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ning to Ottawa where she will spend Sunday and Monday. It is expected she will meet Government officials while there and on Mon- day the Kingston Area will entertain and all the Eastern part of the Province will be in- cluded in some sort of large garden tea or other affair which would accommodate those who would like to attend. Mrs. Berry will fly to Toronto Monday evening and on Tuesday will be the guest of the Unionville Branch Women’s Institute. She had particularly requested that she should be able to attend a "regular" Branch meeting while here and Unionville extended an invi- tation sin that her wish might be granted. Fol- ]owmg the meeting at Uniom'ille, she will be driven to Guelph where a reception of some sort will be held in the evening at the O.A.C. That evening, she will be driven to London to remain over night. Wednesday she will be the guest of the London Area and at the moment the plans appear to include luncheon and a larger gathering in the afternoon. The Committee felt that it was only cour- teous that Mrs. MacPhatter Should lit the opportunity to entertain Mrs, Bi, it was planned that Mrs. Berry wool 7 Owen Sound Wednesday evening to , . guest of Mrs. MacPhatter. It is r8130“, _ the Branch there has a plan in mind entertainment also. Friday, June 2;: will be the guest of York County. a. pact, members of the Women’s 1 Branch will have an opportunity to u there. Miss McKercher has been in Owen Sound to accompany Mrs. Bci to Toronto. Friday morning she will be driven i. Creek to be received there by officei Hamilton Area and then she will . Niagara Falls. There, the Welland Branches whose members are hosti. the day, are planning a luncheon beautiful Park Restaurant, and in lll noon‘ a tea for the members of the the Gardens at the Park. There |. will be a short drive around the Falls luncheon and the tea hour. Preview of Ceylon MEETING PLACE OF THIS YEAR’S ACWW CONFERENCl Ocean off the coast of India with a population of about 8.000,000. Ceylon became a Dominion of the British Commonwealth on Feb. 4, 1848 and on Feb~ 10 the first Dominion Parliament of Ceylon was opened by the Duke of Gloucester. After the ceremony the Prime Minister unfurled the red and yellow lion flag. Agriculture is the mainstay of Ceylon's economy so it is important to develop it. In this_ help is being given by F.A.O, (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Naâ€" tions) and by the Colombo Plan (British Com- monwealth aid to underdeveloped countries). Canada at the request of the Ceylon Govern- ment will finance and conduct a $500,000 two- ycar aerial survey of the country’s natural resources as the first step necessary in a pro gram to raise the living standards of the people. But Canada's part in the Colombo Plan may have other far-reaching results. One observer says: “Essentially the Colombo Plan is an expression of friendship and co-opera- tion. We give Asians material assistance and technical knowâ€"how but in doing this we should always remember that Asians have their own ways, some long established, some as modern as our own. of tackling their own problems; and that we, on our part, have a great deal to learn from them." As an example of the way ancient and modern ways seem to mingle naturally in Ceylon, the elephant is the traditional mode of transport but now he has to carry "head CEYLON is a large island in the Indian 20 and tail lights" like a truck in any uln- city. More than half the people in Ce) Singhalese, the majority of whom a: dhists. Tamils make up the next large group and they are mostly Hindus. 1* i groups include Moors, Eurasians, “Bi: , and Europeans. Singhalese is spoken it i ' two thirds of the people but Engli~ general use among the upper and classes. Ceylon is the centre of the modern l-'- r ‘ faith. As some indication of the nioi - of this religion, here are the twelve co: ments of the Buddhist creed: “(1) Th- ‘ not envy thy neighbor, nor covet hi erty- (2) Thou shalt not worship fal (3) Thou shalt not commit adultery. l-‘ i shalt not indulge in unprofitable convi Iw (5) Thou shalt not destroy any animail ‘ (6) Thou shalt not trade in deadly \\ -- (7) Thou shalt not trade in poisons. H1 1 shalt not prepare or sell intoxicants. 1‘ ‘ shalt not traffic in human beings. (1“ shalt not accept a bribe, (11) Thou sl deprive anyone of his property by \" fraud or deception. (12) Thou shalt i " a falsehood or use words to conceal the ' Ceylon lies almost on the equator is little seasonal change of temperatuw ' where, although generally the hill con cooler. Temperatures average eighty in "" during the year and vary little in ‘ ' dry seasons. The largest agricultural i ‘l‘ ' rice, or paddy, but this is never encri» " HOME AND COUNTRY