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Institutes of Britain How Like Our Own They Are! LITTLE pamphlet giving 9: Survey 9f Women’s Institute community Work m West Sussex, England. Shows how closely the Institutes of the Old Land and the New follow the same pattern in trying to “‘99 the needs of the-tr loculities. This may ‘be Of rather special interest to us as we appI‘DHCh the A.C.W.W. conference. The Story Of the Sussex Institutes begins: "No one is surprised nowadays to hear that the Womcn's Institute has pEl‘SUHded the bus company to erect a shelter, made a protest about the drains. or presented a P151110 t0 ihe village hall In Iuct it is not unusual during anemia“ of wing Village need to hear that ‘tho Women's Institute ought to set tracking on it'." We read about those English Institutes building a village hull or procuring a disused budding and prim-idmg repairs, redecoration and equipment, or presenting their hall witha piano, a clock, or chairs or stage curtainsâ€"1n um; CZLSL’ the curtain was made of patchwork. Like our own lilalllLllLJS. those in Britain often pruVidc othcr local improvements. One ltl'rtl‘lt'll gut public telephone "kiosks" set up in the Village; another obtained a pillar mail box. They agitate for better bus service and at least [our bus shelters were put up by ltlnllitllt'Sâ€"DDC from "pie profits." Their re- porter says: "Institutes seem to have gone one butter than Sir William Beveridge; ‘from the f'l'itdlc to the gi’avcwand beyond’ might be their wutchword . . . Infant welfare clinics have lJL'L'n started and staffed and catered for, and clinics supported. Many Institutes have mi'r-d l'oi' locul burying grounds. Some have Inukcd after their war memorial and one obâ€" tained n mortuary." Itcrroution grounds and “playing fields" have had hL-lp toward their maintenance. Market stalls have been set up to distribute surplus produce. In a number of villages the lumil brunch of the county library was started by the Institute Lind many branches are staffed by Institute incmhers, Courses of Workers Education Association lectures have been organized as “T” as lectures on handicrafts, llziitldlilng (trimming), EODJWFF‘, bceâ€"keeping and s'ivs: "For I‘Ccdica‘liinmlrllm-umty' The “9”.” . new are classes in country doncmg and old time dances weekly practices in modern dancing. play ieadinas keep-tit clcisscs, :1 percussion band, May revEcls. ' ‘ r' -‘. » »' 1 - ’ niltqiahjmflfiit:Kmaggviog1:15.‘ {:‘n Institute choir sorietv.” ‘ p m 0 a Village choral A popular piece of work recorded was the compilation of village scrap books, CO to our Tweedsmuir histories. Like the Institutes of this cou- British Institutes receive a tremendou, of appeals for charitable donatin Sussex report says: “From early tin tutes have been prone to support al‘ charitable cau-sas l . and they h sent donations to charitable societi considering the needs of their ov ment.” Then the report goes on to those Institutes that have supported moted the work of the local district _: that have contributed to local need: clothes for “the local poor,” supplyir mas gifts of food, clothing, toys an needy families. We might almost be reading a rep Ontario Institute as We find thes. women working with their young pe curing athletic fields, tennis, cricket sports, organizing boys' and girls’ “i and classes in carpentry and cookery ing and folk dancing, helping the G. and the Scouts and Cub paCks_ The have started Youth Clubs and we “one determined Institute opened a 3 after four years’ controVersy with :. Council.” The British Institutes, like our 0\\'i concerned with older people. The re‘ “Old people have been cheered and i many ways. At the request of ti. Council one Institute formed a con: study their needs. Old folk are i invited to Institute outings and entert Entertainments and presents have ; given to those in local institutions; of one Institute go to play whist w others pay regular Visits to old psi hospital." Certainly when we meet our visitors from Britain we will find that 3 great deal in common in our Instit= * * * * 'k :k "The great causes of humanit} never defeated by the assaults 0t devil, but by the slow, crush glacierlike mass of thousands 01 different people.”â€"â€"Adam Smith "The Wealth of Nations.” * 'k “k ‘k ‘k r “We have been the best of frit- in the way of Whiflle-U‘ECS, butter r and pig killings â€" but never ti‘ looked up together at the sky.” â€"David Grin: