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BY F. B. M. The nine days pf living in a Garden and Flower show are over and the garden clubs are returning to normal It was a novel and varied experience while it lasted and at times was very · _exciting. On Saturday morning ot the first day, there was high tension in the rooms where the garden clubs' exhibits were being placed as the keyed-up exhibitors found that this or that was different and th~t they must make la·s t minute changes in their plans to suit different table linen or another kind of flower. One club had had schizanthus, freshly cut that morning, for its shadow box. The flowers were quite wilted when its members started to ~rrange them and they had to hurry out to a florist's and choose something different. Our own doilies for the Wilmette Garden club luncheon table were not the one·s we at first had expected to have. Changes like this were .bard on the exhibitors and as 11 :JO approached, the powers that be were urging speed and a hasty exit. One's creative spirit is apt to retire at such moments, dismayed by the tumult. At the entrance a long line had formed, waiting for 12 o'clock. On the lower floor, groups waited, while the judges were at work upstairs. Scrub women were on their knees washing the last mud from the broad walk that separated the gardens of the different park systems. The second great Chicago Garden and Flower show has begun. Finally we were admitted to the garden club exhibits. First came the shadow boxes. The thrill of a red ribbon ! We had won second prize on the euphorbia in its blue bowl. The red ribbon brought out the brilliant coloring of the small red flowers set among the green leaves on long, graceful sprays. One woman ·later said, "How many firsts did you win?" 1 told her that there were only nine prize ribbons in all, for the three regular garden club exhibits, and that there were fifty-two clubs eligible to enter each of the three. We were one ()f the nine who won a prize out of a possible hundred fiftv-six, in the three regular exhibits. We went into the room where the luncheon tables were ~et. The Wilmette table had a simole ddtcacy of treatment and a homelike quality that pleased us. In the room where the English model homes and garden's were located it was hard to choose which one one liked best because of the usual excellence of every model. Again and again we went through, studyinl!' the careful little details more fully. It was quite an education in landscaping. Our own beautiful cottage and garden is with the others on exhibit at Marshall Field's this week, and after that . it will be on exhibit at the Wilmett~ Public library. The children wi11 love it. In the special garden club exhibits, Mrs. C. D. Ewer"3 old-fashioned well that concealed an incinerator, was to be the inspiration, if we are to believe the words of passers-by. of many a similar arrangement in the gardens of tho~e who saw it. Each day we saw many Wilmette oeople and had the pleasure of greetin'! tht>m. for the garden club members were hostesses throughout the show. Tuesday a number came in for Mrs. Ewer's deli'!htful lecture on Japanese Floral Garnishin.r." W t-dnesdav. Wilmette day, we had eighty reservations made for our annual spring luncheon, which we give Pach year on Wilmette day at the flower show. We had a delightful 1'lartv in our room hilih up in the Bal Tabarin. after everyone finally dis(Continued on Page 46) COMPOSITE oF THE CENTU RY·s BEST POWER · SPEED STRENGTH STY i.E · SymLols ol.a New HigL Quality in MotoriaWherever you see the crests reproduced above, you quickly identify them with a new luxury and a new value in six and eight--cylinder motoring. ffln creating an advanced mode and standard in body styles for the new Hupmobile Century models, Hupmobile bas likewise expressed the spirit and vigor of this new age of high-compression, high-powered motors. ffSo admirably do the new Hupmobiles reflect in line and contour, advanced qualities of fleet, smooth ~rformance that Hupmobile dealers everywhere report a record number of sales made without reference to a demonstration. 50 attiiing and colorful body atylel-both attUJtlutl tmtl in thtH dilfnent whHlban·th~ Six of th~ C~ntutfl- tht Century Eight tUJtl tht Century IZj Eight. cratom-~quippetl-now olf~red SIX &. EIGHT GOULD C. DAVIS & CO. Temporary Sales Room Phone Winnetka 3090 736 Elm St., Winnetka SERVICE STATION Phone Winnetka 2048 806 Oak Street