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WILMETTE LIFE I f music 'hath charms to soothe the _ · savag~ breast, it also has the charm of ' causing people employed. in radio fac- Conh·ilJut ed 1Jy the Wilm.ette Garden Club tories to work with more zest than emThe . woman from out of town whom ployes of other industrial plants. I mentioned . in ·l ast week's "Garden So declares· Gustave Frankel, vice- Talks" took notes as she went through president and general manager of the the National Chrysanthemum show at AU-American M_ohawk Gorporation, Chi- the Hotel Stevens for an article she was writing for her paper. The r·e st cago radio manufacturers. · "By actual tests we have found that of us did not. To us it was merely a the more than 700 ·young men and girls display on a large scale of fine speciin the All-American Mohawk plant in men cut flowers such as we might Chicago produce better work when stim- see on a small scale in any good florist's window in town . ulated by music coming in over the raShe took many notes, as she listened dio," the All-American Mohawk official said. · "It is a proven fact that under the to Dudley Crafts \Vatson on Wednesinfluence of music people are inspired day at the Garden Club of Illinois talk on gardening from the artist'~ to put more vigor into their efforts." standpoint. We all did. In the mornOffice employes also perform better work listening to musical programs, Mr. ing he showed colored slides of unusual gardens in different parts of the world Frankel pointed out. as he talked, and in the afternoon gav~ a lesson on color harmony in the We~ther vanes, foot scrapers, wall garden. ·toO KENMORE AVE. NORTH ·PHONE BRIARGATE 8000 ornaments, and other useful decoraThe day of days for the woman tions of wrought iron should be your from out of town, and for us, was the Christmas list for someone. afternoon . s pent in the Garfield Park conservatory where August Koch is the head of the staff of gardeners. "Dark and rainy was the weather," just the kind of a day to be with a group of congenial friends in a place like our great conservatory. To be sure, now and then, a little cold water dripped down on us, but nobody cared; we were all dressed for rainy weather. Over sixteen thousand people, the guide said, had gone through on the previous Sunday. It is because of the tremendous interest shown by the public that such large appropriations are made for the conservatory's work. The Wild Flower Preservation society was going through the n ext day. 'N e seemed to be in a warm tropical country on a rainy day; we heard the water dripping on the roof of glass. About us, long strands of the curtain vine from Porto Rico hung. And there were we, friends from Wilmette, in PHONE HIGHLAND PARK 125 that warm beautiful tropical garden. We had a feeling of complete satis992 LINDEN AvENUE-HUBBARD WooDs factidn with our suroundings; we were just where we wanted to be. From garden to garden the guide No Thanksgiving Dinner will be quite took us. 'N e saw the Fern room, celecomplete without brated even in the Orient. We saw trees from which walking sticks were MRS. BERNITT'S ICE CREAM made, others from which panama hats are made, banana trees on which the in ·some form fruit is seen growing upward, caterpillar plants with ends like caterpillars, rattlesnake plants which bear something much like rattlers, the traveler's plant that supplies water, a plant with leaves that are red underneath and variegated green on top. We saw the myrtle tre1 of biblica! times the "majestic rubber tree," the c;conut and others palm, a giant bamboo that resembles an asparagus plant, and many fruit Our Special for Thanksgiving trees, as the Japanese plum and the pa.wpaw. \V e saw the pitcher plant, CARAMEL- CRANBERRY ICE- VANILLA rambow moss, coffee plants, and allWe would greatly appreciate orders for special spice trees. We were in the house moulds placed early- and advise you do, to where the plants are raised. prompt delivervr And we saw the beautiful chrysaP!hem nm show, a room of living, growmg chrysanthemums arranged by August Koch. As I write, the snow is falling and the day is grey and wintry. But I am seeing again the marvelous, glowing, colorful room, red and bronze shading into light yellow and deep yellow into pink. Large baskets of single · chrysanthemums hang from the ceiling. Everywhere lovely, l<;.>vely coloring. 'there are oddities, too, many colors grafted onto one plant. 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