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MEETING OF ADVISORY BOARD, AUGUST, 

 VICTORIA, B. C. 



ADDRESS BY THE HON. THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Minister in a few words welcomed the members of the Board. He- 

 said that it had been his aim ever since taking office to help in bettering 

 the conditions of women in the country. Whenever any way in which this 

 could be done had been laid before him, he had been glad to help, so far as 

 in his official capacity, he was permitted to act. He believed that the 

 Women's Institute movement had a great future and that the Advisory 

 Board would play a great part in its development. He thought that the 

 greatest benefit would result from plain practical talks to housekeepers and 

 urged that simplicity should be the keynote in the work of Institutes, simple 

 lectures that could be readily understood by all, plain demonstrations in 

 practical work which could be easily carried out by those receiving the in- 

 structions, simple hand-books that would appeal to all. He pointed out 

 how necessary it was for members to consider well every move made and 

 every resolution passed, bearing in mind not only whether the motion was 

 practicable, as well as needed, but also its official significance, that is 

 whether it was in accord with the policy of the Government. Often reso- 

 lutions were passed by bodies which were on the face of them impossible 

 resolutions. All questions of policy and expenditure had to be carefully 

 weighed by the Minister. Mr. Ellison then gave an interesting outline 

 of what it was possible for such a Board to do and promised that wherever 

 it was possible its recommendations would be carried out. He would like 

 to see the Board brought into touch with Women's Institutes and colleges 

 in this line of work in other countries and other Provinces of Canada. He 

 concluded with an earnest reminder as to careful considerations of all reso- 

 lutions and of simplicity in all business of the Board in order that the 

 greatest good might result to the Institutes and to the country at large. 



"The foundations of national glory are set in the homes of the people. 

 They will only remain unchanged while the family life of our race and 

 nation is strong, simple and pure." King George V. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



A number of resolutions were passed at the first meeting of the Advisory 

 Beard, some of which, with the approval of the Department have been 

 brought into effect. A brief account of these follows: 



The recommendation of Miss Livingstone as the lecturer for the fall of 

 1911 was made and approved. ' Her course was planned to include several 

 features of interest, namely, a full two days' course at each Institute, in- 

 cluding lectures on such branches of cookery as the Institutes might wish, 

 practical demonstrations on the same, informal talks with illustration on 

 the latest proved labor-saving devices, and kitchen utensils. It was asked 

 that a special feature be made of the answering of questions and that a 

 farm dinner menu competition with prizes from Institutes be arranged for 

 euch places as desired it. 



Miss Livingstone, who is a graduate of the Boston School of Domestic 

 Science and of the New York School of Cookery, undertook the work as 

 planned and made a most successful tour of the Province. Expressions of " 

 satisfaction have been received from many of the Institutes and in several n 



