Milford chronicle., 1932-04-29
New Century Club Notes

| Flora, the goddess of flowers, was
honored at the Milford New Century
! Club on Monday. 1t was Gardens
I Day with Mrs. S. c. Evans and Miss
Anna Ratclilf as chairmen. Ones
curiosity was aroused on entering
! the room, because the curtains of
the stage were drawn. At the proper
time they were pulled back to dis
close a miniature house, surrounded
by the same size garden, well laid
out with gravel walks, green grass,
shrubs, trees, rock garden and a
pool. The house was the property of
! Mary Lynn Pratt, and the garden
was made by the chairmen of the
day.
The program for the day was di-
vided in two parts. The first part
was a talk by Commander Robert w.
Kessler. U. S. ~, retired. Naturally,
the subject closest to Commander
Kessler's heart is the Navy, and he
told of the first part of his thirty
years experience with the naval Or
ganization. From his enlistment at
New York and the subsequent train
ing at Newport to one trip he made
to the West Indies, the days were
full of adventure. Commander Kess-
Ter had some of his service at the
time when the wooden ships were
used in the Navy, so that his COM
parison of the present type of steel
ships, which were in use during the
latter part of his service was all IN
favor of the latter kind. 1t would
seem that there could be no country
left for him to visit, so wide were
his adventures. 1t was interesting to
hear the personal touches he gave to
many of the places he visited as we'll
as the local color of them. 1t is
hoped at some future time the bal
ance of his talk may be given.
Then came the Gardens part of
the day. Mrs. Evans. 20 begin with,
termed our situation, geographically
the Garden of the Gods, and then
enumerated the things that made it
so. She said that The idea of gar
dens was an old one, coming down
to us from ancient times when the
Garden of Eden, the Hanging Gar
dens of Babylon and the Garden of
Gethsemane, were places of quiet.
beauty and repOst. Mrs. Evans then
gave her idea of garden, which had |
much TO do with stepping stones, a |
quiet pool, a pergOla, comfortable |
seat, some birds, more flowers and |
garden gate which could shut out !
the cares of the world for a time. |
Mrs. c. D. Abbott read "Trees," the !
immortal poem by Joyce kiImar and |
gave a short biography of his life. |
Rock Gardens" was Miss Ratcliff's |
contribution to the program, some |
points she had gathered in the bull
ding of one. Mrs. A. NJ. Eells was /
then introduced as one who had !
pool in her garden, and who had
built it herself. the building of
which satisfied that humane side of
her nature to provide a drink for
birds and dogs. Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs
made a plea for Garden Club, say
ing it was vital and worth while. Its
principle reason for being would be
Identification. The appropriate mus
ical numbers for the afternoon were
Trees" and Rose in the Bud"
sung by Mrs. William Warren and
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Edward Hurley. The program was
brought to close by Mrs. Evans re-
minding the members that May is
Howthorne Time and she had for
some cuttings from her
bush.
Next week will be nomination and
election of officers for the coming
two years.