Women‘s Institutes Make a Tremendous Diflerenee in the Lives of Women In the Nonh West Territones HANK YOU. 1 will never forget you I in my life. i thank you very much. With these words and showing some emotion, Mrs. Mary Firth. Vice President Of f-urt Macpherson Women's Institute eXPFESSCd her thanks fora gift given to her as n memento of her first trip out from the North West Terâ€" ritories to the National Women‘s Insmum (unvention at Guelph. Ontario. With Mrs. Firth was Mrs. Fred Lambert. Past President of Destruction Bay Branch, the only Women's Institute in the Yukon- Mrs, l~‘irth is a grey-haired Indian woman ml the [,omhoo tribe of the Peel River Indians. She lives in a home httilt of logs and covered mth shingles. The house has electricity and Mrs. l‘trth httx a small electric stove and a reâ€" l‘rieeratnr. The Peel River Indians make their living by. hunting and trapping. When the hunt is (in the men live in a "tish camp.“ on the delta where the Peel River joins the Mackenzie, There are thirteen children in the Firth fam- ily Mrs. Firth is the mother of eight children and hilx motheretl the five children of her husr httnti's earlier marriage. In the household there ix also an adopted girl and a sevemyearâ€" old grandson. Mary l'irth is proud that her children now lune opportunities for education. and she wel- comes her work with the Women's Institute as education for henell. It is also a social con- taL'l with other women and with women from the outside who come to the Territories tltrnueh the Women's Institutes, Coming to the Ndllltntll (onvention at (iuelph and expe- rtenemu the friendliness of the women there illl\i1l'0.lllCIIL‘ll Mary Firth's thinking. Another welcome guest was Mrs. Marguerite lamhert. Past President of Destruction Bay. \Vtittten's |tt\[ilttlL‘. The Lantherts have lived in the north for seven years. Mr. Lambert has a civilian Joh with the US. Army. The Lam- hurts hate three children. They all love the Imth and are planning on staying there. Mrs. lamhert is a charter member of the Destruction Hay Women‘s Institute but she has been a Women's Institute member for twenty tears. The Dextruetion Bay Branch does a great amount of community work and con- Irihutes generuthl} to a fund for re- tarded children. Mrs. Iamhert was also presented with a cut tt\ a souvenir of her visit to the Fourth National (‘om‘ention al Guelph. Ontario. * i i In our era, the I'IIJII to holiness necessarily passes lilt’lutph the world of action-khan Hammarskiuld. 12 AUTUMN Emily Dickinson The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The ï¬eld a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I‘ll put a trinket on. * '1: 1r LITTLE THINGS By Margaret Elsom ("Take its file faxes, the little [axes that if; .5 vines, [or our z'iner bane tender groper." 5 t†Salomon 2:15) _ ‘ Lord, I come to You this evening With a A kind of prayer . . . There were so many little things that bathe. ,m to-day; They placed my soul in ferrets â€" they be t everywhere, And as they Cluttered up my path they mu m lose my way. The little hasty word I spoke was anything be \When a little dish lay broken by a very littlt it: A little thought so wrong, ï¬lled up a cut it my mind. A little bit of envy made my temper run quit kt The chocolate cake I fashioned failed to re m proper size. And when I took it from the pan it simp apart. The little frown at dinner-time was anythit t‘ wise, And the fly that quite eluded me brought to my heart. I couldn't ï¬nd the scissors though I u through every drawer. The telephone rang wildly as I tried to “.1 hair. I spoke in tones ungracious to a pedlar at th. And my purse I mislaid somewhereâ€"couldt‘ it anywhere. Lordâ€"I've lost the calmness of that inword m It That should be mine to-night, and yet Tht w. is not my own; And Oh, I need assurance that my strengtlt ill be renewed, And that I stand forgiven at the heavenly I. throne. And if it be Thy will that all the morrow sl L H'Ill'lE â€"â€" Grant me Thy patience Lord, and give mt L“ spirit wings: And let me trim anew the lamp of faith and ‘M it shine In every pathway where I meet these trying '1‘ things." * 'k 'k SIX MISTAKES OF MAN I. The delusion that personal gain is mat -"‘ crushing others. . The tendency to worry about things that t “" be changed or corrected. . Insisnng that a thing is impossible becauv ‘-k cannot accomplish it. . Refuse to set aside trivia] differences. . Nngect development and refinement m ‘u mtn . 6. Attempting to compel others to believe am '-L‘ as we do. Manitoba Women’s Institute Ni Ulnk HOME AND com 1“