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to develop executive ability, absolute honesty and independence of judg- 

 ment, what shall be the result when they are thrown on their own re- 

 sources? GTirls should be taught thej are to be educated for help in life, 

 not for the drawing room. A love of home should be implanted in the 

 minds of the growing girls, so that they will appreciate and understand 

 the requirements, of good homes." 



Mrs. Watt, of Victoria, B.iC., conveyed greetings from British Columbia 

 to the International Congress of Farm Women. Mrs. Watt regretted that 

 she could not deal with the subject as announced, as she felt that, as 

 a delegate from British Columbia, she should give a report of Women's 

 Institutes in that Province. 



Mrs. Watt spoke of the expansion of the work during the past year, 

 of the pin and its coloring as symbolic of the work of Women's Institutes; 

 of the help sent out by the Department in the line of Bulletins add 

 Literature; of the financial aid given the Institutes by the Department, 

 as well as its supply of expert demonstration for the Spring and Fall 

 me'etings. 



Mrs. Watt also spoke of the successful Flower Shows held by the 

 Institutes this year and of the increased interest in consequence. Suggested 

 competitions between the Institutes was mentioned, by which it was hoped 

 the best in each could be developed. The first need of an Institute was a 

 regular meeting place equipped with modern conveniences for demonstra- 

 tion. Co-operation between Institutes and School Boards is necessary, 

 so that interest may be awakened sufficiently to introduce Domestic Science 

 in the rural schools. 



Rev r . Matthew McNeill, of Illinois, spoke on "Modern Methods in 

 the Country Church." He said the Church and the Farmer are two 

 of the most important institutions in the world. Through the . one the 

 Bread of Life is dispensed and through the other the Staff of Life, food 

 for the soul and food for the body. Unless country life deals with its 

 local problems it becomes narrow and mean. The Church deals with 

 ideals rather than things. Righteousness is one of these ideals. This 

 virtue prevents men from putting the large, smooth, red apples on top 

 of the box when there are runty scabby ones on the bottom. The world 

 will be better when men recognize a brother in everyone they meet. 

 bZJesus said, "Go ye," etc. We emphasize the first, and forget to live 

 out the last part of the command. 'Let our lives be one of service 

 and we will be following the example of Him who gave His Life a ministry 

 to others. 



Mr. John T. Burns, speaking for Mrs. Burns, suggested the building 

 of a monument to the pioneer woman of the West. The idea of the 

 monument originated with C. Christador, of Point Loma, California. The 

 suggestion was received with enthusiasm. The model, wrapped in the 

 Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack was uncovered. It was an artistic 

 statue of a typical farm woman, standing at the door of her home, with 

 one arm outstretched around the shoulders and neck of her boy, her 

 eyes towards the horizon with a look of anxiety in her face, awaiting 



