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eld; community work has been undertaken r the blind, for the children and for the sick. Some Guilds have formed Choral and rama societies and frequently hold classes Irish dancing- The typical activity is a monthly meeting 'here there is a demonstration or lecture by n expert on some subject of interest to .omen. This is followed by social activities singing, country dancing, acting, etc. and 3: tea which is provided by different groups f members in turn. The Summer School of the Association is leld each summer and provides an opportun- 1y to Guild members to combine instruction n practical subjects with study of a wide ange of cultural subjects. ’ Through the generosity of the W, K. Kellogg ‘oundation of U. S. A. the Irish Country- vomen’s Association now has its own College or Adult Education where short courses are ield in subjects of interest to Countrywomen. Miss Doreen Smith, Principal of the Irish jauntrywomen’s College, An Grianan, Ter- noni’echin, County Louth, Ireland, adds this ote: "We in the Irish Countrywomen's Associa- ionn are happy to Welcome to An Grianan embers of the Associated Countrywomen of he World, and to share our house with them nd we would be glad to have them at any i our courses." From Greenland’s Icy Mountains Editor’s Note: This interesting story of the country women of Greenland comes from Mrs. B. Hearndon of the A.C.W.W. office in London. E HAVE news for you of the Green- land Countrywoman's groups. the Fore- ningen‘i Gronland. Maybe you remem. her that Mrs. Dahlerupâ€"Petersen of Denmark. A.C.W.W. Vice President, visited them last summer. She has been keeping in close touch With them since then. and when she was over last month for the A.C.W.W. Annual Meeting. I had a long talk with her about them. It seems they now have thirteen groups. One of them, in Godhavn. has ninety members. They meet in the winter months, that is to say, from September to April. for in the sum- mer everyone is too busy to attend meetings. So far they have not been able to have a national meeting where all the groups can take part. Transport is still a major problem. since many 0f the groups can only be reached by boat in the sunu'ner and dog sledge in winter. and 84% of Greenland is covered with ice all the Year round. It is a hard, cold and difficult COUNTY. but the women are undaunted, and are enlarging their group activities all the WINTER 1957 time and keeping up with the changing face of life. For instance. they have asked for. and are getting. lectures on nutrition. In the old days the Greenlanders ate what they could catch or grow. and they can‘t grow much in that cli- mate. in fact. it is only in the south that vegetables can be grown at all. Today they have more and more bought food available. and this“ inevitably brings a change of eating habits. Too many races have had their stam- ma ruined by too sudden a change in diet. and the Greenland women, wiser than some. have asked for expert advice on this. They are doing an enormous variety of handicrafts. They knit. they carve lovely things from whalebone. (Mrs. Dnlilerup‘ Petersen showed me on exquisitely carved little Polar bear that I coveted a loll. they work sealskin for clothes and decoration. cutting the skin as thin as paper and then painting it. This is the sort of craft that might well die out. but the Greenland groups are teaching their young girls how to do it. Last winter they were all making things for sale. to raise money to build meeting ltNTlliuACTli RFVl'llll'S By Hizi \Vlicclcr \Vilmx Bciwcch the arts uliilc lhc nn’hcslrn played That swch old \ulllt with the lilting nit-inure. l drifted away m it dear, dch day. When the dame. [or inc. was the sum nl .Ill pleasure; \Vlicn my veins were rile with the fever of life. \thn hope ran high as an imch mean. And my licill’i" great gladncn mu nlmmt miltlilrv». As 1 fllmtul all In lhc nun-it‘s mulinn. I know no wearincss. nu_ not 177 My step was in light as the waving grasses Thai Hutu-r with cmc un tllL' strungnnnul Iii-cum. As it \vallzc» over the wild mums-ms. Lilc “as all mund and swing; yntlllt was :i purlcu thing: Night wm [he illnltlc“ nl s.iii~.l;uiiun. Oh. how I tripped away, right In the edge of do}! jny lay in motion. and rust in .uiion. l dancc no more on du- musil". “are, I yield no more [U its wihlcring power. That time has flown like a row Ilia! is blown, Ycl liic is a garden lur ever in flower. Though storms ol (can have matured the years. Bulwccn Iii-day and the day departed, Though lrial~ have incl mt. alnd griul's walvcs \\ L-I Inc, And I have been tired and irnuhlc-licarlcd. Though under the sod iii a we: grccn grave. A great, swccl hope in darkness purialiul. Yet life. In my thinking. is a uip wurili drinkin '. A gift In lac glad iii. and ltWL’tl. and (hcrifilll'l. Then: i\ deeper pleasure in the hlllu‘L'!’ measure Thai Time's grand nrrhcsira now is playing. [is mellowed mini-r i-. sadder but finer. And lift: grows daily more worth the living. 21