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‘k i: * THE PATCHWORK QUILT By Natalie Whitted Price Did Gran'ma ever tell you about the patch-work quilt That lies across the sofa in her room? it is made from scraps of dresses that she wore when she was young, And some of them were woven on a loom. Sometimes when it is raining and I can't play out of doors, She lets me spread it out upon the floor, And as I choose the pieces I‘d like to hear about, She tells me of the dresses that she wore. It isn't just the dresses that Gran'ma tells about, It’s the things that happened when she had them on, And almost ev'ry piece that's in that dear old patch-work quilt, Holds the mem‘ry of a sorrow or a song. Oh, things were very wonderful when Grandmama was young, You ought to hear her tell about it all. The ladies all were beautiful, the children all were good. And the men were all so gallant and so tall. My Gran'ma told me once that life is just a patch-work quilt, Of births and deaths and marriages and things; And that sometimes when you’re looking for a lovely piece of red, You only find a knot of faded strings. But she says the red is redder when it’s by a piece of brown, And gray is not so gray by sunny gold; Oh, I hope I’ll have a lovely patch-work quilt like Gran'mama’s. To show to little children when I’m old. 44:4 More Nellie McClung Books IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF Home and 1 Country it was reported that through the initiative of Velore Women’s Institute, or through their consultation with the publisher, Nellie McClung‘s book “Clearing in the West” had been reprinted, and that it had been rec- ommended for public or high school supple- mentary reading by Departments of Education in several provinces. The primary reason for putting the book on the supplementary reading list is that, being the autobiography of Nellie McClung from her early childhood when her family left an On- tario farm to “take up land" on the Western prairie until the day she was married, it tells the story of a period of history of the Canadian West that may soon be forgottenâ€"a time when thousands of hardâ€"working, God-fearing peo- ple from the Eastern provinces went to live on Western homesteads. to make homes and build communities and open up the land for a pros- 21 perous agriculture. Of course there um um, reasons for reading “Clearing in 1|“. film": the gripping story it tells, its warmly and humor and the down-to-earth phii, WP uncomprising, compassronate, Wise .i .i '“gl'm, that is typical of Nellie McClung. " The reprint came on the market in , all and the demand for it was so encouragiii iul lhe publisher ordered a reprint of the Hi Pm of Mrs. McClung’s autobiography, “‘1 mm Runs Fast." This begins where "( W m the West" leaves off, and tells the x. ..[ [he author as a young mother, a good ii. my. A woman deeply involved in her comi , ,nd later a public figure â€"â€" writer, Cl'li .v and Member of Parliament. Like “Clea: i the West." “The Stream Runs Fast" i~. Mm human interest, humor and color up rim turn a challenge to our sense of i re. sponsibility. This book came on sale 'llillld in April. So now. in the two books, we hm: .inhle for our reading a complete story i Hie and work of Nellie McClung. Ant. only this. The publisher has also reprodui .cllie McClung‘s first book, that priceless gem "Sowing Seeds in Danny.” “Clearing in the West,” “The 5U: Runs Fast" and “Sowing Seeds in Danni c in paperbacks, published by Thomas Lid. The price of each is $2.98. Home Economis Honored ‘ N lHEN MISS ELSIE IRVl}. titer nearly twelve years’ service Dis- ‘ trict Home Economist in rider Bay, resigned to be married, the Wor in- stitutes of the district, the Junior Farr As- sociation and the 4â€"H Homemaking C Ple' sented her with a five-piece silver .er coffee service and tray. The party ' lliSS Irvine was a very gala affair, the M115 Women serving refreshments from a r: ‘39“- tred with a miniature wedding cake “3' ""35 later presented to Miss Irvine. The 1r. j 01 the 4â€"H Homemaking Clubs of the dist “51d another party and presentation. one. lie“ gifts to Miss Irvine being an oil paintn 10"? by a woman of the district. Miss l“ "L‘ '3 now the wife of James Felker, 3 fm 1 9f Haldimand county. (In her excellent it in directing 4-H Homemaking Clubs. Mia" ‘i‘mf was an enthusiastic promoter of Garden mi“- and some of her associates say that her itling was timed so that she would be settled "11 her new home and ready to plant a gab)“ as soon as the frost was out of the ground.) HOME AND couNI“