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HOME AND COUNTRV Published quarterly by The Federated \vomm Institutes OI Onlarlo nod Thu Institutes Brunch Doiurlment Ill Agrltuliuro Oulurin Eurrunui. COMMITTEX: hlis. '1‘ J iiiviioweil. Miiverion, sin. . . V. Powell, \vimby, ' Miss 15. )IcDr-rilmnd, Superintendent Wonicns InsillulUSi annuto. SIEMEEI‘S or l’iiovixcnu. Bimini: Honorary pmmm. IIir Excvllcncy The Lady Tweedsuiuir. mummy l'it'FPrcsiilcnla; Mrs. It. Li. Collulou. Larnc Pork. Miss 15. MCDurlllflfld, Tomi-m. Prrii‘dmt: lIrs. T, J. McDowell, niilvermn. rice-President. Mimi Bessie 1. RR. . Brockvillu. ii .I. H, Cars in Burtonvillc. .\Irs. D. C. Giirvcr. ILR. 1, Fun \villinm. Dinciam on "A? Exrculiut. , \v. Brosee. Lyndhiihl. ninghimi, Kit. 2. n, Duuimon. B nmclls, n R. i. Allenforil. . hic.\iilcy, criiruan. Directora- Mrs E. ouiry. lllabcrly. rmi D nyos, RR, 3, amnion, . Nowinnn, Lornmuiu Sim-per, hlnunt Allu‘l'L :wnnloli, M 'kiluln, I “Elwin. Vllulld sum-i Linwood . . “'nodin-iv .. enmpwi. iimmi swims. E T‘ukl'. Port Cnrlluc. \v n Tail. up I. m o. minim”... Rn. ll Stow-ler Trcmurrr: Eloru. , W B, Imuiherdnlc, r‘old sponilvnce should lu- . “linME und I‘DI Tin- \anon'i Inslilu 1’an rnt Buildin 'rnmnin diuil‘lllllll‘ll nil-much \llu sucrr ch Wnuii-n‘s Iiixiituim to ilin \vuuwn‘s linuuuio nicniims. EDITORIAL COMMENY DISTRICT ANN UALS No Women’s Institute meeting is of more interest than the Well estab- lished district annual. In many dis» tricts this meeting has been an an- nual event for more than 30 years. It is much a part of the life of the county as the Agricultural Fair or the County Coun il meeting. It has a distinctive sen'ice that it alone can L‘. Women from various communities in the district have the opportunity of getting acquainted with each other, of finding out about the privileges and limitations of other communities and of exchanging ideas and objectives. It is only with the opportunity of comparison that one can see one’s own situation in a true light and n‘lilkl' constructive plans for progress in the futu -. The reports given at the district annual should not only review the community activities and the edu- cational programmes of the branches but should evaluate them in order that futurr programme plans may profit from past experience. ellaneous and unrelated ad- es injected into the district ann al programme distract its main purposes rind destroy the influence it might have in helping the branches develop better programmes. Only tentative plans for the branch pro- gramme for the ensuing year should be made before the district annual meeting. After the dist ct annual, the branches are in a position to com- plete plans for their programme. One of the important items of busi- ness on the agenda of the district annual is that of deciding on the type of service the district wishes to re- ceive from the Women's Institute Branch of the Department of Agri- culture for the coming year. Each branch should inform its delegates in regard to the kind of service it would like to see carried on in the district for the coming year. Each delegate should be informed of second and third choices of her branch and if these choices should prove to be in the minority when the decision is made at the district annual, the delegate 2,.______ HOME AND COUNTRY Provmcial Board Cons dered Administrative Problems should be empowered to recognize the authority of the majority. _ I The district has the ‘priVilege of obtaining a speaker sewice or estabi lishing a training school for laca leaders. In the case of the speaker service, the district must decide on the subject they wish to have intro- duced. If a training school _for local leaders is chosen, the district. must decide on the project they wish _to develop. All this work is ouglined in the Co-operative Programme in Home Economics. Each branch may profit from the district programme and in addition it may apply for a five day short course. On account of lack of funds, a short course can not be mven to every Institute each year. Up to the present time applications have not been re- ceived from more than one-tenth' of the branches and it has been pDSSibIe to schedule all the short course re- quested. According to the instruc- tions circulated for the last two years, requests for short course must be sent to the Women's Institute Branch of the Department of Agriculture at the beginning of the programme year which is July 1. FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY, This February marks the fortieth anniversary of the organization of the Women’s Institutes of Ontario and the birthday honours go to. the Stnney Creek Women's Institute Brant-h. In forty years, the W0- men‘s Institutes have grown from one to 1,344 branches and have widened the scope of their activities to embrace improvements in almost every phase of community and home life. The Stoney Creek Women’s Insti- tute is planning a banquet in Februâ€" ary to celebrate its birthday. The programme will sketch the significant happenings which have taken place duiing its life time. The most prominent sketch can not help but be that first meeting of February 19, 1897, when, with the leadership of Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless and Mr. Erluiid Lee, the society was organized with the object of providing a means for form and village women to meet regularly to discuss problems and acquire information concerning their responsibilities as liomemakers and citizens. Reports of activities will bring to mind the splendid contri» bution the Institute has made to its local community. But the most im- portant accomplishment which will be cited, is that of the influence this first Institute has had throughout Canada and Ontario in particular. With its example of courage and success thousands of other communities have organized their women power into units of effort which have made a better rural Canada. It is with pride and thankfulness that “Home and Country” takes this opportunity of congratulating Stoney Creek Branch on reaching the maturity of forty years. Provincial Convener of Legislation Committee Recommends Study of _ Civics (Continued from page 1, col. 1). much ground a brunch convencv can cover on anyone phase of a subject in even five minutes, ‘th interest and profit (0.311. In addition, this system of covering all of one subject before passmg on to another is much more likely to bring forth a well-considered type of recommendation where change in existing legislation or necessity for new legislation appears to be desirable.” Commendation is given to the practice followed by one branch whose convener follows closely the proceedings of both provincial and dominion legislatures, and reports to the branch all items of interest. The necessity of keeping this practice free from partisan bias is stressed. The followmg pertinent questions ar'e‘ quoted from one report. Do you know the rntin allotted to your local public schoo by the Inspector? Do you know what business was transacted at your last annual school meeting? Were you there? ual meeting of the pro- vinlcliisl liggid of theo IZ‘edlei-u‘fids lllléloé ’ Institutes of n ario ildexTzronto on November 24 aJndlvgg‘, with the president, Mrs. T. . _ S Dowell, in the chair at all 59553011] and all the members of the hour in attendance. - t r iart of the As usual the gigu gy Imaking de_ ' e was taken u ' zigions concerning the many g‘eliioils of the administration of the 2 er- ‘ ' ' ' blems t on and by discussing pio :ohnectcd with both old and new activities. Items of Business ‘ - long Th board coveied other works . with ethe following items of busmess. A contribution of $12.00 was sent for the upkeep of Ontario’s share of the International Peace Garden situ- ated in Manitoba and North Dakota. In 1937, the convention Will be ex- pected to purchase their own song sheets. These may be obtained from Mrs. W. B. Leatherdale, Goldwater, for one-half cent each. A sum of $50.00 was yoted to take care of the transportation of relief supplies sent from southern Insti- tutes to Institutes in ne_\vly settled paits of northern Ontario. Special comment was made on the generosity of the Barrie Convention in their gift of $30.00 to the Putnam Memorial Fund, a part of which has been spent for shoes for school children in the north. The bnaid decided not to carry a supply of green and white pins of the Associated Country Women of the \Vorlcl. Any individual Wishing to obtain this pin should order direct from 9.0 Baker Sin, London W. L, England. The price is 25c.‘ I The board felt it was not in a p05)- tion to advise the executive of the Associated Country Women of the World in regard to use of the funds Collected at the biennial Conference in Washington J anuary, 1937 The board was pleased to r - the election of Miss Grace 1:325“? of Washington, DC., as :vepresciitativr of the American continent an the executive of the Associated Count 9 Women of the World. Her Excellenlc~y The Lady Tweedsmuir has graciously conseéiteéi to be tthe hIanorary Vic; resi en represen 1n nite End Canada. g d States The board passad a vote of thank» expressing grateful appreciation t; the Ontario committee on entertam iiient for the A. C. W. W, In light of all the re orts ' were reviewed. the boardpfclt thvallmi}: is not wise for an Institute branch to undertake pieces of work requiring heavy financial responsibility, especi, ally if the enterprise is one which shfild be supported by the niunici. Pa 1 Y- . . . The udVisability of carrying 0., competitions as a part of a dim" annual programme was discussed and it was decided that they have little value if purposeful preparation and related educational activities have not been carried on previously. The board recommended that the question of uniting south and north Waterloo be considered at the iuxt district annuals of the two dish The board felt that the residents of rural Ontario should be grateful for the system of travelling libraries pro. vided by the Libraries Branch. luv. pavtment of Education, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. The niembri‘ oi the board all felt their responsiiilitv in encouraging Institute brunt-lies t}; secure this library for their coni- munity. Recognition was made of tilt fact that Mrs. Leatherdale, provincial secretary, is in charge of publicity and should be considered as Publicity Convener. ' Miss McDermand commended the Senior Women's Institutes for the assistance Institute distri and branches have given to Junior Instr. tutes and girls’ clubs. lNSTITUTE MEMBERS LEARN TO MAKE USEFUL WOOLEN ARTICLES During the programme year of 1936-37, 48 branches have sent local leaders to the district training schools in Home Utilization of Wool held at Lion’s Head, Colpoy’s Bay. Teeswzitcr, Bloomfield and New Liskeard. The leaders met with the instructor, Miss Edith Hopkins of the Women‘s Institute Branch, Depart- ment of Agriculture, for one day in each of four successive months. They started the work in their own branches immediately after the first day‘of training school or after com- pleting all the training schools, ac- cordiiig to the convenience of their indiVidual communities. In sparsely'settled areas, or where only one Institute in a district is in- terested in the problem of making good use of wool in the home, five day short courses have been scheduled. Such courses have been held recently at Snow Road, Vankleek Hill, and vIvaifiicliield _and 23 number of courses e given urin ' ' an’i‘lany of 1937. g Mmeh’ Am“ ie women taking this ro'ect become acquainted with ijhEonollaii-E dustry from the raw material to the finished producEâ€"quilts, quilting, and knitting. .Washing wool has always been considered a disagreeable piece of work. The amazement of the leaders when they see a dirty greasy bunch of wool come out cleaii whitd and not matted, with no more work than liftingut from one water to another, inspires them to go back and show the members of th' branches. (Contributed hiuniiiii Hopkins, Instructor in Homecrafts, Women’s Institute Branch) LEATHER GLOVES ARE MADE UNDER GUIDANCE OF 77 LEADERS Leather glove making is tlit- Illflzi popular of the home crafts conducted by the Ontario Women’s Institutes this year. The instruction is being given by trained local leaders to the interested members of branch lusti- tutes participating in this progicmme. Seventy-seven branches sent lend- ers to the training schools held at Finely Lanark, Napanee, Cold-rank. Welland, Bothwell and Orillia. The leaders learned how to select leather, cut a pattern to fit her own hand cut and make a well fitting pair of gluvi'é. and also how to teach others to do the some. "Pay more, buy less, object not to five dollars for a pair of gloves when they will outlast five cheap pairs" [3 a true statement, but today, when a woman goes to purchase a pair of EIOVBS, She will admire a pair of hand sewn gloves, wish she could afioril them, pass on and buy something cheaper. Such a buyer may have the superior band sewn gloves, if shelf fortunate in living in a community where one of her neighbours ho) learned at a Women’s Institute train- ing school how to make gloves and the woman concerned is herself handy With a needle. . , She can purchase a skin tanned 1" an Ontario factory, take instruction from a local leader, and get “‘1; coveted pair of gloves at about h“. the price of the gloves she admired "1 the store window. , , . In seventy Seven communities 1“ Ontario, women ha " this Pfl‘llig: this year.“ uted by Ed“ Hopkins In in. Home Grill“: flinch.)