The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

sick and a gift to each new baby born in the community; kept a first aid kit filled in the school, had new tables made for com- munity use and “got behind a drive to get me women out to the school meeting with very satisfactory results” â€" a creditable year's work. But because so many other institutes are doing the same things, with the exception of getting the women out to the school meeting, that is the only item we would normally record in this report. Our purpose is to publish only what may offer Euggestions from one Institute to another, However, to give an allâ€"round picture of the community work done by the Women's Institutes of Ontario it should be made clear that the following projects could almost be aken as basic in the majority of the )ranches: organizing community social :vents, providing special facilities such as first aid kits and playground equipment for schools; recognizing the births of babies with a gift such as a spoon, blanket or a dollar bank deposit; sending cards, flowers or fruit to the sick and shut in; assisting victims of fire, sickness or other misfortune; contribut- ing to the building of halls, hospitals and community centres; taking an active interest in Children’s Shelters and Homes for the Aged; promoting and assisting libraries; getting the people of the district to come to chest Xâ€"ray surveys; sponsoring baby clinâ€" ics; subscribing funds to an endless number of causes within the community and beyond it. One of the important Institute move- ments is an interest in providing opportunity classes and special teachers for retarded chilâ€" dren. It is impossible to report all of this work here, but the following notes from some branches may offer suggestions to others: In providing something for the social life of the community we have these reports: Cloyne “held a euchre party every two weeks during the winter when there was no other entertainment in the community.” The soundness of the project is shown in the comment: “Financially the parties were not very successful, but they gave our young people a chance to get together socially and they enjoyed it very much.” Denbigh which reports 'feeling handicapped in being thirty miles from the nearest branch and ninety miles from the county town, seems to ‘be doing a lot for the community. The Institute sponsored a Hallowe’en party for children, helped with the Santa Claus parade, put on a St. Patrick’s Day party, donated $30 toward the school rink, and con- tributed toward sending school pupils to the district music festival and to the first Ontario Spelling Bee. Women’s Dunning in North Cochrane sponsored social evenings twice a month. St. Lawrence says: “We were able to keep children off the streets by hiring a hall and Supplying the requirements for table-tennis. badminton and other games." Royaltide held euchre parties in the homes. FALL 1956 YESTERDAY AND TODAY By Gertrude G. Lipsen My Mother had a spinningâ€"wheel And in the afternoon, To spin a hank of stocking yarn, Paced up and down the room. My Mother had an old box churn Equipped with rod, and dash, And then for hours, She’d turn, and turn, Till butler milk would splash. My Mother had a scrubbing-brush To clean a rough board floor, Down on her knees she had to rush From from, to the back door. My Mother had an old wash-tub And washing-board [0 match, And then the clothes she'd rub and rub And made the soap suds splash. My Mother ran a leach of lyc To make the season’s soap, She also had a pot of dye To give worn raiment hope. Bur Mother had a lot of time To help a little child. To help a neighbour who was ill, \Vilh confidence and smile, She taught a class in Sunday School, She helped the Ladies' Aid, And for the children of the pour Some useful clothing made. She sang the alto in the Church. The golden rule she lived. Her hopeful voice was ever near To comfort the bereaved. Now, I have not a spinning wheel, it'ly yarn is factory made, If I, by chance, ChuOse then to knit The articles all fade. I haven't got a churn at all. The cream man at the door Hands out my butter, takes my cream, To factory make some more. I do not use a scrubbing brush Upon my hardwood floors. My Electrolux will soon take up The mud from out of doors. A leach of lye I never madeâ€" So many new designs Of soaps, and powders, do the work In all the cleaning lines. But I have not a lot of time To lessen orhcrs‘ toil, No time to help my neighbour out With willing hands or smile. My garments all must fit just so, My nose must new: shine, I My lips and nails must both be bright, My whole appearance fine. But I am missing lots of fun My Mother musr have had, In giving all a helping hand While looking after Dad. 29