The Book of Ideas

              Societies?' and 'Looking Ahead' and 'Roads to a Better World.' In MelboUrne the discussion Centred around 'The Changing World and Our Roles Within' and next in Dublin, 'Working Together.' "We can keep the changing world neither outside our lives nor outside our homes. With our egg for breakfast, the hot news from earth's far comers has to be swallowed. We are needing a membership of women armed with knowledge, wisdom and understanding-informed women with opinions as intelligent consumers. In the past it was 'the world for all mankind, and the four walls of home for the women.' Today, as partner with her husband and sharing responsibilities, our ideal is 'every woman at home in the world.' "After World War II, A.C.W.W. was granted Consultative Status in the United Nations Specialized Agencies, and has been involved in several aid schemes-Freedom From Hunger, and has established the constructive Lady Aberdeen Scholarship. We are waking up to our responsibilities toward each other. "Together, through A.C.W.W., women at all levels, in all countries, are becoming able to pull their weight in a country's development. May our Motto be, 'We cannot do it all, but we do what we can.' Wih a feeling of inter-dependence women are able to help in building a better world." From Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Past President A.C.W.W. 194'7-53 "There is nothing so powerful as an idea. Adelaide Hoodless was a "woman with an idea," an idea that women could and should join together to improve life for the homes and families of their communities. Now that idea is coming to full circle. In many comers of the earth, women are being stirred and lifted by the promise and hope of this idea. To this goal, A.C.W.W. has been fully committed. "Whether this powerful idea for good can come into its own in our time depends upon us. For us, the responsibility is to measure up to our world potentialities through the vast, global network of our thousands of small, active voluntary groups of A.C.W.W. "Each Member must become a 'Woman with an Idea'-a woman whose power for good is multiplied a thousand times because she shares a great idea with countless others. Only in this way can A.C.W.W. fulfill the goal to which it is committed." From Mrs. Allee M. Berry, Past President A.C.W.W. 1953-59 "One might describe kindness as the main ingredient in the art of being happy. Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness. Let us all be conscious of our opportunities and seize the privilege of doing or saying kind things. Let us cultivate the art of kindness. None of us is nearly as kind as we might be, not because of any uncharitableness in the human make-up, but because we just don't think. Kindness can let down the bridge between men and without it no communication is possible or acceptable. "It may seem absurd to speak of kindness in a world mad with strife and hatreds, but it is significant that Christ placed it first, even harder than faith in His teaching. This simple quality, kindness, emphasized in His sermon on the Mount, and reiterated in His every action, has been singularly vital in the darkest periods of human grief and despair. Kindness is 23