The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-31
MARJORIE sroNEHAm DOUGLAS

! ture and, fixtures for the house anc
lawn as follows:
Delco Lights, the electric light bat
terry and Illuminating system fol
lighting the lawn and band stand. %
Railey- Milan Hardware Co, labor
saving kitchen devices and novelties
Yelvington Hardware Co, the fire
less cooker and demonstration.
| The Moore Furniture Co., the living
room set and porch furniture.
The Bel-Jar Coffee Co, made and
served the coffee for the cafeteria
gratis.
Turner Music Co. furnished the song
books for the community sing.
The Studio Book Shop supplied the
tbooks for the ideal home library.
About four hundred and fifty PEG.
pie, from a radius of eighty miles
which included Palm Beach on the
north, to Homestead on the SOUTH
iWere present.
Prominent people and officials of
South Florida, who were present
were:
Mrs. Robert N. Seymour, chairman
| of Applied Education of the Florida
Federation Of Women's Clubs and sec
rotary Of the Miami Council of Civic
Clubs.
C. NJ. Fisher, superintendent Of
schools Of Dade county.
Miss Agnes Ballard, superintend-
ent of schools of Palm Beach county.
]. c. Curtis, head OF the Miami
park department.
r. V. Waters. vice president of the
Miami Realty Board and treasurer of
the Miami Community Council.
Robert Lewis .Zoll, Miami Civic
Herald.
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, dircc-
tor of city planning activities for the
Miami Community Council.
Paul Scott, treasurer Of Dade coun-
ty bar association and chairman Of
the community fund Of Miami.
Mrs. William Mark Brown, vice
president of the Florida Federation
of Woman's Clubs.
Mrs. Lon Worth Grow, vice presi-
dent of the Miami Woman's Clubs.
Mrs. Harvey Jarrett, president of
the Miami W. c. T. L.
Mrs James Gardner Hancock,
president of the Miami Parent Teach
ers' Association.
Miss Helen Lester, president OF the
Garden Club of CocOnut Grove.
F. NJ. Button, landscape architect.
Mrs. Phillip Clarkson president OF
the Miami D. A, r.
Mrs. Sue Moore, president Of the
Dade County League of Women Hot-
ers.
Miss Nell Avery, principal OF the
South Side School of Miami.
Arthur Eeene, managing editor oil
the Miami Metropolis.
Harold Bailey, i'll charge Of the
Miami Beach Geological Gardens.
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Noewell. chairman
of the Current Events Dept. No-
mans Club.
The total cost Of the home demon
stration was less than one hundred
dollars. Because of the interest III
the community idea most OF the Ia
hor was donated. All necessary eX-
penses were covered by the cateterla
supper which was served ON the lawn
in the evening and enough more was
made to finish payment on the ne"
roof Of the club house.
The house use was detached, thor
cughly so, with a value of about i've
thousand dollars-a normal ldeal
country tropical home. 1t had been
Manned and built with the idea OF
adaptation to climatic conditions, ana
that was why 1t was selected for the
1t was offered for use
bv its builder and owner, Mrs. Harold
W. Dorm. Two acres of land USED
for lawns, <1owcr, vegetable and frult
gardens, chicken yards ana STAT
plans surround the house.
with orange and avocado groves pc
vond that. Not anything was lnclud-
ed in the scheme of house, GROUNDS OF
fixtures. which would not be perfect
" possible to normal family income
md which was not utilized III direct
relation to local needs and conditions
kThe chief interest in the GROUNDS
ay in the fact that they had been de-
,elopcd with purely tropical Negeta-
ion. The introduction of tropical
which belong in South florl-
la, rather than the encoura cement |
# northern varieties, which are
neither unique nor adaptable, is one !
If the problems of this DISTRICT. The
Dorm home, therefore. was a great |
means of education to the visitors, !
Who saw the tremendous possibilities |
If beauty and value in tropic trees, |
shrub, vines and fruits.
The man in charge of the Orna |
mental Gardening department has
abeled all exhibits carefully.