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Women’s Role in the Changing World Notes from the Ontario Trade Crusade Conference ENCE on the Ontario Trade Crusade, the Hon. W. J. Randall reminded the in en that Ontario needs to create jobs for 75 .lO new workers entering the labor force .3: year and that by buying Canadian goods, u ten who spend 80 cents of every retail tl' r can help to keep the wheels of industry ll mg, can make it possible to retain Ontario’s ll ‘ standard of living, which is the highest it re world, even in the United States. :rs. Lilah Lymburner, Chairman of the ocn’s Advisory Committee. emphasized the li that we are not expected to buy only adian goods. Unless We buy from other ntries they will not buy from usâ€" trade is Uo-way. street; but we need to get over the hbery of thinking that only imported goods “high class.” On the question of buying t .tadian in order to keep our country pros- , nus, Mrs. Lymburner went beyond the conâ€" eration of creature comforts to the need of nducing the wealth to provide taxes to give . services we want for our people in such lds as education and health. Mrs. Lymburner spoke of what women could to give the world a good image of Canada. re recalled courtesies she had received as a urist in other countries; of our need to know least one other language besides our own. :rhaps we should do a little more flag-waving give the world a better impression of our “NW. And she said “We need a healthy .iriosity about the affairs of the world; after ll, they determine how families live." " ‘It is at man’s business to live a comfortable life’ ” ile rluoted “ ‘but to find what his part in it can ve.’ This is Why the Government wants women n the trade crusade. It is of no use to say Why doesn't the Government do this or that?’ The Government can move only as the people Ire ready for the move. We are the Govern- :nent.” ( v PENING THE WOMEN’S CONFER- p‘_.j./ One Hundred Years of Homemaking Miss Una Abrahamson of General Foods Ltd” in a. witty address traced the course of “100 Years of Homemaking” from the days When women worked very hard; when it took one day to do the washing and another to do the ironing; when there were “eight to ten children in a home and many more in the Churchyard? because there was no immuniza« “011 against infectious diseases, no screens to SUMMER 1966 protect the house from flies. and a great deal of ignorance about home remedies. She spoke of the need of education in the use of new appliances and products. the carelessness of women about following directions, their de- mand for legislation to control manufacturers when they need more intelligence or care in using the product. MlSS Abruhamson felt that Ontario restauâ€" rant mcals and church suppers were both gen- erally lacking in regional foods. And she had a word to say about dishonesty in women shopâ€" persâ€"such as taking a few strawberries from a box and adding them to the box they are buy- mg. Mrs. Lymburner reminded us that a book by Miss Abrahamson. "God Bless Our Home" will be published by Burns and MacEachern, Toâ€" ronto, this fall. Design and Home Furnishings Mr. Sid Bursudsky, an industrial designer, made a strong case for the need of designers, manufacturers and consumers getting together to decide just what is needed in household appliances. As an example of how design could be improved Mr. Bursudsky referred to the common electric teakettle. The element is inside. water is poured in through the spout and there is no lid; so if something goes wrong with the element it is almost impossible to re- pair it: if lime collects it is difficult to remove it. In the last few years a new model has been designed in which. while water is still poured in through the spout, there is a lid; and when the lid is lifted the element comes out with it and the kettle can be cleaned with no trouble. This kettle does not cost any more than the old kind. Other illustrations of lmpI’OVEd design were shown in a crutch and in hospital and school furniture, the improvements being along the lines of both appearance and utility. The dif- ficulty is to get manufacturers to take up any- thing new. “If you are not satisfied with an article on the market. let the manufacturer know," the speaker advised. Miss E. Christina Fairley. General Manager, Canadian Home Furnishings Institute. speak- ing on. “Your Home Reflects Your Person- ality.” said “The confident homemaker tries to create, through the furnishing and arrangement of her home, both functional and psychological satisfaction for her family,” and she encour- 27.