The New York herald., 1921-03-17
CARNATION DAY DRAWS CROWD
OF $4,000 TO FLOWER SHOW
Mrs. Payne Whitney Among
Winners Of Prizes for Table
Decorations.

With the third day of the Interna-
tional Flower Show in the Grand Cen
trail Palace there was yesterday
further intensiication of color and
fragrance. Fresh radiance, added to
the floral glories Of the preceding days.
came with "carnation day." which
brought new spicy odor to the myriad
of sweet smells that have made the
scene of the eighth annual flower show
place OF aesthetic fascination.
The carnation In all It's varied shades
and sizes held the centre OF the stage
and with the tea garden. the Belgian
orchid and the back yard garden con-
stituted the four outstanding features
of midweek at the show.
Another important characteristic OF
Wednesday at the Flower Show was the
undisguised high spirits of Mr.. Theodore
\. Havemeyer. president OF the Horti-
cultural Society OF New York, which.
with the New York Florists Club, Is
conducting the show. MIR Havemeyer
had good cause for jubilation as he
watched during the afternoon the
largest crowd that ever attended g
flower show in New York elbow Its way
lNTOusn lne moral Streets
The attendance to-day and tonight
will exceed by many hundreds that of
Tuesday" said Mr. Havemeyer. "On
the second day OF the show the record
showed 1000 paid admissions and fully
5000 more commercial admissions were
deposited In the boxes at the gates. II
is safe to say that on carnation day.
always 4 popular one at our exhibits,
the attendance will be fully $4,000 for
the day and evening"
Great Crowds I'm AisIes.
1t was easy to believa Mr.. Havemeyer.
Walking was slow work. but the crowds
in the aislcs were at an advantage. as
properly to view the mass of flowers of
q hundred varieties one must move
slowly.
Father Knickerbocker was one of yes
terdays new exhibitors. Park Commits
ssner Gallatin Of Manhattan and Park
Commissioner Harman OF Brooklyn told
the borough gardeners to go the limit In
making the municipal exhibits repre-
sentative and worthy ones. with the re-
suit that IA large part of the general
public got well acquainted with the
work Of the city's horticulturists
Competition in Judging the carnations
was keen. and the exhibits were the best
ever sent to local flower show. The
prize winners in the various classes were
Mr.. Robert Mallory of Port Chester, ~
Y; Mrs. Arnold Schlate Of Saugatuck
Conn. Mrs. Percy Chubb of Glen Cove
Countess Hohenstein OF Edge Hill. Pa
who won high honors with her roses the
day before: Mrs. William d. Guthrie OF
Locust Valley. Mr.. Howard Cole of
Madison. y. j.; Mrs. Payne Whitney,
whose gardens are at her country place
at Manhasset, l.. /. Mr.. w. 3. Thomp-
son of Yonkers Major L. l.. Durham OF
Madison. Mrs. Edward Holbrook OF
Stamford. Conn. Mr.. George Grant
Mason Of Tuxedo Park and Mrs. Fred
eric r. Lewis of Ridgefield, Conn.
The judges pondered long over the
table decorations. In which carnations
alone were permitted Mr.. Thomas
Aitchison of Mamaroneck captured first
prize in the competition. Mrs. Ridley
Watts OF Morristown won second and
Mrs. Payne Whitney third. The Short
Hills Garden Club was awarded the Max
Schling gold medal for having the best
exl Ibit in the show by a club In the
Garden Club OF America. Miss Angelica
Schuyler Church, who Is becoming a
'~trcas of note. designed the statue
o.. %arsissus In the Short Hills Clubs
exhibit.
object Lesson I'm Gardens.
The object lesson staged by the City
Gardens Club for the Improvement OF
Back Yards won that organization a
lot OF new members yesterday. Miss
Frances Peters. chairman OF the club.
and other executives such as Mrs. John
A. Dix. Mrs. James s. Metcalfe. also
known to a large pubic as Bessie
nd Mru Ia
all they could do to tabu,ate new mem
hers at 81 each. Mrs. Carol McComas
vino is appearing In Mss Luia Bett,"
was there to help them There is no
doubt but that, as a result of the two
booths OF the City Gardens Club. plenty
OF city back yards. now ieserts Of con-
glomerate litter, will bloss ON this sum-
mer into radiant but inexoensive garden
plots.
In the tea garden about .t.00U a day
has poured into the treasury OF tho
social service department OF Bellevue
Hospital Yesterday was Artists Day"
and such painters and Illustrators as
Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson and Mr..
James Montgomery Flags were Joined
by Miss Irene Castle sd hobrook
Blinn. In the ballroom Miss Jessics
Brown from the Century Promenade
danced
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany and Mrs. Eu-
gene s. Reynal shared responsibility in
the general management Of tno tearoom.
which was crowded during tea drinking
time. The Misses Margaret Tucker and
Ruth Manierre were the captains, with
Mrs. Rowland B. Jones and the Misses
Mary Hurd. Polly Lincoln rr1pe Lincoln.
Martha Lambert. Ethel Pc ter. L zabeth
Clark, Katherine Knapp. Eleanor Landon.
Elizabeth Manning. Catheel Crawford,
Polly Blaine Damrosch. Anita Livlngton.
Elizabeth Moffat Virginia Fox. MARI
quita Pennifnan and Katherine Post as
Mattresses. who were an resourcrful -
they were patient through three hours
of hard work. The usual group OF SUB
debutantes were financiail" SUE cessfgl
In selling flowers to the tea drinkers and
reporting to Mrs. --ouis Livingston.
In the show proper to-day pr zcs VIII be
awarded for dinner table decorations Of
miscellaneous flowers by I..vate grow
ers and for displays OF cat flowers by
growers.
To-day will be opera day" al the
Tea Garden. On behalf Of the commit
tee Mrs William II. Darlington win be
hostess, and some OF the chief guests
will include Miss Lucrezia Bori. Antonio
Scott. Giuseppe 40 Lucca and Clarence
Whitehill OF the Metropolitan Opera,
Mrs. Whitehill, Miss Julia Arthur and
Nine. d'Alvarez. Miss Gladys Walton
and John Lowe of the Century Prom
enade will hold forth In the ballroom