New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
ROOSEVELT SHARES
DAY WITH VIOLETS
Colonel Reminded of the
River of Doubt When
Looking at Orchids.
ADOLPH LEWISOHN
AGAIN TAKES PRIZE
Tea Garden Will BE Held To-
day Under Auspices Of Ger
man Relief Committee.

William Wordsworth sang of "a vio-
let by mossy stone. half hidden from
the eye, fair as star when only one
is shining in the sky" Which proves
that the English poet had never visited
a flower show.
Yesterday was violet day in Grand
Central Palace, and there were no
mossy stones, but there was wealth
Of volets. Besides, Colonel Roosevelt
was there. and he was not half hidden
from the eye.
The colonel came as the guest of the
New York committee of the American
Hostes for Refugees in Paris, which
shared the receipts of the Red Cross
tea garden with the British War Relief
| Committee yesterday. Mrs. Rlchard
/ Derby, his daughter, is chairman OF the
committee.
Mr.. Roosevelt made n round OF the
/ exhibits, watched the fox trotters IN
/ the tea garden, but did net dance
/ Some of the orchids reminded the colo.
mel of scenes along the "Rlver OF
/ Doubt" and he remarked:
/ "Yes, | saw thousands Of orchids and
picked many of the rare species-some
of them the same varieties you have
here. | did not bring back any living
! plants. for we were on a rough expedi-
/ tion, and handling delicate blossoms
was hardly fitting, but Kermit and /
pressed and dried many rare speci-
mems and brought them back
Wonderful, Says Roosevelt.
Then the. Colonel exclaimed that the
show was Wonderful. wonderful!
Mayor Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell visited
/ the show during the afternoon. Canon
/ Hannay George Birmingham, the
! English author, was the guest of the
British War Relief Committee.
The representatives of the British
committee were Lady Herbert, its pres
ident. and Lord Herbert. Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, Mrs Ralph Sanger, Mrs.
Arthur Scott Burden, Mrs. Alfred
7 Coats. Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar,
Mrs. +. W. Whitridge and Mrs. j. W.
Dixon.
The American Hostels Committee was
represented by Mrs. Derby. Philip }.
Roosevelt, Henry W. Munroe, Mrs, j.
Lloyd Derby, Miss janetta Alexander
Miss Spofford, Mrs. Willard Straight
G.. p. Snow and Mrs. George whitney
Looking as though they had stepped
out of old English prints, the young
women of the British committee served
in the garden. They wore costumes OF
the period of 1850. fashioned after the
pictures drawn by John Leach at ihe
time when Florence Nightingale pc
came famous for her Red Cross work.
Those who poured tea for the COM
NJ, Elo;o NirOll MISS
Mary Pyne, Miss Harriet Post, Mrs
Robert Gerry. Miss Julia Appleton
Miss Dorothy Kane, Mrs. Henry Ives
Cobb. Miss Josephine Osborne, Mrs
William Potter, Mrs. Hermann klnni-
cutt. the Misses Sara. Olga and Mary
/ Hovt Wibo~g. Mrs. Fuller Potter, Miss
lean Morris and Mrs. Frank Bishop.
Among those serving for the Ameri-
can hostels committee, and who were
dressed as dainty French girls were
Miss Janetta Alexander, Miss Mary
Alexander. Miss Margaret Luce. N ss
GLADYS Fries, Miss Helen Crocker, Mrs
Willard Straight, Miss Gretchen Dam
rosch. Miss Harriet McCook and Miss
Mildred Hartman.
Lewissohn Again Winnie.
Yellow acacis pubescens, feathery in
/ appearance, ueHuiODluHI q "a"
orchids, pink tipped and with yellow
throats. combined with buds of Mrs
Aaron Ward roses, formed the layout
with which Adolph Lewissohn won frs'
prize in the artistic table decoration
class for private growers. THIS Is the
third successive year Mr.. Lewissohn has
won this contest. which calls for table
to be set for eight persons and flowers
other than swectpeas TO be used.
Second prize in the class went TO
w. b. Thompson, whose table was
decorated with orchids. Special men
tion was given TO the tables shown by
Richard Delafeld, Mrs. Nathan Straus
William g. Ellis, Mrs. Darlington, NJ
]. Fitzgerald and +. w. Lewis.
In the violet contests, in which two
hundred blooms were judged sinGly
i Peter Hauck. jr., of East Orange, took
first prize; Percy Chubb, of Glen Cove
n. Y, second. c. P. Bahret, of Pough-
keepsie, won first in the single violet
display. covering ten square feet.
The first prize for an American made
floral basket was won by Max Selling, OF
22 West Fifty-ninth Street, with
basket of white silk, which contained
deep pink carmelias.
To-day the tea garden will be held
under the auspices of the German l.e-
lief Committee and the Riverdale-
Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge committee
of the American Red Cross. There VIII
be several professional dance features