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Kitchen" explains, Miss McKereher and I spent three days at the University of Michi- gan, with Mrs. Ruth Kettunen and other statf memâ€" bers. We wanted to learn something of the Exten. sion programme they have developed to simplify and lighten some of the unnecessarily time and energy consuming routine household tasks. (I'd like to underline that word unnecesmriiyd Many such time and energy conserving projects are in operation today. The idea behind them is twofold. Some homemakers must follow such a programme of necessity because of ill health or physical disability~heart disease or arthritis, to mention only two. Other housewives are beginning to realize it's the sensible thing to do. Any time and energy that can be saved from routine tasks means that much more to spend on the family, on volunteer or community services, on creative work. One woman assured us that such activities have nroved the answer to her lament of the boredom If housekeeping! : 3 THE ARTICLE, “Conservation in the The basic philosophy behind this “conservation” programme ts a simple one. “The way yott do a yob is more important than the demands of the Job itself." For those who are interested, here are six basic rules which are worth considering seriously. How do you rule? (1) Don’t worry about those things you can't cl'tunge; save your energy for those you can. (El Allow enottgh time for a job so there is no need to rush. (3) Keep your weight normal. [4) Plan ahead its much as possibleâ€"this does much to help you avoid pushing yourself to the pomt of exhaustion or over-fatigue. (5) Avoid lifting. positing or carrying heavy things. (6) Don't run upstairsâ€"it isn't the steepness of the stairs. it‘s the speed with which we go up and down that does the harm. In the next issue We will go into the kitchen. Summary Days ‘ NTHY ARE summary days a part of Wo- men’s Insti-tutes‘ home economics extension projects? Miss Flora Durnirt. Home Econ- tmist for Grey and Dufferin counties gives this explanation: “We need Summary Days as a dead line for he completion of a project and to provide an -Ipportunity for each group to test their own tbility, to be creative, to receive a response from others, to learn from criticism and observation. When we started the senior local leader projects. the general opinion seemed to be that the women's work couldn‘t be carried on like the girls’. that women wouldn‘t want to put on skits and dem- onstrations and that they might resent criticism. I have found that they want to present a pro- gramme and that they would like to know when: they succeed and where they fail." Here are a few comments that have come to us from a few of this year's summary den/53 There were three summary days in Grey coun- ty. where the project was “The Third Meal." At \tlarkdale every group contributed to the pro- gramme with a skit, reading or comments. There was just one demonstration. And as an example of how such a programme can bring out latent ability, the woman who gave the demonstration had never even seen a demonstration other than those put on by 4â€"H Homemaking Clubs at In- stitute conventions. A teacher from Home Econ- omics Service reports that the demonstrator was c“Eldon. at ease, and that she kept up an ex- SUMMEI I960 cellent "running patter" throughout. Meaford‘s summary day look the form of a buffet luncheon. Fitch ot' the Six groups provided enough food for their own group and one extra person. The food included hot and cold “third meal" main dishes and desserts with homemade rolls and biscuits. (irimshy Bench chili in Lincoln county put on a birthday party skit with :t table set with doll's dishes. Another skit liltll provided both cnlct'tttinment itl'lLi information came in Peel county's Sttmmttt'y Day on the “Hints for the Home Nurse" project. This wits a demonstration on body mechanics. The women arranged themselves in two rows and while those in the back row sang a parody on “Comin‘ Through the Rye," telling the wrong way to do things. those in the front row demonstrated the correct way. Some of the skits in Dundats county were “Do‘s and Dont‘s for the Sick Room". “How to Furnish :1 Sick Room", “Taking Pulse ttnd Temperature", "A Mustard Plaster." Summary days showed that the Rttgmttlting project has stirred up a lot of interest. In Wel- land county, eight Institutes exhibited seventy- three rugs: in Thunder Bay ten groups produced ninety rugs. We haven't heard the record from other counties. In Welland an old lady of eightyâ€" four had worked along with her nurse. A Fonthill member hooked a chair seat cover to give the women an idea for thc Twecdsmuir competition in handicraft. Young women took part in good 23