Arizona republican., 1918-04-24
SWEET PEA SHOW. AND PROGRAM AT. CLUB ENJOYABLE

Listening to a splendid address by Guy Manners, who told of the wonder full power for work in such organiZa- tions as the woman's clubs of the land, enjoying a varied program furnished by pupils of the School of Music, and further privileged to see a rare col lection of sweet peas at the annual exhibit, the affair at the Womans club yesterday proved altogether one of the most successful of the season. The attendance for the program was very large, those coming completely filling the big apartment and even overflow ing out of doors.
 MT. Manners, who is a wonderfully forceful talker a man who has served in the British army, who has been at the front and who knows whereof he speaks, told of the power given wom- anllind to aid in such a national crisis as this. He said the force of woman's clubs all over the land is doing won ders for the nation in time of need.
 The program given by tN School of Music pupils was as follows:
 Dance-Novelette Easter Williams, pianist, Agnes B. Griffin.
 Piano-Rhapsody No. F, Liszt, Ag- nes B. Griffin.
 Vocal-The Star, J. II. Rogers The Years at the Spring. Mrs. H. A. Beach, Clara Milky; accompanist, Mrs. Charles W. Ferry
 Dance-Sweet Pea dance, Caroline 1 Goldwater, Berrita Hull, Anna Rosen- zweig; pianist, Agnes B. Griffin.
 The display of sweet peas, held un- der the auspices of the civics educa- tional department, was both large and beautiful. The number of exhibitors was large and included several from out of town. This show is an annual event and is held for the purpose of fostering the culture of sweet peas in | home gardens. The judges of the dis 1 play were H. J. Brace, of BraZee' s l Flower Shop; J. A. keene, custodian of l the capitol grounds, and Mir. Lief greene of the Arizona Floral and Seed company, who substituted for Richard Altman of the Altman Flower Shop, who was unable to be present on ac- 1 count of illness.
 The prize winners are as follows:
 Best center piece: First, Mrs. W. F. i Neaill; second, Miss Orma Orme. Best collection of Spencer sweet l peas, prize dopated by Phoenix Feed and Seed company; First prize, Mrs l Dwight Deity.
 Best collection of six varieties 25 ] SltiliS CdNus pltZto lOlISt Co py liiC Al T. zona Floral and Seed company: First Mrs. E. A Marshall; second, Mrs. W 1 w. McNeff
 Best exhibit white sweet peas, best exhibit dark pink sweet peas and best exhibit light blue sweet peas; prizes offered by Mrs. Dwight E. Heard: Wor by Miss Orma Orme.
 Exhibits of light pink, red and sal mon; prizes offered by Mrs. Dwight E Heard and won by Mrs. E. D. Welch.
 The special prize offered by Mrs 1 Heard for best sweet peas grown un der most difficult conditions was woI by Mrs. c. J. Baden of Christmas.
 The ooy's prize offered by Mrs. Ro- land C. Dreyer was won by Samue Sutherland, while the girls prize was won by Eleanor Alexander.
 The prize offered by Mrs. E. H Parker for the best display of p stems each, IA inches long and containing five blooms. was not won, none of the flowers measuring up to the require ments.
 A large centerpiece of lavender sweet peas, donated by Mir. Morton, manager of the Donofrio Floral company, wa: bid off at the close of the exhibit fol the reception to Bishop Atwood.
 After the exhibit had been judged the flowers were sold and the money which was obtained will be used in tn, purchase of war savings certificates.