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t t * THE PARLOR By Leslie Nelson All things that had been cherished down the years, Too odd or choice for using every day, ~ Knick-knacks and ornaments and souvenirs, Were gathered here and safely shut away. Blinds drawn on rosewood cabinet and plush, The gilt clock mute, the wax flowers still in bloom Under their dome of glass; a solemn bush Hallowed this almost legendary room. Only by special favor could we hope To spend a rainy Sunday afternoon, Looking at pictures through the sicreoscope, Playing the music boxiwe knew each tune. if there were places where a child could find More sheer (it-light, they're faded out of mind. ah =‘.= Ilt John Ambulance representatives. Concern was expressed about old wells and discarded refrigerators as hazards for children. The National President Speaks Delegates to the conference were especially fortunate in meeting and hearing Mrs. Keith Rand, President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, on this her first visit to Ontario as national president. “Before considering some of the questions of vital importance to our organization we must remember the fact that an indiVidual or a community or a nation is never self- contained," said Mrs. Rand. “It might be summed up in a saying I was brought up on, ‘What is not for the good of the whole hive is not for the good of a single bee’.” Referring to the place of education in homemaking in the Institutes, Mrs. Rand said: “Mrs. Hoodless, our founder, saw the need for education in Home Economies in the rural areas. The changes in Home Economics since her time are tremendous and the need for further training both in rural and urban areas is great but I sometimes wonder if the home-making portion of the study rather than the housekeeping portion is not of prime im- portance. There is a vast difl’erence between keeping a house and making a home. No social institution is more fateful for the hu- man race than the home. In it the primary character shaping takes place. If homes are psychologically sound there is hope for our culture. This puts upon all adults who create homes a large measure of rosponsibility for determining what our culture and the world culture is to be. A great portion of Women’s Institutes members are homemakersâ€"perhaps a larger proportion than in many organiza- tions. This then puts a great responsibility squarely on our shoulders. What kind of home do we want? Are working mothers having a good or bad effect on home life? What is the role of the home in School education? What effect is the so-called modern home having on juvenile delinquency and problems of the aged? Do we favour the old type auth- oritarian home or the modern dun,H N household or is there a happy medim‘ 73‘" On the point of having a feeling [1,, m... and passing it on to our children, uh. quoted from Edgar A. Guest: "Write it down when I have peridul Here is everything I’ve cherished. That these walls should glow \viil Spurred my lagging soul to duty That there should be gladness he; Kept me toiling year by year." Mrs. Rand spoke of the Changes , bringing to agriculture and of the in of food production both to our ow and to the rest of the world since peace will never be possible until food supplies can be provided to a] of the world at prices they can 7 pay.” She also referred to the oppm‘ the Women’s Institute as a pioneer l men's organization, working closy urban organizations to bridge any ru: gap and bring about a closer under for the good of the nation. The Women’s Institute is known a- cational organization, the President 1' the conference, so it must concern ii the question: What is education? Wh want from education? What do w from our teachers? How is educalit financed? What should he done abOt, tion for leisure time? Are we sails“ radio and television; and are we Illili opinions knowu'! Problems of health face us. We in responsibility for promoting the pity.» mental health of all our people. Who service do we want and are we getti- Mrs. Rand spoke of the F.W.I.C. study topic for this term, the Integi, our people. “Have We made a studr Indian Canadians or our new Can: she asked. “Is integration a problen should it be approached? And what doing about it?” - Closing with an appeal for a study i problems with a View to becoming for world peace, and working for u lations through our own internatir» ill :1 3' DISHPAN PHILOSOPHY By Catharine Cate Colbients Let us wash dishes as the sunlight falls Casting leafy shadows on my kitchen uni Where I may catch far glimpses of a lie And watch the seed-time until harvesr M Let me wash dishes as the garden bloom Watts summer fragrance through my busy For toil and drudgery are unknown wor- When doing dishes to the song of birds. Let me wash dishes when the snowflakes And while the last crow makes her sullen Or, in the spring, when outside on the l‘ God's storms are heatingâ€"cleansing eath She misses much who never understands The joy of mixing rainbows with her hat III * 1 HOME AND CC“ mtRY