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g. MRS, ADELAIDE HUNTER MOODLESS Adelaide Héodless was born Adelaide Sophia Hunter the youngest of twelve childâ€" ren of David and Jane Hunter, on February 27,1857. The smail farm home still stands off Highway 5 between Prantford and St. George, Ontario, and has now been f restored as an Historical Site. Her parents were hard working Irish Presbyterians l who had comerto Canada in 1830. By the time she was born, her father was dead and during her early years the family experienced a serious economic struggle. Adelaidets < ‘only formal education was at the nearby school in St. George, but she had enouch refinement, social charm and natural good looks to marry a wellâ€"toâ€"do Hamilton businessman, John Hoodless when she was twentyâ€"four,. A baby boy of theirs died in Hamilton at the age of eighteen months. In those days, however, one child died in five and every family had its small graves in the churchyard. What made this case different was that the baby‘s mother refused to accept the situation with resignaâ€" tion. She set out to find out why her own child died and why so many children were dying and studied ways to lessen the suffering and sorrowing. When Nrs. Hoodâ€" less learned that her baby‘s death was caused by contaminated milk, she was shocked that she herself could have been so negqligent. She was even more shocked to learn that many babies were dying from the same cause, not only in Hamilton, but all over the continent. She soon became aware that, although a great deal of scientific research was being devoeted to finding the best possible feed for pigs and cattie and hens, little or no thought was given to finding the best food for human children. ‘ She noticed too, that where local farmers would entrust their horses to the care of i only highly qualified men, they would often pick as mothers for their children, women with no training at all in child care and household management. In the winter 1 of 1896 ,a young farmer from Stoney Creek, Erland Lee, had heard Mrs. Hoodlessâ€"arquse ‘ that, if men could benefit from banding together to work and study, women could do | likewise., Impressed, he asked her to speak at a meeting in Stoney Creek. Mrs. Hoodâ€" ‘ ‘Aless agreed. The upshot was that on February 19, 1897, one hundred and one women } responded to her call to form an association dedicated to building a better nation by building better homes. Thus was formed the first Women‘s Institute. The movement has now spread throughout all Canada and across the Seas when the Assosiated Country Women of the World meet. Mrs. Hoodless died on February 26, 1910, strickened by a heart attack in the midst of her work, While addressing the Canadian Women‘s Club of Toronto on the need for a larger and more advanced teacher‘s training college in domestic science, she faltered a few minutes after the start of her speech, took a