Well fashioned for the trade, We set to work and now we're here To show you what we made. CHORUS Little ducks. maple leaves POsies large and small, Gay designs of every shape We have tried them all. Luncheon cloths, pillow slips, Place mats of all sorts. Oh, what fun it is to take An institute short Course. One night we mixed our paint. The blue. the green. the brown. We rolled it on our lino block And turned it upside down. When gently lifted off Why, there before our eyes Were birds and cherries. thistles too, Acorns and butterflies. Another contribution on the Meat project by Mrs. Jim MacKay was read at Bruce County Summary Day. These few lines explain one objective oi the project. "One hundred and fortyâ€"three pounds of meat. When applied with just the right kind of heat. Cam tickle the nostrils and spur the appetite Or achieve the opposite if not cooked right. And that's where the problem enters the sceneâ€" Shouid you boil it or fry it or roast it, I mean." Editor's Note: Original poems, like original .S'lt'lh. glb‘t‘ immune“ to an Institute meeting. tmd the above are presented rather as samples (if what is lit-int! done. There ix not .t'pa'ce in Hume uml Country to introduce this as a regular feature but we would “ingest that occasionally it place might he found for such contributions in the local paper. 'k t * MEETING AT NIGHT By Robert Browning The grey sea and the long black land: And the yellow half-moon large and low. And the startled little waves that leap In ï¬ery ringlcts from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. Then a mile of warm sea-scented heath: Three ï¬elds to crnSs till a farm appears: A lap at the pane. the Quick sharp scratch And hlue spurt of a lighted match. And a voice less loud. thro‘ its joys and fears. Than the mo hearts beating each to each] i 'k i 40 FWIC Citizenship Project T THE National Convention of the I .1. erated Women's Institutes of Canary it was announced that Dinton Won-i Institute, in the village of Blackie, Alberta. ‘ .._i won the Citizenship Trophy, presented ._h_ term by Senator C airine Wilson. ' The contest was a community impro‘ve' with the story and “before†and "after" tures to be entered in the competition. Hi, the story from Mrs. J. L. Richards. Sect Alberta Women‘s Institutes: “It was just one of those old neglected that had stood in a small lot overgrown 1-. grass and weeds in a Country district. 1 - the Citizenship Competition announct gave the Institute the idea or the incenti do something about it and make it lit community centre. “The men did their part tooâ€"they [- on a basement. added a good sized kli and then painted it, inside and out! The; fixed up the grounds. When a group of gathered to work the women took a i there for them. “Dinton Women‘s Institute was organirt 1916, with 23 members, and so is one 01 older branches, but no doubt the months, has changed a great deal over the _Blackie is a very small village south of Cu and the members are mostly rural women.’ Suggestions for Conventions A great many Institutes ask for more P Discussions. Bothwell “How to get member take part in programs.†Wabash would ill-u have time given to discussion in groups a done at the Officers’ Conferences at Guc- Several ask for more discussion and more 1 for them. Walkerton Senior Institute would like have something on how to make meet attractive and interesting especially for "over fifty" members. Rosemont would liki. have more humorous entertainment. They lieve that “change of pace gives the little to the program that prevents monotony t weariness." Elmwood suggests “a chance ask questions about problems which arise local meetings.†South Tarentorus would lik. panel discussion on “The Rights and Respi sibilities of a Good Citizen." East Korah it for something on Program Planning. Burgoyne recommends giving more time the Question Box and having it earlier in l. convention. Colhome: “What Institute women can do bring about a state of world peace and SECU ity." HOME AND COUNWi