The Book of Ideas

              an eminently practical virtue, and there can be no salvation without it. It is as catcmng as the measles, and if you go round with a thoroughly developed case, your neighbor will be sure to catch it. "When we sow friendliness we reap kindness, and kindness gives birth to kindness. The power of little things to give happiness, should be the first lesson of life and certainly should be the lesson early learned in our Country Women's Organizations. Cultivate the habit of seeing as much of the good as we can in tmngs and people, not allowing any faults to make us wholly blind to the virtues of others for if you look for good, you w.ilI1 find it in abundance. It is the little acts of grace and charm which have the biggest influence on human conduct and that has power to raise people from despair to hope and from hope to happiness. "As a man sows, so shall

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From Mrs. Stella BeD, A.C.W.W. General Secretary 1949My first thought is not an original one, but I am sure it provides a very sound basis-'start where you are with what you have.' If you do, you win be surprised how far reacmng can be the results. It is important that every member of the family takes a constructive interest in the family; that every member of a community is concerned for the well-being of the whole community, and that every member of an organization is an active member of her local group, for it is the cumulative efforts of the grass roots members in their own communities which builds up the effective international action. "For example, a single coin given by an individual member will not do much, but when all the Pennies for Friendship are added together, they run the. international organization.

neighbor can be a woman thousands of miles away whom I will never see, but with whom I have a strong link. Because of these new exciting links halfway across the world, one should not forget that our neighbor can live very near and that she, too, may welcome a friendly word and a helpling hand, not only in times of stress, but in the long steady pull of ordinary daily Jiving." From Virginia D. Smith, Deputy President A.C.W.W. 1962..68 A.C.W.W. Vice-President 1959..62 "Much of the progress of women, indeed of all mankind, is written in the life of just one person, plus an idea; Adelaide Hoodless--one woman plus an idea started the great Women's Institute movement that has spread around the world. Susan B. Anthony-another woman plus an idea, started the movement that brought suffrage to women of my country-U.S.A. For your "Idea Book" I present three ideas, none new, but each, I believe, fundamental for women of goodwill to work together in any comer of the world. "First, we must be true friends, understanding friends. If we are a true friend to the Club sister across the section, we will be a much better friend to the neighbor across the sea. My little 82-year-old Mother belongs to a club started more than half a century ago, on the principle that no Member would ever say one unkind word about another. Adhering strictly to this. simple principle for over fifty years, these women have de24

"In the modem world, when one asks "Who is my neighbor?," my