instructress from Columbia College was secured, to give demonstra- 
tions in the villages of Katonah, Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, and 
Mt. Kisco. The cold-pack method, Columbia's latest word in 
canning, was shown. 
These demonstrations led to the necessity for a central canning 
kitchen which was established in a wing of the Mr. Kisco High School. 
During the season 2,824 jars and glasses of fruits, vegetables, and 
jellies were put up, of which 218 jars were donated to civilian and 
other relief. 
As a special contribution towards our soldiers abroad a jelly 
expert was put in charge of the canning kitchen during the grape, plum, 
and apple season. Seven hundred pounds of jams and marmalades 
were put up in ten-pound wooden pails, and given to Mr. William 
Sloane for shipment to the Y. M. C. A canteens in France. 
The committee on Papers and Topics has furnished a program 
supplementing our war work. Mr. Fullerton lectured to us on "Vege- 
tables and How to Grow Them," and Miss Alice Penrose, Director of 
the Y. W. C. A. of New York, gave a talk on the "Conservation 
Ration and How to Prevent Waste in Our Households." 
The Club has made a contribution for the replanting of the de- 
vasted orchards of France. 
All the work undertaken was forced on us by the needs of the 
hour, and was largely experimental. Great praise is due our President, 
and the women who worked on the committees with her, for their 
vision and quick response to the situation, and for their untiring 
efforts. 
Henrietta McC. Williams. 
Report of the Garden Club of East Hampton 
Long Island 
This summer, obeying the call of usefulness rather than pleasure, 
the Garden Club of East Hampton decided to forego its prepared 
program and to throw its energies and funds into starting children's 
gardens. The response on the part of 138 children to join the army of 
producers was enthusiastic and though a number dropped out later, 
when real work began, more than half the number faithfully cultivated 
their own little patches and in early September the produce made a 
goodly show at the Children's Garden Party; many well-deserved 
prizes were given. 
The Club held ten meetings during the Summer and on September 
nth, gave a Dahlia Show, which, from the point of beauty, was very 
successful. 
Emily Hall Wheelock, 
President. 
