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much for the future good of our organiza- tion. The practice of this characteristic will strengthen us if we feel we are a weak link. Wisdom â€"â€" our second characteristic to inâ€" sure a bright future is one that all of us could wish to have. Wise leadership at every level of Women’s Institute work is a necessity. Wisâ€" dom is the outcome of careful and considered thought. Of course, some fortunate people are born endowed with this characteristic but all of us can develop wisdom through care in our thinking fl not too many snap judgments, not too much of jumping to conclus1ons. With wisdom great things can be achieved either for ourselves or for our organization. A wise person is held in deep respect by everyone. Forty-five thousand wise people gathered under one banner can make the Women‘s Institute the greatest women’s or- ganization under the sun. Perhaps it is due to the great wisdom of our ancestors that we are privileged to belong to the Women’s In- stitute. Let us develop our thinking with wis- dom for a greater Women’s Institute, Integrity â€" or honesty is of course a great need for the past, present and future of Women‘s Institute members Since I have touched on this in an earlier part of this talk I will outline two other 1's, namely, interest and initiative. In order that our organization may grow and expand we must all take a deep interest in the work. Don’t leave the organizing of a new Branch to some one else. You consider it to be your responsibility. Get out and talk about our work and make your talk so inspiring that you cannot help but rouse interest. Or make it your job to revive interest in a Branch that is slipping backward. Be interested in keeping yourself and your Branch out of a rutâ€"just because you have always done a thing so, you need not always do it. Someone has said that initiative means doing the right thing without being told. So initiative is a characteristic that we should develop â€" to do something on our own â€" the right thing, for the good of our future, is a real forward step. For 0 I have two thoughts: organizational ability and opportunity. How we need new blood! But the kind of new blood with the ability to organize, and the ability to keep our present organization running smoothly and showing signs of progress. New members, new Branches, old Branches with a new lease on life, old members with a broader outlook â€" all can be derived through the efforts of someone with organizational ability and the sense to grasp opportunity when it knoeks. I like the poem, "Haven’t got time.” It shows us how to grasp opportunity and by whom it usually is grasped. It brings to mind the old saying, “If you want a job done ask a busy person to do it.” So F.W.I.O. has two meanings: forthright- ness, Wisdom, integrity, interest and initiative- and organizational ability and opportunity. If we can all apply the last meaning to the first '2 we will have an organization in the r, 1 -. which we can be doubly proud. ' UK. of But we must all do our part. Don't il‘ - . to the other fellow. He’s probably lea: WEE“: job to you. ' 6 Mrs. MacPhatter closed her adrlrr-_. mm these poems on wisdom and forthuflunés; from the book “Chin Lifters”, and a fin. | VHS of her own: ‘ 6 “Maybe it’s just the mere perfecting daily work The wisdom to do with grace and m‘ the little jobs that irk. Maybe it’s something great, and Cllr .ing to the top, Whether it's in a. factory, an office o- 5th Maybe it’s being kinder to the m [011i we meet, Helping the broken hearts to heal :1 uret- come defeat The wisdom to see the best, the : wines! side of things, Rising above our troubles and our u \‘ am] worryings. Hf 0L". Wisdom gives the chance to be the mi of person we admire; It gives us time to start upon the «d or heart's desire; It gives the hour to recreate the bro i soul within. Yes, wisdom gives our golden chain â€". to scheme, to dream, to win.” “Who does his task from day to do And meets whatever comes his way Forthrightly, as God has willed it at He'll find real greatness here below For great and low there's but one tea 'Tis that each man shall do his best. Who works forthrightly as he can Shall never die in debt to man." It has been found in the Institute pu- And it’s news that is good and sure 1v .:st. The leaners are few: there are toilerx lore And as the years pass there’ll be ever lore. The future will show, and we'll all [it ill." say, "We've no leaners left in this lnstitm m1" Earlier in the program Mrs. MacPhu ported that the Institutes of the provr contributed more than was necessary proiect of equipping four home demon centres in Ceylon villages. The origl , ' Jective called for $5,240. But from 83‘ insti- tutes, contributions came to the amt. tr. 0 $7,206.56, or enough to equip six centrv T1115 project is now closed, and Mrs. Macl Litter said she was very proud of what the In Mute women had done. “If the Board will permit,” Mrs. MECT' “Her said “there will be no provincial prole‘” next year so that you can use your funds for “101* in your own communities.” HOME AND COUNTRY