The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

the good work which has been accom- plished in Georgia, especially in creat- ing a department of forestry in your state university. a branch or Work which I trust will soon be found in every state university.
 sof far more importance than many of the so-cailed higher branches which follow and amplify the Three R's' is the practical study Of nature, using Gods out-of-doors as the great text book.
 Pupils in our schools should be taught the names and characteristics of trees and flowers; they should be able to recognize the birds by their plunage and their notes. and under stand their economic value,
 "If the children learn to love ana understand the forests. to know their value and natural means of preserva- : tion, the men Of the future will uphold the national policy of protected noun tain tops and scientific numbering. and thus increase the wealth of the coun- try
 By lessons such as these the parks will become of greater value and tn- terest to the young. who will regard them as something more than merely playgrounds.
 "The young whose training in the schools and in the open air go hand in hand will mature into valuable citi- gems whose highest civic aim will be to guard and protect their citys honor, prosperity and adornment, and will labor to make their towns and cities the real city beautiful.'
 A MATTER OVERLOOKED.
 Tn a recent issue of The Atlanta Con- stitution was found list of the many conventions to be held there in the near future. But the writer failed to mention the General U. D. C., to be held in that city on November To- This will be an important convention as to numbers as we'll as measures: There are 1000 chapters of the United Daughters of the Coufederacy and in the Club Department of the Constitu- ton is found the following:
 The magnitude of this organization Is not generally recognized. 1t is represented in almost every state and territory of the union, embracing near ly 1000 chapters
 We have in Georgia Ss chapters; in Alabama. 62; Arkansas, 42; South Caro- lima. 54; Tennessee. TO: Florida. 29i Kentucky. 6s; Louisiana, 2l; Missis- sippi. "A; North Carolina. 70; Virginia, 74; Maryland, 6: Baltimore has 800 members in one chapter; California, al; District of Columbia, 4; Illinois, 8: Indiana, {; Indian Territory, 23; City of Mexico. 1; Missouri 33; New Mexico, 9; New York, 1; Ohio, 4; Mon tana. 5; Nebraska, 1; Oklahoma, 10; Oregon. 1; Pennsylvania, 1; Texas, 134; Utah. 1; West Virginia. 20; Washing ton state. 3.
 This body elects officers every two years. Mrs cornelia Branch Stone. of Texas. Is the president general She makes a magnificent presiding officer, and she is a woman of rare intelli- gence. The principal subjects to oc- cupy the attention of the convention will be the Arlington and Shiloh nonu- ments and home for aged confederate women.
 BOOKS WORTH WHILE
 WRITTEN IN SOUTH Miss Mary Carlisle. Chairman of the Text Book Committee, Texas Division U D. C., writes the following plea for a study of Southern literature:
 Our first effort should be to arouse a greater interest in the Souths lttera- ture. To accomplish this, I should like to have you write an article treating | of some phase of our literature. Ar author, a book or discussion of a course of reading would prove inter, esting, and, by having such sketches published in our United Daughters oi | the Confederacy columns, We can reacf
 many who are not enlisted in the work 1 All books suitable as texts or paralle reading should be noted and embodied