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.4- (2) The daughters are taking a keen and intelligent interest in present day activities and preparation for future responsibilitieS. (5) The fathers have found both home life and community undertakings of greater interest. They have come to: appreciate more keenly the relative MWE the health and welfare ofthe children as comper ed to that 01 the livestock. . (IT Many boys and young men have found that there are better ways in agriculture which make for enjoyment and contentment on the land. (5) The children even have felt the influence of the Institute and have come to appreciate the value of strength of body 8211 culture of mind in preparation for better citizenship. All boys and girls ere anxious to be efficient in some line and the Institute is pointing: the way to the desirable. (6) The Demonstration-Lecture courses have proved most effective through co-operation with the Institutes. ('7) The establishment and carrying on of libraries, literary I / societies, rinks, athletic fields, communit;r halls, are dir eot results a." in many places of the work of the Institute. (8) i Keener and mo re intelligent interest is being taken in health problems in the rural districts. Much literature, courses of imth, school medical inspection. service, school nurses and district nurses, are now available, and the Institutes are taking full advantage of these. The moral or social side of life has been very largely influenced by the Women's Institutes. Particularly is this the case in Northern Ontario and all outlying districts. There sometimes the housework becomes dull and monotonous and when the wives have the . Institute to attend, they come bacirfirfresh in mind and spirit and go to their daily we :'; with a renewed interest . This phase of the Institute work to my mind is one of the most important. Through the Institute pur vision has been broadened and we learn to respect the feelings and rights of others, and it behooves us as mothers to identify our-- selves with an organization that engenders in us a broader outlook on life that comes only through helping others, and there is no better orgainzation that I know of that is better able to do just that than