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THE UNITED FARM WOMEN 125 



Through the activities of the women great 

 things were hoped for, and events have demon- 

 strated that such hope was well grounded. As 

 an illustration of what is being accomplished we 

 can take the words of a leader in a woman's 

 club in Western Ontario as she wrote to a friend : 



"It was during the dark days of the War that 

 we farm women banded ourselves together, 

 forming one of the live clubs in that splendid 

 Red Cross organization. Through our work in 

 it, we caught a vision of what can be accom- 

 plished through co-operative effort. During 

 the winter of 1919, when our overseas work came 

 to an end, we felt a keen desire to continue in the 

 way of service, and to give of our time and energy 

 in making our community a better place to live 

 in. Our husbands, who were already United 

 Farmers', whispered to us that they wanted our 

 help in their organization and so we formed a 

 U.F.W.O We meet twice a month. 



"In making out our programme, which we 

 have type- written or printed, we select topics 

 which we know will be interesting and instruc- 

 tive. We have every woman in our club take 

 some particular item each year, and by this 

 means make every member feel that the success 

 of the club depends as much on her as on any 

 other member. By each doing her bit, whether 

 it be great or small, we have all learned to take 



