Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1928-07-06
HIGH LIGHTS OF
THE LILY SHOW

iloH Will lts DlOSSulNS anu rag
renee has lapsed into sweet men,
Ories. 1t was glorious success and
surpassed our fondest expectation
and our highest hopes. Harmony is
the support and strength of all in
stitutions and in that spirit the
committees worked, supported by
all the lovers of flowers and things
beautiful on our beloved isle.
Though the greater part of our
large community hall the exhibits
were too closely crowded on the
benches. Next season we will need
not only the whole of the large
hall but also the adjoining room.
The Association will probably fix
a stated date for these annual
shows so that all may know when
they will be held and there will be
time and opportunity to prepare
in every way possible for the show
a year or even two or three years
III advance.
Mrs. Helen Peck's committee on
decoration and placing OF exhibits
deserves much credit. On Friday
evening, practically after p. nj.
they decorated the Hall as we
fond it at 10 a. m. ON Saturday
nJfning. We call this strenuous
and harmonious cooperation.
Lilies galore-Lilies from the
towering Himalayas, from the
Steppes of Siberia, from the shores
of the Mediterranean, from the AT.
lantic seaboard and from our own
great Pacific slope were there,
blooming in all their glory. lfI
Solomon who sang of the spices of
the tropics could have been in this
hall his meager Hebrew vocabu-
larry would have been insufficient
to describe the regal beauty and
delicate odors of these various
lilies and flowers,
Wonderful annual and percn-
nial flowers. Many varieties and
species of numerous genera and
families of plants. Baskets and
vases Of them most artistically ar
ranged. Lilies SIT high. Larkspur
reaching halfway mp the ceiling
The great vigor of the plants at
tractod much attention. II shows
that they are at home here in this
Puget Sound country, and they
say in language that is stronger
than words that our climate is
ideal for their highest develop
ment.
And what roses We tried to Sc
lect best dozen, but had to goI
home and sleep over il for there
were several best dozens. 1t re-
minds us of Nels Peterson the bu-
teher, who would say. Here,
Madam, is the best piece of beef
in the shop" If Madam hesitated
"And here is something better.
Friend Shride certainly had them
studying and guessing.
The Laughlin brothers, both fa-
nous in pedagogy, had an educa-
tional exhibit that was more in
structive than a long lecture. First
in line were the lily seeds. Then
the little Seeding bulbs three
months-old. Above these the bulbs
Is months-old and in bloom. Up
higher larger ones 27 months, and
above these large mature ones of
three and one-half years.
An unusual, or rather a new
feature in the decorations, at
tracted attention. 1t was the
moss-coyered mound or slope of
80 degrees, studded with numcr.
ous regal blossoms.
Mrs Houghton and her assis
tants certainly knew how to sup
ply the innermost wants of the
most fastiduously. Joe Smith said
after the first piece Of angel cake
that it was the best he ever ate.
Then he ote some devil cake and
il was the best he ever ate Then
another kind when he declared.
that the superlative degree of
good was absolutely inadequate to.
express his innermost feelings. Joe
IS expert in saying the right thing
at the right time.
Our ladies certainly know how
10 make the most delicious cakes
in the world. / always tell Ger
trude when she gives me a piece Of
cake that it is thu best ] ever ale
and then She give me another very
generous piece.
Just after the awards had been
placed by the judges, a gentleman
asked "Where is Mr. Lewis
n..1IsfS W. totJ hin, that | nt,-jq