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activities of hundreds of the children, and when obhged to re- 

 sign her active interest, Mrs. Richard Trimble took the Chair- 

 manship of the Junior Auxiliary, and has most ably carried it 

 on. The children's interest is keen, and their pleasure and profit 

 very great, for their powers of observation and their love of 

 animals are so quickened when visiting the Park under the kindly 

 and inspiring guidance of Director Hornaday, that as one child 

 said: "I wish I could give every animal to the Park." 



A very active portion of the activities of the Ladies' Auxil- 

 iary has been a combination with the New York Parks and Play- 

 grounds Association, and under the splendid management of it 

 by Miss Pauline Robinson, and the generosity of the individual 

 ladies of the Auxiliary, thousands of children are taken to the 

 Park, under the protection of suitable guides, and from May to 

 November spend days there, and are given lunch in the Park. 



During the War, the membership has lessened in numbers, 

 and the Endowment Fund has not been added to, but with the 

 dawn of Peace, and the resumption of normal life once more, it 

 is hoped to extend the efforts of the Ladies' Auxiliary to greater 

 success in the years to come. 



Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn, 



Chaii-mmi. 



