Wichita eagle., 1888-07-19

gladstone luxuriance her bud husk. But in
all things Nature provides hr gifts. lavish
ing here her perfumes, there her drapery OK
beauty. Juno endows the flowers with their
beauty; Venus, tho love goddess, gives
them their fragrance. Odorless flowers
know no love" Thus at times phi
losophizes old Gabbsdio over his
mute friendings as no sits in his armchair,
and tickles the end Of his nose with fresh
plucked rese.ia.a This Is his fsvorite flower,
i'll formed, almost coioriess, yet exhaling
sweet perfume from every little fiber and
fllament. This flower was first brought into
Europe m ffa2 and he'd already for years
been cultivated by Gabbadio in his gardens
and conservatorieA he loves the little flower
90 tenderly that be seldom calls his little
daughter Teresa By aay other name than
Reseda She seems to him the embodiment
of this woRdrocsiy fragrant flower soul And
in this ne does little injustice Co the beautiful
child, for little Rescda Is i1 au her simplicity
and modesty glorious creature. She be-
longs to the rose w.rld In tho richness Of her
nature.
To-Day she scarcely knows how her head
Keeps its steadiness The father is tied by
govt 10 his armchair, and this afternoon is
the flower corso, and hundred orders are
yet to be executed, and the care Of al this
falls almost entirely upon Ter. The two old
servant women are of little help to her One
must be young TO know how to bind flowers.
Rssedchen is skilled In this beautiful art as
10 one else. She knows what odors belon z
together and how to mingie them, what
coiors fan into beautiful harmony and con-
frast, and bouquet bound by her hand is
always a masterpiece Of fragrance and per-
fec. natural beauty. Hnrd it seems that
such things must wither! The old man
watched over the WORK from the ed-
joining room, but as often as he called out
about this or that order II Is found already
dispatched or quite ready. 1.-TWO hundred
little no.egays for the Palazzo Ruspoii, for
get not, ResedaI" ''Quite ready, pepa."
"As many for the Palazzo Chlga" 'All
ready, papa" And the flowers for the Pa
lazzo Sciarrar "Qite ready, papai" Amaz-
ing 1t is, almost a marvel, 30 see the swiftness
with which the little maiden fingered the
flowers piled up before her; how quickly she
seizes the roses, viclees, pansies, geraniuns,
hyacinths, orange blossoms, and arranges
them With exquisite art It is as II the dow
ers few together, lovingly seeking each other.
Rseda is their mistress They divine her
wishes, they anticipate her thoughts They
seem 10 ask sadly why now and then little
cloud Fits over her fair brow. Does our
beautiful queen snrrowi Does she grieve.
perchance, that she must bind flowers for
others, but ruznain herself away from the
festivitys In truth, queen, thou shouldst also
be theirs. And see how the flowers grow
merry and rally the maiden as she hlushes
over a secret thought OF what Is the beau
tifui queen thinkirga Ala. she is thinking
Of the gay Barttno Brandani who buys so
many bouquets Of her. All, see how the
beautiful maiden is perplexed She is
afraid, she remains seated But the kindly
voices of the bells drown these loose chat
terngs. Every maiden, as every fragrant
flower, has hF own secret; that Ii the
charm of the maiden and ct the flower, and
none shall invade Il The taumothers are
much too good to grove the lovely queen.
Out Of thousand flower cups and bell bios
SONS ring out words Of comfort. 'sHold thy
patience a little, dear queen, We will surely
help thee to a husband, but we know not OF
a certainty yet il il is to be the gay Bertino.
''And The bouquet Of cameiltas which the
Signorina Giletsa orderedr again cried out
lilo olI IIlfSk juAs LJl0A&11E I'LL
swered the little daughter The canellia was
then as yet one OF the rare flowers. The Jes-
ut father Caxneli had brought it from ia
pan into Europe IN the first half Of the
century. Gabbcdfo cultivated it with the
greatest success, but beyond that cared little
for its odoriess, spiritlexs beauty. 4 suitable
flower for G1etta, he would have thought,
certainly, had his respect for the upper
classes been no stronger than his flower phil
osophy. This bouquet also is now ready.
Reseda has fashioned it with especial care,
meanwhile Involuntary asking herself to
whom the signorina would throw it ITO
Bertino, to Berttno!" hum the voices under
the flowers. The clouds are gathering over
the bright stars which viii dim her bright
eyes ''An readyfn inquiries the old man.
Eyes, papa" A few resedas are left among
the heaps Of various flowers. Half mechani-
caIy the maiden gathered them together, and
stuck an open red blossom in the midst.
That plain little nosesay, with the flamias
red IN the center, is not slow rongued to tell
OF open heart wounds. She inhales thank
fully the mild fragrance
Alas, this Bertino! How could she, gar
dener's daughter, even 50 much as think Of
~,
that this poor nosegay shoaid ever adogn bis
coatl And the fower3 UIUrTnured in chorus:
Comfort thee, beautiful Queeu-it IS mot be
it Is another"
The Corso was spieudidly decorated for the
flower festival The windows were hung
with carpets, the balconies with bright
siIken stufs bsdecked, the loSxa displayed
adrumeats of various kinds Each house
strore to outio the other IN show and osbeo-
ton. But the palm Of beauty belongs to
those whose windows and balconies were
filled With groups of lovely maiden faces
Flowers and raaiaensn becomes the watch
word of the day. In tao narrow street OF
the Cor.o, stopped here aud there By the
thronging masses OF people, two lines OF car.
riages pass up and down IN opposite di-ec'
tons, and the occupants Of the flower laden
equipcSes pe,t each other from opposite
sides with large and small bouquets The
lovely missiles dart hjther and thtther, they
fy I'D to the beautiful faces at the windows
or f.N dung by thsse pretty ones upon the
beads, and necks, and noses Of the pass.
ers beneath Meanwhile they overhead
pour upon the moving sea below s
rain OF many colored paper clip
rings, md cast ser the whole carui.
val scene eljttering variega.ed cloud
Upon the balcony Of the Palszzo Lanberro
stands G1letta at her fathers side Near hsE
is grea. basket, flled with Ettls bouquets,
which Nesser LaEnberao WAS plUnde-tng with
busy hand He bosubarded al, friends and
ac-quatnsa1ces. The basket was soon enptied
and the car.eihas alone remained, which
Giletts. however. holds IN reserve A geld
ring, plain, hu. expressive. bad been placed
BY her among the flowers. In this manner
sought she 70 convey encouragement 70 he.
silent ador~r, Be-sino. Long she waited ful
his carriage What Il he should not have