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Mav 11, 1922 



The Rorists^ Review 



39 



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CLUB MEETINGS 



CHICAGO FLOEISTS' DANCE. 



Evening of Pleasure. 



A bevy of beauty, compounded of 

 feminine pulchritude, cut flowers and 

 pot plants, enlivened the May 4 meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Florists' Club at the 

 Randolph hotel. At this meeting the 

 ladies and past-presidents were the 

 guests of honor and all business was 

 dispensed with. A delightful crowd of 

 approximately 175 people was in at- 

 tendance, and the younger set of the 

 gathering swayed among the palms and 

 ferns, with which the hall was beau- 

 tifully decorated, to the tintinnabula- 

 tions of the orchestra. Those who did 

 not dance or felt a hesitancy to trip- 

 ping the light fantastic spent the even- 

 ing chatting and reminiscing with their 

 friends and neighbors. 



A special feature of the evening was 

 the performance by two students of the 

 noted Russian ballet dancer. This boy 

 and girl were appropriately costumed 

 and gave an excellent exhibition of 

 their skill and ability in performing the 

 difficult dance. The dancers were loudly 

 applauded, and the little girl was given 

 a large bouquet of Columbia roses as a 

 fitting ajjpreciation of the way in wliicli 

 slie also executed the May dance. 



Prize-Winners. 



Another feature of the evening was 

 the display of basket and pan arrange- 

 ments for Mothers' day. Three prizes 

 were offered and these were all awarded 

 to Hans Jepsen, of Maywood. One of 

 Mr. Je{)sen 's baskets consisted of an 

 artistic arrangement of daisies, irises, 

 statice and lilacs. One pan of sweet 

 peas was also displayed by Mr. Jepsen 



and this pan consisted of the following 

 varieties: Blue Bird, Zvolanek's Blue, 

 Zvolanek's Rose, Snowflake, Mrs. Kerr, 

 a seedling of Mr. Jepsen 'a. Glitters, 

 Apricot and Sunburst. 



A corsage parade was also staged and 

 florists vied with one another to cap- 

 ture the prize. The first prize in this 

 contest was taken by little Miss Lau- 

 tensehlager, who marched proudly 

 across the hall, amid loud applause, with 

 her corsage, as if she were a grown-up. 

 Miss Lautenschlager has not quite made 

 her d^but yet, and it is doubtful 

 whether her daddy would permit her to 

 use the vanity case, this being the first 

 prize, at so early a period in her career, 

 but Mr. Lautenschlager appeared to be 

 much pleased with the entree which the 

 little miss made. The decision regard- 

 ing the winner of the third prize was a 

 little difficult, and it was necessary for 

 Mr. Waters to call for a second voting, 

 but this prize was finally carried off by 

 a coy but beautiful maiden of perhaps 

 twenty summers, who stepped blush- 

 ingly across the floor. The happy party 

 ended about 11:30 p. m. 



NEW YORK CLUB MEETS. 



Quarantine Discussed. 



A regular meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held in the club's 

 rooms, at the Engineering Societies ' 

 building, Monday evening, May 8, with 

 an attendance of about 125 members. 

 President Roman J. Irwin presided. 



The meeting opened with the reading 

 of the minutes of the previous meeting, 

 which were officially confirmed. 



A resolution of sympathy with rela- 

 tives in the death of Selah Van Riper, 



a member, was passed, and a copy or- 

 dered to be forwarded to the family. 



Clifford Lowther, for the transporta- 

 tion committee, reported progress on the 

 arrangements for the trip to the S. A. F. 

 convention at Kansas City. 



A. M. Henshaw, president of the Al- 

 lied Florists' Trade Association, re- 

 ported the results of the recent open 

 meeting of that organization and gave 

 figures as to contributions received for 

 publicity purposes, which totaled $15,- 

 157.90, of which $10,764 had been used 

 in advertising. He reviewed the ex- 

 penditures and explained plans to con- 

 sume the balance, which, of course, was 

 expected to receive material additions 

 from efforts now being put forth to in- 

 crease it. 



William Saville, chairman of the ex- 

 hibition committee, announced that at 

 the June meeting it was hoped to have 

 extensive exhibits of peonies and irises. 



James McHutchison made a short ad- 

 dress bearing upon the forthcoming 

 hearing before the federal horticultural 

 board in regard to matters in connec- 

 tion with quarantine 37, and urged that 

 as many interests as possible be repre- 

 sented at such hearing. The scope of 

 the board, he said, seemed to him to be 

 diverging into a course which prac- 

 tically amounted to a tariff. C. H. Totty 

 also spoke on the matter, endorsing the 

 points brought out in Mr. McHutch- 

 ison 's address. R. T. Brown, of the Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co., spoke from the nurs- 

 erymen's standpoint, as also did John 

 Watson, of Princeton, who produced and 

 read a lengthy paper embodying an 

 argument in favor of the quarantine, 

 which did not appear to meet the views 

 of many present. 



F. F. Rockwell, of the Seabrook 



Chicago Florists' Qub Holds Dance for Ladies and Past-Presidents at Hotel Randolph May 4. 



