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 .,,, MEETINGS. 



Arrange a yearly programme* of meetings, and have them printed and" 

 supplied to all members. Infuse life and' interest into your meetings. 

 Secure a good speaker for supplementary meetings from neighbouring 

 Institutes, with whom you can reciprocate. Bring in the social element. 

 Encourage the young people to attend. The Department will endeavour to 



supply good competent lecturers and demonstrators for the regular spring, 



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and fall meetings, on topics as desired. 



i , COLOURS. 



By the approval of practically all the Institutes, the colours Green, Gold 

 and White have been selected as the official colours for this Province, and 

 steps are being taken towards securing a badge for all Institute members 

 in the shape of a pin, bearing these colours. 



In, .concluding these introductory remarks, I would like to assure the 

 Women's Institutes of the Province that they will always receive from me, 

 as their Superintendent, hearty support and sympathy, and at the same time 

 to express the hope that by the co-operation of the Department and the 

 Institutes, the' highest ideals may be achieved. Great things have often 

 small beginnings, and just as a snowball started rolling on a hill-top in- 

 creases in size and gathers momentum in its descent, and finally gathers 

 all before it, so may the Women's Institutes progress and prosper, and 

 become a powerful factor for good in our Province towards the betterment 

 of conditions prevailing in home life in our rural communities, by incul- 

 cating the highest ideals of home life, by teaching morality, sanitation, 

 cleanliness, sobriety, and honesty of purpose, by bringing up our children 

 in the .way in which they should walk, by fostering patriotism and love of 

 country, so that the women of our fair Province may prove a power in the 

 up-building of the great Dominion of Canada as a country populated by a 

 God-fearing, industrious and sober people. 



Remember the excellent motto which the Women's Institutes have 

 adopted, "For Home and Country." 



