Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-19
|E0WER MARKET
! ATTRACTS THR0NG
r;ehth Annual Event Is Held
IN Rittenhouse Square.
Many Booths
SEVERAL NEW FEATURES

Philadelphia went a'Mayins today IN
p;,,euhouse Square.
ns,ked in lowered aprons, escaping
:. .un under droopy, brimmed hats,
~ !, m.trons, young debutantes and sub
"a ,S.,.ntes came and stayed in the sha- =
;.w ;,, ot phlladelphia's aristicratic plaza
W. ~ dsy long and helped to make the
'.,,h annual flower market which
..d to-day what everybody declared
cprnh .n h-a bowling success.
u Tbe placid pool that glitters in the
-,isI. of the square and reflects the
mn,.s.iul n,usi trees that wave over 1t was
sh;n;np centerpiece of mixed effects
tne .s"onsstions all day long. There were
~. ~ s,rls looking like flowers them
lA,1.. nyss In their futtering white dresses
s.u;n, with struggles on to brilliant
nvsS nassrsS balloons; there were patient
S,Sa, ,.nh,nr men staggering under heavy
pw.,tst baskets, and there were the
s.;,sst % of young society girls weaving
m.,r way in and out, one minute very
nsa,ssd and the next minute washing
%.;r hands under q convenient hose.
Girl With Doll
Miss Kitty Bruton, fetchingly dressed
!. ubite with q white sports hat, car
I'D y A doll dressed In pink, whose name
vM Elsie. and who was looking for
,,,snds. Miss Margaret Berwind sold
INV bououets of flowers and, in her
asis niue sweater and pretty white
s,;ne did a good rival business with
4. flowers. Then there was Gladys
~, whose wares consisted of little
sskets OF mountain laurels. Miss Fox
M dressed all in blue with a corn
coored sports hat. 49,
No one came to the square who did
nst hear about Mrs. Walter Waring
jIopkinson, who was fortune teller
Dressed In medieval costume, n green
and rold gown with Grecian lines, she
dd a thriving business. A gold band
drelpd her pretty blonde hair and a
MYSTERIOUS gold cloth curtain dds
rui.ed" her eyes. A rival attractive
vv Madnme de Beausset, Russian
lady who Is visiting Mrs. r. B. Cas-
at She was dressed as Russian
Sister Of Mercy and created great stir.
To complete the picture, perched
hish on the wall that surrounds the
ncrth end of the pool, were girl artists
itcm the Academy Of Fine Arts sketch
ins the constantly changing colorful
scene that unfolded all around them.
One Of tn efeatures of the flower mar
ket this year Is the offering Of three
prizes 10 students at the academy for
DE three best sketches of the flower
market. The prizes of sos, S15 and
80 are donated by the flower market
committee and will be awarded May 20.
Restaurant Around Fountain
The artists found plenty to sketch.
A restaurant Immediately surrounds
lie byntain and then spreading out
Su tbat, all over the square, were
~ d0ReS booths and their more
ubHalian cousins, the dairy and vegc-
table hooths. Ninety five pretty girls
and matTopS served luncheon.
Beneficiaries of the show are the San
Chstoforo Day Nursery, Social Service
Department OF the Pennsylvania Hos
pital, Rittenhouse Square Fairgrounds
The Executive Committee for the
show Is composed of Mrs. Eli Kirk
Price, chairman Mrs. A. W. Crawford,
Mrs. Thomas Elwyn and Mrs. Howard
Pancoast.
Booth No. 1 Is in charge of Mrs.
Henry B. Coke, Mrs. Theodore Cramp
ind Mrs. Joseph Leidy; No. 2, Mrs.
ddney W. Keith, Mrs. John w. Pep
yer, Miss Julia Berwind and Mrs. Ed
yard B. Cassatt; No. 3. Miss Annie
Push; No. 4, Mrs. John p. Hollings-
vorth; No. s, Mrs. William d. Grange;
No. 8, Mrs. Marshall Morgan Gar
len Club of Philadelpha) No. 7, Mrs.
William G. Rhoads (Society of Little
iardens) No. 8, Mrs. Louis II. Page
Gardeners of Montgomery and Della
ware Countless No. 0, Mrs. Albert H.
Cart Alliance); No. 10,
Yrs. 0. Perry Pepper (The Wecders)
No. IL, Mrs. Francis Stewart; No. 12,