AUGLAIZE GARDENS 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
schools of Van Wert county, will be 
crowned as queen of the festival. She 
was chosen as the most beautiful girl 
from many aspirants to the crown. 
Her coronation is an impressive cere¬ 
mony. 
Here’s a warning, however. If 
you’re interested in studying varieties 
of peonies and want to spend consider¬ 
able time in the gardens, don’t come 
on festival day or on Sunday. So many 
thousands of people are here then that 
it is impossible to see the flowers as 
well or for our people at the garden to 
give you as much attention and help 
you to see what you wish as on a week¬ 
day when the festival isn’t in progress. 
Selfishly we’re glad Mr. Rufus 
Dawes and his associates in Chicago 
are continuing “A Century of Prog¬ 
ress” in 1934. Auglaize Gardens are 
located on Route 30, the Lincoln High¬ 
way, one of the direct routes between 
east and west. Last year quite a few 
of our friends from the east stopped 
at Auglaize on their way to the fair. 
This year we expect to have the oppor¬ 
tunity of greeting some of them again 
and others. 
