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Beauty and Design .of Ori.entel Garden Trees are the central and most important part of a Chinese gar- den.. This and many another rule of orienital landscape archi-> tecture were introducéed by Her-. bert C. White intô the lecture, "Gardens of the, Flowery King- dom,"p pr esen ted by him Wed- nesday afternoon of last week before the joint m eeting of the Garden Club of, Wilmette and. the Woman's Club of Wilmette. A more, comnplete or a-more' bril- liant array of garden photôgraphy than the Chinese collection of colored program committee have selected, a lecturer with a purer, smoother ar- ticulation. Mr.- White speaks with an enunciation and volume of tone: that miust be the envy of many a professional teacher of voice culture. How the Chinese introduce color into their gardens Mr. White like - wise pointed out. Tea houses, pavil- ions, pagodas, and temples are paint- 11UL M Vrub OUI M riIowi4 ipots w 111. -- are placed in paved , courtyards. Lawns. are a rarity in Chinese gar-; dens. The Chinese have long appreciated the -usefulness of seau, and benches in gardens, and are equally fond of bridges, unique doorways, moon- shaped gateways, walls, and covered walks. The magnificence of the bridges, of the one-thousand pillar walk. the i n2ofldia lnd lnwerc rof the Mrs. Aldo E~. Nessier, thse former Minerva Kraft; is in ch*rge of -Marine night u'kich, JPriday of this wcek, concludes thée tkree-day Spring festival of thse WomaWs Club of Wilmette, an eve-t lhicis -is oPen to thse public.- Illinis and National Garden Groups to Meef Coniing events ofinterest to mem-- bers of north shore garden organ- izations include the annual meeting of the Garden Club of Illinois Mon- - ay,- April 8, andi the annual meet- ig of the National Council of State Garden clubs at Los Angeles April- 10 to 14. Aniong those exn)eu'tud tr Mat.hew FranciS Photo j Mrs. Glen S. Roberts has or- r~ ranged for the style shçwv, which this aflernoon ('Tiirsday) is staged ut Z2iand at 3, at thre SPrinq festival of the Womn's Club of Wilmette. -Tite festival is in session today and tonzorrozr. Sheean and Gibbs Booki to, Be Reviewed April 3 The series- of current programs for the benefit of Chicagç> junior school being held at the home of-Mrs. Har.- ley L. Clarke, 2603 Sheridan road, Ev-ý anston, at 10 -o'clock every Wednes- day morning concluding April 10, and which is being presented by Miss Eleanor Perkins, is being enjoyed very much by its members and friends. On April 3, Miss Perkins will re- view "Personal T-istorv" h=,-T. Are on Catho lic Club Committee to Nomninate Officers Atismeeting last Frid.ay, Mrs. William Leary Wvas ap-, Pointed chaîrman of the, nomnin- a ting comnmittee to select a.siate of oficers -for the April electiont of the Wo man's Catbolic Club. of . Wilmette. Completing. the committee are ,Mrs. John1 D. Flynn, Mrs. Henry G. Mergener, Mrs. Guy A Glaàdson, and .Mrs. M.,J. Kelling. Offirces to be filýled areý, second vice-president, treasurer,. corresponding secretary, recording sec- retary, and three directors. The naming'of Shawnee'Country club as the locale for and May- 7, as the date of the, annual luncheon, the announçing of the ai»iual meeting Apsril 26, in the lounge -of the Woman's club with a box luncheon at 12, and the- selection of April 11, 12, and 13, for a Rumniage sale to help the philanthropy department in its cooperatîton- witb eSt. .Francis school, are club events of f>u ture import. These were announcemnents incl.uded during the consideration of club -busi- .ness preceding the program itself. Janiet Lersch, talented young daugli-- ter of one of the mnembers, and grand- daughter of another, playeci distinctly and expressively -two piano numbers. .It was of gardtens, llower- Iegends, and poetry- bound m-to one that Mrs. Mary- Raniphun Young spun ber pro- gram. But ail the appeal of slides colored naturally, affording- glimpses into gardens of ail seasons, could flot overbalance the. îimpression made iii- stantly on the mnd, by the ýremarkable-', ness of a memory that could, wýithout note or text, give its poem quotation accurately with each picture.- Whether the poem called for the garden or the garden suggested the poemn, the .aptness was there, and the poemi at the tongue's tip.: When the program ended. one- siuat oî retreats- and. parks, we con- clude after hcaring this talk about a culture so mach 'older than ours. Garen photographs in teakwood freines, colored painstakingly by, Chinese artists, were displayed about the auditorium, in addition to thé lantern slides, and were viewed by the audience at the close of the lecture. -vait .%.r4trs haAginary portraits. " - uiwliqu 's i~nam. i ne sun flwrSpanish invaders found to be the native flower of the Incas. Thé, Senir Doc. -heliotrope repreÈents the Spanish gar- SeniorDanceden planted for fragrance. The phlox Shawee ounty. lubwillhav. ais one-hundre<j Per cent American. Shne ane Counr lu ilhaea esearch authenticates the programn dinne dane fo the senior members of -this speaker who is actively dni and their gueats this Saturday fYdwih adeeogatztj-