San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05

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pose the membership Of the City Fed
GRAFTON, PRACTICABLE. every one wa:
represented at The first meeting o.
the year held.ou Thursday in Il Wild
flower luncheon. preYdcd over b. Alrs
}. h. Bercttl. president Ct the Fedora
lion. at the RIO Vista Mexican KeS-
tamani.
In her short speech Of greeting To
the members. Mrs. Bcretta called at
teutioa 10 the change Of meeting time
Of The Federation, from the first Fri
day OF each month to lie first Thurs
day, ana 10 the moving picture natl
necs ,bat Mill Re given every Sutur-
day morning at 10 o'clock In tie 1'rin-
cess Thnater for the school children
OF the city, when the Federation menu
bcrs Will select the films ana act as
chapci0ues.
Mrs. j. W. Holt was introduced az
chairman of a new feature Of the Fed
Grafton : activities. which Is series
Of SiN pr0gra!:S 10 be given for Its
meetings throughout the year. Thee
programs will be given by various
musical organizations OF the city, with
many OF which Mrs. Holt is identified.
Tho first u-1rr~m Will be given BY the
Main Avenue High School Orchestra.
Mrs. j. w. McDaLe read her own
very clever IOem on ~Tildi!Ower con
sery2tion which won the first prize
0.feycd in the Hiuebon~'t contest last
spring for poems OF 4 similar ma
ture.
The principal feature Of the meet
ing was the speech by Miss Ellen ID.
Schulz. head OF the department OF nat
ural science in the public schools of
the city, and foremost authority on
the viidfiowers in and about san An
tonic. Miss Schulz touched on con-
servatioI in regard TO trees, birds. fish
and wildflovcrs in general and Wild
flowers III the immediate vicinity of
the city in particular, bringing to her
subject. not only a boundlcSs fund
of exact scientific knowledge. but Il
wealth of warm personal affection for
the myriad varieties of beautiful Wild
flowers that combine to make the lit
tie hills and valleys about the city the
garden spot of the whole United
States.
Laws of every kind lave been
EdScfi ltL lut l'lOittNiOH VI lttGS,
birds and fish. Why not have some
sort Of game laws for ferns and Wild
flowers! They are our sweetest and
gentlest friends in all nature. They
come creeping into our yards and make
the neglected places beautiful, and any
waste space that they can discover,
they Immediately claim as their own
and proceed to decorate in such ela0-
crate fashion MS would be the despair
of the leading florists of the coun-
try. The firewheel that grows in such
wild and riotous profusion III every
yard of available space near San An
tonic, sells for one dollar dozen in
the New York flower shops. Rain
lilies command a similar price.
Miss Schulz showed blueDrints that
have been made of the leading varie-
ties of wiidflowers about the city. by
the students in the Main Avenue High
School, and spoke OF the care that had
been taken TO form them into scrap
books. She groups the wildflowers
into three classes-the very Shy"
ones, which do not take kindly to at
tempted cultivation, such rs the large
orange colored wallflOwers. and the
wild climbing scarlet saliva: the
adaptable, such as the firewheel.
the standing cypress, spiderwort and
phloy. which can be transplanted
where conditions are favorable. and
the friendly" such as the mountain
laurel, rainlily. huisache, yuccapalm,
dandlion. which improve greatly under
care and cultivation.
Plans that are under way for in
Producing wildfloHer care and study
into the eight new junior high schools
of the city, We're discussed and ex-
pl aimed. The planting will be under
the supervision of William III. King,
landscape architect of the city, who
will give careful attention to the char
scter of the soil in the different school
yards i'll choosing the types of Wild
flower most suitable to each. A sane
tuary for birds will be introduced in
the Nathaniel Hawthorne High School
and plants used there will be chosen
with consideration TO bird tastes and
fancies.
At the business meeting that pre-
ceded the luncheon, held on the mez-
Mrs. J. J.. King scoke of the i'm
pOrtance of taking some action in re-
gard to the vacant lots covered with
stagnant water i'll various parts of the
city. Clubs will be asked to co.
operate in this movement. Mrs. j. u.
Smith and her committee. Mrs. Alex
Adams and Mrs. J. T. Fincham, gave
report of the different forms of en-
tertainment that had been offered the
Young men in the military training
camps during the summer. Announce
ment WIS made OF the storytelling
hour to be given on Tusday and Fri
DAY afternoons in Joske Brothers
store by Miss Helen Ford, one of the
well known kindergarten teachers Of
tn city. The entertainment is offer
ed as n compliment from .Ioske Broth
ers Company to the children of San