The Archive · 1938

Women's Institutes Conference

That wonderful organization, the National Federation of: Women's Institutes, held its annual conference the Albert Hall the day Yefore of our countryside. Mr. W. S. Morrison, Minister of Agriculture, was present and. warmly' supported this as well as the preservation of old cottages.

It was noticeable that three women out of five brought their own provisions. Did they share Betsy Trot-wood's conviction that, where eatables are concerned, it would be no pleasure to a London tradesman to sell anything that was what it pretended to be? E i

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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