Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-10

INTEREST among society women at
the present time seems to be direct
~ ed towards gardening, and the more
fashionable the set the more animated
the attention paid this particular di.
version, for such il necessarily becomes
when fosteder by this contingent. The
annual flower show at the Grand Cen.
trail station, New York City, has filled
colums Of the Metropolitan society pa.
gcs. "The most important party of
the week, said one New York society
writer, twas given by the flowers.
They took Grand Central palace for the
occasion and they gave u continuous
performance, for which different fami.
lies acted as hOstesses ON different
days. Mrs. Stotesburg at her best ncy.
er made a more gracious hostess than
the roses on their afternoon for dis
pensing hospitality and the famous en-.
tertainments conducted professionally
by Mrs. X. w. Iawkesworth for Mrs
Stuyyesant Fish never offered anything
more picturesque than the sweet peas
presented at their home. There were
literally acres of them and they nodded
with such modest grace and flowed in.
TO such beautiful color schemes that
the judges voted them the most charm
ing hosteSscs Of the season
Meantime, while they were showing
off in q gcntcel, wcll.bred way, the po.
lite ladies Of fashion stood in groups
around them discussing flower talk
"Womon Of New York have gone
mad over gardening To bolong to a
sowing class is desirable, but to belong
to garden club is necessary. Unhap.
ny ia the Wall strceter who cannot sup.
ply his wife with country place
whore she cun raise flowers and talk
Flower gossip along with the best of
them. Even the woman with only q
modest little apartment in New York
(for which she pays about million
dollars year. and is prevented by tn,
safety department of the city govern
mcnt from having II box outside hei
window, has flower ROOM whore sh,
raisco one thing and other and chatter,
hcr experiments
The gardening fad or fever, whicl
ever Il Is, has swept the central an,
middle western states and has ever
reached the Pacific coust, including on
own Oregon; and although inclination
towards floral cultivation is not 30 no
ueeable here ns it is farther oust
renewed interest is noted among "a
cicty women in outoldOor 0ctiyitic
along this line. Many Of Salem 's love
licst lawns, hcdgerows and floral gan
dens speak eloquently Of feminine ci
forts, the annual floral exhibition mad
nj the state fair furnishing another ouI
let for expression in flower culture ci
forts
Among Salem women who have bee
particularly successful in thia work
Mrs. F, l., Purvine OF 1909 Rose av,
nue.. Her "Dnhla Farm is alread
quite renowned, although, her effort
IN growing this special flower al
quite recent. Mrs. puryiue's cxhb
iion last year at the state fair attrac
cd much attention, sweepstakes beiu
awarded her over five competitor
farce from Portland; and one cac
from Polk county and Ashland. ~
has up 10 the present time dcvclopc
specimens in the cactus, peony, aud de-
oratiyo varieties, show dahhus to |
produced later Altogether she has abol
one hundred aud fifty varieties, an
this spring added u number of new VI
rcties, exchanging bulbs with dahl
cnthuainsts all over the country.
The largest and most conspicuous
Post Lonton affairs aud one most hal
ply anticipated viii be the musiea
given by Mrs. Lucicus Kmball png
aud Mrs Henry Clifford Epley, In ii
Masonic Temple next Friday aftcrnoo
from half past two until half past ii,
O'Clock. Nearly five hundred invit
tiOn have been issued.
The society vaudeville In which fo,
slcver young folk participated, giy,
az the new Oregon theatcr, Wedncsdt
aud Thursday evenings, was entire
successful both from an artistic al
financial standpoint the Senior Gui
of ~. Paul's church to be the ben
tieiary. Practically every one atten
st, demonstrating their appreciation
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