feo eens Ges ON BULLE AEN 7 
only with the slower growth farther north. Bird Haven has been devel- 
oped primarily as an arboretum for the plant life of the region around 
Olney and with this development the care of the birds has been the most 
important object of its arrangement. In a hurried visit 1t was impossible 
to see many of the birds that are summer residents at Bird Haven but 

Mrs. RoBertr Ripcway At LARCHMOUND 
many birds rare in the north are regular occupants of the hospitable 
facilities in this beautiful and attractive bit of woodland. A winding 
stream, shady slopes, thickets, tall trees, and the cross vine, trumpet 
creeper, wild grape, and other vines are draped over trees and shrubs, 
all helping to make Bird Haven a paradise for wild bird life. 
Returning to Larchmound the party left Mr. Ridgway and proceeded 
to the hotel where later at dinner Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway were enter- 
tained, it being their first visit downtown in the evening in four years, 
After dinner, at the Elks Hall the Ridgway film was shown for the first 
