In the absence of Mrs. Iselin, Chairman of the Eoadside 
Committee, Mrs. Pratt read the following report : 
Six months have passed since the birth of the Committee on Roadsides 
Roadsides. Too short a time to report perceptible progress but 
long enough to have made a small beginning in creating an 
interest in civics. 
While the responses to the letter sent by this Committee to 
the Presidents of Member Clubs containing suggestions for a 
plan of action have been full of enthusiasm, still there has been 
a surprising lack of interest, fully 75 per cent of the Garden 
Clubs have never replied at all. 
It does not seem possible that they are not in accord with 
the object of the Committee for if ever there was a question, 
outside the realms of gardening pure and simple, it is the 
preservation of natural rural beauty and cleanliness of country 
and village roadsides. 
This Committee has had a poster reproduced from Life, 
depicting the ruthless motorist tearing to pieces a defenseless 
blossoming tree, entitled "Ain't Nature "Wonderful," and it is 
hoped that this poster will be distributed by the member clubs 
in schools and other places where it will focus public attention. 
Let it be said with earnestness that the Garden Club op 
America has a great task to perform. If unlovely places can 
be made lovely, if tidiness can replace squalor will there not be 
accomplished a reform that will spread pleasure and health 
throughout the land? 
In the absence of Mrs. Rea, Chairman of the Finance Com- 
mittee, Mrs. Rand presented the tentative budget for the en- 
suing year, as follows: 
Tentative Budget 
(From dues and Bulletin subscriptions) $ 7,850.00 Finance 
ESTIMATED EXPENSES 
Bulletin ' $6,000.00 
Office Kent and Supplies 2,000.00 
Seereterial Service 3,000.00 
Printing and Postage 1,600.00 
Telephone, Office Equipment, etc 900.00 
Medal Award 500.00 
Committee Expenses 1,000.00 
■ $15,000.00 
Excess of Expenses over Income $ 7,150.00 
The budget for the coming year amounts to $15,350.00. Our 
present income gives us $7,850.00, or about half the amount need- 
ed to meet the budget. AVe spent last year $12,600.00. In order 
to give us the space we need to carry on our activities in the 
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