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SOME WORK DONE AND WORDS SPOKEN perfect health, from her round-the- 

 world tour, their national vice-president, 



Mrs. A. B. Avery, secretary of the Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks. In 

 Louisiana Forestry Association, is one company with her distinguished hus- 

 of the tireless and efficient forestry and band, she visited many foreign lands 

 conservation workers who was present and was strongly impressed by the dif- 

 at the biennial. Mrs. Avery secured the ferent forestry conditions in each of 

 passage by the Yellow Pine Association them. "In the Hawaiian Islands," said 

 at New Orleans in January of a reso- Mrs. Fairbanks, "I noticed particularly 

 lution relative to regulation of the cut- that there is a great deal of planting 

 ting of timber to meet conditions of sup- of trees, especially on the high moun- 

 ply and demand. Mrs. Avery maintains tains. Also in some places in China 

 a small nursery of her own, in which they are planting trees ; but the condi- 

 she planted 2,700 seedlings last year, tions there are very hard ; the people 

 Her object is purely philanthropic, the are poor and wood is scarce, and the 

 trees being furnished for public im- soil has much of it been washed away 

 provement. She recently donated forty by erosion. In Korea they are also 

 trees, in pairs of different species, to be planting trees. I was much impressed 

 used on the grounds of a public school. |)y the beauty of the German forests 

 and the care which seems manifest in 



Mrs. Herbert M. Bushnell, of 1942 their management. I take an intense 

 South Seventeenth Street, Lincoln, interest in all vital subjects for the bet- 

 Nebr., who is general secretary for her terment of humanity ; consequently, I 

 state, takes a great interest in forestry, am much pleased with the work that the 

 She prepared and read the first paper general federation is doing for con- 

 on forestry that was ever presented at servation, and I congratulate them and 

 her state federation. That was over the country in general upon the stand 

 twelve years ago. "I didn't know much they have taken in this great move- 

 about forestry then/' said Mrs. Bush- ment." At the general federation 

 nell, "but I began to s.udy up, and since meeting, Mrs. Fairbanks spoke in favor 

 that time I've done everything I could of the mountain laurel for the national 

 for the preservation of our forests." flower, and suggested that the federa- 

 tion would aid the movement if it would 



One of the many bright women from endorse the laurel. 

 Indiana, Mrs. Virginia Sharp-Patterson, 



who is chairman of the Forestry Com- Another one of Louisiana's enhusi- 

 mittee of the Indiana Federation, has astic workers is Mrs. John Dallas Wil- 

 written a play, "The Lady of the Green kinson, national chairman of waterways 

 Scarf," which embodies the need for for the general federation, and state 

 conserving our country's natural re- chairman of forestry for Louisiana, 

 sources, and which may be used as an Mrs. Wilkinson is also chairman of the 

 entertainment exercise for schools, executive committee of the Louisiana 

 clubs, and Arbor Day programs. The Forestry Association. At her water- 

 book is prefaced by the following quo- ways conference she gave a very full 

 tation from the writings of Mrs. Lydia report of the year's work, and said that 

 Adams-Williams: "By inculcating in thirty-nine states, including the Canal 

 the children the precepts of economy in Zone, have taken up the work for water- 

 relation to natural resources, the entire ways. The other ten states are inter- 

 sentiment of the nation may be changed ested and sent in reports showing act- 

 in a single generation and convert this ivity and a desire to know more of the 

 people from the most wasteful and ex- work. 



travagant to the most prudent and con- 



servative." Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath, of Tiffin, 



All the friends of conservation, for- Ohio, the able state chairman of con- 



ests, and ^yaterways, especially the of- servation, which includes forests, water- 



ficers of the Woman's' National Rivers ways, and mines, at the waterways con- 



and Harbors Congress, were delighted ference, reported work for purifying, 



to welcome back, safe, happy, and in beautifying, parking, and making sani- 



