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.tario delegates and some observers and visitors at A.C,W.W. Conference, photographed on a post- ulerence visit to Ireland. Left to right: Mrs. 5. Con, is. J. P. Carson, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. R. J. Penney] Mrs, orl Hunt, Miss Helen McKercher, Mrs. Somerville, The Essay Competition Several recommendations were presented for - injects for the next Triennial Essay Competition ti after discussion it was decided to have two i rnpetitions, one on the title “Our Children and ' lCll‘ Games," one on “How I Broaden My )rizons through Group Contacts and Study." It x felt that the first would make an appeal ough its simplicity to a larger number of women ' . I that the second would touch more closely on t .- international side of A.C.W.W.’s work. When ' question of extra prizes required for the two tnpetitions was mentioned, Miss Beryl Hearnden the Publicity and Publications Sub-Committee :red to give the extra prizes. Winners in the essay competition just completed, illngs My Grandmother Told Me“ were 1. Mrs. ' E. Bolans, England; 2. Mrs. E. M. Dorning, " nth Africa: 3. Mrs. Gretta Westerberg, Sweden; Mrs. Punchihewa, Ceylon; 5. Mrs. Lydia Carl- ‘ J, Finland; 6. Mrs. B. Pretorius, Transvaal, 1 Mill Africa; 7, Mrs. K. Matthis. Kentucky. | 'LA.; 8. Miss V. W. Tobe. Australia; 9. Mrs. Wissinkâ€"Bezoen, Holland; 10. Mrs. F. Spurdle. w Zealand. Scotland Day Pageant the Scottish Institutes‘ special contribution to l‘ -. conference was a pageant. “The Daughters of R wtland," featuring Scottish history, Scottish folk ""l'fi Scottish songs and dances. Mary QUEER Of buts was there and John Knox and Robert Burns will Sir‘ Walter Scott with the precocious little El'l Marjorie Fleming whose poems and journals still live though she died at the age of nine years. 'lncre were glimpses of the industries of the croft- FALL 1959 Mrs. A. C. Lymburner, Mrs C. Rinehorl. The olficiol delegates, F.W.|.O. Board Members, were Mrs. Penney, Mrs. Corson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Rinehorl and Mrs. George Ash who had returned to Ontario before the picture was taken. ers' home â€" woan spinning and weaving and shrinking the finished tweed to the traditional old “waulking” song; and in the kitchen the broth pot and girdle and oatmeal and haggis. Edinburgh has many young people taking classes in the traditional Scottish dances and these dances â€" the Foursome Reel, the Highland Fling, the Dance of the Paisley Shawls and the others were interspersed through the pageant. Perhaps Scotland is especially rich in its folk songs and to those of us with a background in the Old Land these lost nothing by their familiarity: “Annie Laurie," “The Auld Home," "The Wooin‘ O't’," “Auld Robin Gray." “My Heart’s in the Highlands." “O'A‘ the Airts the Wind Can Blaw," “Ac Fond Kiss." “The Flowers of the Forest," The pageant ended with Scott's “Breathes There a Man," and in the Words of the programme. “And so. Farewell. to the best known tune of all “Auld Lang Sync.‘ " It was a delightful and charming performance. Our personal one regret was that in a pageant by a society of homentztkcrs, staged for other home- makcrs. there had not been worked in somewhere a bit of “The Cotter's Saturday Night.“ Our Scottish hostesses provided other entertain- ment for its. too. We were taken to hear the pipers' and military hands “Boating Retreat" at Edinburgh Castle. We had a civic garden party at Lauriston Castle and a day‘s boat trip down the Clyde. One afternoon was given to visits to local institutes in the country around Edinburgh. and provision was made for it number of tours both before and after the conference. Oflicers Elected These were the ofiiccrs elected for the triennial period 195962. 11