18 The Bulletin. 



COUNTY AND LOCAL WOMEN S ORGANIZATIONS. 



The same general plan of organization has been followed with the 

 Women's Institutes as with those for men. A county institute com- 

 mittee was selected in each county where an institute was held, and 

 where there was more than one institute in a county a local committee 

 was also organized. When these county committees become suf- 

 ficiently interested and active then township or neighborhood clubs 

 or institutes, with more frequent meetings, are organized. 



In many places in the State the women are organizing local 

 branches of the Woman's Branch of the Farmers' Institute. Some 

 have become firm organizations, strong and self-supporting, and 

 others are struggling still for even an existence. Extracts from two 

 reports of the work will show best the trials and the triumphs of the 

 women. The first is from a brave, busy little woman who will have 

 a cheerful report yet to give, and the other speaks for itself : 



"I can hardly tell you how we are getting on with our work. Our 

 ladies do not seem to be interested in the work. I can't get them to 

 come to the meetings ; I have been to one or two and nobody else 

 would go, so you see it is hard to ever do anything when you can't 

 get them together, though I have not given up yet. I am still trying to 

 awaken interest. I hope and pray for a better progress in the future. 

 You could not but help seeing from the appearance of some of the 

 ladies that it is education that is needed to make them more inter- 

 ested in this great work. They say 'we can't leave home one after- 

 noon in a month, our chickens and various poultry keep us at home.' 

 I try to explain to them how much good it would do them both car- 

 nally and spiritually as well as socially. I tell them a nice social 

 evening or afternoon would help them wonderfully, but some of them 

 do no4 think so. So you see what obstacles have been in my path 



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A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION. 



"We had an institute meeting in January which was a success, I 

 think. We served a luncheon of sandwiches and coffee with fruit, 

 given by *the grocers. The plates this luncheon was served on were 

 given by the merchants ; each person took home a plate, cup, saucer, 

 spoon, bottle of Wells &j Richardson's butter color, a tablet and pen- 

 cil, woolen scraps from Hargrave & Leak skirt factory, and several 

 other little articles. The name of the merchant who contributed was 

 on the article which each gave. We had a poultry show in connec- 

 tion with this. 



"Our hardware men loaned us churns, stoves and the conveniences 

 used in housekeeping, a system of hot and cold water was shown and 

 explained. Pretty prints of "Gilt Edge" butter made by the ladies 

 were sold. Different articles were sold or exchanged. Poultry was 

 exhibited and quite a number sold. We had a good meeting." 



Thus, you see, ladies, you can do nothing better than to organize 

 one in your home county or neighborhood. 



