The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

the desire to show off the flowers spreads.
In the warmer ATTITUDES in Jersey, where
Asbury Park and Cape May lie, and south
of Jersey, there are larger flowers and
more varieties but the north and cooler
ATTITUDES in the middle west have the sat
isfaction of knowing that their blossoms
keep longer without fading and so are
really finer for floral parade.
The Lenox flower fete, which claims to
be the first established one-though it is
likely that Santa Barbara antedates it
takes place in September. This year it
may be earlier, the latter part of Au-
gust The autumn used to be the time
when society found itself at the Berk-
shires, but latterly there has developed
q fancy for running away 10 the hills
for a few weeks earlier. The same with
Richfield. Autumn used to be the time
for it; now it is summer. And the Rich
field flower parade, much talked of now,
will be held then.
The Lenox flower parade is managed by
The women. Or rather it is managed by
the men and the women do the parading
As Mr.. Frederick w. Gerhard is reported
to have said when asked to place his drag
in the flower parade: 81 will loan the
drag and the horses can drag it, but you
can't drag me into the flower parade
And then he went on to elucidate. He
would decorate the conveyance and assist
the pretty girls to their seats in it, but
hower-decked carriages were for women
The men would have all they could do
trimming the vehicles and admlring the
procession. Theirs to be the spectatorsl
The Lenox wheel flower parade numbers
half a hundred carriages of all kinds. A
beautiful woman leads 1t. All the great
society bellies in turn have taken their
places at the head of this procession. Ono
year a Turkish woman, enshrouded in
floral veil, with male attendants on each
side of her. leading the horses with floral
chains, starts down the wide roadways.
of Nice throwing her blossoms. And then
comes the regular rank and nle, the love-
ly equipages trimmed from horses name
TO carriage end with flowers, and smll-
ing woman driving.
The Saratoga flower festival has taken
on more practical form. 1t is partcipa-
ted in by the school children who are al
lowed to bring up the honored rear after
the grandly decked carriages have passed
The children cultivate plots loaned BY the
village corporation every year-or obtain
ed in some equally philanthropic way for
floral purposes-and the society girls Of
the place have weekly floral sales. All to
get funds for the flower fete, ThiS IS
managed in an expensive and luxurious
way, and is very instructive from the ma
ture of the floral floats" that pass by.
There is talk this year OF having
flower festival at Asbury Park in con-
junction with Ocean Grove, the place adj
Joining. Flowers are scarce at the sea-
shore, some flowers. but others are abun-
udnL ana DG1uLllul lie mower DhEauG
plan Is to decorate the wagons with sea
weed and MOSES. with shells and sea
things. Other wagons are to be trimmed
with water lilies and the poles entwined
with their stems. Nothing is Shower
than these white flowers, nor more plentt-
full where lakes abound. as here.
One of the persons discussing a possible
flower parade at Asbury suggested many
novel ways Of trimming with lilies One
way was to obtain that favorite of the
flower parade, an express wagon, and
stand poles erect at the four corners.
Each pole would have a great bunch of
lilies tied upon the top with lilies fall
ing in a trial at the sides. The rear end