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plant trees. If there were no other rea- 

 son, the planting of trees is a valuable 

 source of revenue." 



The chairman of the Indiana State 

 Forestry Committee, Mrs. N. L. Ag- 

 new, of Valparaiso, Ind., looks forward 

 to legislation providing for a state tree 

 and for planting forest trees where the 

 land is unprofitable for agriculture, also 

 to a law for the protection of shade and 

 roadside trees, and to the appointment 

 of a tree warden in every town, who 

 shall protect trees from injury by ani- 

 mals, provide wire guards, and other- 

 wise look after the trees in his district. 



Among other state chairmen of for- 

 estry committees who took part in the 

 forestry conference were: Miss Eliza- 

 beth K. Hobbs, of North Berwick, Me. ; 

 Mrs. Chas. H. Jolls, of Wyoming, Del. ; 

 Miss S. Elizabeth Demarest, 130 Bloom- 

 field Street, Passaic, N. J.; Mrs. Mil- 

 ton Sawyer Woodman, West Lebanon, 

 N. H., and Mrs. C. L. Hilleary, of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



At the formal meeting on Forestry 

 the speakers were introduced by Mrs. 

 P. S. Peterson. 



Mrs. Peterson has devoted many 

 years to practical forestry questions and 

 is an enthusiastic and zealous worker. 

 She has studied the question amid 

 most favorable environment, the Peter- 

 son nursery at Chicago and extensive 

 travel through the forests of Norway, 

 Sweden, and Germany has added to her 

 knowledge. She organized forestry 

 work in the Illinois federation, and was 

 the first chairman of Forestry in Illi- 

 nois. She is the leader of large classes 

 in forestry and tree-study among ex- 

 clusive clubs in Chicago. Mrs. Peter- 

 son stated that for six years the wom- 

 en's clubs of the country had been sys- 

 tematically organized to promote work 

 for forestry. 



Mrs. Mary Reilley Smith, a promi- 

 nent member of Sorosis Club, of New 

 York City, was introduced by Mrs. 

 Peterson as the author of the poem and 

 song, "Scatter Seeds of Kindness,"' ani 

 spoke of the birds as "the sky children." 

 The subject of her essay was: "The 



\ oice of the Forest." Mrs. Smith said 

 the insectiverous birds belonged to the 

 economic department of nature, and that 

 if they were destroyed, humanitv would 

 have a hard time getting along, even if 

 man could exist on earth at all. 



She appealed to woman's power to 

 help to right the wrong of the extermi- 

 nation of birds of beautiful plumage be- 

 cause of the ruthless demands of fash- 

 ion, and said it lay in the ability tp 

 choose between a rose and a feather. 

 Mrs. Smith said, "I was once quoted as 

 having said that wearing birds and 

 wings brought wrinkles. I did not say 

 that; I only said I wished it did." 



Mr. Enos A. Mills, of Estes Park, 

 Colo., gave a poetic essay on the woods 

 in which he appealed to sentiment to 

 save the trees from destruction. He 

 gave many beautiful and graphic illus- 

 trations to show the humanitarian side 

 of our forest friends and his charming 

 word pictures of camp life appealed to 

 all. 



At the forestry conference, the dis- 

 cussion was opened by an address on 

 "Waste of Natural Resources, Inclu 1- 

 ing Forests, and Need for Conserva- 

 tion,'* by Mrs. Lydia Adams-Williams, 

 of Washington, D. C, who appealed to 

 the women to take up the work of con- 

 servation and to save from prodigal 

 waste and destruction the natural re- 

 sources, including the timber, the water- 

 power, the soil, and the fuel and indus- 

 trial minerals. Mrs. Adams-Williams 

 referred to President Roosevelt's letter 

 inviting Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt Decker to 

 the Governors' Conference, in which 

 the President asked the cooperation of 

 the women of the country in bringing 

 the matter of conservation before the 

 people. 



Mr. Enos A. Mills also gave an ad- 

 dress before the conference, which con- 

 tained practical and helpful suggestions. 

 A number of questions were asked from 

 the floor, and a general discussion and 

 short talks by chairmen of forestry 

 committees, or their representatives, 

 brought to a close a very interesting 

 conference. 



