The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-07
SCRANT0N'S FLOWER SHOW
Begins at 9 O'clock This Morning in
the Fr0thingham Theater.
A CHRYSANTHEMUM DISPLAY
The Popular Autumn Flower Will lie
Shown In All It's Variety and beauty.
AT Midnight Everything Was
Ready for the Opening.

florists, carpenters, decorators and
helpers were as busy as bees trans
forming the theater. itself beautiful.
into q splendid and huge bower of
floral fragrance and magnificence. The
rate of admission Is twenty-five cents
for adults and fifteen cents for chill
drcn.
New York and other large cities have
for years had their chrysanthemum
shows, horse shows and bench shows,
but the chrysanthemum display is the
first thing of the kind to be introduced
in Scranton. However, chrySan-
themums are not the only features OF
the show. There will be the rarest
and largest collection of palms and
ferns ever put on exhibition in this
section of the state: there is to be
display of bulbs, jardineres and fern
dishes and almost the entire space
back of the seats is to contain an ex-
hibition of Theoretically sealed fruits
in glass by T.. G.. Coursen.
Although the arrangements neces-
sary for the show could not be started
until after the Brownie scenery and
aphernalia had been taken from the
theatcr at midnight Tuesday. the
numerous corps of workers had at
midnight last night completed their
labors and when visitors flock to the
theater to-day they will marvel how so
much could be accomplished in so short
a time.
Covered Level with the stage.
The main display space will extend
from the rear Of the stage to the tier
Of seats back of the orchestra chairs,
the main auditorium floor space having
been lowered and tloored. thus bringing
the orchestra floor on level with the
stage.
To one seated in a chair back of the
circle the view is wonderful in its
beauty and inspiration. The rear OF
the stage is an immense bank of chrys-
anthemums above a mound OF tropical
plants in the center of the stage ana
exhibited by William c. Clark, gard
ener to Colonel II. NJ. Boies. To the
left of the stage and backed by settings
is dinner service exhibit. including
table, chairs, linen, silver, china and
cutlery, each article being the very
best that could be procured.
This exhibit is the joint effort of
Weicbel e. Millar, Hill &, Connell. and
]. C. Huntington. 1t was planned in
order that even the best known social
element could gather few new ideas
in table arrangement service. To the
right of the stage has been built
mound of moss and rocks from which
plays fountain.
In the middle of the main floor is a
huge star composed of chrysan-
themums and the same kind of bios
SONS are in banks on either side of the
main floor and aginst the tier Of circle
seats.
Most Tempting Displav.
To many persons the exhibit Of here
metically scaled glass jars of fruit
along the rear aisle will offer as great
a source of delight as will the flowers.
Maybe the readers can imagine tiers,
pyramids, stacks and piles of odd
shaped glass jars each containing some
kind of luscious fruit and arranged on
O. table five feet wide and over fifty
feet long.
Figure the value of each can at from
forty cents to s15O and then consider
that the exhibit contains five or six
hundred cara and an idea may be
formed of its value. There are several
huge glass receptacles several feet In
heighth containing pears, cherries on
the branch and pineaples. each lot
really as fresh as when gathered. Then
there are delicious looking jars OF
raspberies pears. Strawberries of white
and red variety, asparagus, beans peas.
ETC., prepared in Germany, France,
England and this country.
On the Penn Avenue side of the the
ater are piles of vegetables of all kinds.
ChrysanthemumS and palms are ar
ranged in the lobby.
Festoons of wild smilax shipped from
Florida and ropings Of ground pine
are strung beneath the ceiling over all
parts Of the house.
Special prizes have been offered as
follows:
The Prizes Offered.
Col. Fl. NJ. Boies offers $500 for the
twelve best Chrysanthemum plants, no
Henry Belin offers $1,000 for the six best
yellow Chrysanthemum plants.
T. II. Watkins offers $500 for the best
specimen ChrysaDthemum plant, any
q. il. sturges offers $25 for the twenty
five best single stem Chrysanthemum
plants.
collection of tropical plants.
a "Friend of Culture" offers s. for the
best dozen of American Beauty Roses
Vie George e. Fancourt, of wilkes-Barre,
offers so for the three best white
seibrecht & Wadley of New York.
through Henry Kroeder, offer IS for a
dozen of the best. Belle Seibrecht cut
q. r. Clarke & Co. offer $40 for the
three best grown pink Chrysanthemum
plants; 50 for the best Carna tions, as fol-
lows: twenty-five Daybreak. Twenty-Five
Scott, twenty-five best white, twenty-five
hest red; S6 for the twelve best long stem
Chrysanthemums, six different colors.
There are twenty prizes Of 50 and 50
offered for collections and specimens
of fruit, vegetables and blossoms.
Fine Musica! Programme.
A continuous musical programme will
be provided from the opening OF the
doors Every morning Professor john
son will preside at tine piano. and dur
ing three afternoons CThursday. Fri
Cay and Monday the muse will be
furnished by the Imperial quartette;
on Saturday and Tuesday Bauer's or
o.hes.:a will entertain the audience;
each evening Lawrence's orchestra. Of
ten pieces, WIFI render a choice pro-
gramme. In addition to the regular
musical numbers, special features will
be introduced each evening, as follows:
Miss Phoebe Smith, one Of Scranton's
young and brilliant sopranos, will sur
prise the audience with her superb sing
ing on Friday evening; on Thursday
and Tuesday evenings Miss Adela
Breakstone. e!ocltion.st, assisted by
the Green Ridge Wheelmen's quartette
will entertain the audience; Saturday
evening, Professor H. f. Coggswell,
Scranton's old favorite. will give a
number of selections on the gold COR
net recently presented to him; On Mon
day evening Hector James, baritone, Of
the Scranton Conservatory Of Music,
will make his first appearance before
a Scranton audience.
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