42 r 1 SAN FRANCISCO · OAKLAND to PALO AlTO SACRAMENTO · FRESNO" lOSANGElES · BEVERLY HUlS PASADENA · SANTA BARBARA · lA JOllA" StATTlE r "'f .. A- ". 4IiI.. j:o n ...._ .'-'........ I .< , !1 r ! - .J :::" .1 . V I øI ,-" ,..' f':" f':': - ::.:: -H -L- f:: ,I. Magnin & CO. likes by Elean'or Green... t · red, royal blue or bla '1Il1o."" -/ .............. . t .. , --=t !\I I;; ............,.,. "I . / I ' "t" < ',- "'-. · e-form chemise ined wool jersey, o 18 sizes 29.95 moil orders (add 55(/. for shipping) to Union Square San Fran sco or t ep one your nearest I. Magnin store firm's secretary and director of research. Charles Perkins was at his desk in a corner office overlooking the display garden-a tall, vigorous man with keen eyes behind g.old-rimmed spectacles and the expression of almost infinite pa- tIence that I have often seen on the faces of people who spend much of their lives waiting for nature to make the next move. Books about roses and cans containing fertilizers and dusting powders filled the bookshelves along one wall, and an enormous Pacific sailfish, with a plaque announcing that my host had caught it, was mounted on another. Observing that Mr. Perkins was chew- ing on a cigar, I was reminded of the saying that a man with a fondness for roses will also have a fondness for fishing and cigars. "I hope you don't mInd my cigar," he remarked as he settled me in a chair. "Many of the ladies I run across in this busin ess just can't stan d th em." I assured him that cigars were quite all right with me. "Good," he said. "Well, you've come at just the right time. The garden's at its height. Three weeks ago, we couldn't have told you wheth- er there'd be a rose in bloom, what with the late spring we've had here- abouts. Why, in May some of the nights were so cold we had to use smudge pots to keep the temperature from falling too low around the plants. But this hot weather has brought the blooms out like the hair on a dog. You can't count on the seasons being regular any more. vVhen our 1956 festival was due to open, the bùshes were still only in bud, and we broadcast announcements over stations in Rochester and Syra- cuse telling people to stay away for a while. Gosh! They flocked here in greater numbers than ever. It rained part of the time, too, but the people seemed to en JOY the festival, in spite of all the soaked 4- H queens and the sop- ping crêpe paper. Here, this will show you where we stand this year." \ir. Perkins handed me a copy of the festival program, and I saw that I had missed, among other thIngs, the crowning of a Rose Princess; a Kiddie Costume Contest, in which the children wore costumes made of real or artificia] roses; the Sterling Bowl Tournament, in which fourteen rose arrangers from all parts of the country competed for a silver bowl donated by the Sterling Silversmiths Guild of .LL\.merica; Camera Day, during which representatives of Eastman Kodak demonstrated how to photograph roses; and a Festival of Fashions, in which models employed by a Rochester department store paraded through the display garden carrYIng CHAMPAGNE ,/ FRANCE'S FINEST SINCE 17:60 I 1# J \ ? "1 t.. 1i.ð , -- .... < ,,"" '\ \ \ ;-. r "' '';;'10: "ZiB 1/I '1c . ff . ("'f; L . .Ã' +,....., --\-( .: .. ' ,. !:'1?-41YCF ....4....... .? ,.:;" 4 "'-IW....,""- .... 0....: Co .n. r "'Ør. .......... .......'" " ORATHJt % ,t it> ,\, , , ,," There's only one question-can"you . fford it? IMP 0 R TED FRO M F RAN C c · S C HEN lEY I M PO R T co. # N. Y.