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the plates. The orange tint on the plates, by the way, was put on 

 by the exhibitors, the original color when bought being magenta. 

 The expensive item of this table was the glasses which were of 

 fine green glass, wide to within al)Out an inch of the bottom with 

 a short, wide stand. The fluted centrepiece matched the other 

 china in design and decoration. Tulips and Mignonette were 

 the flowers used. 



Second Prize: Mrs. Ruthven A. Wodell, Summit, N. J. Gar- 

 den Club of Summit. This table had purple-striped linen edged 

 with a darker shade of purple wool edging ; terra-cotta plates with 

 oatmeal bowls to match, and centre bowl of same crockery. Cal- 

 endulas and Mignonette. 



The Third Prize was won by Mrs. Lansing Powers of the Rye 

 Garden Club. The covering of this table consisted of two runners 

 of theatre gauze crossing each other with a border of yellow and 

 green wool ending in a conventional design. Deep green Italian 

 plates, the centrepiece a plain wood chopping bowl with the edge 

 painted the same color as the plates. Glasses of clear amber, very 

 graceful lines, broad at top and tapering down within two inches of 

 table, then flaring out for their base ; four small wooden chopping 

 bowls painted the same as centre, which was between a green and 

 a turquoise-blue. Floral decorations, shaded Calendulas. 



One table done by Mrs. Rollin Saltus, President of the Bedford 

 Garden Club, received Honorable Mention. A whole cloth of 

 theatre gauze having a two-inch hem done with a design of bright- 

 colored woolen threads, the corners ending in a little design and 

 finished with a wool tassel. Small, plain yellow kitchen pie plates 

 matching up with two jelly moulds, the latter standing on what 

 looked like teak wood stands, but which really came from the 

 five- and ten-cent store. The centrepiece was a plain yellow kitchen 

 mixing bowl on the same kind of a stand, and two small caster 

 cups matching with the remainder of the china and also having this 

 good-looking little stand. The floral decorations were Tulips and 

 Jonquils, the result being very unusual and very good to look at. 



CLASS IV 



B. Luncheon Table Arrangement of any flowers, fruit, and foliage alone 

 or in combination. Tables five feet in diameter will be furnished by the 

 committee. Other tables if desired may be furnished by exhibitor. Four 



500 



