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WILMETTE' LIFE Marth 1, 1929 News Local ·Garden Clubs Win Awards at Show ·Glencoe Club Takes Three Prizes at Flower Show: Others. Honorable Mention BY J. T. B. Flower Show time at the Hotel Sherman again is at hand to continue throughout Sunday. It is a spectacle of great beauty, beauty in flo~ers, in living plants, and in the arttstry of their arrangement. One cannot aptly describe it all, one can only see it and revel in its color, its fragrance, its splendor. Local garden clubs are contributing their share to its beauty, and again this season take more honors unto themselve·s. The Wilmette Garden club, the Evening Garden club of Wilmette, the Kenilworth Garden club, which is a member of the Garden Club of America, the Kenilworth Home and Garden club, the Winnetka Garden club, and the Glencoe Gardenclub have their entries, and each has taken its award. The Glencoe Garden club has captured three prizes, second for it's window box exhibit, second for its miniature model, and third for its conservation poster. It won honorable mention for its little garden. The Winnetka Garden club received honorable mention for irs arrangement of a piece of bamboo with sprays of evergreen, its composition completed by the quaint Chinese book placed at its side opened at th'e illustration from which the exhibition is reproduced. The Kenilworth Garden club \\'On honorable mention for its window box exhibit, a window simple, artis·ic, with its oldfashion'ed chair, its simple hangings, and its ledge graced with potted plants. The Kenilworth Home and Garden club was given honorable mention for its window box. an exterior view of a north window, with . its vines and The plants charmingly arranged. Evening Garden club of Wilmette, still an infant club, won two honorable mentions for its con'.iervation posters, one entitled, "The Law Protects," a painting 9f the six flowers protected by law, the other, "Spare the Trees." a striking poster of black and white felt. The Wilmette Garden club took honorable mention for its '3hadow box, a delightful composition of pewter plate and pottery vase with its large calendulas gracefully arranged. "Follow the arrow" is the game spectators play as they pas'3 window boxes, interesting, appealing in their variety of detail; shadow boxes, living flower pictures reyealing a wide variety of ta'stes; the interesting exhibit of bud, spray, seed porls, o~ any other natural growth other than flowers arran~:ed in containers; the luncheon tables, festive, beautiful, bedecked with beautiful china, napery. crystal and flowers, interpreting the idea's of many individuals; the miniature models, of garden with garage, again indicative of many tastes; the spicy room with its little gardens, charming:, living plots, original, intriguing. Re'sidents of our villages will see there the Spring garden of the Glencoe Garden club, the seaside garden of the Wilmette Garden club, and the "Practical Garden" of the Kenilworth Garden club. The red arrows take one on, to the evergreen-banked balcony overlooking the ballroom where flowers and bloomiDe plaab are exhibited, many of them f.-om aorth 'Jhore estates. Many blt~e o' the North Shore·Clubs . . In Exposition Plans Garden Club Given H onot; Makes Plans for Part in Show The Kenilworth Garden club is participating in the Garden and Flower show at the Hotel Sherman, which is continuing until March 3, in various exhibits. Although it has not entered all of the long list of classes, the following are presenting entries: Mrs. Hugh Foresman, shadow box: Mrs. Bently McCloud. table set for luncheon; Mrs. E. D. Snydar.ker. window arrangement; Mrs. Mark Cresap, seed arrangement; Mrs. Edwin Hedrick, poster for conservation of wild flowers. An especial honor was bestowed upon the Kenilworth Garden club when its pre5ident, Mrs. Edwin Phelps, was invited hy the Garden Club of America to serve as one of the committee of three to act as judges for the most meritorious exhibit of the entire Flower show. For this the Garden Club of America presents the horti·c ultural medal in gold. On thi's committee were the preside-nt of the Evan1ston Garden club, Mrs. Sturtevant of Lake Forest, and Mr. Vitalli, who is head of the honorary school for architects at Lake Forest. The decision of the judges was made before the opening of the Garden show. Anyone desiring tickets for the gar den '3how can buy them through the president of the Kenilworth Garden club. Each club has been given a certain number to dispose of and it will be just as easy to obtain them in Kenilworth as to wait and buy them at the door and the club will have the honor of the sale. Mrs. Phelps, Kenilworth 95, has them for disposal. Tenth District Clubs to Meet Will Hold Annual Meeting With Woman's Club of Evanston All Day March 6 The Tenth District federation of clubs will meet' with · the Woman's club of Evanston, Wednesday, March 6, for an all day session. The program for the day, which will be the occasion of the annual meeting, has been arranged to carry out the following schedule : Morning Session Board Meeting .... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 :30 District Meetin~ .. .... .. . . .. ... ..... 10 :00 Salute to the Flag Greeting Mrs. Charles W. Spofford President of The Woman's club of Evanston Response . . . . . Mrs. Harry S. Gradle President of the Tenth district Minutes Reports of officers and chairmen of departments and committees New Business Report of the Nominating Committee ... . . . . Mrs. F. W. Masters, chairman Roll Call Election ..... . . ......... . . . . 11 :30 to 12 :30. Mrs. Hayes McKinney, as president of the Woman's club of Wilmette, i'3 interested in the four-day Better Homes exposition which the club is sponsoring in the clubhouse March 20, 21, 22, and 23.. The event is planned as an outstanding community affair, the largest. project ever undertaken by the club. The luncheon, which will be served at 12 :30 o'clock, is in charge of Mrs. W. C.. Gilbert, who must receive all reservations by noon Tuesday, March 5, at the Woman's club of Evanston, it is announced. Afternoon Session- 1 :30 Music- Young ·woman's Auxiliary Miss Janet Friday, Leader ThE> Morning Wind . . . .... Brancombe None But the Lonely Heart . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tschaikowsky Night Song .... .. .. . .. . .. .. ..... Clokey Reports of Chairmen (continued) Conservation ...... Mrs. J. D. McKinney Chairman of department of conservation of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs. Music: The Evanston Trio Hazel MacHarg, violinist Margaret Clink Sullivan, cellist Bessie Hughes Burgess, pianist assisted by Mrs. Charles C. Wells, contralto Trio: Gavotte ... . ........... . . . , ... . . Leclair Romance .................. . .... Sibelius Syncopation . . . .... . . . ..... ... . Kreisler Russian Songs : Morning ... . .. ... .... Rachmaninoff God Took Me from Mine All ..... .... . . . . . . ........ .. . . .. Rachmaninoff The Isle ........ . ..... . .. Rachmaninoff ThE> Hills of Gruzia . . . . . . . . Mednikoft' The Ridgeway Memorial .... 0. Schantz Presentation of New Officers Adjournment Ouilmette Court, C. D. A., Observes Fifth Birthday Ouilmette court, Catholic Daughters of America, gave a party Monday evening, February 18. at Odd Fellow's hall, on the occasion of its fifth birthday. Mrs. Mary Schaefgen was toastmistress at the :supper, which was served at 9 :30 o'clock. There were addresses by Christine Weeks, the first grand regent of five years ago, by Mary Kummer, past grand regent, and by Mary Beinlick, present grand regent. There were readings by several children of the members of the Order: Regina Selzer, Virginia Fitzhugh, Stewart Fitzhugh, and Amelia Smith. Miss Margaret Mueller was chairman of the evening. Broadcasting Programs for Garden, Flower Show Mrs. John Lind of Kenilworth, acclaimed by one of her critics as "the last word in north shore gardeners," is broadcasting from the third annual Garden and Flower show at the Hotel Sherman. On Wednesday afternoon, over station WLS, she spoke on "The Miniature Gardens with Garage," the exhibits by the Garden ~ub of Illinois, and on Saturday, Maq.::h 2, from 2:15 to 2 :25, over WJ]D, she will talk on "Come, Let Us Make a New, Blooming Garden at Low Cost." She is talking on her hobby, gardening. Mrs. Lind will give a lecture at the Garden club of Oak Park and River Forest on March 6; at 2 o'clock, on "Garden 'Castles in the Air,' the Changing Picture." Mrs. Lind returned recently from a meeting at Morris, Ill., where, before the Garden Study class of the Morris Woman's club and a large audience, she lectured on "The Intimate Garden, the Changing Picture." . Later in the sea~on, at the Lookout Mountain Garden club, at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Mrs. Lind wifl discuss the same subject on a double · program, addressing a study class in the morning and illustrating her talk in rotor, and illustrating her afternoon lecture with slides of the Garden Chib of America, of which the Lookout Mountain Garden club is a member. Sew for Charity Today Erie Chapel institute will benefit by sewing done today at the Woman's club of Wilmette by women of the village. Luncheon is served at noon. Mrs. Earl Low is chairman of today's work, with a committee consisting of Mrs. William B. Morris, Mrs. John Bartholomew, Mrs. F. ]. Rowley, and Mrs. Frank Wever. Mother,s Club to Meet The Young Mother's club will have a social meeting for members Monday evening, March 4, at the home· of Mrs. Edward ]. Lipsch, 1501 Maple avenue. Assisting the hostesses will be Mrs. E. V. Cullison, Mrs. ]. R. Peterson, Mrs. R. ]. Finnigan, Mrs. W. A. McKeighan, Mrs. C. C. Rennecker, and Mrs. R. C. }6hnson. Bridge, bunco, and five-hundred will be played. CAMBRIDGE D. B. E. MEETS Cambridge chapter of D. B. E. met last Fridav at the home of Mrs. W. T. Denhoim. 1110 Lake avenue. for its regular monthly busjness meeting. After the meeting the members played bridge and bunco. ribbons are placed among the flowers and plants massed to produce artistic harmony. Then up a few stairs one goes to Exhibition hall, which won the Garden Club of America prize a·s the most meritorious exhibit. Here formal gardens along the center aisle are flanked with informal nooks and gardens, making an ensemble of indescribable beauty. The Garden and Flower show bring,; spring to its beholders. Garden Club Meets March 4 The meeting of the Kenilworth Home and Garden club is taking place March 4, at the home of Mrs. Edwin Bluthardt, 415 Essex road, Kenilworth: The program given that afternoon will comprise reports of the third annual Garden and Flower show at the Hotel Sherman and a ~roup of songs sung by Miss Isabel Cline. . To Have Luncheon Meeting Junior memhe-rs ·of the Southern \Voman's club of ChicaR"o will meet for luncheon Saturday, March 2, at 1 o'clock. with Miss Elizabeth Shepnlerin, daughter of Mrs. William Lloyd Davis, Jr. of Evanston. The auxiliary gave a program on Thursday. TO GIVE TEA FOR MOTHERS Mrs. George N. Lamb, 115 Woodbine avenue, will entertain the room mothers of the third grade of Laurel school, at her home, next Friday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Mcintosh will assist Mrs. Lamb as hostess.