THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 15

THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

The monthly meeting of Taumata was held in the school on Saturday, with a good attendance of members. The motto for the month was ‘‘The Highest Culture is to Speak no 111.” The roll call, “A District Limerick,” called forth some amusing verses on matters of interest to the district. Miss Hamilton gave a talk on “ Health and Physical Culture,” discussing the aspects of nutrition, physical requirements of the body, postural training, and the correction of defects. The competition for the month, “ Sheepskin Moccasins,” showed a pleasing variety of entries, and resulted as follows:—Mrs Waters, with two entries, and Mrs Taylor 1 (equal), Miss I. Carruthers 2. Misses Vithersen and B. Hamilton were the hostesses. q* m Waikouaiti held its monthly meeting on Thursday. There was quite a good attendance, amongst whom were several visitors. The roll call was “ Uses of a Lemon,” and the month’s motto “We Prosper Better by Prudence Than by Passion.” Mrs Lang gave an interesting report on her visit, as a delegate, to the recent W.I. Conference. 'Mrs Macintosh, of Warepa, exhibited three hand-made mats, also demonstrating on how they were made. Mrs Burton moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs Macintosh for her interesting demonstration. The mouth's competition was “ Three Pieces of Shortbread.” Mrs Potts secured first prize and Mrs Kerr second prize. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdaraes Austin, Cleave, and M'Kcuzie. sj: # 5p The monthly meeting of the Broad Bay Women’s Institute was held in the hall on the evening of June 6. Mrs Fowler presided over a fair attendance of members and ■welcomed Miss Maxwell, who lectured on “ Africa,” which was very interesting and instructive and much enjoyed by everyone. The roll call for the evening was a written recipe for biscuits, and several new recipes came to light and were exchanged. The competition for the evening was “ The most spectacular) article made out of one shilling’s worth of wool.” Miss Clearwater gained first place with a baby’s hat and bootees, and Mrs Jowsey and Mrs C. Lawrence (equal) second with a baby’s hat and petticoat. Mesdames Ross and Lawrence acted as hostesses for the evening.

Janefield held its monthly meeting on Friday, June 9. The president (Mrs Bowie) presided over a large attendance of members. In her remarks, Mrs Bowie thanked all members for their co-opera-tion in making the bay at the Dunedin Winter Show a success, the institute being placed third (equal). Five new members were nominated by Mrs Wedderspoon. Mrs Cattenden then gave an interesting demonstration on “The mak; ing of paper roses.” The next half of the programme was by the_ delegates (Mias Graham and Mrs Bowie) to the Leader School meeting of the Home Science Department of the Otago University. The subject was, “ Home Dyeing ” and “The Various Ways of Using Up Cold Meats.” The hostesses were Mesdames Tonkin and Dryden. * % * The monthly meeting of the Stirling Institute was held in the Athenasum Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs E. Wilson (president) being in the chair. The attendance was very g(ood. Mrs Ericson, delegate to the Otago Women’s Federation in Dunedin, gave a detailed account ‘of the business done there in an efficient manner, and a very hearty vote of thanks was accoi'ded to her. A half-hour was spent in social chat, after which the competition for the best article made from one yard of britway was by ail the members present, Miss Kathleen Rutherford being first, Mrs M'Crorie second, and Mrs W. Logie and Miss Miller (equal). A demonstration of art silk work was then given by Mrs Hay, of Kaitangata, and some dainty specimens were handed round for inspection and greatly admired by everyone present. Mrs W. Duncan, on behalf of all present, then extended a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs Hay. ' # * * The monthly meeting of Palmerston was held on June 8, Mrs A. Wright presiding over a fair attendance of members. The president expressed a motion of sympathy with two members in their recent sad bereavement, the members standing in silence. The motto was “ Carve your name on hearts and not on marble.” Mrs Korner gave an interesting account of ithe conference of the Otago Federation. The roll call, “My Favourite Flowers,” proved entertaining. Keen interest was taken by members when Mrs Brill demonstrated “ Paper-flower making” and arranged bowls of paper flowers. A hearty vote of thanks to Mrs Brill was carried amidst loud applause. Competition, “Plate of six pikelets,” brought forth 10 entries, the judges (Mesdamea Bennett and Dickson) awarding the points as follows:—Mrs Park 1, Mrs Rhodes 2, Mrs Korner 3. The hostesses were Mesdames Clearwater, jun., and Forrest and Misses Ballingall and M'Gregor. During the month a Home Science box on tanning and dyeing was opened by the box secretary (Mrs Hitchcock), and demonstrated by three members. t _ The monthly meeting of Waitahuna, held on Friday last, with an attendance of 46 members, was opened by the singing of the new institute song, “Comrades and - Friends.” The president (Miss Rowe) welcomed all present and gave a short account of proceedings at the Otago Federation’s annual meeting, at which she was delegate. The roll call, “Uses of old newspapers,” was responded to by almost every member, and showed that nearly everyone used up her newspapers in similar ways, only two or three really original uses being explained. The president then called on Mrs Boyd (Lovell’s Flat) for the demonstration. Mrs Boyd had brought along an array of “thrift” articles made by herself. There were humpties from cheese crates and boxes (even the coverings of these being made from discarded clothing or sugar bags), floorings from manure sacks, supper and tablecloths from Italian cloth and leftover scraps of coloured materials, dainty bedroom novelties made from oldfashioned sugar basins and empty salt cartons, and a folding knitting bag. Mrs Boyd explained the making of each of these articles. Mrs Skinner .proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs Boyd' for her work, and this was carried with prolonged applause. During an interval enjoyable items were rendered by Misses Walker and M'Coskery (duet) and Miss Woodley (song), with Miss Sinclair as accompanist in each case. Some dainty articles were entered in the competition for the prettiest coat-hanger, and the voting resulted in Mrs Labes being first, Mrs Ouilter second, and Mrs Woodley third. The hostesses were Mrs Crump and Misses Crump and Gwen Crozier.