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the other colours in the room where the rug will be used. A very interesting session was devoted to dyeing fabrics to the wanted shades. Mrs. Peters described the dyeing process in the Colonial days when plant materials were used to given up the "sheep’s Greay" that was common at that time. Sumac root, walnut hulls. willow hark, dandelion roots, apple bark, chicory flower, hrflmble, lamh‘s quarters. burdock root, all pro- luced rich and varied colours for the pioneer housewife. Although the early homemakers did IOl have the advantage of the use of a colour magi they nevertheless found by the trial and rror method that green cauld be obtained by .rst steeping the material in yellow dye prob- .th gotten from golden rod or apple bark and hen combined with the blue dye from cornflow- is or chicory flowers. it was also soon found .dt by tying tight bands of cotton around the uterial to be dyed, a shaded effect could be induced. Restoration of colours was an important factor pioneer housewives‘ homemaking activities. my soon learned that faded colours could be ightened by special rinses such as pearl ash lo :shen up purples. the designs of the early rugs follow Nature's .pirution, flowers, leaves and landscapes being .r most popular. Today the elements in design eve expanded so that mosaics, geometries, com- iations of lines, repetition of squares in several as, squares and diagonals, or overlapping cir- ‘» may be used in pleasing arrangements. These rticularly adapt themselves to hooked rug de- ns since it has been learned that the center of crest should be at eye level. This would elimi- ie landscapes. ships, etc. as rug designs. but se could be used if the finished hooked canvas re used as a wall hanging. The flat pattern best suited for floor rugs. ,ylrs. Frank Hanaghan. the Institute President. serves that the personality of each member is ilected in the free-hand design of her rug. Affiliation With an Arts Council By Mrs. L. E. Harrison 'AST YEAR at our Brant County Women‘s Institutes' Rally we had a showing of small J items of hisorical value as well as our vcedsmuir Histories. A year previous We had d 93 entries in a Hobby Display including a lress A Doll“ contest using either hand-made manufactured dolls. I was then pressured by small group of our members who have col- tutions and hobbies to have a showing 31 “19 ...l centre, Glenhurst Gardens operated by the t titntford Arts Council. I went to the committee with my plan to let I It members visit the Gardens. have a showing i‘td after a year take a vote to decide whether “my want to continue. The Arts Council gave their approval and also approved the request that inc affiliation fee be paid from June to June t-t 1960. This, I believe has been a real PFiViietlei 101‘ most of our members had never been out t0 the Gardens before, although Mr. E. L. Cockshull ""10 gave the estate to the city held open house SUMMER 1960 Richmond Hill Women's lnstilule has the lntliiule crest featured with the Service Club: on the sign board at the enhance lo the lawn. every year and the public had the privilege of strolling about the beautiful grounds. We now have the privilege of hoiding our meetings there and of participating individually in the Clit\\€\ and the general programn‘ic art a re» duccd fee. The interests at the centre include art exhibits. music recitals. films. music club. C'dmt‘rii club. writers‘ workshops and classes in art. con‘ \‘L’l’Ntllan'ctl French, millinery. and et ecteru. How Conveners Can Help By Mrs. A. F. LaeLie realize that there is more responsibility thztn reading a paper once a year. Jubilee Women's Institute in South Waterloo never has a monthly meeting \\‘I[ht)tll the president's asking for a short report from each convencr. This is in addition to the convencrs' each being responxihle for one or two meetings during the year. So many con- vencrs think they have done their duty when they read a paper at the meeting of which they are in charge. or hold some kind of a contest. They then sit back with u "thank-goodness-thut- is-over-for-unother-year" attitude. Right there they are defeating the purpose for which these con- venerships were created. In the first place the idea is that thc conveners bring to each meeting new developments and ideas pertaining to citizen~ ship. education, agriculture, industry and all down the line, Busy housewives haven‘t the time to keep up on these things bttt an Institute whose conveners are on their toes can have new/s of them brought to Ouch meeting. It is certainly no hardship for a Convener to keep an eye open for netvspLiper. magazine and even lL‘lBVi‘slUll stories. Just the other day I heard a newscaster speak of the proposed “cow pool." explaining only briefly what was meant. In the same day: paper the idea was explained more fully. We have members whose husbands are en» guided in milk production on a large scale. being involved in bulk haulage. its well as. those whose husbands have only a few cows. They would be IN ACCEPTING a convenership one should 31