The general object of the National Federation of Women's Institutes is 'to provide an organization with the object of enabling women to take an effective part in rural life and development.' For this purpose it brings together Women's Institutes and County Federations of Institutes from all over the country, and gives them the benefit of a central organization and of the close co-operation that exists between the Federation and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Lady Denman, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Federation, will this afternoon introduce a series of Talks, which is to continue during the winter, designed especially to co-operate with the work of the Women's Institutes. Miss Power's description of village life in olden times should be particularly interesting to those who are trying to revive village life to-day.