Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-12
FLOWER EXHIBIT SHOWS
WHAT THE CH|lDRL n
HAVE DONE
WOmen'S Club Building Is
Crowded With Bouquets
Grown by School
Children of City.
AWARDING PRIZES
FOR BEST DISPLAY
More Than SS5 viii be Given by
Improvement Society as Result
of Campaign for BeautIy-
Ina City, Started Last
Spring.


The first exhibit of flowers under
the auspices of the Civic Improvement
society of this city took place this
afteroon at the Woman's Club build
ing and will continue all this evening.
The success of the event may only be
judged by the large number of bou-
quets entered in the contest.
AS early as o'clock this morning
little girls and boys could be seen.
donned in their Sunday to -meetin'
clothes and with the products of their
flower gardens in their arms. making
their way to the display room at the
club buildlngn. Flowers OF all kinds.
colors and shapes were collected by
the society for which over sS5 in cash
prizes will be distributed in sums
ranging from a five-dollar gold piece
to a silver fifty cent piece. The three
large tables in the display room OF the
club building were laden TO the very
edge with the most beautiful speci-
mems of flowers ever seen in this part
OF the country.
! They represented asters, nastur-
| tums, cosmos, marigolds, petunlas.
dahlias, roses, sweet peas, morning
glories, coxcombs, verbenas. snap
/ dragons, zinias, daisies, carnatiUns
| sweet aiyssums, golden glows, four
o'cloeks, phloz, and Ruth Sandy
brought a specimen of sunflower
which measured over 13 inches in
Il III MN =
the cotton flower, Snllc C.r..iAr aho
| lloyd Lee .xhiDitad two very large
punches ~ craps hich tney mad
grown on vines given to them by their
father some time age. While no prize
is offered for fr A., the display is
worthy of especial mention and shows
what can be done by the younger gem
Grafton. The fact that many of the
exhibits We're raised on the outskirts
of the city, where good ground is
lscarce and water must be carried 10
1.-THE garden with a bucket from the
pump, makes the displays much more
appreciated by those understanding
the difficulties in their growth.
one little man, Adams Arellanes,
residing on West Cromwell avenue, Is
i deserving If especial credit for mis-
display, wHich ahhough not much for
beauty, represented the fruits of
months of hard labor, as little Adams
is slightly crippled and stated that the
ground was vd.e bad ana he was
forced to carry water for their irriga-
ton for some little distance. His ex-
hibit comprised pretty margolds and
cosmos and was greatly commented
upon.
owing to the lateness Of the chrys-
anthemums and cosmos, another ex'
hiblt of these two favOritt lowers Will
be made at the same place In about
three weeks time.
Many of the young folks who were
represented on the tables with small
displays of their favorite flowers Were
in attendance most of the day the
following judges were present this
afternoon to award the prizes TO the
lucky children: Governor Stover, Nor
man Kemmerer, IL. S. Lithgow' X
w. ID. Bryan, James Stuart and w. w
Mcdonald, while the Civic Improve
ment soc.ety's committee for prizes
, fer flowers grown by the children IA
w. d. Sterling, Mrs. NJ. Medler. Mrs
w. w. Strong, Mrs. Il. Newcomber
Mrs. VIM. Bryce, Mrs. n. B. Field anC
Mrs o. S. Cromwell. These officer
n are elected for the ensuing year anC
- it was this committee that was II
: charge of affairs during the contes
C today.
y Those who entered exhibits toda
= we're the following, and TO their un
t tirng efforts is due the three large
n heavily laden tables of sweet smelling
i posles: Esther Crawford, Paul Mohn
+ Flora Chess, Cecile Cantul, Mariol
Carles, Ruth Sandy, Louise Watson
Pedro Ozuua, Maurine Maynard
Vince Shorn. Helen Springsted, Ma
: Lclllie, Chester Lee, Floyd Lee, Al
d berta Hawthorne, Margaret Cart
i wright, Bertha Simon, jennie Martir
d Martha Stupe, Meyer STERN JennI
i Long, Frida Stupe, George Stup'
II George White. Rob. Blsbee, Evely
Al Fox. Dorothy Brown, Louis McCluT
J. ken, Helen Hilton, Adams Arellane!
Pauline Keller, Bowman Williams, Al
len Learned, Pauline Borradail'
Chas Boatrlght, Elizabeth Twelve
p trees, Rebecca Borradaile. Cecil Pa
e card Lena Espinosa. Genevive Role
- The society distributed flowers
lr the spring and announced that prize
e. would oe given to the children VIII
r produced the best flowers as result
u of their own work. The building wi
be omen this evening 50 that anyOr