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a village in Greece. sewing-machines t0 the widows of Korea, home demonstrattonlequtp- ment to Ceylon. You have helped With the Freedom From Hunger and the Save the Chilâ€" dren crusades; have had a part in starting In- stitutes among the Indian and Eskimo women of the North West Territories. These arent just projects of a Provincial Board â€"â€" they are the work of all the members. In your national or international undertakings you prowde a way for the individual member to have a part in a piece of sooial service far beyond her own community . . . And this doesn't belittle the importance of the work at home. There isn‘t a Provincial Board member who won’t tell you that the lo- cal branch Institute is the most important unit in the whole organization. This is where you do the practical, imaginative. compassionate, experimental things that make the organization strong and progressive and give it its good public image. Finally. we have an interesting by-product of F.W.I.O. in the women it has developed. We are very proud of the leaders who_have come to the surface â€" not only our provmcial presidents. though there is a rather special aura about them. but others who have taken respon- sibilities and so have discovered and used tal- ents they might never have known they pos- sessed. So I submit to you that F.W.I.O. has lived up to its purpose and more. It has given the Institutes unity and direction; and has made them a voice respected across the country. It has opened the way for a woman, however tied with home responsibilities, to have a part in the great human causes of her time. And something else: It gives her friends. We used to hear a lot about what the Institute meant to the lonely, isolated woman. There aren’t many isolated women in Ontario any more. But you don‘t have to be isolated to be lonely. We can be lonely in a crowd if there‘s no one there with interests like our own. And doesn't it rrsean something when you‘re wor- ried abOut conditions and trends that rather frighten you to know that you belong to a band of women over the province who care about these things too and want to do some- thing about them? In the warmth .and friendli- ness of a gathering like this conference we must feel that F.W.I.O. has set the solitary in a great family. 1% it * "Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength." Francis de Sales * ‘k * 16 The Most Important Person Mrs. Zoeller introduced the Disc“... Group chairmen; Mrs. Everett Small. p. dents; Mrs. John Charlton, secretaryâ€"treat“. Mrs. Clarence Diamond. district public r tions officers and Mrs. M. Pardy, ment‘ at-large. Using the subject “The Most Importam son." the group leaders participated in a (It sion as to whom the m05t important p. in the organization really is. The president secretary treasurer, the public relations cer. or the member who does not hold n. ecutive office. At the conclusion, quu. from the floor relative to the debate and i Women's Institutes were invited and ans: by members of the panel. The Discussion Groups On Wednesday afternoon the delegates divided into discussion groups accordn their particular offices and interests. Co-r. man and assistants for the groups were u lows: presidents: Mrs. R. J. Penny. Mrs. ley Bride Mrs. John E. MacLean. Donald Harvie, and Mrs. W. H. Clo: secretaryâ€"treasurers: Mrs. J. S. Holder. Mrs. J. P. Coyne; members-at-large: Bin. Pink and Mrs. C. M. Docking; district relations officer: Mrs. Robert Weber. The Federated Women’s Institutes of 0 . Fiftieth Anniversary Banquet The delegates assembled in the Physic ucation gymnasium for the annual coni dinner which was given special signifies it was planned to celebrate the fiftieth an sary of the Ontario Women‘s Institutes Ii ing the Federated Women's Institutes « tario. This forward step which linked ti. hundred Women’s Institutes in Ontario i corporate body took place on Febru. 1919. Dr. Ethel Chapman, the former edi it Home and Country and who has devo -tv many of her etergies to the work of the ' ’i» en‘s Institutes hroposed the toast to F' 1 Mrs. Everett Small, immediate past pr 1'11 of F.W.I.O. replied to the Toast. The Honourable W. A. Stewart. ( I0 Minister of Agriculture and Food was 3:- cial guest and the guest speaker. Mr. Stewart congratulated the WOD‘IE :1"- stitutes of Ontario for their many accon «h- ments and many projects completed at in‘ completed. He said that the Women's In 135 had contributed more to the developui- 01 rural Ontario than any other organi it‘ll “The theme of this conferenca,” sair ll? Stewart “was undoubtedly the guiding : “5": ple of the founders of the Women‘s Inst” ‘95- HOME AND COLWTR‘I