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a tea-party to show off the beauties of her garden 

 and, a small entrance fee being charged to all who 

 attend, it is possible to collect money to help an 

 invalid child ; or if local benefits are desirable, then 

 a swimming-bath and dressing-rooms are built, 

 or a sewing contest for girls with prizes is organised, 

 a public library is started, or village singing classes, 

 under a choral leader, to stimulate an interest in 

 music, are undertaken . These are only a few of many 

 ideas that we read of as having been successfully 

 carried out by means of co-operative effort. One 

 very favourite form of contribution towards the 

 life of the community is a public garden, planted 

 with trees, gay with flowerbeds and having shadowy, 

 sheltered nooks for seats, children's playgrounds, 

 and tables and chairs for picnic parties. 



I am told that wonderful moral forces have been 

 brought out by this unity of rich and poor, old and 

 young women, people of all beliefs and ideas. Petty 

 jealousy has vanished, narrowness of thought and 

 severity of judgment have disappeared, and chari- 

 table, broadminded views are disseminated. Much 

 depends upon the selection of office-bearers, and of 

 course the choice of a suitable president is par- 

 ticularly important. She must, amongst other 

 qualities, possess that one essential of those who 

 guide others, the power by which the best that is 

 in each worker is not only discovered, but also 

 increased. Only a limited number of women are 

 ready for leadership, partly because they, unlike 

 men, have not had the advantage of centuries of 

 past leaders whose traditions have been trans- 

 mitted to modern days. There is another reason, 

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