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The Clinton News Record, 1927-02-24, Page 7The Beginnings of a Great Women's IVIoverrient. From Small Beginning Women's :I stitiiteIlasSpread to Many Lands Emotions that lie deep below the surface were stirred recentlyas the eye roved over a gathering that filled a large hall when the Stoney Creek, branch of the Women's Institute cele-" braced the thirtieth anniversary of the society that has gone out into all lauds. For the inward eye saw, as A pageant, the thousands and tens of thousands of ruralwomen, who are now banded together for betterment, because a`'Canadian man and a Can- adian woman—Erland Lee and Adel- aide I1oodiess, possessed vision,and its needful ally, courage. Both have passed over to the other side but their work •lives"on, 'and the other night, at the thirtieth birthday banquet, their memory was honoured by, a silent toast. Thirty years ago Erland Lee heard a talk by, Mrs; }foodless, a pioneot in the cause of setting the domestic side of woman's work on,a broad and re- -cognized basis. Later, when the Far m.ers' Institute' met at Stoney Creek, and some of the wives of the Mem- bers came up (chiefly to see that. their lords and masters were com- fortably fedi) Mr. Lee asked Mrs. Heedless to givean address, and out -of this grew the idea that an associa- tion for, mutual helpfulness (such as the F. L was meant' to be) shu1d be formed for the women. "How many , of ' the women here • • wouldcare forsuchan association?' asked the father . of the idea, and thirty-five stood up So it was decid- ed to have an organization meeting. one week later, with Mrs. foodless as adviser.in-chief. In the mean- time 1VTr. and Mrs, - Lee studied the constitution and everything they, could find bearing on, the matter,' and on the day of organization, no less than 101 women joined the'young- society. ' The president chosen was Mrs, E. D. Smith,, wife of Senator Smith; the secretary was Miss Nash; treasurer; Mrs. 3. F. Felker. Of these Mrs. Snaith and Mrs..,. Felker were present among the charter members at thebirthday banquet. Mrs, Smith cutting the birthday cake, whose thirty blue and yellow candles had been lighted by the present superin- tendent of uperin-tendentof the Federated; Wglnon'S In- stitutes of Ontario, Mr. G. A.`Putnam, • Voll and Truly y Laid That little society,in. formed r a Feb- ruary, e Uruary, 1806, ivas laid on a fine foun- dation, testimony to this being borne by the fact that it has been little chanch. ed -from. that time to this -its lines were broad :enough to allow for the expanding -years. In the society's, first minute book this entry is found: "The object ' of this institute shall be to promote the knowledge : of household science' which shall tend to improve, , in household arehitecture with special attention to Sanitation, to a better understanding of the econpin'ic and hy'gienie value of foods and fuels, and to a more scientific care of children, with a view to rais- ing the general standard of the hie of our people." There were to be six divisions of _study and experiment Domestic, eeoneain; Archiecture sanitation, light, heat, etc.; Physiology hygiene medicine, calisthenics etc.. . Floricul- ture and Horticulture; Music and Art;, Literature --sociology, education and legislation. You will see from this that the new society for the help of the rural woman was not, as many of its de- tractors eFose to say, merely a': neet ing place for the exdba ige of recipes and the latest local gossip. Some time. after its inception, when it had proved itself 'a thriving infant, with Prospects of multiplying, Mr. Lee had the new society made a Government ward with a Government grant' and had it placed under the jurisdiction of the. Department of Agriculture, The motto, "For Home and Country" tinder which, .the British and other institutes also work, was chosen by Mrs. $eedless in 1902.,' Ancient History Relived,•, Squire's Ha11 where the W. T.'flast saw ,the light, was burnt about two years ago, so the banquet took place in the hall of.the Presbyterian church, which was gay with, gold and blue bunting, the ,Institute ` colors, which were carried 'out also in the blue hya- cinths'and golden ,'daffodils` of the floral garnittueo-of the tables and in thefavours-boxes of mints.. Mrs. Hugh Bertram, the present president of the Stoney Creek Institute and its seventy -odd membership,was chair- man; beside :her was her husband, keen as any member for the Institute, and at the head table, too, -Were 1VIrs. Erland Lee, Senator and. Mrs.' Smith, Mr. •. and Mrs. Felker, Mrs. A. E. 'Walker, Mrs. Walter Smith,' district president, and Mrs. Adapt Inch, dis- , itM to it is r The spirit of frolic is pictured above, and there is abso- lutely nothing to criticisein that, EXCEPT when one looks more closely. It may then be observed that the snowballs being thrown are big round DOLLARS, and truly, under such conditions,, it would surely be a most unprofitable sport. As, pictured above there are sorne citiiens-r Clinton who year in and out are indulging in mighty unprof itable prac- tices. It is caused by either one or two of the following reasons ; Either a:craoin for exclusiveness or a - selfish desire to profit at his neighbor's expense. We refer to the habit of : buying or trading away from home. Every dollar spent away from Clinton is gone forever. Its days of active business development of local stores, in- stitutions, wages and salaries are ended. The town' s ,busi- ness slows up just that much and property values decrease.. accordingly. I f every property owner, wage earner, and housewife in Clinton would resolve to do all their buying and ' trading in Clinton the ,dawn of 1928 would f ind our coinmunity.rnaking progress . towards real prosperity and more profitable for alltherein. There is Prosperity for Clinton when we Stick Together W. H. XfELLYAR IRWIN'S—DRY GOODS. MORRISH CLOTHING CO. R. II. JQ:TINSON PLUMSTEEL BIROS. THE 0. & S. GROCERS THOS. HAWKINS CLINTON HDWE. & FURN. CO. DAVIS & HERMAN THE W. D. PAIR CO. A. T. COOPER T. J. McNEIL Read the. Ms. BURGESS' •STUDIO WOMEM'S EXCHANG CHAS; V. Co0KE N. W. TREWARTHA W: J. NEDIGER MILLER TIARDWARECO, L. LAWSON .& CO, Know Home Palsies. SUTER & PERDUE ti', T..9'1\TEIL THOSMCKENZIE ESTATE 1. A, FORD & SON TI. CHARLESWORTH C. II. VENNEI1 W. GLEN COOK H. A. HOVEY% . J. 5, MUSTARD COAL CO. R, J. MILLER E. WARD Visit Hole Stores. erica oceuetary, IIIc, R': 7 Ilyslop, wlro responded to toast of the guests, pro hosed by Mrs, Felker; and at a'table, also the l latfoam Were notabili- ties, lie DI and Mas 'B E. Thompson, who can recall the early days; Mr. A, 11. Walker, Mr• and Mrs, Boden, Mrs, A: C. 'Stevenson,' Who led the. Stoney. Creek choirto victory in the' South Wentworth choral, Contest last year, and facing her on the supper table,. was the silver basket that was the prize. Mrs, H. M. Bostwick, of Mime: Ilton, Mzs, Hoodless' daughter, was` among the -guests of honour and gaye •an amusing :account :of the way she and her brothers, as children, fought to • accompany their mother;to; tli'e Stoney Creek W. T, meetings, -.chiefly,' 'sho'feared, however, for the sake of the cakes that'accempanied them! What It Has Meant As he lighted the bi • g d t birthday candles Mr. Pittnaui, who with Mrs. Putnam' z. sat at the chairman's right, said he • felt the 'solemnity - of the occasion. What the growth of the little society —fanned thirty years ago, had meant in the lives of isolated and lonely rur- al women, riot only in the country of its birth, but in Great Britain and in European lands, no one could ever tell. Mi. Putnam was the chief speaker of the evening, and after a review of the W. I. from the beginning, he de- claredthat one reason the W. I. had lived, and' the Farii'ier's Institute had died, was because the men had de- pended on others-aed the Women- had helped themselves, "Women," he said, ` "realize more than men; that they have a public responsibility and that power is given thein that they may serve. Then, too, the policy -of the institutes has been not to condemn, but .to'replace—Can- adian youth, if given the chance, will choose the wholesome constructive before their opposites." There were other speakers, each of whom took some "special aspects of the historical happening -as ` her. thence : The president explained that the limitations of, space had, been the deciding factor in issuing invitations, which; had been sent to all living char- ter members; to district offices 'and to 'the members of Stoney Creek branch. "The institute;" she said, "is deep- rooted in the rural hones of'the na- tion. It knows neither creed nor party and its motto urges -to humble sacri- fice of personal, for national welfare. Mrs. Walker mentioned the baby', branch at•Vinemount and spoke of the pride that Saltfleet Township feels in having been the birthplace of the mother that now counts her children in many climes,' and remarked that from the first, the 'W,I, has been band of intelligent women, trying to 'live up to the constitution. They had been missionaries too; striving in the fiest year after their formation, to spread the gospel throughout South Wentworth; and arranging forits light to shine more widely still, by getting news pf the work into four agricultural papers. Interspersed through the . speeches thele was a fine program, under the dircc`tion: of 114r. Thorley, leader of the English church choir, and a mem- ber of the Elgar choir of Hamilton, among the partieipante.being Mrs, A. C. Stevenson, who sang in a voice of plaintive sweetness, two songs of her home, Scotland; little Misses J'ean Boden and Barbara Massey, who played a duet; Mr. and Mrs. Buckley, whose "Sweet Marie" was a special request; Mrs. Inch,: always a welcome reciter; Mrs. Knill, a clever little newcomer,tothe Creek, whose dial- ogue, bristling with local hits, was ;very amusing; and Miss Langton, There was also community singing, when husbands and wives shared the Same song sheet, acid everybody sang with an enthusiasm that was heart- warming 'and eartwarming'and refreshing. An inter- esting touch was given the chorus of "When You and I were Young Mag- gie," 'when someone told me that the words had, been written by George W, Johnston, afterwards a master at Tipper Canada College, when he :was teaching in the Public School at Ston- ey ,Creek, and. that "lylaggie" was the Miss 'Clarke,. avholn he later married and who was a cousin of -Ar. Hol- brook, of the Mountain "San," at Hamilton,=Women's Page The Or- illia Packet and Tinges, SEAFORTH: The service in North- side United Church on Sunday even- ing was takep„by the Tuxis Boys. J.. Crich presided and read the scripture lesson. Prayer was offered by the pastor, -Rev. W. P. Lane. W. Pollard. gave an address on the Tuxis Move- ment and Murray Savauge on World Brotherhood. Good mnsie was pro- vided by the -choir under.' the leader- ship of Mr. Howey, ibeluding a quar- tette by E. R. Crawford, A. Sillery, R'. Willis and W. 136Tker. $600 Otinrl est Tots may win as•much as 8100,00 or one of tho twenty -other cosh prizes by making' up a list of words from the twelve letters in NYAL CREOPHOS.. There is a Nyal Drug Store in your. • locality. ' it offers all the Pamouli Ny ¢1 • Preparations—NYAL attorgIOS, the valuable tomo, builder and remedy for persistent coughs among them, -rust ask' the Nyal druggist for the Word Contest sheets,,which es- pinixn everything. No necessity to buy. Get vour entry in early by: going to the DRUG STORE "once a trial-- nlwaya Nyei" 7 ilffiina1ioll nt Rehekali A' Column Prepared Especially for Women---- P Y But Not Forbidden to Men My heart; leeps up when I' behold - A Rainbow in the slcy. So. was it when my e began, •an g So 18 is now I am a man, Serb it' when I -shall grow- eg old, Or let lee die."' I wonder if the: women, as they go about their daily tasks, have been taking notice of the beautiful 'tun-. sets during the past week. They have been so gorgeous that they almost take the breath away. One lady re- marked on Friday evening as we wat- ched the brilliant shades and their blending, "If- we saw that in a paint- Ing we should accuse the artist of exaggeration." It isseldom that we are treated be such exhibitions in the winter season.• Sometimes we blameeo le for not '' p p 0 knowing how to use a fork, and mothe`. ere are ' very anxious, :when their' children are invited out or when there are strangers present that their -child-'_' ren make. proper use of their fork. But the use of the fork is oompq a- lively 'recent. When we have used it another few hundred years we may handle it more gracefully. A writer discoursing on forks says: "The table fork appears to have } been invented about'. a .'thousand Yearsagoin Italy, .for in the year 1060 Cardinal Pietro •Damiaini .preach- ed a sermon against the unholy use of this new, instrument, a symbol of ux lury, Louis C. Karpinski tells us, "in The Dearborn Independent. Did not the Almighty, B1ye to 'man five fingers on each hand? Why then use a pronged tool, flouting nature? But the wicked Italians continued to use this instrument, even making itof silver and of gold, - Queen Elizabbth wasthe proud possessor of two forks, and soon the instrument threatened the table man- ners of the Britons, In England, also, sermons were preached against the custom as "an insult to Provi- dence not to touch one's meat with one's fingers." However, Bele ;rea- son hit the nail on the head when he said that forks were "brought into 'custom here, as 'they are in Italy, to the saving of napkins." "Smaller laundry bills made forks popular. Two -tined forks were the rule _until the opening of the eighteenth century when it became possible, but, not correct, to eat peas- with a fork. However, at this time, the knife was remodelled with au enlarged hol- 1 lowed end go as .to serve a far mouthful of such elusive food." "I like the-winter,'a'housewife re- lnaiked the other day. " It i$ u rest- ful time, a time when one .eau ,get sonic of the things done which one can only think about and plan any other time ofthe year." This seems true, of the housekeep- er's r er's rk w o w a. Spring, which is fast ap- proaching, has so many duties piling up, one upon another, that it takes a woman who can . keep control of herself` pretty well to steer' her house- hold through it without a bit of an accident, the result of frayed nerves. There'. is first of all the houseelean- ing. ("Wish I'd never heard the -word, `housecleaning',' I think T hear some man -or many: of them, in one voice, Saying.) Then there is the gerden- ing, and the spring : -sewing, which somehow seldom_ gets finished until the days get hot and the task becomes a,tatik, indeed. Then comes the sum- mer, with its fruit -picking, when one is fortunate enough tohave fruit to pick, preserving, canning, etc„ and storing away plenty of fruit and vegetables for the use of the family through the long winter months and: then, busiest of all•, conies the fall, with the preparation for the winter, the sewing again,the going over anew of the house in'readineess for the Bold weather, and the propagation for the great winter festival, Christ- mas. Until that is over there is no rest or respite for the housewife. But January is a long month and the housewife is wise who takes some rest in it; who does the things she would like to do as much as possible; who indulges in some reading and, if she has any hobby, rides it a few canters. Some social joys should be here, too, during the' wintelf months, 'as one needs some relaa:ation and also some social intercourse with oth- ers ,if we would not grow deli. In some cases the winter brings no relaxation from toil, but rather the opposite, as so many families have a round of colds all winter. We ought to try to guard against them, if we can. In another fifty years I believe the common cold • will not be nearly so "common." . At least, I'm hoping we shall all be wise enough by then ttolhavoiden, colds, and in the meantime we should do what eve can to prevent But the winter, whether it has been.. a restful time or a trine of stress and anxiety, - is abnost over. January has:eonc and February is soon to pass .irons 00 and Mareh,!which brings the rir.,t hint o spring, willbeWith us 71 a few W da S y It is nut too tally to be planning for spring. One- can plan how to make the garden; where certain things will be planted; jtist how much ground ll eh: far each vegetable andwieacbehavaila'varietye of flower whether 'to specialize on one of two varieties of flow_ err or to have a mixture of many. Then one can go over the`family clothing and see just what is needed in theway ,of spring sewing.. A few smart house- wives do their sewing in March and have -ft off their hands. But at least one can get it into shape and some of: it done. One can go over, the "bar- gains" procured at the January sales and see what use can be made of them, if they arenot elready used up , anc`so make ready for spring. Thea, it is \possible, to plan the houseclean ing•. so that it will notp eeve'such an upheaval when the time conies. I have always thouht it foolish tear s to the hottse.to ;pieees from top to bot- tom, as some housekeepers do, having one or perhaps two "awful weeks," of it. Why not go more slowly, do a little at a time and keep the house in' a reasonable state of order? If this were done the menfolk would not so dread the annual campaign. But, whatever isto be done this spring, it is not too early to plan for it now. Spring is on the march to- ward us and if we would be prepared to ineetit- we must begin prepara- tions befote many days go by. REBEKAH GODT RICII: The town debentures issued ander the hospital •bylaw, which' wereoffered for local sale last week, were quickly taken up.There were ten bonds, to cover the issue . of $8,000' and all were disposed of to local purchasers almost as soon as they were announced for sale. The bonds yield five and a half per cent. There will be another issue of town debentures before long, and no doubt there will be a brisk demand for these among local investors. ' SEAFORTH: The funeral of Is- aac blodeland, a highly respected re- sident, whose death occurred on Tues- day, following a protracted illness, took place Friday afternoon from his late residence on Market street to the •-Maitianbank cemetery. Rev. W. P. Lane conducted the service. The dee ceased was a son of the late John Mocleland and was born near Bramp- ton in 1853. lie came, with his par- ents, 'when a boy to Tuckersmith, and the greater part of his life was spent in that township. Besides his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Ann E. Crich, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. G. Richards, of Stratford, and Miss Meese at home The pallbearers were J. McLean, Iddo and Clifford crier!, John Ball and John and R. H. Modeland. eVei It is all so simple and effective! Justa few dollars set aside regularly, and the Canada Life will guarantee to your homgs,a� a continuous monthly income. What a relief to know that no matter evhat may happen, the monthly cheque that never fails, issued regularly by the Canada Life, will come to your home! 1. Your present life Insurance will per. haps' "dear the mortgage," pay off the obligations of your estate, and leave sonite• thing for your ifatnily, but si .: , This Financial problems should not be thrust 'upon a woman who is not usedto business deals. Therefore in addition - to a " lump sum" - of money, you should provide a ;definite income that cannot fail— Because a weekly or monthly income is the Natural thing for most people --- And a woman can, keep ,a family together on -even a small income, provided it is regular. Moreover, the hands of unscrupulous men are always outstretched for money held by the a.lnwary. c Mad le Will solve the problem. Only a few dollars saved and set aside from your regular earnings can be multiplied into a substantial income for your Beneficiary. You will be surprised to' learn what a reasonab'e proposition can be made to you, Aelt for Particulars. FILL UP— - m . –;CUT OFF-' — .-MAIL TO -DAY„' G. H. 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