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cases efforts are being made by the Institutes to have Miss Livingstone re- 

 turn and give extended courses in cookery, the expenses being met by the 

 members. 



In order that the Board might be equipped to give such information as 

 might be required, the Department was asked to provide some books of 

 reference and some magazines on household economy. The request was 

 acceded to and there is now on hand the fine library of Home Economics- 

 published by the American School of Home Economics, consisting of twelve 

 volumes, covering almost every field of home-making activity. Some 

 magazines have also been secured and have, by means of clippings and 

 articles, been distributed to Institutes as described later. 



A work of importance has been the preparation of lists of books, 

 magazines, and pamphlets which would be suitable for purchase by Insti- 

 tutes. This involved considerable time and care in selection. The thanks 

 of the Board in tills connection are due to Miss Annie Laird, Head of the 

 University of Toronto School of Household Economics, to Miss Watson, 

 Head of the Domestic Science courses of Macdonald Institute, and to Mr. 

 Putman, Superintendent of Institutes, Ontario. 



The need of literature is felt by every Institute and a general demard 

 was reported by members of the Board for well-selected lists of books and 

 pamphlets. The difficulty had been to know what to get, where to get it, 

 and how much it would cost. To obviate this difficulty, it was recom- 

 mended to have prices attached to the book lists and to make it possible to 

 purchase any book desired through the Department. These lists have been 

 prepared and sent in to the Department where they will shortly be printed 

 and sent out. Some of the Institutes wish to start reference libraries, 

 some to maintain circulating libraries and some wish to have the lists so 

 that members may buy these books for themselves. In any case these lists- 

 will make the way easy. 



A further recommendation was made along these lines when the Board 

 asked the Department to suggest to the Provincial Librarian to include in 

 the travelling libraries sent out on request to country districts, books relat- 

 ing to home-making, etc., so that these collections might be of the greatest 

 possible benefit to women in the country. Mr. Scholefield met the request 

 in the friendliest possible spirit, expressed his sympathy with the movement 

 and at once set about the inclusion of books of this nature in the Rural 

 Libraries. Several Institutes are now making requests for these collections 

 and it is fair to assume that with this added sphere of their usefulness these 

 libraries sent out from the Provincial Library will be the means of dis- 

 seminating good literature widely throughout country homes and that 

 corresponding good will ensue. 



The part the Institutes and the Board might play in the development or 

 the country was made the subject of discussion and the Board was of opin- 

 ion that great attention should be paid to the needs of women newcomers 

 in the country parts. The Institutes, it was felt should make it part of 

 their work to welcome new settlers, to urge them to attend Institute meet- 

 ings, and to help them work out the problems of home-making in a new 

 and strange neighborhood. Many of the Institutes make this a special 

 feature and thus play a kindly and useful part in the development of the 

 Province. But to still further emphasize this, the Board recommended 

 that the Institutes should be reminded of this neighborly duty. In order 



