ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 29 



The fifth annual mid-winter exhibit will be held at the Art 

 Institute of Chicago, Dec. 28 to Jan. 13. The program will in- 

 clude Saturday afternoon lectures in Fullerton hall by speakers 

 of note, daily presentations of motion films of plant and animal 

 life by the Society for Visual Education, and exhibits installed 

 by the Chicago Aquarium society. It will offer interesting ob- 

 ject lessons in the natural sciences. 



The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America is very 

 active in Massachusetts. Like the Chicago chapter, it endeavors 

 to secure state legislation, making it a penalty to pluck the 

 precious annuals, such as the columbine and fringed gentian, 

 the tender orchids and plants, such as the bloodroot and trilli- 

 ums, which are easily exterminated. 



The Chicago chapter, Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson, president, 

 has supported a movement to save the wild flowers by colonizing 

 them in suburban grounds and country estates. Some wild flow- 

 ers thrive under protection and the right care. Nearly every 

 suburb has its loyal wild flower friend, and River Forest has put 

 up a decided fight to protect the forest preserves. 



The Friends of Our Native Landscape, the Prairie club and 

 Nature Study clubs co-operate with the Wild Flower society in 

 hanging signs to "Spare the Wild Flowers" and endeavoring to 

 educate the public to enjoy and not to destroy. Interested per- 

 sons desiring to help in this national crusade to keep the earth 

 as lovely as we find it, should join the Wild Flower Preservation 

 society. 



Seward School, Room 201, 

 4600 South Hermitage ave. 

 To the Illinois Audubon Society, June 1, 1922 



Dear Friends: 

 I am glad to belong to the Audubon Society. We put our 

 pennies in a box and when we had a dollar, we sent it to the 

 Illinois Audubon Society. The Membership card is hanging up 

 in our room. We thank you for it. 



We know sixteen trees. We have learned about trees by 

 seeing the leaves and pictures. We know the shapes of the leaves 

 and the different edges. 



We have learned about wild flowers too. Our teacher, Miss 

 Kelly, brings leaves and flowers to school. We love the song 

 birds. We know 32 song birds from bird pictures. We love 

 them for their beautiful songs. We love them for their beautiful 

 colors. The birds contribute to our "Daily Bread" by eating 

 bugs, worms and insects, and by eating weed seeds, too. 



All the people must be very kind to birds. No boy in our 

 room will ever harm a song bird. 



Your little friend, 



Olga Vrablik 

 Aged 9 years 



