FORESTRY AT THE BIENNIAL 



By MRS. LYDIA ADAMS-WILLIAMS 



Tl 1 1 . ninth biennial o m\ riui<>n < >t 

 the (ieneral l-'ederati< m of \\'oin 

 en's ( 'luhs, lu-ld at !'.< '-ton. M 

 from Juiu- _'_' to June ^o. inclusive, was 

 tin- most enjoyable and the most suc- 

 cessful meeting \ et held. 



I '.o-ton'- home-, hotel-, and thop -ugh- 

 fare- \\ere thronged with prosperous- 

 looking, self-] essed and reliant wom- 

 en, wearing the blue badge for which 

 I'.o-ton hospitality will long he memor- 

 able, and who repre-ented the forenio- 1 

 thought and progress in philanthropic, 

 social, and economic work for the bet- 

 terment of humanity. The roster shows 

 an attendance of over 1.500 delegates 

 and alternates from every state in the 

 I 'nil tn. while the visiting club women 

 bring the list up to over 5.000 member- 

 who to. ik part in the meetin. The 

 membership of the < ieneral Federation 

 of Women's Club- include- over Soo.OOO 

 active workers. 



Through the efforts of Mr-. 1'.. S. 

 Peterson, of Chicago, chairman of the 

 ["on -try Committee of the General 

 l-Yderation of Women's Clubs, forestry 

 was given an inifxtrtant place in the 

 deliberations of the convention. < ),,, en- 

 tire evening ua- given to the -ubj< I 

 this ua- followed by a rnind table and 

 conference which occupii-d all of the 

 next afternoon. 



Intcre-t in fore-try and |ore-tr\ 

 work accomplished fonm d -he theme 

 mo-t frequently heard during I'-iennial 

 week in the re|t.,rt- of Stal -idents 



of clubs, chairmen of comitlitl atid 



otlli ' 



A report -en! by Miss Myra I Wk. of 

 the 1'ennsylvan:. Forestry A 



nation, v. i 'd with enthusiasm 



The report v. ..mpanied by an 



bibi- of growing spruce and pine ti< 

 variousi\ a-ed. from two to ,j\ years, 

 grown at thr Mt. Alta nursery. 



An earnest \\.rker is Mr-. \\:i, A 



on. ,.f l.ipeka. Kan-., ^ dire 

 oi the < leni-ra! I di-ration of Women'- 

 ( "lubs, and who oryani/i-'i the ti- 

 e-try club in the State of Kan-a-. M 

 [9 13, tive yeai 



Topeka i- \'er\ jifoud ,,f the work 

 done by this club in transforming 

 an^le of land adjacent to ;he be-t ; 

 of the city, which had been n-ed :. 

 dumping ground for tin cans and other 

 rubbi-h, into an attractive park. A 

 benefit district wa- formed, the ground 

 was purchased, redeemed of its un- 

 sightly feature-, and turned over to the 

 park commission. The people , ,t tin- 

 district are willingly taxed for its main- 

 tenance. 



Another director ,,f the < ieneral I-'ed 

 eration of Women's ( inb-. Mr- 

 ward John -on of MI 1'ro-pect St- 



Providence, K. I., who takes charj 



fore-try matters which come before the 

 Itoard of director-., j- euthu- 

 u.irding the growing sentiment for I 

 e-try and th' 1 re-ults which shr 



])redicts \\ill be -peedily accomplished. 



Among the strong, philanthropic, uu- 

 selfish worker f iir friends, tlv 

 is Mr-, l.ovell \\"hite. of ("alifornia. 

 who came all the \\ -u San I'- 

 Cisco, with a lar-'- ' : -n. M v - 



\\'hite i- widely kiio\\ n for li 

 MIL: effort- ' '. e the ' 



tig Tree- in ( alifornia. which 

 ihe . .Me-t livin- thini;- on the ' 

 the earth, and which are in 

 \tinction tlr 

 \\"bite h. 



n of tl Stal 



for -nia. With Mrs. ] -:ch. 



, ,f M, i^i-, ,w. blah' '. wh< 

 denl te. Mrs Wi- 



the distitv ' ' ' ' ^ 



-ident 'ifornia of tlv -ial 



Irrigation ( "otigre-- which 



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