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to sample some traditional Scottish dishes. Says Miss Horn: “They will be offered crisp oat cakes which crumble in the mouth. light-asâ€"ateather soda scones baked on a girdle" (not griddle) "on an open fire and spread with fresh farm butler. mouth-watering golden yellow pancakes â€"â€" also from the girdle; shortbread. that delicacy beloved by all sweet-tooths; succulent fresh herring fried in oatmeal: Rippers that have been smoked in tra- ditional manner over oak chips: Scotch brothâ€" a meal in itself: and homemade haggis. a mystery to the uninitiated, but withal a delightful and tasty dish." The Scottish Women‘s Rural Institutes are look- ing forward to showing their guests places of his) toric interest in the beautiful city of Edinburgh and its environs and the sheep lands of the Border country and the dairy farms of Ayrshire and Gal- loway. And of course they will want them to see the birthplace of Robert Burns. Probably most of the women who will attend the conference hinc been brushing up on their Scottish history [0 MM. an extent that they will have planned a sight. seeing programme of their own to follow the CW. ference. And visitors with their ancestral rook. . the old land will be looking up the sites of .u . family homes. Perhaps the most interesting part of the cont ». ence will be making acquaintance with the Semi people themselves. "What kind of people are l‘ _ Scots?" Miss Horn asks. "There are those it have said they are dour and stubborn; there , those who have said they are parsimonious; 0th. doubt their sense of humour, but with due mode. they are willing to leave the judgment to the H tors. But there is one virtue they cherish \th has never been denied â€" they are a hOSpllur race. They like to be visited and they like to my} their visitors feel they are welcome.“ What Is A. C. W. W. ? By Ann Wilson, F.W.I.C. Public Relations Representative IIE QUESTION is often asked, “What is the I Associated Country Women of the World?” Here is the story: The Associated Country Women of the World is the only international organization of country women. It represents more than six ad a half mil- lion uomen in some thirty countries belonging to I40 Constituent Societies and 55 Corresponding Societies. The objects of the organization are, briefly: to promote and maintain friendly and helpful rcla~ lions among country women's and homemakâ€" crs' organizations around the world; to further the common interests of these groups. to encourage the l'ornuttion of similar socicties in other coun- tries. to “ork for the betterment of rural homes through the study and practice of high home- muking ideals and finally. to further friendship and understanding among country women of all nations. For the individual member. the A.C.W.W. links the memben together by means of letter friends and melt-tinge of programs between groups in vari- ous countries and gives Introductions to members travelling abroad. ()n the other side. it provides members with an opportunity to entertain visitors from other lands: it brings news of other societies to its members through the pang of it». mag-Aging "The ('ountrywoman"; it speaks for the country “omen til the United Nations meetings and ac- L]l|.tllll\ them with the “’Ul'h of this Assembly. In shorl. it is the international voice of rural women. As tar back as I797 farm women in Finland had an Agricultural Women‘s Organization. In Ib‘h? the (rrungc was cstublishcd in the United States. The Countess of Aberdeen became the president of the International Council of Women in [8%. Ion years later. in 1897. Adelaide Hood- less. it] the invitation of Erland Lee. organized the lll'sl “omcn'x Institute at Stoney Creek. Ontario. to I‘Llisc 1hc standard of homemakng and rural lixing. Tilh movement spread across Canada. 24 down into the United States. across to GIL Britain during World War I and around the wot In the ensuing years the need for an int national rural group was seen and in 1930. Vienna. at a conference of the International Cm cil of Women, a liaison committee of rural rep sentatives was set up, with an office in Land England. Lady Aberdeen and Mrs. Alfred \of Ontario and British Columbia, with Miss PI and Miss Zimmern in the London Office. g; leadership to this early group. It was in I‘) when the International Council of Women l: in Stockholm. that the formal separation it- place and Mrs. Alfred Watt was elected presid of the Associated Country Women of the Wm as it was now to be known. The topic at this t ference was. "Food in the Country Home." The Third Conference was held in Washingti DC. in 1936, with the topic. “The Use of Natl Resources In and Around the Country Home“. this time a “Pilgrimage of Friendship“ was in to the Peace Bridge linking Buflalo and Fort I built to commemorate over one hundred it of peace between the United States and Can» Mrs. Alfred Watt. the president of ACM' presented the plaque in memory of the occasior London. England, was the scene of the For Conference in l939, with the theme. "“ Country Women Use." “Fifty Years of Achit ment." the story of the Women’s Institute. I Us that the opening of this conference was .‘I . occasion with delegates from thirtyâ€"two COLIN dressed in their native costumes. Horizons ‘ broadened since the Washington Conference respect and tolerance for others was being m nized more and more. Unfortunately. the Second World War mad impossible to hold an International Conference the aims and ideals of the organization V- carricd on nationally. The war over, the Fifth Conference was held Amsterdam in 1947. Its one great objective ~ HOME AND coums