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a moving closer and closer to the old family ., e, “Clochmhor.” This name was given to s farm by the Scottish family when they e in 1834. “Clochmho” is Gaelic for large great stone. .3 their walks, the present family often . ed wild flowers and carefully planted them the shadiest nook of the garden just north the house. Here bloodâ€"roots, trilliums, olets, meadow rue, ferns and columbine have 3 en root and flourished in their new home. i d now as one leaves this rural home, may a .ayer for all rural homes ascend from the Convention Conventions Were well publicized in their -. eas at the time they were held. The reason r recording some of the “highlights” here is oat they may offer suggestions to committees anning next year’s conventions. A special feature of the Guelph area con~ ention was a historical pageant. Each district ad a member representing a historical figure ch as Queen Victoria, Laura Secord, Florence fightingale, Pauline Johnson. In the finale, mily Pankhurst and her campaigning sufâ€" i agettes did. a song and skit. At this conven- i on Dr. McCready, Director of Macdonald In- ‘ itute, was presented with a silver entree dish ' commemorate the fiftieth anniversary. Among Eastern Ontario’s convention highâ€" 'ghts was a Panel Disoussion on Laws Relating 0 Women. Other Institutes desiring inforâ€" i ation on this subject should write the Canaâ€" ian Committee on the Status of Women, c/o rs. W. John Craig, Osgoode, Ontario. An- ther feature which might offer a suggestion 0 branches not too far from the United States order was a visit from the Executive Com- : ittee of the Home Bureau of St. Lawrence ’ ounty, New York State. Conventions are assured of a popular feature hen it is possible to have a visitor from anâ€" ther country tell about the work of rural .' omen in her country. This year Mrs. Edis ott of Australia accompanied Miss Lewis to ‘ e Northern conventions and our reporter a om the Cochrane and Temiskaming area con~ iders Mrs. Bott's message the highlight of he convention. For example, Mrs. Bott deâ€" cribed the Australian rural areas where omes are sometimes fifty or one hundred 9,- iles. apart and “the-wireless" or amateur i ad-io set is used as a means of holding meet- : gs, with one woman talking for a while, ' hile the others listen, then turning over to he next One, and so on until all have had their urn. The sets are called “pedal wireless“ be- ause they work on the same principle as an I‘gan with the operating power supplied by he pedals,- Australia’s “home science vans” re fitted out with books and handicraft supâ€" lies and, two demonstrators travel with each i an, giving instruction to different groups for eriods ranging from a day to a week, The heartâ€"-a prayer, similar to Felicia Hemans‘ prayer for the homes of England: “Long, long in hut and ball May hearts of native proof be rear’d To guard each hallow’d wall. And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flow’ry sod, Where first the child’s glad spirit loves Its country and its God.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Perhaps in later iésues we may publish the second and thde “prize” essays in the Ontario competition. Highlights Australian women's groups have established a "home help" scheme through which a mother may find help with her work as she needs it. The Belleville convention area is right in the heart of one of Ontario’s largest cheese pro« ducing districts, and from this convention came the resolution, later sustained by the provin- cial board, that “Whereas the price of cheese on sale by auction on the open market is too low and the twentyâ€"four cent floor price set by the Dominion Government does not cover cost of production of cheese milk in Ontario, and whereas the Dominion Government has refused to set a higher floor price than world cheese prices: Be it resolved that both the Pro- vincial and the Dominion Governments be re- quested through their Departments of Agri- culture, to immediately work out a method whereby producers of milk for cheese will be paid cost of production plus a reasonable profit for their milk regardless of the export or domestic price of cheese.” A feature of this convention was a tour of the County Home. What is reported as “the grand wind up" of the Mindcmoya convention was “a mass visit of nearly 200 of the delegates to the Sheguiandah historic site where the National Museum has uncovered traces of the earliest man to roam the North American continent more than 15,000 years ago," The convention passed a resolution asking that this site be protected by law as a national park . . . A special display at this gathering was a “Mani- toulin Quilt,” designed by Miss Geraldine Batman and made by the Sheguiandah In- stitute. The design incorporated the flowers of the racial stocks that settled the Islandâ€"â€" the thistle, shamrock and rose, with the wild orchid for the native born Manitoulinites. A highlight of the Central Ontario con- vention was the “Conference,” conducted by Mrs. J. E. Houck. For about an hour, while the 1ate«comers were arriving, the women dis- cussed lnstitute problems, asked questions, 'offered suggestions and altogether had a lively session with Mrs. Houck directing. Usually a convention is so crowded with addresses that the women have little or no time to talk over their special Institute problems, and this dis- cussion period seemed much appreciated. l5