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it all together. Personally, I would say that if the appropriation was 

 short (with all due respect to the men), leave off two or three of the men 

 but send Mrs. Mayo." 



Mrs. Clement Smith, Barry county: "I think our women profited by 

 the woman's section. I hear favorable comments. Have anything at 

 these sections that will stimulate discussion and bring farmers' wives 

 together, in a joint meeting with the women of the town. There will 

 be benefit derived from listening to addresses of topics of practical inter- 

 est to both." 



Mrs. C C. McDermid, Calhoun county: ''The ladies were very much 

 pleased with the session. I have heard nothing but commendatory 

 remarks. I think the ladies would prefer to stay at the regular session 

 rather than to try to conduct an Institute by themselves without State 

 help. The woman's section was too short to allow any interchange of 

 opinions. The necessity of leaving the main session out was a disap- 

 pointment to many, yet I am sure that many resolves were made which, 

 if carried out, will give purer, sweeter, higher, more confiding companion- 

 ship in the home." 



Mrs. Ida De Voist, Oceana county: "Mrs. Mayo's remarks were help- 

 ful to the home makers of our county. I would go so far as to favor the 

 women holding separate sessions at the Institute at the same time at 

 some other place, for the discussion of subjects promoting true home 

 life." 



Mrs. Geo. E. Woodward, Benzie county: "I am sure that women were 

 greatly benefited. Many of Mrs. Mayo's subjects were talked over and 

 discussed after the Institute. God bless Mrs. Mayo for her earnest 

 efforts in behalf of the women." 



Mattie A. Kennedy, Muskegon county: "Many of our ladies, I think, 

 would have been better satisfied if we had not had a session separate 

 from the rest. Holding a separate session is tacit acknowledgment of a 

 separate interest, a thing which is death to a real farmer's home. I 

 think Mrs. Mayo's methods and rules are not likely to be adopted in one 

 home in ten, because they are too ideal. All could adapt something to 

 their own special needs." 



Mrs. L. L. Taylor, Kalkaska county: "I think it is impossible that 

 any could have gone away without feeling profited, and the comments I 

 have heard have all been favorable. We certainly want State help for 

 a woman's section at another Institute. The great value was in the 

 heart to heart talk, the getting together of our farm women, thereby 

 creating a closer bond of sympathy and the free exchange of modes and 

 plans of work." 



Mrs. E. D. Nokes, Hillsdale county: "Every one I have met expressed 

 themselves as very much pleased, one gray-haired mother saying, 'When I 

 see these wonderful advantages coming to our young women, I almost 

 wish I could begin my life over again.' Do not think of doing otherwise 

 than of having a woman's section next year. State help would give the 

 inspiration which always comes from recognized leadership, yet I think 

 we have women of talent who would take hold of the work and make a 

 section very profitable by themselves. I think it a good plan to bring 

 the women of the city and the farm together on a common ground, to 

 coHsider subjects of interest and helpfulness to both. Our women 

 returned to their homes filled with a determination to carry more brain 



