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nd City institute mem- broughl these arlicles for It" in a course on Heme . â€" Past, Present and IQ, conduded by M iss rey Spencer, Women's Inslflule Brunch. omen's Institutes have had a large part 'r etting music taught in country schools. campaign still goes on. Recently Beckâ€" i: in Lanark County asked their new school :1 to consider appointing a music teacher the area. Nassagaweya in Halton had a 01 music teacher give them a demonstra- of how music is taught in schools; they rt that “everyone enjoyed learning the damentals of music appreciation". And at stock’s December meeting, the women _ d the story of Handel’s life and a record _'pping community centres. Sparta, in Elgin ty, is building a sizeable addition to the e and Anvil, an historic mud-walled ding 140 years old, which the Institute eral years ago procured for a community e for the village and countryside. The 'tion will have a fullssized basement for ace, washrooms and utility room, and the fer floor will accommodate a modern kitch- and a meeting place for the Institute and r groups. To get the cement poured for basement walls the Institute made a bee , served meals to twenty-five men, mem- of the Sparta Community Club and - 5. To raise money for the improvement eir centre the Institute is putting on a es of dances and other social affairs where people of the community can have a good E, at very reasonable cost. ._.W|_. « ical of the welfare work of a service- ed Institute is this report of a meeting of Lindsay branch: It was decided to provide - Oxygen humidifier for the local haspital. donate $25 to the Crippled Children's Fund, "$100 to the near-by Little Britain Nursing e which had been destroyed by fire. In 'tion to a programme of papers by mem- and music, three films were shown, ER 1953 “Farm “Canada Homes." Dances", “Brazil” and Now that County Homes for the Aged are being established all over Ontario, the W0- men’s Institutes are making their contribution in doing what they can to make their County Home more homelike. A common project is to contribute some added comfort in the way of furnishings. As reported in an earlier issue the Institutes of East Haldimand furnished the women’s sitâ€" ting room at their Home. They hope to help with a similar room for the men, and in the meantime to provide rocking chairs for the bedrooms. The North Ontario district Inâ€" stitutes presented their County Home with a radiophonograph. Rural Ridgetown branch voted $25 toward a television set for their Home. In Halton the Institutes have provided magazine subscriptions and two radio-phono- graphs for the men‘s and the women's sittings rooms. Having found that the people in these Homes need company and diversion as much as material comforts, Institutes sometimes visit the Home and put on an entertainment. Newmarket branch, giving a party at the York County Home, had a sing-song, using the favorite songs in which everyone joined. The old people enjoyed this so much that “community singing" is likely to have a place in any future parties this Institute may have at the Home. At Sunset Lodge in Atherley a new chapel was opened just before Christmas. The Wo- men's Institute along with various lodges, service clubs and the Salvation Army brought gifts to the people living in the Lodge, and some of the best musicians of the locality were there to put on a concert. What really made the day was that the people of the Lodge were asked to help with the programme. It is re- ported that “a man ninety-six years of age gave two good recitations and everyone had a part in singing Christmas carols and familiar hymns." 19