Police Prevent Women Contrast to Summer's Heat From Entering Blazing Inferno A very successful flower show was held yesterday afternoon at the With flames shooting high into the American Women's Club, 577 Bub-sky, many late, Shanghailanders, on bling Well Road, the cool shade of their way home from various night-the Club rooms and the colour and spots, were attracted to a fire which greenery of the flowers and ferns roke out shortly before 2 a.m making effective contrast to the heat yesterday in a small village at the pf outdoors. A gorgeous mass of corner of Great Western and Tung-giant calceolarias and gloxinias in sing Roads. varying shades occupied the music The crackling of the fastly burning rostrum, being Mr. W. J. Ko annual contribution to the beauty of wood and the low explosions of oil containers, lent a dramatic touch to the show, the Columbia Country Club the large blaze, whilst several also sending beautiful snapdragon hysterical women, who had managed and pansies. to escape from the inferno, had to The three judges of the entries were Mrs. E. O'Bolger, Mrs. W. K. be forcibly prevented from re-enter-Nance and Mrs. W. J. Kerr The ing their burning homes in an effort to salvage their meagre belongings prize winners were as follow: Which had already fallen to the Bow! of flowers:—-1, Mrs. Bernard; 2 Mrs. Emens: hon. mention, Mrs. B. C. flames.
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