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

Information for Consumers By Ruth Moyle houses, become a Well established routine, post-New Year practice. So. borrowmg a leaf from big business, let‘s “take stock" too, to sort out what we need, and what we don‘t need, in our kitchens. Let's look well and dec1de what changes are desirable â€" and passable -â€" to m- crease the efficiency and to cut energy costs in our place of business. I 1 And so, for the next few issues lets look at kitchens and kitchen equipment to see if by add- ing or subtracting, by lifting 01‘ by iowefmg 01' bngarranging, we can discovor inexpenswe but effective solutions to some of our energy and time wasting problems. I do hope no reader will feel that every idea suggested here can be duplicated exactly in every kitchen. Rather I hope some of the examples of good storage or organization of supplies and equipment. or for "sit down" work or rest areas, can be incorporated to some extent in many kitchens. There is one point I would like to mention at the very outset. During a workshop on Home Management I attended this summer, I heard it referred to frequently. Even if it were possible to provide every one of us with a brand new “step saving" kitchen. it wouldn’t solve every energyâ€" saving problem for us. We still have to consider our work habits. For example, in a well-planned kitchen, range and refrigerator may be ideally placed 5 or 6 feet apart. However, even when preparing the simplest of meals. this distance. short as it is. can quickly add up to 40 or 50 feet. Too often we forget that “our heads can save our heels” and instead of making one well organized trip to the re- frigerator. we make eight or ten. In other Words sometimes, unfortunately, Work habits lag behind our laborâ€"saving equip- ment and arrangements. We continue to do some things the hard way because that's the way we’ve always done them. Which really isn't so surpris- ing. Most homemaking tasks are repeated over and over again so frequently that We learn to do them .without even thinking about them. Since changing to do things differently demands an ex- penditure of time and energy. we prefer the well known method. But often changing these well established ways is a necessary part of learning to cut down heavy or unnecessary energy ex- penditures. it 59:“ 3:62:13 lexpert in. Home Management put . _ panned kitchen lay-out alone will never entirely insure the minimum of walking, §lan§11ng. “film; and reaching and carrying; there is still the handicap of habit." But now. back to some of the more common 1-: H STOCKTAKING" has, in many business kitchen problems: I’ve been taking a p0” recent“ among homemakers to find out what each woni' like â€" if she could have it â€" in the “3'. of: kitchen. ' What I've learned won't surprise yo“, some dream of a large kitchen with more Splice {0, family activities and storage. Others long for a small compact kitchen where just a fair bring everything within reach. But after the matter of size is considert ‘. [hen they are all pretty much agreed on [big tame things. They want a kitchen that is attriic ._ and bright to look at, but comfortable and co mm to work in. Unfortunately, the budget int-ant often allow us to scrap the old and build me“ and even remodelling can be far too err thin-:- Then is when we have to fall back on rear: wing It's quite surprising what a bit of Shlfllng [.15 And that is where we will start next timt . [he arranging or rearranging of kitchen equipr .1, [0 \leps make the kitchen comfortable and com-r. n [0 work in, a time-saving, energyâ€"saving. st: gnu workroom. ' B. C. ’s Anniversi- Book AST year the Women’s Institutes of Hill LColumbia celebrated their fiftieth . up sary. their oldest branch, Lake Hui big been organized on September 28, 1909 Jill Ontario pioneer Institute worker Laura Rl‘ -iei Mrs. Laura Rose Stephen. The British C to Institutes’ anniversary book “Modern F vrs" carries an interesting study of Miss Rose'» a]: about the province that autumn organir. tn- stitutes at places whose names are well k: to us-kGordon Head, Chilliwack, Agassiz, 5. er- land, Salmon Arm, Nelson and man} if: With notes and comments taken diret am Laura Rose‘s own diary, the report of ni- ganization tour makes a “homey” sort of re _.' The number of branches has grown to *3 good number in proportion to the rural an all 10W“ Population of the province. The b Ile are organized in 17 Women’s Institute . :91: and the anniversary book takes the provin trict by district and outlines the history t 1511 branch. There are sketches, too, of the Sr intendents and the Provincial Presidents. t 0‘ whom were born in Ontario. While “Modern Pioneers" is strictly a ' it“. it has enough local colour to keep us rt! ltd that We are reading about women in "El ‘llll province with a distinction all its own. Ar _ in- our next national convention to be held in COuver in June 1961, we believe that ODiil‘ ‘ ln‘ stitute members, especially those planning 4‘“. tend the convention would find “Modern i’iti. sis VCW interesting reading. The price is --‘r Copies can be ordered from Mrs. E. Robi‘mn- RR. #2, Victoria, BC. HOME AND Cour?“