MRS. EMMONS CROCKER 



By Mrs. Lydia Adams-Williams 



Mrs. Emmons Crocker was elected a vice president of the American Forestry Association at 

 the annual meeting in New York City on January 11, 1915. She is an ardent conservationist. 

 The following is a graceful tribute to her work in the cause. — Editor. 



WOMEN arc particularly apt 

 in grasping the significance 

 of a great idea. They are 

 not only endowed with the 

 great gift of foresight, but their intui- 

 tive reasoning power is undisputed and 

 unquestioned. The inherent desire of 

 woman for the betterment of the world, 

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and the heaven-born mother-love which 

 impels her to protect her family, to 

 provide for their present and to preserve 

 and look out for their future, gives her 

 a broad, practical grasp and a compre- 

 hensive insight into the present as well 

 as the future needs of humanity. This 

 unselfish mother-love, this protective 



