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2 HOME AND COUNTRY Fulfil-bed QuArtariy by Tb- I‘odouted Woman'l Iii-tituth of Ontario Ind Th- Womul'l Institute Branch Ind Homn Economics Service Department of Agriculture Ontario EDITORIAL Conan-“‘53 LII-I. H. Summon. 12.11. i. Fonihill. Mn. J. R. Fuicher, R. i. 5:. 'i'iioi-nns. Min Anna P. Lou . Toronto 2. Minimums or Pimvrscnu Bonn): 1911-1945 Bnmmnry Prcsfirnll Miss Ann» P. Lcwlo, Toronto 2. Mrs. Hiiuh Summers. RR. 1, Prm‘dmi J. R Fuichur. RR. 1. Si. Tiinmna. Regional WMAPielidcnlu ui-n Jnlnl'fl. up. 2. Aliunnw win. McClure. an. 2, Briiiiiniun uiiium Fisher. RJL. I, Emu. Diroclnn mi in Execution Arthur Hudnnn. Lyn. Arthur Hamilton. 11R, llny finnlltcllow. Strand Bart Liil. Sabringville. R. n. Purcell. 345 B, Mary 51., Wlllinm. addiiionnl mum" .un .inim Gray. Ru. 3, Spamming nu Arnold Mitchell. an. o, Bollovillo. Mrs A: l. hillynes. Ru. 1. nilkwnml. un. Ii. .i. u. Km. llcnthcotc in. ii moi-r. up. 2, West Manon... Mn, 0. s thkcrs, )I’I weiiiiiiil sz, Dalhousle. him Elmo Liiile, 670 unrli-Ik \I. siii i..- iir. r. i.. MCLlniicall. n R Tllflillu‘u‘lllil. Mr» .iiim... Louiu, Box iii. Appin lilrn. Aylnii-r Campbell. um ~ .1. iiimmilln. n”. ll. s. Lninz, Monlcilh n” r w KunL up 1. lrhnrd'll Landing, Miss l'tL-lt Rudilull on 2. Iicorcntowll. MI“ llnriiiriii .unr ll. Ru 1. Human Foothill. hIrk ller iiirs. Mn. Mn Mrs. Mia. Mu. lilra. i Atwood. i-‘uri min .Vrrrrlurl] rmiwm Mm .iiiiin Ii )icCuiiucii. RR. 2. nniiiivian. Uflrrt'lrmndnnrc should in addrmrd to “flour. AND COUNTRY” The women‘s ln~lltute Branch and "nmL‘ Economics Service psimnmmi of Agriculture Parllnmciu Buildings. Tornnln 2 This punt-r is distributed through the wrmariu oi women's lilalltutcs o. "In \Vomon'a Ilinhtiiic Men-liners. EDITORIAL COMMENT THE WOMENS' INSTITUTES i feel i am greatly privileged to head an organization such as ours. Years of work and interest in Women s institutes have strengthened my faith in its mind works and my belief in its mum: possibilities. Member. ip in our great organiza- tinn is a satisfaction In many way i used to think our greatest achieve- lllt‘lll was the chan‘m‘ in the Institute iilcmhcr herself. She becomes a better homemaker and a better citizenund her life becomes richer and more abun- ilunt hecouscnl‘her participation in run ctl‘ort. But I am chaniziniz my mind. somewhat. Our Institute organization is a splendid way for the rural woman to serve and this “joy of service" is our irrciiiest asset. All of us, at least those of us who are sincere in our living. want to give our time and effort in our brief life span where it will count and do thc most good. We want our homcs and our communities. yes. even our world. to he the better for us having worked and laboured in them. Through our organization we ore rendering a splendid service to man- kind. The service we render is volun- tary and unselfish. and the degree of service rendered is your personal res- ponsibility. We are a tremendous power for uood because we believe in an intel- ligent and informed membership and we actively support the finest things in life. Our erowth has been rapid because we fill a treat need in the rural woman's life. Throuizh our various organizations we speak on international lanrzunze. In fifty years‘ time we have estab» lished bridgehead: all over the world. It is our task now to deepen and widen those bridgeheads and bring to all rural women at home and abroad our Institute program of better stan- dards of rural livinz. Our motto "For Home and Country" are two words that lie close to the heart of mankind everywhere no mob HOME AND COUNTRY MY IMPRESSION OF THE NORTH (Continued from page 1 col. 4) accomplishment. After the last session we took a bus through the nickel works at Copper Cliff and a drive through the city of Sudbui'y. In the morning of Saturday, Sept ember 25. we started out long trip across Northern Ontario to Winnipeg by C.P.R., en route to a convention at Rainy River. Time and time again we .crossed the Spanish River sparkling in the sun, first on one side of the track. then the otherâ€"sometimes narrow and rough with noisy rapidsâ€"other times wider, calm and serene reflecting the ‘beauty of the hillsides. This river empties into Lake Huron at Sault Ste. Marie. The colouring on the hills was vivid in yellow and red tones With a sprinkling of stately evergreens. There were plenty of curves and breath taking beauty was arouan each curve. The day was perfect. sunshiny and air with a little Lang in it. We sat most. of the Itlol'rllnL' on camp-stools out on the observation platform. regardless of steady rain of cinders and didn't miss a thing in this rough. rugged and beautiful country. By noon most. of the deciduous trees with their brilliant colour had dis- appeared, the white birch and poplar being the only exceptions. They stood white and straight and glistening in the sun. Generously interspersed were the beautiful northern evergreens "pointing skvward" as our English guest. Mrs. Ida Braine. so aptly put it. We watched for wild life. especially for bear but we didn’t see a sign. Since we were near the end of a lon‘r train any wild life would have bolted into the bush before our pullman came along. Around Ramsay. a settlement on a beautiful island lake. we lost the hills and rocks and the terrain was flat. i fell in love with the larch nr tamiv rack. It is very graceful with dain ' foliage and you see them in pictur- esque clumps. We came upon small lakes. choked with log-booms for we were in the pulpwood country au’ain. At Sultan we saw the first large saw- mill and just beyond it my first view of a big longing camp with frame huilllinizs and many trails leading off into the timber. Behind the camp. high on a hillside. were sleigh runners. freshly painted a brilliant rcd. dryinc in the sun rcadv for the first ~imw of a northern winter. We had a 15 minute unit at Schreiber and everyone trot out of the lam: train and exercised up and down the station platform. Then .1 “amino hell is sounded. follnwcd by ilic order “All Aboard” and everyone sriiiml-les for their coach. Miss lewis tried to telephone some Institute ilicinbcl‘s during our stay but lines wch busy at train time. We have a very active In- stitlite here. The station agents of Northern 0nt~ arin are lovers of flowers. I have noycr seen such brilliant beds. Pansies are a favourite and annuals such as nasturtiums. netunias and zinnias. They are crowin" everywhere arniind the stations and in rocky crevices where there is a patch of soil. forming hciintiful. natural rock gardens. The hue of all these flowers is particularly brillinnt due. I am sure. to the heavy mists and conl. refreshinc air each night. They are also away from the dust of our worked soil in thc south. At some of the smaller stations the platform is full of settlers coming to see the train go through. Indians pre. dominate and all through the north tcr what his colour. race or creed. These two words. loved and under- stnnd by everyone. can servo tn brim: about the Brotherhood for which we strive. I salute our organization and you its membership. The lenuth and breadth and depth of service you render is magnificent. May all of us be "iycn vision and resoluteness of purpose to make a worthv contribution to the future of our beloved Women's Insti- tutes. (Mrs. J. R. Futclier. F.W.I.O.. Pres.) the squaw plodding along. iiiillh fiiapoose strapped to her back. We came to White River, the coldest place in Canada. I’d swear the dorky porter shiver-ed as he told me the tem- perature went to 50_° below! I won- dered as the town is surrounded by high hills and seems protected from zin winds. fulfbouit five o'clock. just before com- ing to Marathon, we llel our first rlimpse of Lake Superior. With a fluine for logs to run down to, the waters edge. This flunie is high on tall trestles. I was happy we got to Lake Superior before dark. its beautv is impossible to pictureâ€"clear blue water, wooded hillsides. autumn colours of gold and red. heavily wooded islands everywhere and each inlet and buy choked with lows. Mar- athon is a model town. home of a pulp- inill operated on American Capital. Its homes are beautiful. all built of lumber and painted white with colour- ed roofs. Further along at Jackfish we saw coal being unloaded from a huge lake boat into small moving carts an‘l dumped into waiting coal cars. And here, beyond Jackflsh. we had the beautiful picture of a sunset over Lake Superior. Suddenly. without any warn- inc'. the rocky north shore bursts upon youâ€"Lake Superior on one side and on the other tall. towering craes of rock in colours of red. sand and black. The track curves and curves back as it: skirts lake and rock and you real- ize you are proud of the men that built this roacl. Many places it is blaster] out of solid rock and runs along the l'im of the lake. Several times you pass through tunnels of varyinU lcncth. I was so thankful to see all this beauty before darkness clnsecl in on us. We passed throueh Port Arthur and Fort William at midnieht and just saw their eleaminc liehts from the berth. We wakened at dawn with the promise of another beautiful day. The rountry still was much and ruitized but by breakfast time this had d's- appeared and we were in the Prairies. flat and workable. and with plenty of bush in evidence in the background. Manitoba Visit We were at our Hotel in Winnipeg by 10 and hurried to attend church. The music was exceptional due in no small degree. I am sure. to the splen- did Winnipeg Musical Festival. In the afternoon I was nrivilelzed to drive around some of Winnipeg and points of interest and then thirty miles south to a relative’s home. right out on the productive Manitoba prairie. In Winnipee we visited Assiniboine Park on the Assinihoine River. This is a beautiful natural park of hundreds of acres along the banks of the Assini- bnine. It maintains a splendid zoo where we saw buffalo. elk. deer. moose and brown and black polar bears. all in native haunts. A large conservatory is also maintained here. full of tropi- cal plants and vivid with brilliant foliaues and annual flowers. In a prairie home. ccnt‘re of a farm of one thousand acres. I learned how different crops are infiltratinu into the wheat rrrowing belt of Southern Man- itoba. I saw acre after acre of flax heincr harvested. The past two or three years the farmer has been realizing as high as five dollars per bushel for flax seed. It is used in the nianufae ture of shnrtenines. No use is made of the reddish straw. It is drawn into piles and burnt, too coarse a fibre for stock to eat. I saw in one place two hundred acres of sunflowers from which this Manitoba farmer would reap a for- tune, oil from them heini: used in the manufacture of Crisco. A factory for extracting the oil from these seeds is situated right in the vicinity. Sugar beets do well ill this locality. The wheat yield was below average due to a wet. cold spring and later a dry season. The prairie homes are usually of. frame. look comfortable and many of them attractive with trees and shrubs. But; the horns are smaller than those of Southern Ontario. Everywhere one sees big. powerful tractors and corres- pondingly wide implements. The far- Fall, 1948 J mei‘s were busy plou hin u - land ready for the s rigng agowii]. the" Monday noon in uncheon w ranged in Winnipeg for our party m meet several officers of the ltlanitnh Institutes, amonfi3 them Mrs. Caina bell. Provincial resident and Ni“ Frances McKay, Director. By the Was: we were a partybf three now f5] travelling, with Miss Lewis and in): self was Miss Constance Hayward Women’s Liaison Officer. Citl'lienshl' Branch, Secretary of State pupa”), ment. Ottawa. ‘ I can't: speak too highly or eloquent. iv enough for the Western hospitali Everyone was epgepto do snmeihi ’ for us and the friendliness and intch we met on every hand made our tIlp most enjoyable. After the luncheon we were take" on a tour of the Parliament Building; at Winnipeg. one of the most beauliiid buildings of the West. A guide con. ducted us through, showing us all the special features of this beautiful building set in the. middle of flirmal gardens and planting. It is built ii( Manitoba stone and on the inner 1]. can be clearly seen fossils of dllfueni kinds that: have been left in the lime. stone formation. In the entrain»... hall which is modelled after a amid Temple. two his buffalo erect in“ m natural size and on raised nrlde platforms either side of a wide - in: stairway made from Italian ar~ ble. The corridor floors are of Ten. nessee marble which is a pinln‘sh colour inlaid with Vermont warble which is a black or green. The central part of the building under the dome. displays beautiful stained glass windows. This i< built like a Roman Forum with Gavin ‘ columns and a bust of the \‘.i Minerva at the top of each M In the centre. from a. circular ‘ you look down into "Cleopati' The reflection of liuhts makes i like water. The chamber where Parliameii can» venes was finished in walniv «nil murals around the upper walls and ceiling depicting justice, Mosi the law-giver and Solon. the authrii iv 1' Greek law. The mace. resting in it: case. is similar to the one used ill the Houses of Parliament. London, Ene- laml. The original one now uwl by the Boys’ Parliament was mom: ill wood, the shaft being the of 35 ar. link a Red River cart and the head i- die hub of the wheel. In the coin ‘l’iLE rooms the tables are fashioned [hr the Knights of the Round Tuldi Manitoba can well be proud w it: beautiful state building. As viiw em; you notice on the dome a figui» ~i' a "olden boy symbolizin'v eternal l’l‘. He carries wheat in one hand ..iiil :. lamp in the other. “lhile in the Parliament Bull-lines we visited the Extension Depmvi writ. met the Home Economists and yiiciwi a most attractive Women's Insliintc handicraft i‘isplay. We left Winnipeg in the early unli- ing arriving in Rainv River aftci' 1.10l am. and there, standing on the Sidillll’l platform was our Convention area chairman waiting to \velcoliie u: t" her town and take us to our old rooms. It is just symbolic n the thoughtfulness of the Northern-"3 Rainy River Convention The convention started Tucsdni’ morning. Luncheon and dinner ‘serl served to us in the dili'erent churv (-5 of the communityâ€"Catholic. An. and United and again one cxpcrwni-ed Western hospitality. Here the)" 1‘“ the districts of the ai'Ea and “‘liL'll .i delegate reaches the convention the is under no more financial exlpcn.-. h The weather was ideal al tliiuul:_ our Northern trip. Every deleflal“ 3‘“ member thoroughly enjoyed the w sions. The reports showed areal ivity both in district and branch ‘lrl' stitute work. Our organization nieay‘i; a great deal in these districts and on community work that is'corned it‘ll“; many of these small isolated cod“ munities is amazing. Practicalli '3“ reports. moreover. were exceedmk- well-organized and presented. VIE After the last session “'8 ‘89” taken to a mink farm where 91%;. hundred are carefully fed a balan