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Mea® ; 7 CC corae Seal ueS w t rane > Hee t C "aew â€" | | i : w | Â¥e W.1. Women Write | *Â¥ Bride Broder in the T to & s TX ‘ i tCt /lo?r;n Well Editorially| ‘ R!'eAntve ta}? perhaps few tow sm?n f o the value of that great i F rural society, the Women‘s Inâ€" 2 Girls‘ Homeâ€"making Clubs in'fil;utgsfl thset iditor of the Bowâ€" Our Accomplishments and nyille atesman â€" a paper iti f continuously in the front rank of Opportunities â€" L}c‘le‘t w_e(ikhes â€" turned over the e w editoria i i â€" y e ‘s aa s i 3. ial page of a recent issue to D'u\\mg the. past fgrfy two . years . the omen‘s "Rvery girl is worth just as much as the things | the nine branches of the W. I. in lish 1 Y Burhan County. Undet meticad Institutes have accomplished so much along so many d mesanh, 1 ership‘ of the ydistrict:erpreesitie:nt- nanied Aimesid Lat wit ie oiffleult (osecket gnn ons Many a mother and young girl in rural communitâ€" Mrs, Johnson Thickson, Bowmanâ€" gohleveinens jas bubtatoing Eow oer i ie anee . ies deplore the fact that it is the privilege of their ville, every instifute contributed significant and outstanding fact has been established j_e.s ?p s aae tat 1‘,:; fnical Schools or Colleges ?rtml]east ct)}r:e eg;totrlal, and, afi Mr. and that is that it is possible for women of many ut_\1 (iOuSlflS e e:(fl 3 uz cazma skills which are ames, e atesman‘s editor j i S and learn some of the arts ? says, "Came to town in a big WaS; .cs classlcsl, e mavg l ferent .crecds,' L-“f Piul covered. by the subject ‘ "Home Economics." _ Yet as to j : s les itics, and of many varying us and 2 â€" / to quality and quantity, with esn i n f.m s9LZ a such’ a programme, not as claborate or extensive, but | copy clearly written and on time,l trends of thought to unite in one common ¢ffort 2 SS Yi the fundamental principles is | further proof of the thorough and toward the betterment of conditions in community strepsing. many of (the funs & ibusmesshkg way these women go file available to every rural girl between the ages 0 | abgut any job they tackle," 4 9 s twelve and twentyâ€"six years of age and SDOHSPY?‘1 | _ One writer described the foundâ€" The value of these efforts is apparent, not onl‘y y e eaiee ase Women‘s Institute ns of the W. I. in 1897 by Mrs. throughout our own Province and Dominion but in ta : P Aenient: Adelaide Hoodless and Mr. Erâ€" . staet Branch of the Provincial Department 0 & | Toud Ree eâ€"menisna Woman.unit- countries all over the world where the inspiration ns | ing in the effort for good; another of our work has bedn felt and example followed. Si.nce 1935 this programme has been carried on ;&\é{rtsk.‘:i).txv. {‘{\;fl%}h’ ?llji)no, points But the fact that a great deal has been done does in the form of projects in local communities. For | Teks meeg ue é’irx‘?;sl Zfiefi{%zx;g; not preclude the equal fact that a great deal still the organization and support, we owe a great deal of | éts work on the broad lines laid Zemams to be ldone. fI“ paymg]honflaghes & ;’“" PS : credit to the local Women‘s Institutes for taking a | down by the founders â€" Educaâ€" ecessors to whose efforts much of the credit must 4 keen interest in their local young girls. Girls‘ work E tion, Health, Child Welfare, Agriâ€" be given for the undoubted raising which has taken fao d 3 lubs in jutriâ€" culture, Legislati d : : 4 j is directed by local leaders through clubs in ; . Megis/ation and so on; & place in the standards of rural community life â€" ; : fant dems d canâ€" third contributor â€" Mrs. Cecil d k: tion, clothing, house furnishing, gardening an Ferguson, president of Victorian tet °"ly,by tsutiune needed reforms but by arousâ€" ning. The projects have such interesting titles as: filestg:llge,mlglai\;:}(:togk, %ive'tahgfin- ing public opinion t.o the need for such refor.rns «â€" | _ "Supper Club," "The Milky Way," "Dressing UI” [s9". “-’%hel tgestogfctm\:lnei }E‘I: we must not lose sight of the fact that we, in our Home Grown Vegetables," "Cottons May Be Smart," s > 5 6 turn, are now the torch bearers and the responsibâ€" «h: Well G d," . "Cotton b_Orhness which the searching Mn t k Being Well Dressed and ell Groomed, light of need supplies, is the test ility is ours to carry on in such manner that we be Recessres for Bedrooma and) "GlathessGlosets Upâ€" :fitmzs‘:harniltoi\;{‘e X‘{omen's II'n_ wfiorth.y of our -prchccssors- and measure up as toâ€"Date," etc.. The local leaders in a county mect i atnlls to the cold, buot gari:]lgl?flsf‘ v{eorthllyv aslpozsxtfle in the gudement of our sus . in a central place for a two or three day leaders‘ icold hearts, food for hungry fhrore uin (he done tomcome. training school under the direction of the Home |__| rainds, and clothing for the desâ€"! Another fact which doubtless every one of us Economics instructor of the Department where they | pafi/?rgg 1531%“14 Langmsid of Soli has experienced is the knowledge that in helping receive stbject ‘matter and teaching methods. Under touehés onythe lo}g/raxit;' ar?d en?:hlfl;il others, we have helped ourselves. Our horizons have this . leadership the girls hold meetings, complete ance of W.I. members. There is| been broadened, our visions have been made clearer work required, keep record books and attend. the | a roll of about fifty in her brar}ch' and our knowledge increased. annual county Achievement Day. Here they exhibit ;?i?es s?gn;e;?ie;g?egsndcgmce]erfilc‘fi; Discussions ofâ€" current events and kindred topics | their iork, exchange ideas with other clubs, and Comment dommmfeltamaiiness is‘ have increased our interest in events of importance plan a programme for the next year, 4 quotedâ€"there had never been a\ â€" not only to ourselves but to the world at large. ~ We have now from ten to one hundred girls S:”S:I:‘;m;}ll’g’ si(?}g w};]rse S};“\?V‘g]lfd;_%?‘ The speakers who have come to us and the papers carrying on one of these clubs in each county and membered andi thelelente cave the! prepared by our own members have gively us food district in the Province and fifty Achievement Days ! credit to the W. T. | for thought and material to digest on wide ranges are held each year, In 1938â€"39 there were 2,155 clubs And so the story goes on, with| of interesting subjects. in the Province. After a girl has completed two ;égisesré)lfie??}r%rliv:i?ie}iovlvilf-.‘ergg\slg; Services of incstimable value rendered by the projects she is given a diploma, and after six | music and art brought to the comâ€" Department of Agriculture have provided us with projects receives county honors, and after twelve [ munity, strangers made to feel at knowledge which has helped us to practise as weli will he considered to have completed work required ] ?}?:lceo’mrxl::x’xcii;nleili“i :r‘;gu%;‘et WI‘I“‘ittD 5 s préach improved. methods. of sanitation, diet, . to give her Provincial Honors.. The Dominion Goyâ€" “ex;s might have ahded: many a clothing and housing. ernment has been offering very substantial prizes pureâ€"bred herd established, many And we have found in all our work, that the | â€" for supervised club work at Grade A and B Fairs, a school board jacked up, many| common binding cord of humanity running through and the competition at the Canadian National Ex a ]oclal r:grecx']aclzv;‘gm;ve&tgecauset all our efforts brings out the realization that in hibition. _A programme for these fairs is drafted ifif:kir?é gnd then :c't ‘elgogwfll gdryaine andâ€" true coâ€"operation there is not only in line with Homeâ€"making Clubs in each district. courageously, had set themselves| value. but beauty. Eesides, the Women‘s Institute Branch coâ€"operâ€" to&hesita?é(s-fik > 3 | â€"Mrs. Johnson. Thickson, Bowmanville, ates with the Agricultural Representative Branch to * ?Tasmgg 32. hig xx?a:tl)el;g;g-tgkzte" President vest Durham Diskgict bring to boys and girls one or three month courses £ in us Un i AMenaR ons in Elementary Agriculture and Home Economics, during the winter months, To evaluate the results of this work would be impassible. _ Maybe these following sentences written 7 by a girl in Northumberland Cé how j At first T felt my knees grow weak gesesc® sA afounl earhonisenew & > > 7 A e ; THE WOMENS INSTITUTE ANSWERS 2 ndlI dreaded to get u> and speak, completing her fourth project, éxpresses the apâ€" RAs T fake my, knitting, and sit in the outl, l;t w3th a heart ?hat. was resoh‘lte f preciation of many: I count o‘er my blessings one by one, ; 3 gax_med esnt the Institute, _ "I am glad that I live in the country. I love it And th? best of all without dispute, ';\t: if ;he bmen sometimes make a. fuss, beauty and its spirit. I rejoice in the things I have Is being a member of the Institute. § Sth(’“'};‘ Fcausi_ they{envy us; learned in the Homeâ€"making projects. By studying When as a bride I first seftled here & s "({t yet Sv“Ch r,epute R the best way to do my every day work and make firte tor the woman seimedieold amoudreat, o compare with the Women‘s Institute. my. own clothes T can find joy in common tasks done I‘d like to hear any mere man. refute And John. soon saw tllxat our home meant more well. . Through simple demonstrations I have given "The boom that came with the Institure, rAhd we were happier than before; at club meetings and the Insfitute I have Tearned Oh! how I hated the daily grind V\}‘"e“ I come home you can hear him toot, to meet the public and the knowledge and experience Dreading to‘ stop lest T get behind, ‘Well, what‘s the news from the Institute." I have gained will reach out in service to that larg» So. overâ€"wrought that 1 wanted to hoot, So I sit here in the sun and knit er home we call our neighborhood.. To our local When they talked of forming an Institute. And my eyes fill bp at the thought of it, Ieaders and the Department of Agriculture I offer But) the coldness melted; on did) me eood How commonp.lace ihln.g? have come to suit my. humble but moslt sincere thanks for the eduâ€" iR aimmeed orfer women as 1 shonld When faced in the spirit of the Institute. cational advantages in Home Economics that the ‘and my herst warmed nos this was the ht God bless t'he woman whose thought it was, girls in my community have been able to appreciate," Of that cup of tea at the Institnte. To do this thing for the woman‘s cause; â€"Greta Pollard, Bowmanyille, Thin they made me President aigd I learned The goodhof which w}? can neler compute, Wox_ncn’s Institute Branch, Department of To love the women that I had spurned, When she gave to t s world the Institute. . Agriculture, Toronto. $ The lovely things that constitute â€"Mrs, Roy [a?g{na:d, The hearts of the yromss ot the Insfifute, See‘y.â€"Treas. Solina W.I, and Past President : K # ~â€" West Durham‘ District. |