RICl LTl KAI. Ol 85 



> and institu- 

 te if womanhood. Avoiding sema- 

 is to gain pnblu ty and n Jiftcouragtn^ 



tint iju .it to nuke the life of the lonrl) 



and isolated brighti r , and it spreads the gospel of right living, phy- 

 sical and moral, all over rural Ontario. It gives due prominence 

 <c duties and well-being of the household, and also expands its 

 and effort in the direction of community problems, civic inv 

 lic welfare of the child, the care and education of the 

 defective, the provisi u nance of rooms and wards in 



local ho-' ..elpiiiK !-.'.:. n :-. advaocmg education. 



and M on. I'ndrr tl He's inHi: wns and villages have 



been cleaned up and better lighted, trees have been planted, and 

 walks have been improved or renewed; the sanitation. e<jui|>- 

 and decoration of the school have been looked to. the 

 surroundings beautified, and the children supplied with seeds 

 and plants for the production of flowers 



communities has been cleared 

 The Institute is no blind, narrow, abstract effort 

 are given to its members by (juahticd speakers, and valuable 

 >vided and read, on a wide variety of topics, such as 

 e Planning. Labour Saving. Food Values, Care and Feeding of 

 I u lain N. Poultry (lardi-ning. Hygiene for Rural Schools, 



r Supply, Bacterial Life, Tul>erculosis, Ambulance Work, 

 ing. Law, and man\ -:: d upon its own initiative the 



i holds eight or ten meetings each year. In an 

 address of welcome at a l'<n \cntiun of Women's Institutes in To- 

 ronto, a speaker said: Y<>u are one of the best clement-* that can 

 possibly be gathered together in the midst of o r the regen- 



eration and the uj.!:r.::i- and the development of civilization in the 

 uul in the count r\ and in the v. There are about 100 



with 75* lK-al or^ani/ations and a memln 

 5.OOO. The tutal attend. r :iigs for a > 



up to 180,000. 



* Farmers' Clubs. 



The object of tlr urage ami main' 



n agriculture in the widest sense; to hold 

 ings for information, and for debate and study in onl< 

 vcnu-n: : to give addresses relating to local condition - 

 deal with the larger but unsectarian and non-political questions of 

 the nation affecting the farmer, socially and financially ; to raise the 

 Calling of the farmer to its rightful place in the state: and to use 



