If j^ou're off to Philadelphia this morning, 
And wish to prove the truth of what I say, 
I pledge my word you'll find the pleasant land behind 
Unaltered since Eed Jacket rode that way. 
Still the pine-woods scent the noon, still the catbird sings his tune 
Still the autumn sets the maple-forest blazing 
Still the grape-vine through the dusk flings her soul-compelling musk 
Still the fire-flies in the corn make night amazing! 
They are there, there, there with Earth immortal 
(Citizens, I give you friendly warning) 
The things that truly last when men and times have passed, 
They are all in Pennsylvania this morning! 
Eudyard Kipling. 
Eead by Mrs. Bayard Henry in welcoming the visiting Clubs. 
The Fall Meeting in Philadelphia 
Thirty- four presidents gathered with the directors for dinner 
at Mrs. Horace Bullock's in Ardmore on Monday evening, 
October 17th. Indeed Anth our hostesses and the Bulletin 
staff, we numbered fifty-four. We welcomed six new presidents, 
— Mrs. jMallorj^ of Eye ; Mrs. Russell of Middletown ; ]Mrs. 
Seabury of Easthampton; Mrs. Van Sinderen of Washington; 
Mrs. Wheeler of Somerset Hills and ]\Irs. Brent of Ruxton. It 
is rumored that the ghost of one club president still circles round 
Ardmore and vicinity looking for Mrs. Bullock's entrance for 
the mazes of the ]Main Line certainly are bewildering to the 
uninitiated, though this very seclusion adds greatly to its charm. 
As we entered the house to the strains of music we were thrilled 
indeed to be once more at a Garden Club re-union. After a 
most enjoyable dinner we had a short Council of Presidents, and 
later on, j\Irs. Brewster gave us an amusing account of her travels 
among English gardens. Mrs. Bullock's garden lay in the bril- 
liant moonlight tempting us to return next day and explore its 
beauties, but I for one, would have to have Ariadne's ball of 
wool to help me retrace my steps. 
Next morning when we assembled at the Emergency Aid 
Rooms on South Eighteenth Street, our admiration was challenged 
by Mrs. Crawford's Motor Committee, and as the day progressed 
our admiration turned to awe. Never had we seen such 
efficiency; one had only to whisper a wish and transportation 
was furnished immediately to the furthermost recesses of Phil- 
adelphia's environs. 
The a word of welcome was most charmingly given by j\Irs. 
Meeting Bayard Henry, President of the Philadelphia Garden Club. And 
of the many interesting things which came up at the Business 
Meeting the following seemed to me most pertinent. 
In Mrs. Farwell's Wild Flower report she mentioned that 
the three Philadelphia Clubs had undertaken the preliminary 
plans of a Wild Flower Preserve in Wistar Park, Germantown. 
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