sec- ond year at war slipping by, the scope of Women's Institute work widens, widens and deepens. Never before in the history of the organization has deeper significance attached to the motto, “For Home and Country", than now as we face 1941. Over all and in all and through all is the thought of the war; and for Institute members the related thought of how best their membership may be turned to acâ€" count in national service, and how;I through the Institutes, the needs an urgencies of a nation at war may best be met. Promote Health What are these needs and urgen- cies? First, there is the matter of national health. No alert woman can remain in i orance of the im ort- ance accorde by outstanding aut ori- tics at the present time to the sub- ject of Nutrition. As a war measure in this past year, the Canadian Red Cross conducted nearly one hundred classes in nutrition across Canada; last year, in the city of Toronto alone, more than ten thousand women attend» ed nutrition classes sponsored by the Health League of Canada; emergency short courses. attended by hundreds of women and girls, were held at the 0. A. C., Guelph, during the sum- mer months; and all to the end that, through a greatly increased general knowledge of foods and food values, a higher standard of national health might be attained. It is, therefore, a most opportune time for a new and careful exploru~ tion on the part of Institute members into those avenues of education in this field offered them through their own Co-operative Programme. Thor- ough and adequate courses in Nutriâ€" tion are available for the asking. These courses, as those sponsored by other organizations, are recognized as filling an essential wartime need. Practise Good Nutrition Even in ordinary times, women do not know as much about foods and food values as they should. But sad- der still is the fact that a very great number do not put into daily practice that which they have learned. Most women know, for example, that they should drink at least a pint of milk daily. But do they drink itCI Alasl nu. They would rather pay a dollar for a box of vitamin tablets at the nearest drug store. Surely this is poor war- time cconomy. The essential fact is that resistance to disease is built by a careful diet. Diet for the Canadian family resolves itself into the meals that are set before that family three times a day, three hundred and sixty- live days a year. The pertinent ques- tion for the Institute member is this: “Is my knowledge and the practice of the knowledge of nutrition ade- quate to meet the present needs, and the possible future needs, of a counâ€" try at war?" There is, of course. no present' food shortage in Canada, or indication of any immediate future one: but it is the duty of every homemaker ‘to learn enough about foods that, in such a contingency, she may conserve drastically or make such food sub- stitutions as abnormal conditions may dictate, without resulting impair- ment of the family health. It follows then that the local or district Insti» tute that commits itself to a pro- gramme of intensive food study is reilidering war service of inculculable vn us. The Comparative Programme offers n‘course in Health Education in line With rpresent-day needs, paralleling, as it oes in many of its phases. the courses in home nursing and first-aid put on as a war measure by the St. ohn Ambulance Association and the Canadian Red Cross Society. The importance of such a course need scarcely be emphasized. While it is to be hoped that Canada will never haveto cope with the major disasters of air.raids or poison gas attacks, there ‘IS the eyer present menace of disease and epidemic, a menace which history has proven to be inseparable . The ravages of the ' 7 ifiliferh‘zdvglpidemic which hit the w in the wake of the 1914-18 war re' ' embered and the memory :iidisld‘eb‘b an inc‘entive to Canadian women toward preparedness for fuâ€" ture emergchies. Study To-day’s Problems '2' h in their own Co-o era ive Prggggime there is for nstitute members a wide and. for many, a still untapped source of available'as- sistance with problems of wartime living, opportunity does not end there. The monthâ€"to-month rogramme. in every Institute afior a a medium through which each member may ae- quire that which Will make her more efiicient as a citizen of a nation at war. There are so many, many things in this day about which women should be concerned; some of them matters introduced by the exigencies of war, some presenting problems merely in- tensified by the war and. some which were demanding attention even before the war became a reality. The Wo- men's Institute provides for the rural women a means of maintaining equal footing in the educational and, cul- tural advance of her urban Sister. The Institute is a medium making possible the training and reparation essential to informed, 1_nte ligent par- ticipation in any national wartime efl'ort. Meet Communin Needs Somewhat indirectly, another‘In- stitute objective has been emphasized by the broad shadow of the war. This is the need for increased energy in the prosecution of certain phases of community work. Whereas, in the re- cent past, home beautification schemes have been featured. it would now seem like good business to go one step further and feature an in- tensive campaign for community beautification, especially in tourist districts. This year as last year, Europe will be barre to the Ameri- can tourist, but this year, unlike last year, there will be no fear or hesita- tion in the mind of the tourist who would Visit Canada. A tremendously increased tourist influx is almost a certainty. Tourist dollars help Can- ada’s war effort. By doing all that ingenuity can devise to make Cana- dian communities clean. attractive and beautiful, more tourist dollars will be put into circulation and the way Will be paved for increased sales of Canadian handicraft, Canadian home-products and Canadian and British goods. There is so much that could be done to bring order and beauty to the highways and byways. the little towns and villages and way- side stopping places; much that could be achnlDlfihEd with very little actual money ou ay. Sure] o ortuni ' knocks at Institute dooi’s heard! u Plan for Future Devolving upon the Institute - her is still another wartime obliiegrg- tion; that of keeping an ear to the ground so that each and all may be ready to undertake the promotion of any special scheme or campaign urged upon the public by the Gov- ernment. Whether the campaign be related to the production, marketing or consumption of farm products or foods; whether it be in the nature of quest may take the earnest 1 whole-hearted cobperation of theoyltil: stitute member can no a long way to help put it over. This may prove to eve no small part in her war service. acceptable _ To-day, Canada is at war, engaged in a grim and des erat demands of ever; Caenifltuggle that ion ' ' the utmost that can be given ligating way of serv1ce and sacrifice. But to- morrpw. some tomorrow, ther ‘ lg; \i‘lctolflv and there will be zero? t fie of the work planned and under: ba en by Women‘s Institutes should e planned 'Wlth those toâ€"morrows of peace in View. That there will he (Continued on page 3, Col. 4). tember 3 ,, Nocof In’ tea, in Ontario No. of Institutes re' uni (59%) P ng When the last to only-648 Institutes ed reported the response has increased 15.; 5 Congratulations and thanks to ' who have re orted, If you have a“ yet returns the last form pl m send it in soon. It can still be “2;? Can we not have 100 per cent mu ' when the next questionnaire is 5”“ out? 9’" Institutes co-opera‘tin ’ Red Cross a... g “nth Institutes workin only through Red rose a-..‘ 553 Institutes registered under War Charities Filnd VMoney Raised art was com fled Expenditures: . V Sewing and knitting sup- plies ygentrézl S . - - I ed ross ociety S7 ' Tsuvxtion Army ~. ; W23; lVictims Fund I e egram ...._â€"_..._ 1 ‘ r’Other organizations . . Blankets ... 127111 VJam-rnal-‘ring. . 1:134:98 kWar' Savings C as 435.75 - Soldiers’ Boxes and Gifts 555.93/ Knitting: Socks (pairs) Sweaters carves a 4.04 Other articles 6.12; Total Sewing: Sheets Pillow cases Quilts “WK Handkerchiefs Towels Bandage Other hos 1 supp ies Refugee cibthing T tal -. Blankets Jam makingâ€"cans filed Special Activities Reporn-il To raise funds at Forest (E. landi- ton) one of the high school tvwheis offered to give three lectures on. sub- Jects interesting to the pub which an admission fee was c zed: at North Augusta (S. Grenri cl an auction sale of grain, potatoes. \‘Elle- tables, furniture, fruit, chickew. but» {19% eggs, bread and other food “as e . Cookstown (S. Simcoe) WWW“ volunteers to assist at the Y.\\.C.A. hostess house, Camp Borden. Screw] Institutes, including Adelaide Flood- 1e_ss (S. Wentworth), Meldui' (E. Simcoe) and Willow Grove ifinldi- mand), have purchased War . Certificates or Bonds. Meld . donated some to the school to he as monthly prizes. , For flie boys in training or color» tive service, Institutes have provided flashlights, pens and money be T“ the men in the Navy, Scarboro ._ tion (E. York), Peiferlaw (N- WTI‘) and Golden Star (Cochranel ha" sent_ditty bags and comforts. 1n Temiskaming several Institutes he“ a(wilted soldiers. Almonte (NA Lani ark) sends the weekly paper to 1053 buys. Kingsville (S. Essex) gave lun- cheon free to 130 men at the close of their training period. _Lakeview (E. York) helps keep 9‘” children who are war $119515 mt relatives by giving $10.00 monthly “7 buy milk and clothing. These are illustrative of the "In"? special activities by which the Insh- tutes serve.