Evening star., 1942-05-02

visits the Mart if she is in town, ar
cashier for the fete Mrs. George An
affair, was here, there and eyerywhe
Judges Are Confronted
With Difficult Task.
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, wife OF
the Chief Justice: Mrs. Fairfax
Harrison, and the municipal archi-
tect of the District, Mr.. Nathan
Wyeth. who were the Judges of the
booth arrangements. must have felt
at a loss for some time as to which
was most deserving of prizes, for all
were arranged with much taste and
imagination. The popular bouton-
Mere booth, under the direction OF
Miss Rosalind Wright, won first
prize, and second went to Mrs.
Owen j. Roberts tea table, which
was set up under a striped marquee
on the terrace beside the steps.
The geranium booth, with Mrs.
Charles S. Dewey in charge, won
third prize, and those winning
honorable mention were booths ar
ranged by the Difficult Run Garden
Club, under Mrs. Richard Shands;
the gay yellow wagon arranged by
the Trowel Club, under Mrs. Robert
NJ Hinckley and Mrs Walter Wyatt,
and the garden gadgets booth, with
Mrs Charles L. McNarv in charge.
Miss Wright's winning boutonniere
booth was done in all white. with
the attractive flowers arranged
tastefully in crystal vases on the
table. Miss Wright wore a long
f1owered garden dress, with short
jacket of cerise.
Winning no prize, but drawing
group of admiring women to its
vicinity all day was the exhibit
arranged by members Of the Chevy
Chase, Nd, Garden Club. 1t was
a miniature house. before which real
grass grew, and real flowers were
planted around the tiny white picket
fence. There was tiny rock gar
den. and real fish in the pond beside
the house.
Refreshment Booth
Popular Spot.
The refreshment booth, which won
second prize, was so popular all day
that the ladies in charge found 1t
impossible to keep enough cooling
iced drinks on hand. Thrice a
group of thirsty women arrived beg
ging lemonade. and thrice they were
told to wait-the refreshments were
all gone. but more continued to be
made. only to disappear again. The
long table was done in yellow, with
vases of blue iris and yellow ionquils
lining the center of the table and
matching the striped marquee that
provided shade for this vicinity.
Mrs. Howard s. Wilkinson was
pouring tea for a while, and others
near here were Mrs James Lawrence
Houghteling, Mrs. Wilder Baker, at
the nearby cake table, and Mrs.
William Mckee Dunn, striking IN
her Red Gross uniform, standing
near her organizations booth.
"Hat-Making Contest
Mirth Provoking.
An amusing interlude offered IN
the late afternoon was the nat
making contest" at which punch
of vegetables and flowers were
offered the contestants, and tney
used these. their imaginations, and
a few ribbons to turn out creations
of which Nine Dache herself would
have been envious. Judges Tor the
most original and unique hat were
Mr.. Clifford K. Bergman OF Ihe
Evening Star, Mrs. c. D. Malloy OF
Greenwich. Conn. and Mrs. Ather-
ton Richards. They were soon
agreed that the chic creation done
nv Mrs. Curtis Munson OF CABBAGE
leaves from under the brim OF which
peeked two yellow squashes, should
win first prize. Second prize went
to the saucy white hat which MRS.
Richard Croft trimmed with two
green peppers, three string oeans'
and a bit of green ribbon. Mrs
Walter White won third prize. her
hat being completely covered with
bits of spirea and the green top OF
a pineapple. Another which created
mUcn dUJtllGlOIl Woo bAiS iAoh"
mented with nothing more than two
fascinating turnips.
Fortune Telling Tent
Among Other Features.
There was a fortune telling tent,
Victory garden booth, a ginger
bread stand, which was most popu-
lar with the large number of chill
dren who spent the day on the green
lawn of the Cathedral; the Amer
| lean Womens Voluntary Service
booth, where the national colors
ornamented vanities, matches. bags
and other trinkets and mingled with
| tall "blackout candles" in sales pop
ularity.
/ Among the hundreds who stopped
at the mart during the day were
| Col. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin,
the former trying to persuade some
one to sell the darling black lamp
that was ION exhibition" but not
for sale Mrs. Walter R. Tucker
man was an interested visitor, as
we're Mr.. and Mrs. A. Robertson
Middleton, whose adorable trlplet
| daughters. in brown and white
| striped pinafores. stole the snow
wherever they appeared. Mrs. Jen-.
nings Bailey, ir., and Mrs. Richard
Fav jackson also were noted in the
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