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Women s Page hundred hours a year." Continuing, Mrs. \Vice said: Any c thing in relation to nutrition (food n for our family), housing (the care .< of house and planning), and clothing (sexving) comes under the head of _] Home Economics. One branch of the V W.l. carried on activities along this line by having papers read at the 3 meetings on `Cooking Fre. Fruit, 1 `Vegetable Heals and Meals with ; Vcegetables, `Invaders of the Pantry,` `Dried Fruits, their Preparation and Use, `Deep Fat Frying, `The Onion ` Family, `Preventing Damage by] Motlis. The following subjects were used for roll calls: `My Favorite "` C`,I_- I... \ K 'The washing day, it seems to me, 121 just a. waste of energy. What use to stand before :1 tub And soak and rinse and blue and rub? Next week the self same garments 4...`.-. lh It s such :1 \\'aste of time to cook ; I m just a walking cookery book ; I make and bake the morning througlv. The favorite pies and puddings, too, And then in half an hour; or less, l\.\Iy toil has gone to nothingness. E um: slut: It s xvaste of time to dust the stairs, rm. ..v....m Hm brass and polish ch:-xi1's, 7 To clean the brass polish , To sweep and pick up bits of fluff ; , For nothing s ever clean enough. Five minutes after I have done Some one is sure to romp and run, Kick out the stair rods, ick the mats. And slam the doors and scare the cats; Some sticky hand is sure to press The brasses from their sprightliness. I tidy up and do the dusting, pm :1 the while my wings are rusting. 1 Lnu` But : w It n. 'l'hi.< \\'(`OKS nu. up ..... . ........ .._ basket. The stockings which were hale and hearty Return from each primrosing party Weakly and worn, and wanly show Great gaping holes in heci and toe, While buttons have a captions way n.~ ,::=.mnnm every day. buttons have 11 Cupux Of disappearing every day. Sponging: ofl` spots and ironing creases, Between it all I m worn to pieces. Woman from cradle to the grave Is nothing but :1 galley slave. _________________ King George of Britain owns more than 700 clocks, which he keeps at Buckingham, Windsor and Balmorai. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932. (ly and (10 me ulA.5uI|y.,, L all the my wmgs The One Side A 4...\-.\ nncoc - .r Two Sidefs to the Question (Fay Inchfawn) 3" ' The `Salad, `A Home Economy, `Sugges- tions for Using Odds and Ends of Food for Monday and Saturday Meals. For demonstrations this branch had `Coffee Making, `Cake Icing, `Christmas Candy, `Darning Contest and `Pancake Making. Painswick W.I. studied the Pasteuri- zation of Milk at home and also had a demonstration of the testing of milk for sedimentation. There was an ex- cellent paper on `Labor Saving De-i vices, with illustrations. Miss Wal-' lace, of the Women s Institute Branch, coached the members of the Painswick Junior Institute, which en- tered the winning team in the Bar- rie Junior Fair. Miss Isobel Carr ' (one of the girls who demonstrated , table setting during the junior pro- f gram of the W.I. Convention) won ' first prize for her kitchen plans at the Junior Fair. Cookstown offered a special prize` _ for the best Christmas dinner for six 3 persons not to exceed $4. Also one . for the best planned lady s wardrobe . for one year not to exceed a stated 1 sum, and for furnishing of bedroom and living room at certain cost and! the most convenient kitchen plan. . In East Simcoe one branch sent 3 a delegate to the Home Economics Course in Orillia, and had r.lemonstra- Q_tions of `Labor Saving Devices," 5 `Canning, and `Cake Making. Vie- ,. toria Harbor W.I. had demonstrations y in making `Angel Food and `\Vai'fles, 0 the members enjoying the nishe'l 9 p).`0(luct.<. Waubaushenc branch de- i,- mon. correct table setting, showing suitable linen, silver and china; This branch also had a demon- stration in candling eggs. Melduf W.I. had papers on `P11-I paring a Company Dinner and `Fishi and its Food Value. This branch 1 distributed bulletins on `Canning Fruits and Vegetables, `Vegetables, and `Good Food for the Family.` Prizes were given for the neatest patch, buttonholes and articles made from our sacks. The roll call was answered during the year with `Can- ning Hints, `Apple Recipe, `Some- thing to Keep on the Emergency Shelf, while the demonstrations in-I cluded pickles, tea biscuits, maple sugar and lemon tarts. Branches in West Simcoe report- ed as follows: \'ew Lowell sent two` girls to Guelpl`_~'1nd to coaching class- n<: ans\vm`e(l roll call with sL1'.'i:es . l I glrls E0 uue1pJ`_~'1n(1 to coucmng Unitas-I cs; answered sugges | tions for storing vegetabes, pickle,` C1n'istmas pudding and cake recipes. Stayner took up housing. Singhamp- ton had a paper on `Value of 21 Gm. den to the Housewife, and demon-. strations in `Salad )'Iz1king and} `Homemade Chx'istma;~: Gifts. Sun-! nidale had :1 paper on `Woman s.` Work, and demonstrations in `Reed Work, `Candy Makin_<;`, `Table Set-i ting and `Uncooked Salad Dre; ing. ` hnn1`.1'nnn hnd mmers on `Se1'v1nL'. l mg. Duntroon had papers `Ser\'1ng, `Hints on Housecleaning, `Removing Stziiiis, `Turning Worn Cuffs. 1he _ roll call was responded to with 1 `Household Hints, `Planning Nexwi MARKET WAS SLOW Furnishings or Furbishing Up V/hat We Have, `Salads for Winter, `Labor Saving Devices for Hot Wea- ther, and potato, apple, pickle, cookie and pie pastry 1`e7'p.s.~`_ plan- ning and arranging the work rooms such as the kitchen and laundry, and `Home Beautication, were also sub- jects rliscuzssed by the Duntroon W.I. Our superintendent has said, `Let your aim be healthy and efcient wo- Satu1'day s market was rather slow, compared with the Thanks;;'iv- ing market the previous week. There- was an abundance of choice garden and farm products, but the attend anee was not encouraging. V . and fruits were in fair demand, but poultry and dairy products were hard to dispose of. Eggs were scarce and prices rmer. some farm wives asking and getting men. not pale and pampered ones, as l1lf. ,`l1 as 33c a dozen for extras, but and this is what I feel we are accom- 300 '21-" U10 131`0V`i1l1i"i?~ D1`lC0- BUU01` plishing in our Women s Institutes. \\" Selling` '5 H0111 230 to 256 lb. But some will say there are alway` Spring` chickens were offered at 250 two sides to a question. 21 1h., fowl at 18c an(l ducks at 20c unm mm Winn closed her report Other prices were as follows: 1 l 1 1 A quQsti0n_ 10., Iowi av. 10C anu (ILIUKS `(IL mic I Here Mrs. Wice close(l her 1'cp_01`t ~_'_01`0 f00'S? with the reeitati m of the following Tomatoes 200 13l1`g0 basket, Crab \-0,._._.eS, apples 25c small basket, grapes 20c _ small basket, peaches 35c small bas- Q` ket, pears 25c small basket, melons 1hf'<"') , 5e and 10e each, cabbage 5c and 100 l Owe s`d .eacli, carrots 20c basket, new carrots I have (lone an angel s work to-day l 3 bunches 10 caumlowel. 2 for 256 .YC`S: Such 3 h1' cam my `my small beets 5(lc basket large beets Real an."el s work! and, lest you ' " . 25c basket, turnips 5c each, onions , , ,dbt `tv b t . 25c basket, pickling onions 40c `oas- Im g`-9 to tell you an 3 u `t ket, marrows 1.0c each, squash 15c Well, r-st I cooked; it was so nice `lm 210C end? Egtron lie each . Duly? , To p1m:.iL.tCh_e pies Stewed fruits and blag-l ;1}?l(I1ZIChc1%2::c b,a.sPl:1eltS,n1putte: ' God sent His angel, once to make, beans 2 qt5' 1C Bmssel Sp"'-`ts 1" (~.,kM 1-0,. a pom. Wayfm.C,.vS Sake. qt., mushrooms 25c qt., peppers :5 for B`ut"J-mt t0_day He honored me, 10c, Chinese lettuce 10c bunch, cel- , ., , .. .. ., ,_ cry 10c bunch, potatoes 75c bag. And `Rant the M51` m 1y you Set Qnvm-nl loads nf out wnml \\'m*n of- .cn1awn ) Other Side `I I` an came way. RCz1121n:(:1 ` dnnht Hi, 1`l(.'C. ~ b` \vayfarer s sake; `I But, just to-day. 1 my way, see. 0 Then while I tidied up the place, 1` : Gave every knob a radiant face, h Back in my mind this thought would . lurk. That I was still at Angel s work; - Putting away the coats and dresses And moving` small uiisightlinesses. , For, oh ! "I`is such a lovesome thing ; Just st1'aig`htening out and freshening. And after that I washed a few Small woolly garments; old, not new; . Things I had rubbed and rinsed before Quite forty times or even more; And as I hung them on the line I thought what Godlike work was mine, To cleanse; ah, me ! To wash out afninu W1. conventidn Told of Home Economic Activities lu Lu:uuo\;, uu, un. . 4v ......,.. ..... stains. T111 not :1 smgle spot remains. So later in the day twas sweet To sit and rest my tired feet; ' `Mending the clothes, and plan out, fnn L\lL'Illllll}; hill: \_n)uu\..*, cs-nu lziyuu way, too, How to make old things into new. For surely tis an .-\nge1 s way To put things right from day to day. To nd thin places and repair I` The glad rags and the sturdy wear, i( Since wear `and tear must surely be 0 On this. side of Eternity. t I'm feeling very proud to say. '1 s K I have done an Angel s work to-day. e______ 1 j Clocks a.rc- his hobby, -of course, but they happily instance how the hobby. may ride the man. King George is noted for being always on time. Cry LUC Duncn, pomuuus (DC Dug`. Several loads of cut wood were of- fered at and $9 a load, but was `hard to dispose of. A merchant was told - he had 3 month to live. He called in a lawyer and said : TI`v H> nn an rnu nvnv-:13-nff :1! 4-114- . something. and sam : Fix it up so my overdraft at the bank goes to my wife--she can ex- plain it. My equity in my car goes to my son. He will then have to go to work to keep up the payments. Give my goodwill to the supply houses. They took some chances on me and are entitled to My equipment you can give to the junk man. He has had his eye on it for several years, and I want six of my creditors for pall- bearers. They have carried me so long they might as well nish the job." awful 7-` 1 Gross revenues of the Canadian C National Railways for the final per 1 iod of September showed an increase I 1 of $606,706, or 13 per cent., over the corresponding period of 1931. The weekly statement of revenues is- 1 ,|sued at headquarters of the National 1 System shows gross revenues of 4 $5,233,727 _for the nine-day period ` ending September 30th last, against 5 $4,627,021 for the same period in 1931. L n I NEW VISION FOR BRITISH BUSINESS MAN'S WILL-- Q! 9\\\\ Perhaps because Home Economics i. corner stone of the Women s Insti`;'c.te structure, the report, pre- sented by N115. Alvin Wice, as con- \`L`I1U1` of this pa1'ticula.r branch of W.I. activities, struck 21 responsive cord in the heart of every delegate at the first County Conventlon held in Barrie last Thu1`. and Friday. Thn 1'n'\nrf' t--.Innr- nf H113 and (1? A The orthern Advanc ;. (Continued from page one) Labor saving devices are practically unknown in Europe and the most _ primitive methods still prevail in t n(.-zirly all countries. Laundry work, -1 for instance, is still done in the nqh-nnn1: \\'l1r>1`n in nlnce Of the \\'21Sl1- iornmssm IS KEYNOTE) |1or mstance, IS sun none in we lstreams, where in place board, the dirt is beaten out of the clothes on stones by means of a wooden paddle. There is, of course, no hot w: ;(~r and the process is most laboriou especially during` the win- , ter, when the waters of the strealns are icy cold. Yet the women get a < certain amount of pleasure out of the task, for it a'ords them an opportun- ity to visit with their neighbors and pass on or learn the latest bit of gossip as they congregate on the banks of the stream on wash day. One might think that the clothes would suffer from this strenuous method of laundrying', yet, the speak- er declared, they came out of the or-I (_ieal spotlessly white and sweet smell- mg. rut`! 1-kn l'nm-n l1nnL~u: r\'{. , utensils are an outstanding feature Ills- In describing the farm houses 01; 21 Europe, Lady Eaton said they wereitl for the most part substan1ialan(1i'I comfortable after the European ideala of comfort. One roof usually coversi p the house, barn and granary, and the , li construction is stone, brick or stucco,? never wood, while the roofs are of t thatch, slate or tile. The kitchens ' are quite cliffcrent from our Canadian` kitchens. with their oors of stone or, natural earth, and their open re- places or tile stoves. The cooking. of the kitchen, which is brigthtened : by copper pots, caldrons and long-H handled saucepans. Everything ` shines, and is of such quality that . kitchenware not only lasts a life-time, - but is -handed down from one gener- ` ation to another. European country women take great pride in their. -homes, their linens, and especially their brass and copper ware, which is polished daily. Even though they lmvn tn wnrk side hv side with the is polished (tally. Juven Lnougn Lucy g. have to work side by side with the C men in the elds with the crudest im- 0 plements, mostly made by hand out <- of wood, life is not so complicated for the rural woman as it is in f Canada. I`he food problem is sim.pli- f fied by a staple diet of bread, cheese. and sour cheap wine. As for cloth- ing, there is no worry about change-, 1 of style. The peasant woman usual- - ly wears black sateen while at work, t 2 with a large checked apron and a t r kerchief on her head. In the sum V S . mer she goes barefoot, and in winter - she wears sabots or wooden shoes. .1 On gala days she decks herself in the ` f elaborate dress which is peculiar to d her district, and may be made of vel- ` it vet with silk apron and quaint lace n cap. Lady Eaton said that in some parts of Europe the peasantry is gradually dropping the national co.-- W tume. When it Wears out, it is not replaced. which to be 1`O,Q'l`Gt1.'.(3k1, its the people lose their picture: and individuality. Wm cnnnlznr nm-twnlm-lv emnha-I ; woods are like well kept parks. l other instance of frugality was cited 1 i E `fl said Mr. Putnam. When we reflect on wliat Simcoe County has done in co-operation with the department, in furthering` the interests of rural I'(,`.?l- dents, I feel sure you will Ll`,:1`ee v.iL'v. me that it has made a record of which to be proud. Two presidents of the Federated Women s Institutes liave come from Simcoe County. You The speaker particularly empha- sized the frugality of the European country woman and the fact that no-_ thing; is wasted. To illustrate this point she stated that when a tree is have two aL'1'iculti11':il 1'epresentati\`es Cut (l0\\'1\ 1'01` fuel: the \\'0m0I1 take in this county ' doing a magniiicen. the small branches and gather themlwork for the boys and girls on the into bundles Of fagots for l{ll1(lllI1g.lfa1'n]5_ Only t0-(l3y I lyguve approve Even the twigs are used to make.o1' the .~'uf. ,'_`.1`O>tl0ll from these 1-cpl-Q. brooms. There is no dead timber aI- sentatives that Simcoe County should lowed to lie around and rot, and t;he be allowetl to send ve, instead of -'\11' four. girls to the Royal Winter Fair. Let me impress upon you the fact that p1`0f.',`l`C.~`s of this kind largely de- pends upon you. The assistance and cncourageinent you have given is bearing fruit. Judging from what I have been able to observe, the In- StltullS_ never were as active as they are now. You t hear so much about depression--they are all optim- ism. The more one becomes acquaint- in the account of how the women gather edible weeds as long as the growing season lasts, some of which, such a danclelions, are used for the table, and others carried home to feed to rabbits and poultry. V01`) little meat is eaten except on holi- days. um: -, 1:1. M....;.. `:1-nu _,I...._.._.A._ Llaya Their pleasures, like their lives, 3 are simple and inexpensive, contin- ' ued Lady Eaton. The village fair ' provides most of their amusement, yand they enter into this event with lthe joy of light-`hearted children. lThe'y seem to forget they ever had ,"zmy troubles. For the most part the :people are happy and there is very Lllittle or no drunkenness. 'll.-. +`n,.+ +Im+ Hm 'F`.m-nnrwm omin- ll] DE1l'l`lC RISE 1llL11'S(lZly anu .L`1`ltl'd.y. The report came at the end of a long program at a time when most aconventions would be sated with re- ports, but so interesting did Mrs. Wice make her account of what the branches had been doing along the line of Home Economics, that every- one listened most attentively. There seems to have been consid- erable doubt in the minds of those whose duty it is to report to me to just what was entailed in the words Home Economics, began Mrs. Wice. Your dictionary will describe it as home management, use of money in the home and system of operations. It seems to me my subject is the nearest to every mother or house- keeper in my audience. It is near- est our W.I. motto, `For Home and Country. -- Qn mnnv nf us think of economics `little (IYUHKCIIHUSS. ' The fact that the European coun- try woman practices thrift in all things, lives within her means, and `is never extravagant in the most `prosperous times, was stressed as an example to Canada. l -r 1 11,; ,,, 2lI__..L..._LA.l Ln +nl'!.- t:.\cuuyAc uv uuuuuu. I ! Lady Eaton illustrated her talki` with dolls dressed in the peasant cos? tume of the countries she had \'isit- ` ted, and also displayeda charming costume worn by the women of Brit- ` tany. The unique kitchen ware of ` France and Germany was shown, in-1 eluding a copper milk can, water jug, '_ kettle and long-handled saucepan. 'l`l1n mmnL-m- was introduced to her BCVUlI|4) - Waxes Enthusiastic Mr. George A. Putnam, superin- tendent of Women s Institutes, spoke to the delegates Friday afternoon.- u,. mnnaml :1 real note of optimism the delegates r`r1c1a.y ilLLt:1`uuuu.- He sounded a real optimism when he stand that the W.`I. con- 3 ventions in the north had never been as good as they were this year, and the reports of the Work presented at . these meetings had been simply amaz- {nu mg. This evidence of progress is par-l ticularly true of Simcoe County, ._.,, undred miles away or across the com tinent - yet that happy eager voice wings across the wires, straight into his heart. It summons a sudden tender warmth. It gives the comforting certainty that all is well at home. He may be a h You cannot measure in I phone gives you - reli tion in emergency, quicf everyday affairs. Your telephone, with its Long Distance con- nections, supplies the most nearly limitless- se'rvice the world rt- A. A. SI`/SIT!-I sure money the things your tele- relief from loneliness, ptoteca cy, quick convenience in countless Manager \.0un1:ry.' - A So many of us think of economics only in connection with the expendi- ture of money. Well, naturally we are compelled to think deeply along hut line this year. However, there,` are so many ways we can `mzmage? as well as liancially. One W.I. mem- ber said to me ye.`terday, `You know .~ome families naturally nnanage to provide clothes and food, while 0t'ner--it just isn`t in them. That is \\`here'Home Econoniics, our relin-1" u~,u-1- nr\r\-Ind in `For 30 cents you can telephone about I four. L'11`l$ to the uoym wimer ran-. assistance stitute: ..`.,. nn'..v \ nn :Inn + hour in murh by calling station-to-stw Lion after 8.50 pm. local time. See list of rates in from of directory. (Even- ing rates begin at 7 pm.) . stitutes active may ed with the mast:-rly manner in which women all m`01' Camula and this pro- vince, are meeting conditions, the more one is iinpressed with the fins spirit of service and co-operation they are showing. ..... - +1.,` II!-hnan nl hnlrl- snowing. Referring` to the purpose of hold- ing: area conventions, Mr. Putnam stated that the Toronto Convention hrtd ::ro\vn to .~'u('h proportions it had become un\viel(ly. For this reason It seemed a(l\`isz1ble to hold conferences , in smaller groups. I was glad to approve the sugges- tion made by your County Executive, L that of holding an area conference, -"continued the speaker. This con- - vention is quite large enough for ef- ; fective work. I venture to say that - every woman here feels that she has E a. personal interest in this gathering. -1 You count for more, and you get . ...,...,, ....+ ,.+` Hc nlnvznr, more nei2h~ You count for am: you gel. more out of this closer, more ne1gh~ borly Contact than you womd if crowded into :1 congested conference. urmm WT and :In11]:1Y` mstautions ('1`0\\'(l0(l H1120 C0ng'l,'5Lt:u L'uInL:1'L:m.;u. The W.I. and similar institutions are now being-' o. in all parts of the world. said Mr. Putnam, a fact that is bound to create a bond .between all people. How I wish to- day we had an organization for men . to this. where farmers coulo ,`,1`(`.tl1(e1' tozretlier on 21 non-political` 1 ground and work out their problems. Fzmnors could do a great deal for themsel\ e;~: which they expect the _ Gm-n1-nment to do for them, if they , could only cut out political diiereneu _ and work together. sun. T`|..L._...._ ....!.l ....... On.-.{-nun 1.4` 4-11; ,&lIl(l \\'U1'I\ Luguvllux. Mr. Putnam said one feature of the . ,?V{..I.wh'o1'k that pleased him very i 'Iii1_ich was the branching out by the i Initu foste1-ing and develop- t, inp: music 'nd artistic talent. He - intimated that the department would have some interesting aninouneeinents ._ to make along this line before very` . innd - I LU Hlil long. ~ 53` u ya; u -r- `miles Every housekeeper has a waiting list of things she intends to do when she finds time. When we nd time we are going` to read a book, write that letter, put :1 new lining in Jack's o\'e1'coat, clean out the closet under the stairs, etc. To hear us talk one miszht think that we expect to nd some day in a. bureau drawer, or at the bottom of the cedar chest, a remnant of perfectly good time that we had forgotten about. wrim nniv wnv tn get time is to had Iorgotten about. The only way to get take time from something else. The quest is, what shall it be ? Shall we take it from rest, sit up a little later or get up a little earlier? In an emergency this may answer. To take time from play or recreation, is this wise '1 Especially if it is going to spoil some one else s pleasure `I Well, when mother is too busy to go to the picnic, either the rest of the family do not go or feel guilty in going. There are two sure ways to get the needed time--simplication or system- ization. Leave oil` some of the work or learn some simplier way of doing 56- iesolutely putting away, giving 1 away, or burying half the brie-a-brac in the parlor may mean a saving of ten minutes each day in dusting. As- ` .=emb]in_-1` all the things needed for a piece of work before beginning, may add another ten minutes. Other de- vices will suggest sheinselves, but twenty minutes 2. day means two hours a week, a day a month, or one hundred hours year. fnn4-ivn1in('r Mrs. Wice Any-