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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Jul 1933, p. 22

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day, and iriday of last week under the auspices of the )Evanston, Kenilworth, Winnetka, and Lake Forest Garden clubs. Her talks were considered par- ticularly apt and important at :this sea- son of the, year when flower.shows: and flower show plans are in the air- and when gardens' yield t heir beauty' to grace the home's interior., Mrs. Cary's, flrst talk was devoted to- the general rutes of arrangemfent. To her second. program. she brought beautifuUy illustrated slides of prize- winning arrangements at various flow- er shows, commenting upon each, and for her third and last lecture, she askcd eath club to appoint six of its mein- bers to enter flower exhibitsforcriticisrn and for competition. Members of, the, Kenilworth club won the first, three prizes. To Mrs. Bently G. McCloud was given the flrst' award for berarrangement - of- orange and y ellow garden ilies in, an orange- -red bottle-shaped Venetian glass- bowvI. * Mrs. Douglas Flood won the second * prize for ber arrangement of mixed flowers in rough pottery. Mrs. E. F. Snydacker received third prize for bier duli blue-gray crockery bowl with its arrangement of grasses. Several north shore women received:honorable men- tion. Mrs. Cary, after awarding ber prizes, .discussed the exhibits and offered sug- gestions, Aâ she commented she used ber scissors, snipping here and there. Amonny ber mtny suzzI~estins nd n necessary to connect vase anadbouquet. She commented upon tbe nQvel uses of buds and recommended the effective- nes f the use of buds in flower ar- rangement. Dàring b er series of talks she ex- paned how to arrange flowers to oh- j tain dramatic effect for display and Ifor ý,exhibition, and how to grotrp them jmore conservatively for home decora- jHe -. tion found her lectures in- cnairmen of theC dance, will have as their hosts and hostesses Mr. and Mrs. H.I B. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Ladensen, Miss Godie Winters and M and Mrs. Victor Allen. Miss Margaret Cobb will be the junior bostess, anc Douglas Smith, Jr., andi Harold Terry, the'junior hosts. The new grill wbich the. club, has just redecorated, and refurnished in Spanish style will hec opened for -the flrst time at, the bridge luncheon at 1 o 'clock Moénday, of next. week. 'Mrs. Joseph Kutten and Mrs. J. H. Wendel *are the bostesses for the party. A sec- *ond bridge luncheon will lie given .111 two weeks. The informaI Saturday îîiglit dances continue at the club tbroUgliout Balfour Photothsumr iliss Dorothy Dow;inýg G ,rahain of Glcnlcoe beconies the bride of Thoipas Rogers. Wigcszvorth- of Keniltworth -next Wediesdày eve- -itwg at - :30oclock iithe GIc,,coc Union c4urclî. rhe zwed-- dingy recef lion will le helJ ai .Skokie Cowntry club imrneiidiatelj, afterwards. Smith College Club H o n o r s Secretary at Picnic Luncheon- Snmith college alumnae of the north shbore honored Miss Florence H. Snow, alumnae secretary of the col- lege,. at a luncheon last Friday at the country home 'of Olive Beaupré -Miller (Mrs. Harry E. Miller of Win- netka) at Barrington. M-rs. Miller, wvbo was a classmate of Miss Snow' wbile at Smith, also invited the mem- bers of the Chicago club to drive out to ber Green Meadow farm for the luncbeon which was served picnic fashion on -tbe gorunds. The occasion was a happy one, forý it was the first gathering of the'north shore group. since the news arrived from Northampton that the Evans- John. A. Servas Directs Flower Exhibit at Fait One of, the mnost outstanding ex- hibits at A Century of Progress, in beauty andý achievement, is the horti- ,cultural. 4isplay the creator of which is John A. Servas, of Evanston, who h-as been identified with Chicago Flower shows since, their inception. and is directing this show. One of the most artistic and beautiful on the grounds it is a long stride in the annals of flower echibits. Exposition hall of the Horticulturai building, overlooking the lagoôn, presents a vista of delightful settings with- diaramas depicting natural land- iscapes f rom aIl over the 'country. Outside flve acres of the flnest in garden composition afford a treat and an opportunity to revel in a veritable fairyland.' Mr. Servas 'bas made it possible to peep into a bit of glorified nature, "knee-deep in roses" or to lose oneself in the exotic beauty of foreign gardens. The quaint littie blossom-covered hilîside,' the japan- ese garden, andl-the Itlalian garden, like a fine- etchirig againstî the twi- light sky, each vrie. with .the othe .rs for attention. Will Give Pro gram at Word>s Fait on Julu 15 andJ arranged hy the National' Col- elege of Educatlon to show the de-, rvelopment ini toys from those of a 't century ago,. designed primarily. to d amuse the child, to those of the pres- ent day which are recognized as onec of the most -important factors in the çhild's education. sOne of the features of the exhibit is the collection of dolls, dating from. 1787-dôlls of finest china and dolIs *of corn husks; fragile, "lady-lke": *vaxen creatins of the 60's and roi- licking modemn replicas, of real .chil- *dren. The Colonial Coverlet Guild i of America, of wbich Mrs. Frank 1<L. Iiichardson of. Evanston is president, cooperated with the college in se- curing many of t hese dolîs and, other antique, toys. In:,addition, a number of the dolls are taken from a collec- tion of more than three hundred dolls presented by their. collector, Mrs. Clifford Weaver of McKinnev, Texas. to the American Association Of. University Wonien, for the use of their' International Relationls coin- mittee. -An old - fashioned kindergarten, with its painted circle, straight chairs and tiny blocks and other play mate- rials, stands in striking contirast to the spacious, informaI setting of. the modern kindergarten and nursery school. Then there is an entrancing. playground, with winding walks for heltoys, a sand box, a tent and a tree house with a slide as a means of exit. Over in another corner a child's table is set with just the right kind of silver and dishes-gla'ss#es whose nobby surface will ot slip under the grasp of little fingers; deep -plates that prevent many ýa spili; broad tined forks, and other articles. Altogether the exhibit,,should do !ts part toward making. the- next century progress happy for the coin-. ing generation, its sponsors announce. Gagemere Is Locale for Junior School Beneit On Tuesday, july 11, the members of the North Shore branch, Friends of s * r Skokie in ord Saine regularly. en>oy a. e two ofiil ziosesss. tee, kBronxi v bOI(Ut8 Rtidolph M. Oster- rickç road, Kenilworth, linner Party on Wed- june 28 i hopor of A. SchaHf and daugh- ,N. Y.: a --6 -- - i. mun-- cobto pour. Mrs. R. H. Chris- man and. Mrs. Charles Merriam WilI be co-hosteess with M4rs. ho'p son. hmp g 1 *

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