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interest in the work will be felt by the children quite as 

 much as by any other section of the community. The 

 work of the Society last winter in this particular branch 

 is given below. 



' ' Our Bird Neighbours, " by R. H. Boehner, M.A. 



' ' The Story of a Rain Drop, " by J. A. Bancroft, M.A. 



"Seeds and Fruits on Their Travels," by Prof. C. 

 M. Derick, M.A. 



"The Quest for Food," by Rev. I. J. Kavanagh, S.J., 

 M.A., B.Sc. 



"Flour," by J. S. Buchan, K.C. 



An entirely new departure was made last season in 

 inviting the co-operation of the Local Council of Women, 

 The Canadian Handicrafts' Guild, The Tuberculosis 

 League, The Pure Milk League, The Hygiene Committee, 

 The Westmount School Commissioners, The Alexandra 

 Hospital, The St. Paul's Hospital, The St. Lambert 

 Literary Society, and the Grand Trunk Literary and 

 Scientific Institute, and with their aid carrying out 

 several courses of lectures to artisans, and delivering 

 these — many in French as well as in English — as far as 

 possible in such parts of the city as would be most con- 

 venient to those whom it was desired to reach. The 

 lectures may be regarded as having fulfilled the object 

 for which they were instituted, in the sense that they 

 directed the attention of a large body of our citizens to 

 questions of the highest importance and utility as having 

 direct application to their daily occupations, in the im- 

 provement of the home life, and in a better understand- 

 ing of correct hygienic conditions. The attendance 

 upon the lectures and the characters of the audiences 

 have been all that could have been expected, and another 

 season of effort will be certain to bring yet more grati- 

 fying results. The following were the subjects offered : 



"Lime, Plaster of Paris and Cements," by Prof. N. 

 N. Evans, M.Sc. 



"In the Chemistry Building, McGill University. 

 Three lectures. 



