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WILMETTE L .IFE June 22, 1928 Garden Clubs, Brides-Elect, Benefits' Now In Favor ; Local ·.Garden Clubs Exhibit in Two-Day Show at Lake Forest BY RUTHEDA L. PRETZEL I Betrothed. 1-1 June Bride · Dancing on Beach Feature of Garden Fete Next Thursday Stressing the outdoor note, preparations have been made for dancing on the beach at the Garden fete to be given by the Woman's University club of Chicago on ] une 28, at 2715 Sheridan road, Evanston. Miss M a r g u e r i t e Stokes, chairman of the dance committee, has secured one of the leading college orchestras for the event and announces as a further · feature, that Miss Elsa Brown, interpretive dancer, wilt present "Sunrise" and a group of gypsy dances for the guests at the fete. Various water sports for the athletically inclined will add to the outdoor quality of the party, while gypsy singers, men and women, w a n d e r i n ~ through the crowd, will provide another note of color. The costumes of the various assistants at the fete have heen chosen with great care. In addition to the gypsies, g-irls in Japanese dress will sen·e afternoon tea. ,,·hile the dinner in the. evening wilt he serve d bv waitresses in garh ranging from that of the Chinese miss to that· of a German peasant girl. Fortune teller s. representin~ every age of the craft from early Chaldean to modern numer ology, appropriately gowned. witl add a further note of color. A number of attractive booth s ha,·e heen planned to house the variou-. wares on sale. rang-ing from a hoo" :;helf. a white elephant booth. a _ g-rab hag, to cand,· anrt iced drink stand <;, the latter under thr direction of ~1 r ::.. Merle B. Snvder of Wilmette. who is recording secretary of the club. 'M n. Clarence E. Frazier is general cha;rman of the event. and Mrs. A. l\L Simons of Evanston is president. North shore . garden dubs participated in th~ Lake Forest Garden .show, held Saturday and Sunday of last week in the service buildings of Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick's estate in Lake Forest. Thousands of people from Chicago and the north shore went to the show, which held some unusually beautiful exhibits. · Mrs. Arthur · W. Brintnall of the Glencoe . Garden club won first prize, a blue nbbon. for her arrangement in a chopping bov.-1. She called it "a summer salad," and the decoration consisted of blossoming chives, mints, lettuce, and salad greens. Honorable · mention, a white ribbon, was won by Mrs. Devr?e Getman fo~ her arrangement of d1fferent shades of columbine in a white pitcher. Mrs. Charles Spoo.ner received third prize for her mantel decoration. Her exhibit was noted for its delicacy of treatment. The center piece was a needlepoint painting hung above the mantel. On either side were Waterford bottles Photo by Mabel Sykes filled with single peonies. A staffordThe engagement of Miss Veneta Ada shire figure, brass sconces, two snuff Langdon of Wilmette to Lyman F. boxes and. black silhouette~ completed the charmmg picture. Mrs. Paul L. Newtqn of Chicago has recently been Battey won a blue ribbon for her announce d. Miss Langdon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Langtwelve named varieties of peonies. don and was graduated from Lake Miss Virginia Miller, a member of Forest universit,·. Mr. Newton · was the \Vinnetka Garden club, won the graduated from Northwestern universiblue ribbon for her shadO\l\' box. which ty where he is a member of Phi Delta .;imulated a seventeen centurv Dutch Theta fraternity. flower painting. Over a tasteftil grouping of flowers she had stretched vetlow chiffon, to gi\'e it a subdued tone, an Evening Garden Club effect that received many admiring Enjoys Rapid Growth comments. Mrs. Arthur Sullivan won (Con tl·ibutecl) the third prize for her luncheon table The Evening Garden club of Wilthe apoointments of which did not ex~ ceed $14.99. A unique feature of it mette has made such progress that was that je1ly molds were used for at its first regular meeting it was vases. The · \Vinnetka Garden club compelted to extend it.s limited mem/'rr sr won honorable mention for its bership from seventy-five to one hunluncheon table.. which was arranged bv dred. It has secured as its place of Mrs. Alvin Bastien and Mrs. Alte;1 meeting for the year, the parlor of the Withers. The club al~o won third Wilmette Woman's club, which, in ite meetings. prize for its border, which was ar- seJf, will add charm to th_ The Fourth of July falling so close rang-ed by Mrs . C. Colton Daughadav and Mrs. Langdon Pearse. Mrs. ]ohi1 to the first Tuesday in the month, it McEwen w_ on first prize for her six has seemed advisable to meet the evevarieties of peonies. and second prize ning of July 10, instead. We have been fortunate in securing for six varieties of ir,is.' as our lecturer for that evening, Paul There was so much enthusiasm for L. Battey of Glencoe, owner of the exhibiting among garden clubs and Northbrook Peony and Iris gardens, individuals that the nine classes were who will bring +o us a very instructive fitted too soon for a number of exhibitors to enter. Some of the classes illustrated talk on, "Iris and Peonies." Each member of the club is asked were closed before neighboring clubs and individuals could get in their ap- to bring some choice flower from his ~arden for comparison and general plications. The Home and Garden club of discussion. Kenilworth made some entries as did tht- Kenilworth Garden dub. ' Announce Engagement The Kenilworth Garden club won Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Seibold, 522 four prizes. Mrs. Walter D. Launder Forest avenue, Wilmette, announc~d won two awards on her display of iris, the e,ngagement of their daughter, firs~ ?n her exhibit of twe~ve va~ieties Helene, at a dinner Monday night at of ms and first on her stx vaneti.es. the Lake Shore Athletic club. Miss M ~s. Domrlas Flood was a~arde~ th1rd Seibold is engaged to Thomas Shep0rJ7.e. .on flowe~s arramred m. a pttcher .. herd, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Shep";r dtsplav hem~ snowh:t tJs tn a green herd of Kalamazoo, Mich. nstcher. ·Mrs ..Rentlev McCloud won Miss Seibold is a member of Pi Beta honorable mt-nhon on her arr.angement Phi sorority at Northwestern universin~ ourole and blue flowen m a blue ty where she will be a senior next Pitcher. year. Mr. Shepherd is a graduate of the University of Michigan. No date has been set for the wedding as Miss P01tpone Club Dance geibold intends to finish her work at A dinner dance which had been Northwestern. scheduled for June 23 at the Illinois Golf club has been postponed until the following Saturday. June 30, be- Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ]. Bleser of cause of the interest of man· · of the dub members in the nation. Ll open Wilmette announce the enga11ement of tournament at Olympia Fields. Manv their daughter, Gectrude Mary, to of the members will be following the Clarence Martin Braun, son of Mr. and dub's profe.;sional around that day as Mrs. Phillip H. Braun, of Evanston. The wedding is to take place this fall. he plays. Photo by Gibson Casebeer Before her marriage Saturday, June 9, Mrs. Edward Weber Tubbs was Miss Hazel. Strai1d of Evanston. Mr. Tubbs and his bride will occupy the residence of his. parents in \Vilmette during the summer. Wilmette Garden Club to Make Three Visits Friday, .June 22, the members of the Wilmette Garden club are to be the guests of the Kenilworth Garden club for a tour of Kenilworth gardens and a tea at the home of Mrs. S. D. Flood. 133 Kenilworth avenue. Monday, June 25, they will attend, as guests. tbe meeting of the Kenilworlh Home and Garden club at the home of Mrs. Charles D. Howe 240 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth. ' Friday, July 6, the club will celebrate its sixth anniversary at a party at "Fairways," the home of Mrs. B. L. Davis in West Deerfield. The affair will be a buffet luncheon. The presidents of neighboring garden clubs are to he the guests of honor. It was at the home of Mrs. Davis, who then lived in Wilmette, that the club was founded in July, 1922. .. Old Enalish Program to Open Skokie Musicales A program of old English melodies sung in costume will mark the opening musicale at Skokie Country club Sunday, July 8, at 4:30 o'clock. The artists of the afternoon are to be Mrs. Dennis Gent, contralto, and Mrs. Gilbert Smith, soprano, who will give both solos and duets. with Hadassah 'M cGinnin accomp~nying them at the piano. Mrs. Gent is the soloist at the Methodist church - of Evanston and Mrs. Smith is a member of the Quartet of the Congregational church, al so of Evanston. Jacques Gordon is to give the entire program at the musicale on Sunday. July 22. Announce Troth at Tea At a tea given last Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Irving G. King of Rogers Park. announced the engagement of thetr daughter, Lucille, to Thomas Adams Fitch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Fitch of Wilmette. Both Miss King and Mr. Fitch are ~raduates of Northwestern university m the class of 1927. The former is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the latter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Issue Cards for Tea Mrs. Charles A. Klotz, of Winnetka. with the other officers and directors of the new Dundee Country Club which will be located at Barrington, has issued invitations to members and their guests to meet for tea in the gardens ·of Mrs~ Petitt Watson, 900 Sanset road, Winnetka, on Friday, June 22, at 3 :30 o'clock. Mrs. Watson is vice-president of the organization. Give !lousewarming Change Club,s Name More than a hundred north shore residents were guests at a housewarming and · garden party given last Saturday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. F. B. MacKinnon at their new home 321 Leicester road, Kenilworth. ' The members of the Junior Woman's club have found it necessary to c;hange the name of their club to one which shows more clearly their .affiliation with the Woman's club -of Wilmette. The next meeting of the Junior auxili::J.ry of the Woman's club, a business one, is scheduled for Thursdav Mrs. Fred W:inzenberg, 829 Linden evening, June 28. avenue, entertamed at luncheon last Saturday at the Edgewater Beach hotel Marie Flentye of Wilmette enterin honor of her daughter Dorothy taine_ d at a hosiery shower Mondav Following the luncheon the guests wer~ afterm~on in honor of Miss Catherine entertained at a matinee party. Hinman of Winnetka.