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Fall, 1948 fAd“ MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, CHAIRMAN. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, A.C.W.W. SENDS APPRECIATIVE NOTE Many Women’s Institute members will recall haying met Mrs. Chas. Russell last year at a luncheon given in her honour by the Department. At the A.C.W.W. meeting in Amsterdam Ins. Russell was elected Chairman of the Executive. Excerpts from a ersonal letter to vour director on} pu lisbecl below: “Near Miss Lewns: “Lady Haworth and Mrs. Brains hoth write most enthusiastically of (he kindness they had received from the W.l. members with whom you had put them in 'touch. These exchange Visits are going to be of immense value I am sure. “We arranged a month over her in the a )ring for F‘ru Dahlerup-Peterson lhe resident of the Danish Hus- mondes and also President of the \‘orthern Housewives among the Women’s Institutes here and she has now invited 10 W.I. members from the five counties where she was a guest to pay a visit to Denmark. That will mean that 50 British W.l. memâ€" bers will have the opportunity to stay In a Danish home and that 50 Danish women will later visit England. "I have had a very busy three months this summer but it has been most interesting. In May Mrs. Sayre arrived to go with me to Geneva for the second meeting of the Non-Gov- ernmental Organizations having status with the United Nations. We had a very good delegation consisting of Mrs. Sayre and myself, Fru Moysatd of _Norway and Miss Zwahlen of the Su'iss Organization who is our repre» <9ntative in Geneva. “The annual meeting took place early in June and Mrs. Sayre made a \plendid address which you will prob- ably read in The Countrywomam Be- iore she returned to the States she managed a flying visit to Germany where she saw conditions for herself and was able to bring us a report which is most useful in the light of the news we have had of the ire-form- Ing of the Landfrauenverein and their application ‘to us to rejoin. "In‘ the difficult situation created by the division of Germany into so called Western and Eastern spheres of influ- ence the acceptance might have very far reaching consequences. I "I am off to Sweden tomorrow liv- ing_ to Stockholm to stay with Fru Lilliehook. She is going to take me up to the north of Sweden to her son’s term and from there I shall travel to Trondheim on the Norwegian coast. Thence to Bergen where I shall pay _Fru Irininger a short visit before go- mg to Oslo for only one day alas and fly from there to London. I am look- mr: forward to this little holiday and only hope that the weather will he better than it has been this summer. “With kind regards and best wishes for your recovery”. Signed “Leila Russell” From Lady Denman College Published below are uxcurpls (mm s mm =r-nt lo Shoddrii Women's Institute from Bliss Elizabeth Christmas, Worden. Doumnn Lullska, Mill-churn, This is just one example of his many hitters oi zrntitude sent (mm England to Onturio Institutes. "I do not know how to thank you and your class for the wonderful path eel which you have so generously sent to Denman College. All the things will be most useful and we are going to mark them all with the name of Shedden, Canada, so that everv Insti- tute member who uses them will know who sent them. "We all feel that it is most wonder- f“11y good of you all to have taken so much trouble on our behalf and I do “13": YOU. and all who took part in the gift, to know how much we appreciate your thought and great kindness. “We are hoping to open the College 9n September 24th and as you can Imagine getting the furniture and linen together has presented many problems. We have managed to col- ect a certain number of clothing cou- HOME AND COUNTRY ENGLISH GUESTS ENTERTAINED IN NORTH YORK ' Upper left: Newmarket Women's Inslitute Entertained Mrs. Franklin from Old Windsor. Berks., England, which is near the Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park. Mrs. Franklin presented the Institute with a collection plate, hand carved to represent a Tudor RosenThIs was made from a piece of oak taken from St. George's Chapel. Windsor (astle at the Ilme of the restoratlun dated 1474. In the picture above Mrs. Franklin is being presented with an F.W.I.O. pm by your Director ashlrs. Elton Armstrong, Vice-President Newmarket Institute, looks on. UPl:ler “Kilt: MI'S- Bentley. President Aughton Women’s Institute. Lancushire UL. England and .‘lrs. ('00er wil'eY 0f the farmer'Lord Mayor of the City of York. Yorkshire. Chat with Mrs. (has. E. Lewis. charter member of hewmarket Institute and Mrs. H. J. Charles, charter member of Aurora Institute. Various teas were given in honour of Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Cooper and they attended the regular meeting of Vandori and Neu'mzrket Women’s Institutes. puns from self-sacrificing Women's Institute membersâ€"one coupon here and a quarter of coupon thereâ€"and With these we have been able to buy some sheets and curtain material but they do not go very far when sheets for 35 beds have to be provided. Also, most of the courses we shall he hold- ing at Denman College will be short courses. Monday to Friday and week- end courses, and as lanndries take rather a long time nowadays We shall have to have quite a lot of sheets to fall back on. We are more grateful than we can say for the sheets which you and other Institutes in Ontario have sent to us through Miss Lewis' kind oflices. “Everyone who saw them fell in love with the charming tea towels and we have decided that they cannot pos- sibly be used for that purpose. They are going up in the social scale and will be used for tray cloths on the trolleys in the dining room. The tables in the dining room will each seat six people and have red tops: the chairs are stackable ones in grey and red; the tea towels match them perfectly and we are delighted with them. "We are goingr to ask all the stu- dents who come to the College to bring their own towels. “’9 are all used to that over here now as even in hotels, towels are not supplied. There are, however, always a few people who forget, so we shall have to keep a small store on hand and your towels are the first two in the store. “I was most interested to read the description of the village of Shedden. It sounds most active and I should love to see it in the Autumn when the maples have changed colour. “Denman College is in the village of Marcham which is about the same size as Shedden but it is not nearly so well provided with amenities as Shedden. I think this is because Abingdon. the Market town is only three miles oil", and Oxford only 9 miles away and people go to these bigger centres to shop. There is‘a school in Marchum which takes chil- dren up to 11 years of age and they then go to Abingdon to the secondary school. The secondary school is the same as your high school and a bus fetches and carries the children the same as with you. The students of the secondary school have just made for us a most beautiful model of Dennian College and its grounds-Ht is about 6 feet squareâ€"and it is com- plete down to the fountain. the sun dial and the lawn mower. “’9' are, that is to say the Women's Institutes are, holding a Produce Exhibition in London in October as part of our drive to produce more food and we felt it would be interesting for the Women’s Institute members who come from all over the country to see a model of the college which we hope TWEEDSMUIR CUP COMPETITION SCORES FOR JUDGING The three silver cups donated by Lady Tu-eedsmuir for competition by Women’s Institute members across Canada will he competed for during Ill-i749 Biennial term as follows: A. Tweedsmuir History Book: For in- structions on compiling these sec Fall 1945 Home and Country or write to Loan Library. Women's Institute Branch, Department of Agriculture, Parliament Buildings. Toronto. B. Hooked Rug of Typical Canadian Design: To be judged for suit- ability of design and workman» ship: 1. Materialâ€"rug to lJE‘ made of used woollen material. 2. $22727" x 45" 3. Typeâ€"floor rug. C, Essayâ€"“Our Women‘s Institute Takes 3 Forward Look." To be written or typed on one side of paper only, size of sheet. Eli" x 11”. Length of essay to be not more than 1,000 words. Watch for announcement in Winter Home and Country for deadline date for subm' ting Ontario entries in this competition. A committee set up by F.W.I.C. and convened by Miss Anna P. Lewis have submitted the following scores for judging the entries in the Tweedsmuir Cup Competitions. SCORE FOR JUDGING ESSAY 1. Material: Content-Thought, organ- ization 40 Style-Sentence and para- graph structure, diction 20 2. Mechanics: .". General appearance, contest rules re paper. etc, spelling grammar and punctuation 3. General Appearance 10 100 SCORE FOR JUDGING TWEEDSMUIR BOOK 1. General Appearance & Organ- ization 25 Binding, paper used, size, neatness, legibility, rend- ability 2. General Instruction 8; In- formation 5 Name of Institute. date of before long many of them will be able to attend as students. Thank you again for your very great kindness and one day when you come to England, I hope you will come to see us and I will show you to what good use your good gifts have been put. inception, (late of com- mencement of compilation, tahle of contents. foreword by Lady Twoedsmuir. picâ€" tures of Lord and Lady Twccdsmuir an:| Adelaide HnU|llESS ll. Historical Da 1: History of Branch Institute. origin of name of comâ€" munity, Indian inform- ation, pioneer settlements and pioneer families. churches, schools, libraries, industries and no 'spapcrs, achievements in working, geography. natural re- sources with significancru picture , maps, headings. dates. etc. 4. Current Events: War records. part played by Institute mcmb.is during hnstilit current events includi local itvms of historical interest as they (It'tul‘, pictures, iiinps, dates, etc. 45 ND ill 100 SCORE FOR JUDGING HOOKED RUGS 1. Design: _ 40 Suitability for use, artistry. ('oloui‘: 20 Harmony. suitability for use. Workmnnship: 40 Finish, hooking. i.-. 100 Note: Any rui.r which does not con- form to regulation as to material, size and type shall be ruled out of cumpe~ tition. FARM HOUSING AS FARM WOMEN WANT IT {Continued from page 5 col. 4) ground around the house is level, éeinent walks are still better. A flagA stone walk to the front door is attractive whom the slunes are avail- able. Several groups .nid that the ' cos of lawn and {lower garden should depend on the help likely to be available to c or them. One sug. 1:05th the pos (y of custom work with a power lawn mower in cut farm lawns. A few other i'ecoiilmendatinns not directly related to the questmnnaire but definitely related to farm housing were: folding nails of the accordion type to either separate or unify two rooms, a thermopane window in the living room, a dumb waiter. revolving pantry and cupboard shelves. a wood- hox built in the wall to be filled from outside, in some hilly sections. water under pressure in the house, provided by natural gravity.