A FLORAL PARADISE

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1929, Page 7

A FLORAL PARADISE

LONDON, March 10

Amid all the roaring turmoil oi London, people sat yesterday in the peace and flower-scented seclusion ol an old-world garden, where was no sound but that of water failing melodiously over mossv stones.

Beyond a grassy hank that gleamed and glowed with congregated blossoms of spring, the wheel of an ancient mill turned with soothing slowness; and beyond this stretched nil enchanting vista of hills and dalcr and flowering meadow.

Where could such a paradise he in this 'vinfrv metrep lisp Nowhere but in tho “Daily .Mail” Ideal Homo lv bibition at Olympia, Kensington, W

SINUOUS RILLS

There, almost all things are made possible. The exhibition transform' Olympia into a modern semblance ol that “stately pleasure-dome” decreed by Kubla. Khan in Xanadu; and the 'pinions that form such a lovely feature of the exhibition may be likened to those dreamed-of gardens that were “bright witli sinuous rills,” and where “blossomed many an inoensc-

bearing tree.” Looking at the restful picture of little family parties and groups ot friends enjoying tea at tables set beside fragrant masses of hyacinths and a score of other sorts of flowers blooming in n summery warmth, it seemed incredible that it could have reality. DREAMS OF BEAUTY.

But this is the magic of the Ideal Homo Exhibition—that it has made dreams of beauty mateiyalise. The joy of lingering in the gardens is so great that many people have been visiting them every day since the exhibition opened, for they have found them to be a wonderfully efficacious tonic.

All who visit Olympia should spend some time in the gardens, either before or after touring the exhibition.

They are the ideal place in which to meet one’s friends, and it is not- to bo wondered at that they have become the favourite rallying-point of parties who have separated to “do” the many and various sections of the exhibition. From the gardens one may pass immediately to all the fascinations that home-building and home-furnish-ing experts have so lavishly displayed.

There is no cottage so humble nor no mansion so splendid that cannot he brightened, embellished, and made supremely comfortable with the aid of some of the million anil one things for ideal homeliness that have been assembled at the exhibition.

If it is a luxury such as a black hath with gold-plated fittings or a plain necessity like a frying pan one has hut to go to Olympia now to see the best example of it.

And while one wanders in this palace of wonders one’s ears are charmed by soft music. In tho Hall of Music one may listen undisturbed to delightful gramophone concerts given with “His Master’s Voice” records.