Evening star., 1923-02-25


country. has just announced the re-
suits of the competition offered last
autumn. and $100 in prizes has been
distributed in four classes. The gar
dcns We're Judged by photographS and
the first prize of $50. which was Of
fcred for "A space not less than 600
i"c'' or one-eiGnth Of an acre, went TO
Mrs. FLORENCE NJ. Underwood of Lake
Forest, ILL.,, who submitted score Of
views OF her garden. all taken BY her
self. The second prize of $1J for
some ornamental feature of a garden
went to Mrs. RachCubacher PaCkenbach
- East Orange. y. j.. for a tall foun-
';tin st III a Woodland glade. The third
award. also for $l5, was fo! the best
rc3tfncnt Of the front of a city house
and was Won by a firm Of builders in
Los Angeles. y prize of $50 was award
ID Mrs. Bertha Siin9dulf for the best
-" q a back Yard. Hers is 10 by so
tset. plamt,d in fruit trees. vegetables
and small berries as we'll, and flowers.
and presented III the photo i charming,
i"Stful spot. hemmed in by city houses
aud usual clutter of alleys. The asso-
'laton Of small gardens has members
IN twenty eight of the states and the
competition for the prizes came from
every section and some from London
ana the lake regions Of England. There
IS no barrier erected against any COM
petitor in this country or across the
'''e0ii, ana the Judges are prlctic3i gar
deners, artists ana architects OF inter
national reputation.
Tho cat is having h.s day--in fact,
never was the cult of the feline car
ried on SO universally. Three eX-
QuiSite paintings recently exhibited
show prominent women with their
Persian5-ATrs. L. T.. Baldwin with
Lord EChoson. the winner OF 50 many
gold r,iii,
tFat his slender. ariStocratic neck
coulS not hold them all: Mrs. Frank
r. Bell has a charming Persian cat
who sits in her lap for his portrait
as calmly as court beauty. His name
Is Winter Pax. and he has led all the
list for this variety under a year old.
Another lovely Persian is Miss Car
ioll Mays. another winner of rib
hons ana hon"rs. persians for the
monce hold popular favor in this coun-
try, for so few genuine Siamese cats.
ribbon winners in England. are ever
seen. But they have been the favor
ties in the British isles ever since
the late King OF Siam presented one
OF tn" royal court cats to King
George, then the Duke of York. and
sailing around the world This royal
NlameSe was the mascot of the dukes
ship. but later became the property of
|'rlnCcSS May, now the queen. OF
The court cats of Siam not more than
Il dozen have ever been known to
nave gotten out of the country, and
hey rank in value with pedigreed
horses or the best canine strain. The
1rst cat having died, the Siamese
monarch sent pair to the young
married BritonS by a special envoy,
and those presented by the queen to
her very particular friends are of
their progeny.
Chiselhurst, in Kent. and five miles
from London, the great estate of
Queen Elizabeth's renowned minis
was purchased by Napoleon LII as a
retreat after his dethronement in
1870, has an additional attraction for
the tourist, now that the Empress
Eugenlc has been placed to rest in
the same sarcophagus as her husband
and son. The late empress left her
tine home in Hampshire to the Brit
maintain it perpetually as a rest
home for inNalided soldiers. still in
active service. The ChiselhurSt es-
tate went to her favorite nephew,
Prince Victor Bonaparte, who mar
ried the youngest daughter OF the
late Leopold King OF Belgium. the
Princess Clementintt, and the family
resides there during the hunting sea-
son. The mortuary chapel which
Eugenia built for her spouse and the
prince imperial is a small. unpre-
tending structure with a high altar
Of Niennese marble. and two steps
below and divided by a row of jas
gus, surmounted with the shield of
tho Bonapartes, and now engraved
with the three names--Napoleon III,
EuGeniC. empress of the French, and
Louis Napoleon, prince imperial.
There are four lovely stained glass