Evening star., 1935-05-17
FlOWerSale
For Aid of
Orchestra
Mart, to Have Many
Features, Offered
at Seminary.

"A FLOWER MART to aid the Ma
"A tional Symphony Orchestra Asso-
citation will be held from to Z O'Clock
tomorrow at Mount Vernon Seminary,
at Nebraska and Massachusetts ave-
nues. sponsored by the Mount YER
non Seminary Alumnae Association.
Through the influence of its founder,
Mrs Elizabeth ]. Somers, this associa-
ton has always promoted the pioneer
educational movements, among them
being the kindergarten at Nclghbor-
hood House, a school for mountaineers
at Bluemont, Va, and the Elizabeth j.
Somers Home of the Y. w. c. A. In
the interest of the students concerts
Of the National Symphony Orchestra
the Mount Vernon Seminary Alumnae
are acting under the guidance of the
Educational Committee of the orches-
ira association, of which Miss Grace
Dunham Guest and DR.. Henry Grat-
tan Doyle are co-chairmen.
The flower mart has been made
possible by the donations of friends of
the National Symphony Orchestra.
The initial gift was the opening of the
school and grounds of Mount Vernon
Seminary through the interest and
courtesy of Miss Jean Dean Cole, the
headmistress The announcements of
the flower mart have been given by Mr..
F. H. Roberts and the posters by the
art schools of Washington, which in
clude the Abbott School of Fine and
Applied Arts, the Hill School of Art,
Mount Vernon Seminary, the National
School of Fine and Applied Arts, the
Potomac School and the Yard School
of Fine Arts. Sketches for the booth
arrangements have been made by Mr..
William l. Deming. The lumber is
given through Mr. Ralph H. Campbell
and the marquee also has been do
mated
A flower booth has been taken by
the Chevy Chase Garden Club, which
will be under the direction of Mrs.
Parker Dodge. and the Rockville Gar
den Club will be presided over by
its president Mrs. J. Harry Gormley
assisted by Mrs. Adolphe E. Guide,
while the Bethesda and Burleltn Gar
den Clubs are sending gifts of flowers
Other contributors are local florists
and other merchants.
There will be two tables of garden
accessories, one under the manage
ment of Mrs William E Pearson and
Mrs. John H. Small, Sd, while the sec
ond is arranged by Mrs Boyd Taylor
and Mrs. Carl A. Droop. Each will
display odd things not found else
where.
A fortune teller Mrs. James Hamil-
ton Lewis, will be present to divulge
the past and forecast the future for
the curious. Also a program of three
plays will be given by the Junior
Leagues Rambling Marionettes"
under the direction of Mrs. Forrest B.
Rolal. This will take place at 4:15
O'Clock.
Tea will be served from 4 to s
O'Clock in the field house by students
of the home economics department Of
Mount Vernon Seminary. The tea
hour has been provided for by gifts
from local firms.
The Treble Clef Club will have a
candy cart made possible by the gen.
erosity of local confectioners.
The Educational Committee of the
National Symphony Orchestra Asso-
citation is interesting the alumnae as
sociations of the schools and colleges
in the educational phase of the Ma
tional Symphony and announcements
have been sent to the schools and COL
leges of Washington. all of whom the
faculty and A,umnae Association Of
Mount Vernon Seminary wish to well
come, as well as to the other friends
of the National Symphony Orchestra
Association, tomorrow afternoon.
The sponsors are Miss Alice ]. Clapp.
Miss Jean Dean Cole, Mrs Henry Par
sons Erwin, Miss Elsie Foerderer and
Mrs. Huron W. Lawson.
The Committee for Arrangements
includes Mrs. c. Norris Millington,
chairman; Miss Bliss Finley, vice
chairman; Mrs. Robert C. Dove, Mrs.
Carl A. Droop, Mrs Charles w. Fair
fax. Mrs. Walter A. Gait Mrs William
E. Pearson, Miss Blanch Polkinhorn,
Mrs. Boyd Taylor and Miss Grace
Willis.