1902 
455 
THK RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Farm Institutes for Women. 
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN CANADA. 
Our institute has only been organized 
about 17 months. Even in that short 
time we have all been benefited by meet¬ 
ing, exchanging ideas, and telling each 
other our experience in housekeeping. 
We use a programme book which was 
sent from the Illinois Association of Do¬ 
mestic Science. At each meeting we 
have one or two subjects for discussion 
from this book; then one or two mem¬ 
bers prepare a paper on the same sub¬ 
ject. We also have a “question drawer,” 
and have a small library, but intend to 
enlarge as our membership increases. 
We have not held field meetings, i.. w. 
Port Elgin, Ont. 
During the Winter we have had regu¬ 
lar meetings once a month, at which 
seme good papers have been given. We 
have a question drawer which is very 
helpful and interesting. We usually 
have music to brighten the meetings. 
Two special demonstration lectures have 
been given by Mrs. Torrance, of Quebec, 
which have proved a benefit. Our Sum¬ 
mer work has not been planned yet. We 
have usually held meetings once a 
month in a grove or a member’s home. 
They take the form more of a social 
gathering to keep the institute united, 
rather than accomplishing any particular 
work. We expect our annual meeting 
to be held in connection with the farm¬ 
ers' and may have a special government 
speaker for the occasion. M. e. n. 
Stony Creek, Ont. 
This movement is progressing at a 
wonderful rate, and seems to find ?avor 
with a great number of our women. 
With regard to our institute in Peel 
County, wo have had a most successful 
year. We held meetings concurrently 
with the series of farmers’ institute 
meetings in 12 different points through¬ 
out the county during January and Feb¬ 
ruary. We had separate halls in after¬ 
noon, and in the evening held union 
meetings, when the women provided 
some music and also gave a couple of 
addresses or papers. The Department 
oi Agriculture sent a graduate of do¬ 
mestic science with its delegation. She 
gave simple demonstrations in cooking 
in afternoon and an address in the even¬ 
ing. These meetings were a great suc¬ 
cess. In addition we held monthly 
meetings in Brampton (county town), 
where papers were given on all subjects 
of interest in the home. As most of our 
workers are farmers’ wives we find it 
necessary to discontinue meetings dur¬ 
ing Summer months. So far we have 
not held any field meetings in our coun¬ 
ty, although in some places 1 believe 
they have worked well. In June an ex¬ 
cursion is run by farmers’ institute to 
Agricultural College at Guelph, and 
great numbers attend. In this month 
also our annual meeting is held, and the 
year’s work laid out. J. w. u. 
Brampton, Ont. 
The farmers here have had an insti¬ 
tute for years, and about a year ago we 
women thought we would try it, too. 
The object is to get the farmers’ wives 
and daughters to meet together and ex¬ 
change ideas about various kinds of 
work, the best and easiest way to do it, 
and how to economize in everything. 
We sometimes have papers on some sub¬ 
ject, sometimes a reading or recitation, 
comic or otherwise. I think it helps us, 
and gives us more to think about, espe¬ 
cially as we live on an island and are 
more dependent on each other for help 
or recreation. Last Winter we had 
speakers come from a distance. The 
women met separately in the afternoon, 
and at night the two institutes met and 
had tea together, and then haa a public 
meeting consisting of singing and 
speeches, and all seemed to enjoy it very 
much. We have now begun “A Week’s 
Work,” beginning with washing. The 
next month will be ironing and starch¬ 
ing. We are to ask questions and find 
out from each other how best to do the 
work, and how to do it with the least 
labor. For our second year's member¬ 
ship we gave each member a badge in the 
form of a pin with a maple leaf bangle. 
We have started a library. I think we 
all enjoy the meetings, which are held 
every second Saturday in each month. 
Stella, Out. MRS. s. k. t. 
You ask what our institute has been 
doing during the past Winter. We have 
held a meeting every month; at these 
meetings we have papers read and ad¬ 
dresses given on such subjects as “Heat¬ 
ing and Ventilation,” “Household Eco¬ 
nomics,” “Home Influence,” “Meats; 
Their Value as Food,” “Preserving 
Fruits and Vegetables,” “Poultry Rais¬ 
ing,” “Housecleaning,” etc., after which 
a discussion follows and all points of 
interest are brought out. A feature of 
one of the meetings, too, was somewhat 
more practical. One of the members 
who had a good recipe for one of the 
common articles of food brought it to 
the meeting, and brought also the fin¬ 
ished product, and explained fully the 
art of preparing the ingredients; this 
we thought to be helpful to inexperi¬ 
enced housekeepers. We are also striv¬ 
ing to further the cause of ail charitable 
and philanthropic work in our own 
county, and just now are trying to raise 
money to furnish a ward in a hospital 
to be built in our town. We have had 
no field meetings here as yet, except that 
we hold our annual meeting at some 
place of interest. Last year it was held 
at the Government Experimental Fruit 
Station for this district. We do not an¬ 
ticipate taking any interest in these field 
meetings, as the alms and objects of our 
institute are the elevating and uplifting 
of the home life of our country, n. t. 
Walkerton, Ont. 
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The Gibson house gown includes deep 
pleats over the shoulders. The body 
lining is smoothly fitted and extends to 
the waist line only. On it is arranged 
the waist portion, that closes at the 
center in shirt-waist style, but separate¬ 
ly from the lining. The deep pleats are 
laid in after the shoulder seams are 
closed and extend over and conceal those 
of the arms’-eyes. The sleeves are in 
bishop style with deep cuffs pointed at 
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The Rural Patterns. 
In the attractive sailor suit shown the 
blouse is rendered high-necked by means 
of the shield, which is faced on to the 
body lining to which the skirt is attach¬ 
ed, but the shield can be omitted and 
the neck cut low, or the skirt can be at¬ 
tached to the underwaist and the entire 
body omitted if preferred. The collar 
is square in the case of the original, but 
can be made round as shown in the 
small sketch. The blouse is made in 
simple sailor style, fitted by means of 
shoulder and under-arm seams, and is 
drawn up at the waist by means of tapes 
inserted in the hems. The neck is iin- 
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the upper edge. The skirt portion is 
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At the neck is a stock with pointed turn¬ 
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yards 44 inches wide will be required. 
The pattern No. 4140 is cut in sizes for 
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The best help in cleaning household 
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Makes pure soap without boiling. 
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4133 Girls Sailor Blouse Costume. 
8 to 14 yrs. 
ished with a sailor collar that with the 
fionts is lapped over in double-breast¬ 
ed style. The skirt is cut with front 
and side gores, but straight back. To 
cut this costume for a girl 10 years of 
age six yards of material 27 inches wide, 
five yards 32 inches wide or three yards 
44 inches wide will be required, with % 
yard for shield aud standing collar when 
made of contrasting material and % 
yard 32 Inches wide for body lining. The 
pattern No. 4133 is cut in sizes for girls 
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I don’t think it makes any difference 
wan way or tli’ other how free ye make 
idjacation. Men that wants it’ll have it 
be hook an’ be crook, an’ thim that 
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Ye can lade a man up to th’ university, 
but ye can’t make him think.—Mr. 
Dooley. 
To be kind; to be honest; to earn a 
little and spend a little less; to make, 
upon the whole, a family happier by his 
presence; to renounce where that shall 
be necessary and not to be embittered; 
to keep a few friends, and these without 
capitulation; and, above all, on the 
same grim conditions, to keep friends 
with himself. Here is a task for all 
that a man has of fortitude and deli¬ 
cacy.—R. L. Stevenson. 
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Costs about M as much as coffee- 15c. and 2ac. per 
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