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many of the members, and was a pleasant meeting 
place between the regular meetings. 
Tuesday , July 7 , cMorning Session. 
The joint business meeting was held in the beautiful 
building of the Buffalo Historical society, formerly the 
New York State building at the Pan-American Ex- 
position, just within the entrance to Delaware Park, 
the principal park of the city. The meeting was called 
to order by the president, Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of 
Philadelphia. An address of welcome to the Queen 
City of the Lakes was made by Wm. H. Hengerer, 
president of Buffalo Park Commission. The president 
responded briefly and Mrs. Herman J. Hall, on be- 
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half of the Women’s Auxiliary, thanked the ladies of 
the city for the admirable program of entertainment 
which had been prepared. 
The report of the secretary, Charles Mulford Rob- 
inson, briefly reviewed the history, work and plans of 
the association, recalling the motto of one of the 
Women’s Auxiliary branches, “Leave the world more 
beautiful than you find it.” The measure of the 
growth of the association is a measure of the progress 
of the cause which it represents. The total member- 
ship eleven months ago was 41 1. On July 3, 1903, it 
was 705. The report also included a statement of the 
work which had been accomplished in the affiliation of 
kindred associations, the special exhibits which had 
been made at the state fair in Idaho, at Minneapolis 
and other places, and also of the Turin exhibit which 
had been shown at New York City and Rochester. 
O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, treasurer, reported total 
receipts during the year, including a balance of 
$355.02 on hand, were $2,117.59; expenditures, 
$2,044.44, leaving balance on hand of $73.15. 
The annual report of the secretary of the Auxiliary, 
Mrs. William Frederick Grower, was read. It showed 
a total membership of 328, a material increase of 
members during the year; 3,046 communications were 
received. The number of working branches remains 
the same. The membership included representatives 
from 26 states, or 90 towns and cities. 
George A. Parker, of Hartford, Conn., chairman 
of the census committee, read an admirable report, 
which appears in full on another page. 
Mr. E. J. Parker, of Quincy, 111 ., spoke briefly on 
the paper, drawing some very valuable lessons from it 
regarding the relations of the work- 
ing classes to the parks. 
Mr. Crawford, of Philadelphia, 
suggested that the people whom the 
association wanted to reach were 
not the members but others who 
should be interested in the work, 
and thought that the report should 
be illustrated as completely as pos- 
sible and circulated widely. 
The chairman suggested that the 
thoughts brought out were of very 
great value, and should be put in 
permanent form. 
. Mr. Dick J. Crosby, of Wash- 
ington, D. C., read a paper on 
School Grounds. He said the com- 
mittee had secured reports from all 
parts of the United States in order 
to show what was being done to- 
ward beautifying school grounds 
and to draw lessons therefrom for 
the benefit of the association. 
School gardens are becoming more 
and more numerous and are maintained in connection 
with all grades of schools from the kindergarten to 
the normal school. He recommended the members 
of the association use all their influence toward the 
beautifying of school ground's and the establishment 
of school gardens, with the co-operation of the muni- 
cipal art committees. 
John C. Olmsted, of Brookline, Mass., read a re- 
port prepared by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., on 
checking the abuses of public advertising. The paper 
called attention to various phases of the subject and 
was rather conservative in tone. 
Mr. Parker, of Quincy, 111 ., spoke of the fight against 
hill-boards, posters, etc., in the state of Illinois. He 
said the way to clean our cities is to have a house- 
cleaning, no half way work, but a thorough clean. In 
a clean city objectionable posters, etc., are conspicuous 
and easily removed, but in a dirty city they are lost 
among the many. The introduction of the wire fence 
