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the Ofl‘icers’ Conference at Guelph, on the evening of May 9th, and the full day of May 10th, to a fitting celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. It has been recommended that those Branches not eligible to send their Secretary to the Conference this year, may send their President or an Alternate. In this way every Branch may be represented at the Provmcial Celebration. As you know, the accommodation at the College is limited, so Secretaries Will receive preference of being billeted at the. Col- lege. However, outside accommodation Will be provided to as many as is possible. If any delegates could look after their own lodging it would assist the Conference Secretary. I Application forms with full information will be sent to each Branch as soon as plans are completed. A On February 17th, at 1.30 pm, a special programme to commemorate the birth of the Women's Institute will appear on “Country Calendar” over CBC stations, practically everywhere in Ontario, including Windsor, Sudbury and the Lakehead. On February 19th, at 12.30 p.m., George Atkins on the CBC Farm Broadcast for Ontario and Quebec will feature our Anniversary. During the week previous to February 19th the Craig Family will be talkâ€" ing about our Birthday on their programme. So be listening in and looking at these stations and share in this part of the celebration. The Tweedsmuir Competition rulings will be sent out shortly. We hope that every Insti- tute Will enter this competition. I would draw your attention to the raise in the F.W.I.C. fee from 7 cents to 15 cents per member. This increase was deemed neces‘ sary to help finance F.W.I.C. work At the Autumn meeting of the Provincial Board no moneyvmaking project was set up However, I know that some Branches max- 'm: contributing to Hungarian Relief throng}:l some agency. I should like to know if iii-.1 have, and the amount given, so that lim- Women’s Institute may be credited with ti...., donations. Will you please let me know it have helped with this appeal? A committee has been appointed to com-v -. y the possibilities and the administration u: a Provincial Oflice for the Women’s Instii. u, The business increases each year and it is o 2,. cult to handle it from the President’s ii Secretary-Treasurer’s homes. We hope to 'r something to report from this committe- .ii Area Conventions. In closing, I wish to thank the ll‘llel' members, the Branches, the Districts ‘ Areas for their messages of congratulai‘ and good wishes, since my election to the (W of Provincial President. I appreciate tho great deal and find inspiration and help 1 the loyalty and confidence expressed in ii I hope I may justify your faith in me with the coâ€"operation of each Branch men‘i: may do my task well. Let us work together for a bright and 1'- perous year. t Sincerely, Annie G. Haggerty (Mrs. James Haggerty, Provincial President, F.W.T Hats From Hen Feathers HEN Windermere Institute in Muskoka had a course in Millinery, a past presi- dent, Mrs. Longhurst, debated with herself as to whether she was “too old" to take the course, but she decided to come with her married daughters and immediately she was interested. Mrs. Longhurst is a good needlewoman and first she made a fabric hat, very smart and well done. Then Mrs. Hutchison, the instruc- tor from Home Economics Extension Service, demonstrated making a feather hatâ€"that is a hat covered with feathers laid on smooth and even. Mrs. Hutchison advised the women, the next time they had a hen killed. to keep the feathers, wash and dye them and save them to make a hat. That night Mrs. Longhui‘st asked her hus- band to kill a hen. She washed the feathers, dyed them with navy blue dye and left them overnight to dry, In the morning she brought to the class a pile of fluffy gray-blue feathers. smooth and glossy at the points a lighter blue and downy along the stems. The class raved about them and Mrs. Longhurst care- fully laid them one by one over her hat shape, fastening each feather with a touch of glue as such feather hats are made in Paris and 14 New York and in Women‘s Institute Milli- courses. The finished hat, we are told, it. knockout. These feathers came from a white When dyed they made a hat covering shw from navy to a soft French blue. For a terned effect. nothing beats the feathers Barred Rock hen, Mrs. Hutchison says. (Incidentally the class had chicken s wiches for lunch one day at Windermere At Chisholm many of the Institute wot are young mothers and when the Milln course came to the community some ‘ wanted to take it had no one to leave with children. Then the grandmothers came to rescue as baby sitters. The young women ‘ that the grandmothers deserved a hat a? far this service so they selected materials. the instruction they needed from the Millin teacher and they would make the g1"d mothers’ hats at home after the course ‘ over. Miss Carolyn Snider, another Millinery structor on the extension staff, reports that the class at Tara the women brought bucl- i - and pins and other hat trimmings to exchal or barter. From the pooled collection 1‘ "came up with some lovely decorations." HOME AND coum RY